The night before

So tomorrow is the day. The day my disease will be gone and I will be on the road to recovery! I will be getting surgery at 2pm tomorrow. Today I've had many different nurses and doctors come in to talk to me about the procedure and asking me questions to finalize everything. An ostomy nurse came in today as well and marked my on my stomach where my stoma will be placed and also gave me instructions and examples of the ostomy bags I will be using. However, the word pouch or bag freaks me out so I will now be referring to it as Maggie... Maggie the Baggie! It just kinda sounds a little better in my own head! So whenever I talk about Maggie, you'll know, yup, that's the ostomy bag that's gonna be my BFF for the next few months. 

It makes me sad when I think about it but I just need to remind myself, this is temporary. And not to mention, a great learning experience to help me be an even better nurse in the future. Who knows maybe I'll even be a GI nurse or an ostomy nurse!

Well tomorrow I won't be eat anything which I think I'm the most upset about. I've already been on a "clear liquid diet" for 24 hours and my stomach is going crazy. I won't be able to eat real food for a few days, so I will definitely be "hangry" (hungry + angry).

Mmmmm chicken broth and jello....

I was told I will most likely be in a lot of pain tomorrow. I will have my own personal button giving me pain meds every 8 mins or so? After the first day, they said they will want me moving around as much as possible, so moving to the chair and maybe walking around a bit. I'm hoping for a fast recovery. I've been here 2 weeks already and I'm so over this. I just wanna go home and be pain free! Tomorrow will be the beginning of a whole new chapter of my life. 

-- JKL