My procedure went well...now it is time to prepare. I am four weeks away from surgery. It was ten years ago this month I knew I had a tumor or something growing inside of me besides my baby. I remember arguing with the dr. that I was having twins. I could feel two "babies" inside of me. She said the ultrasound only showed one and she could only hear one heartbeat. She looked and looked and could find another heartbeat. At 220 pounds she blamed my weight and told me every pregnancy was different. My baby often sat on my sciatic nerve where I could not walk. The dr. thought I was crazy. I asked about a tumor or something and she said no, we would have found it on the ultra sound.
I remember not being able to walk. Jon had to wait on me hand and foot. He had to work, do the grocery shopping and pick up after Suszan. We had a kind neighbor that came over to help clean and play with Suszan when I was not able to play with her. While doing the c-section the dr. found the tumor the size of golfball on my left ovary and smaller ones on my right ovary. She felt the smaller ones would go away, but took the left ovary and sent in for a biopsy. We were thankful it came back without cancer. However over the next six months I gained 100lbs. The drs. once again could not tell me what was going on. If only it was due to overeating. More on all of that later.
It is hard to believe that exactly 10 years later. I am having yet another surgery to rectify all the problems that came from the tumor since then.
This week I start drinking shakes and stop eating anything greasy or fried to prepare for my surgery. I often wonder how will the lap band stop me from wanting chocolate!
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