I guess I didn’t really give this much thought when I chose the day of my surgery.
I am currently a graduate student working towards my doctoral degree – this also mean that I am a graduate student currently working her way through one of the most frustrating finals week in her entire life! This semester has been really difficult. My program forced 7 classes on us each with the same amount of graduate level course work as all of the others. So in other words, there was not a single “easy-A” class in this entire bunch. To make things worse, my program also has policy that states that if we recieve a C in any class we are held back a year and are unable to start our practicum (which start this upcoming fall) and instead of being in a 5 year program it turns into a 6 year program.
Now, add all of this stress with the stress of a liquid diet and it results in a very angry, poorly concentrated student. The only good thing about all of this is that it has allowed me to realize that I am in fact a stress eater and used food as a coping mechanism for my continually high levels of stress. (Obviously now that I have realized this I will try to develop other ways to cope with this stress.) But it also has me kind of worried as well … tomorrow is my last final exam and conicidently the one I have studied least for and I feel like despite the countless hours I have spent looking at all of these thing, none of them are sticking in my brain and I am taunting myself with the possibility of failing.
Although I am utterly excited for my surgery (its only 7 days away!!!) I just wished I would have thought this through a little better so I wouldn’t be in the situation I am.
Wish me luck!
S&N
Sleeved&Naive 