Updates, status, catch-up, the latest and stuff

Some quick updates…

• Stopped taking my Provigil for now. Though it’s a little harder to focus in the afternoons, hopefully it’ll be easier to stay asleep all night.
• After a full week of only pre-op eating (3 protein shakes + 400 calories per day) I am feeling verrry… um. Regular.
• Been getting my 30 minutes of activity every day. Mostly biking and walking so far.
• Henry made me an awesome salad on Saturday with fresher-than-fresh veggies, a simple but tasty dressing and strawberries and whipped cream for dessert. (I love me some strawberries…) Spent the afternoon with Henry catching-up, playing XBox 360, sitting on the balcony, hittin’ the grocery store, etc. Also learned a thing or two about food and produce and such. It was a very a nice afternoon, Henry!
• Went to my first bariatric surgery support group last night. The group was a mixture of people both post- and pre-op, with the majority being post-op. About half of them had gastric bypass, while the other half had lap-band. It was useful to talk to other people about what works, and what doesn’t. The point was reiterated that there is still a lot of hard work ahead.
• Tomorrow is the big class. This is where we learn all the details about everything… surgery scheduling, eating plans, etc. Matt’s going with me and I am lucky to have him by my side.
• Today I go in for one final blood test.
• Still haven’t heard back from the insurance about my appeal. But moving forward regardless. (I did call them to confirm they had received the letter and it is currently being reviewed.)
• Surgery is 7 days away. I’m ready.
• The doc assured me that I’ll be able to ride roller-coasters (once I heal. Yay!) In fact, he said you can do just about any kind of sport, etc. once things have healed. In the meantime, the next few weeks are going to include walking every single day, even the same day of the surgery.
• My sleep has been up and down, as usual. Last week was particularly rough; Friday I was practically a zombie. Since then I’ve had perhaps three nights of sleep that didn’t totally completely suck… I slept perhaps four or five hours for three nights in a row, so that was welcome.
• Sunday I biked to The Hole (San Diego’s “world-famous dive” bar) with the uber-awesome Tim. We had a nice, six-mile ride through the neighborhoods of University Heights, Hillcrest, Mission Hills and Old Town. Hope to do that again sometime!

More soon.