The journey so far...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The stomach comes out...tomorrow! (Sing it with me!)

Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
My surgery's tomorrow!
It's only a day away.

So! Tomorrow's the big day. I can't believe it's finally here! I'm a little nervous and a LOT excited. I'm also tired from (I assume) being on clear liquids for the past day, and most of all, ready to get this show on the road.

For a little while today, I thought I wasn't going to get to have surgery after all. I went for my "anesthesia interview" and the nurse practicianer saw something on my stress test report that she said was a problem. She said the report showed that part of my heart was not beating properly, that it looked ischemic -- basically meaning I had blockage in one of my arteries. She and my cardiologist and the technician who did my stress test went back and forth on the phone and via fax for 20 minutes or so, after which they determined that the problem was with the computer printout, not my heart. Phew!

So I suppose that's all for now. See you all on the other side. :)

5 comments:

Lee Ann said...

Good for you! Excited for you. I'm 8 weeks out and feeling totally normal, even during strenuous workouts. Can't wait to hear how it goes. Thinking of you!

Cat said...

Best of luck to you Monica! I'll be thinking about you. Please post when you can on the other side to let us know how things went.

Anonymous said...

Yay for tomorrow. I am glad it was the print out and nothing is wrong with you.

Amanda said...

Thinking of you!! Let me know if there is anything I can help you with being that I am so close!

Melissa W said...

I just looked at your blog on 9/14 so today you are officially done with surgery!! So happy for you!! Can't wait to hear how you're feeling!!