"O"-day - 1

   I am home at last and had a pretty good nights sleep. I thought I would wake up more nervous than ever but am really feeling pretty relaxed. I have a busy day planned and am enjoying a nice hot tea to get the day started. This is a clear liquids only day so it is going to be a bit of a challenge. I get to finish it off with a  nice round of the terrible liquid a person has to drink before a colonoscopy. At least it is only one bottle though. It sure was good to get home yesterday and hug my wife and puppy. She is doing fine by the way. Melody brought home the stones they took out of her and I will post a photo of them later on my facebook page. I cannot believe how big they are for such a little dog.
   I am sure at some point today the nerves will begin to set in. I did have trouble going to sleep last night even though I stayed up until 12:30 in the morning playing on the radio. I got to weigh for the first time since I started this diet two weeks ago and I have lost 21lbs. I knew I had dropped a few but was pretty surprised by that. I do believe this surgery is going to have the desired effect with my diabetes. I have already greatly reduced the amount of insulin I am having to take and my blood sugar readings are starting to get back to a more normal range for me. Still high, but at least not over 200 like they had been for quite some time. My low reading so far has been 128. I am very happy with that.
   I have so much to do today I am not really sure where to start. I have a chiropractor appointment, I need to go to Walmart pharmacy and get the drink and a patch they want me to put on tonight, I have paperwork to do before surgery tomorrow, and I need to put my window air conditioner in my mancave so it will be comfortable in there over the next few weeks. I believe I will be spending a bit of time in there. I hope to keep myself very busy over the next couple of weeks so I don't have time to think about such nice things as pain, hunger, pain, thirst, pain, boredom, pain, recovery, and of course there is pain. You think I might be obsessed with that?
   Tomorrow will get here fairly quickly, I think, because of the amount of things I need to get done and the amount of time I have to do them in. It is getting very exciting. Stay tuned, I will be on throughout the day.