Day of Reckoning
My last blog was back in October. I DID finally get a surgery date for December 15th of 2021. That date seemed pretty far away, but at least I HAD a surgery date. So 3 weeks before that surgery date, I began the magical "liver shrinking diet". Then 5 days before my surgery date, they pulled the COVID card. No surgeries for at least 6 more weeks. I promptly smashed 3 slices of Papa John's pizza. I then ate a breadstick, just to stick-it-to-the-man. Had I not had all of the unnecessary hurdles, COVID would not have been an issue. Surgery got rescheduled for February 2nd. I honestly did not believe it would actually happen that day, but it did. And while I remain unequivocally against Community Hospital's bariatric program, I will give them props at the main hospital. My surgery was easy and uneventful. Everyone was beyond nice to me, and my pain was nearly non-existent. I ended up staying an extra day, mostly because o...