3:25 p.m. - 2004-09-23
My year in pictures
I know it hasn't been a year yet, but today seems like as good a day as any other for my obligatory "I had the damn surgery, so here are the damn pictures" post.
I'm trying to sound like there's been a big demand for pictures and like it's really a chore for me to post them, but the truth is that I'm amazed by how much weight I've lost and just wanted to throw it out to the world like a Slim-Fast commercial. I'm not saying I'm finished yet, but I'm proud of what I've done so far. And so, without further ado, ta-dah:
First, we have the "BEFORE" pictures. The first couple are large, so I'm just linking to them. That was me, on my way out the door at 5am, heading to the hospital.
The next picture is my very first "AFTER" picture. It's not pretty, but it kind of shows how wonderful my family is for being able to smile and not cry when they saw me after surgery. I about cried the first time I saw it. See the NG tube taped to my nose? It went down to my "stomach" and served the purpose of draining blood. When I look at this picture now, I remember watching the blood zoom through the tube like ants marching along and being SO amused. Boy, those drugs were good.
My third before picture shows me, moving at light speed through the halls of Good Sam hospital. See the slippers? I bought them especially for wearing at the hospital. They were SO soft to walk on when I first got them, and the bunnies glow in the dark. I'm all about things that glow in the dark. Seriously.
I think my big grin wasn't so much for the camera being pointed at me, but because I was finally able to escape my 800-year-old roommate with sleep apnea. If you've ever been in a hospital, you know that you're hooked up to all kinds of machines that have various alarms that go off all at the same time every 15 minutes. Somehow, this woman managed to sleep 23 hours a day and set off her blood-oxygen alarms every 10 minutes. When the alarms weren't going off, the most earth-shattering snores emanated from her sinuses. I won't go into the bathroom issues. I was just glad to be out of there.
My "AFTER" pictures can be posted on this page because they're smaller. I took them today, instead of working, because I'm a slacker and need a day off.
Here's me, trying to look like I haven't been working for 10 days straight (I know, I'm a whiny wuss. Shut up.):
And here's me, trying to look casual in time for the camera timer:
And, well, I think that's about it for now. Latergators.
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