I had my pre-op appointment at the hospital today. I was given two booklets. One with information about what to bring to the hospital, how to get to the operating room, and when vistors can visit. The other was a pain management book about different types of pain medications and how to use them. Someone took down the medications I’m on. I signed up to be assigned a room post surgery.
Then a nurse came in and told me not to take my Abilify the day of surgery, but I could take everything else. I have to take my last shake before midnight the day of surgery (no food after midnight). I have to drink water before surgery up to two hours before I arrive.
I’m supposed to get a call the afternoon before surgery (Monday afternoon) to give me further instructions and notify of exactly what time my surgery will be and exactly what time I should show up.
On the cooking front, I made eggplant with ground beef last night. The eggplant slices go in a baking dish. On top of that goes the ground beef mixed with tomatoes, onions, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. That baked for awhile, then I put cheese on top and broiled for 2 minutes. My husband hasn’t tried it yet, so I don’t know how that turned out.
I made him deviled eggs for breakfast. They were hard-boiled eggs, sliced in half. The yolks were extracted and mixed with mayonnaise and dijon mustard. The grocery store had no chives, unfortunately. I put the yolks back in the eggs and sprinkled them with hot paprika. My husband likes things spicy. He said they where “ok”. Again, another win for a healthy breakfast.
My husband ate my stew for lunch yesterday, but said he got hungry and went out to get something to eat later in the day. I took him to the grocery store yesterday to buy some healthy snacks so he won’t have to do that again.
The best news of all: I’ve lost 5lbs since last week. I’m now 327.
pattisrouxeny 