THIS IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its 4:15 and time to rise.  The blessed day has finally come.  3 hours and 15 minutes until the cutting starts.  YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

So, first things first.  The fatf*ck before weight:

Some of you may wonder how I'm feeling.  Others may just be visiting for more pictures of Boxhead.  To address the interests of those that actually care ;) I have once again used my splendid Microsoft Paint skills to come up with a dashboard to explain my surgical feelings:

As you see, excitement and fear are fairly high.  Lardassedness is at its all-time apex.  The apex thing is true REGARDLESS of whether or not you classify Boxhead as a superfattie or simply morbidly obese.  The fat attached to my abdominal skin will be cut away and I will get a greater or lesser amount of liposuction.  The kill self meter (which will be used mostly to assess boredom) is obviously low, as is the pain meter.  There'd be a problem if there was pain BEFORE the surgery.

I'd like to speak for a moment about panniculectomies.  If you don't know what a panniculus is, copy and paste it into your browser.  See particularly the "Grading of Abdominal Panniculi" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panniculus and then see if you are able to resist assigning grades to the various panniculi you encounter in a day.  Don't blame Boxhead if you do an image search...you are reminded here that this is not a blog for the stupid.

Aaaaaanyway, in the consult stage I tried to convince about 20 surgeons to write 'horrifying panniculus' in my pre-op chart notes...I chose the one that was fun enough to laugh and write it down! This is a man I can work with. 

So, what am I afraid / stressed of?  In order, these are:

1.  Swelling!  Sure swelling may technically not be fat, but it LOOKS fat.  And who wants to look fat?
2.  Waking up to find that the f*cker didn't take out my fat!
3.  The relentless, unending, horrifying boredom of the next few weeks until I can exercise again.
4.  The risk of weight gain during the surgical downtime period (offset by the opiates weight loss solution).

I have boxes and bottles of pain medicine, so I'm not afraid of the pain.  I chose a good surgeon so am not afraid of death or disfigurement...  Nope, I really AM that shallow.  My pre-op fears really are about swelling and fat.

THIS IS IT BABIES.  Talk to you after.