APPROVED!!!!!!! After 5 weeks of being on pins and needles, we have a GO! My loyal readers worldwide know I was focusing in on today actually being my surgery date. That didn't quite work out. But I am now officially scheduled for Wednesday, May 15. YAAAAY!
With this exciting news comes a new firm schedule. I have to begin the 14 day pre-op diet on Wednesday, May 1. As you know, I have been on this diet already for the past 15 days. With some success I might add. As of today, roughly 12 pounds of unwanted body mass have gone their separate way. Mere grains of sand off a beach, I know. But its the first success I've had losing anything other than my money at the track or my wallet in a drunken stupor. So I'm hanging my hat on this. At least now I know that if I shut my cake hole long enough, I have an actual chance of losing this massive growth behind me. Technically known as my fat ass.
I have examined the calender very carefully now that I have firm dates. I have to restart the14 day pre-op diet next Wednesday. So the question is .... stay committed to the diet or take a little reprieve? Hmmmmm ..... I vote for the reprieve! After all, my poor eating habits will end for all eternity in 3 weeks. Yes, this is a fine decision. I don't need to go crazy and enter a hot dog eating contest or anything like that. But I wouldn't mind saying farewell to a few loyal friends. Like Ben & Jerry, Wendy, Mama Celeste, Captain Crunch and Baby Ruth.
So it's decided! I shall answer your raucous cheers and bring back my Farewell To Food tour for one last encore. However, the time is short. I only have time for a couple of stops. I need to think this out carefully. I always wondered what I would order for my last meal if I was facing the chair. Well, this is sorta the same thing. Only without the final buzzer. Most guys would go for a steak and potato. But if I was facing that deadline, I would opt for an entire leg of lamb, a full side of beef , or something that takes a long time to scoff down. Situational thinking. That's what we need here.
Since I only have 5 days or so, I have to plan accordingly. I want to make sure that I give proper last rites to Linguine with clam sauce, Kung Pao Chicken, Huevos Rancheros, Steak au poivre and a good ol' T-bone Americana. A world wide whirlwind. So much food, so little time. I know I will be able to taste these foods in the future in a very restricted portions. But eating to full satiety will no longer be possible. So it's gonna be all about the savoring. Savoring all the different piquant smells. Savoring every ambrosial mouthful of Mother Earth's bounty. Ahhhhhh.
I'm as excited as a teenager on his first date! Maybe I can get to second base! FYI- in a food context, that means the pie ala mode.
Check back soon!
Ciao!
jt
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