The phone rang one day in June (I don't know when... sometime in the middle of the month...) and it was Dr. Bagnato's nurse, Terry. She said the insurance company approved the surgery... ON THE FIRST TRY!!! I was sure they were going to give me a hard time and deny me for some reason (because come on.. nothing is ever THAT easy!!!) But no, they approved me and said I could do it whenever I was ready.
Of course I was ready to do the surgery the next day, but that's not exactly allowed! So, we set up the surgery date for July 19th. I was going out of town for 3 weeks to my parents' house, so I had to do the pre-surgery diet (the "Sugar Buster" diet) while I was there.
After enjoying my last few days of eating whatever I wanted, it was time to start the Sugar Buster diet. What is that? Well, basically it's a diet designed to shrink your liver to make surgery easier. The guidelines were basically:
1) no refined sugar
2) no carbs (okay VERY FEW carbs) ouch... what's food if it isn't carbs???
3) protein, most veggies and most fruits.
I thought this was going to be so hard, but really it ended up being okay. Did you know they make sugar free brownie and cake mixes? (and YES, they were allowed!!) I did give in one morning to enjoy my favorite pancakes from the diner by my parents' house. But other than that I was a good girl and stuck to the diet.
I also thought for sure I'd lose about 20 lbs on this diet... but nope. Only lost 3 lbs.
Okay, so now I'm approved, time to get ready for my new life!
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