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I was away for a couple of months visiting family but I'm now back home and resuming pursuit of my goals. I did lose about 5 lbs during my time away which is something I guess.

Earlier this week, I had my first appointment with the nutritionist, which is required as part of my surgeon's process. I guess these used to be individual meetings but they just changed them to be in a group setting. Small groups, I should say. There were about 7 other patients there. I thought the information presented would be very helpful for people not having bariatric surgery or at least not having the duodenal switch surgery.  However, while I wait, I can certainly incorporate the helpful eating habits being discussed.

I will have another meeting with her just prior to my surgery, and that meeting will also include one of the nurses who will talk about what to expect in the hospital and immediately postop, etc.

I also attended my first monthly support group meeting earlier this week. The topic was plastic surgery after weight loss which was still interesting to me even though it will be quite a while before I can even think of that.  More importantly, it gave me a chance to meet some new people, and especially those who have also had the DS surgery. I did meet some really fantastic people and it was great to see how good they looked. It definitely gives me hope and inspiration for the future.

Last night I had my sleep study. I'm sure glad that's over.  I was really tired from staying up late a couple days in a row and thought I would have no problem drifting right off. I'm sure that I would have, if only I had not been attached to a gazillion wires all over my body and had two nasal cannulas as well, so it felt like my nose was completely stopped up.  The technician had to come in to fix wires multiple times during the night and once apparently I removed a bunch of the facial wires and took out the nasal cannulas. I must have done it deliberately because I slightly woke up afterwards and realized nothing was on my face. Then another time he had to fix one of the left wires that got pulled off when I rolled over. The saving grace was that the bed was very comfy, I could go back  there now and sleep some more, without the wires this time! Although  of course the technician didn't give me any results, he also didn't need to come in and attach one of the cpap machines, so either I don't have sleep apnea or it was mild enough that it didn't qualify for their protocol [which would have required him to wake me up to put the machine on me]. I will have the results when I see the pulmonologist next week.