Post Thanksgiving and Other Issues

Nov 30, 2010

I know I should have posted sooner, but I have just felt crappy.

First, Thanksgiving was great with family and friends. I had no problem cooking things I cant eat for them. Didn't bother me a bit. What was frustrating was that the only thing I could eat was the Cheesecake. How weird was that. Now it was very low fat and sugar free so that helped, and it tasted great (I also didn't eat the crust). Chopped turkey wasn't even good, still had fun tho.

Now since Thursday I have been able to keep less and less down. I am even having trouble with water now. I sent today throwing up after every sip of water. I saw my doctor yesterday when I was still able to eat and drink some and he started me back to warm fluids only to see if it could help with the stricture that might be forming, but today is much worse. I called in to my doctor and I will be getting an endoscope tomorrow morning. If it is a stricture he will be able to fix it right then. What I find funny is that it is probable being cause by healing so fast. When I was at the post op class yesterday the other people in my group seem to be having incision pain still, bleeding, swelling etc. Of course some of them are eating and lifting things they shouldn't.

All I can do is wait till tomorrow and hope the IV goes in easy even tho I am a little dehydrated. For such and easy thing to fix it sure hurts a bunch.
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A new level of success!

Nov 21, 2010

68.4 pounds lost! Woohoo! I have not been in the 350's for close to a decade, I'm so excited! It is definitely now all roses and rainbows, its been a struggle some days. I know I am so lucky to have a good support system in place. The egg trying to kill me experience was followed a couple days later with tuna trying to do the same thing. All I could do is wait and try to throw up to end it all.

My poor son came home from college for the first time worried about me. He wanted to take us out and such but after going through and endless list of what I cant eat I showed him my list of things I can and he realized how hard what I'm doing is and that I'm doing it to be alive to see him graduate. I worned him before he came home that we all eat different at home now and he has been good with it. I want him to get healthier too so that down the road he doesn't have to go through this just to survive.

I showed him a pict of my friend Jenna on here. He has known her about a decade and didn't recognize her till I told him who it was. He was shocked. My kids have never seen me under 250 pounds, even as babies. When Jacob comes back at Christmas he may be shocked again by how I look then. It will be an adjustment for all of us.

I knew planning Thanksgiving would be hard when I had the surgery so I planned it all before surgery and made sure there would be come things I could eat. I'm actually looking forward to it. No grazing while I'm cooking so I wont be full and will eat with my family and friends.

I cant wait to see what comes next, I am actually looking forward to it..

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Thankful for Good Health Giveaway!

Nov 15, 2010

OK everyone, as my friends and family already know my favorite WLS blog is The World According to Eggface. She rocks! So far my family has loved all the recipes the we have tried and they are looking forward to trying more when I get to the point where I can eat them. Her 5 minute protein cake recipes and AMAZING! She is currently have a give away that I want everyone to know about. The Thankful for Good Health Giveaway!

The Prize: This totally AWESOME gift basket of Celebrate Vitamin goodies to help you maintain post weight loss surgery good health.


go to http://www.theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/ and check her out for yourself!
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I AM ALIVE!

Nov 14, 2010

I have been in so much pain. Just the thought of getting on the computer made me sick. I lasted 30 min a couple days ago.
I am so tired, not sleeping sucks. I cant find anyway to lay down without pain. I wake up every hour either in pain from the surgery or in pain from my hip going numb. Sleeping sitting up makes my back hurt. I wish I owned a recliner. My blood pressure is up enough that I am getting headaches, its not high enough that I think I should go to the hospital now but we are watching it very closely. I see my Dr wed so I hope it doesn't get worse before then.

Diet has been mostly OK. My family had pizza a couple nights ago and I had no desire to try to eat it or anything. I had yogurt before I left the hospital, jello, pudding, cottage cheese, apple sauce, and today cream of wheat. What didn't do to well was the scrambled eggbeaters yesterday. OMG I felt like I was going to die. Its wasn't dry or to big because I mashed it into baby food. I didn't get dumping systems either. I spent an hour trying to throw up and all I got to show for it was a little foam. I felt like I had been punched all the way to my spine. I told my hubby to eat all the eggs if he wanted to because I am not trying anytime soon.

I have had several instances of saying "Why did I do this" but what I also have had every one of those times is pain. I pretty sure its the pain talking every time. If I can just get through this next week of so without my blood pressure, lack of sleep, or something else trying to kill me, I'm told everything will be much better.
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23 HOURS!

Nov 07, 2010

In 23 hours I will be getting stripped, IV'd, interviewed (OK interrogated really), drugged, and ready for my RNY! I woke up today and laid in bed for a few minutes and realized I was really scared for about a minute and a half. Then I got up and weighed myself (last another 1.5 pounds) and ate some jello. So far today I have had 24oz fluid meal-like substitutes (jello, water, broth, etc). I would kill for some Dairy Queen Ice right now and some apple juice, but I don't have any as of yet. I might have to fix that later today.

I still have to do major grocery shopping, not just for me but its that time of the month for the entire family. (They whine if you don't feed them.) I still have to finish packing too. I am taking what they told me to bring and a few other things for the trip to the hospital.

Hospital List they Gave Me:
Robe - Yea I made me one, no cold butt for me!
Slippers - $5 clearance sale at walmart!
Lip Balm - I am a MK lady so I had LOTS of that!
Pillow - Smell like home, maybe, EWW!
Lotion or Powder - Sure there is a good reason, but don't know why yet.
Discharge clothing - VERY big and loose I have been told. Sore tummy and all.
Toothbrush & Toothpaste - No morning breath for me and the hospital cuts cast not giving them to you. I understand that.
Deodorant - Self explanatory.
Glasses Case - I wear them don't want them broken.
Shampoo - Same savings for toothpaste plus purdy hair.

My Add-on List:
Tic Tacs - I get car sick, for the ride home.
MP3 Player w/Headphones - Cant hear ghost talking to me and relaxing when I'm under stress. Works for the dentist.
Camera - Because my Mom is sadistic and wants pict of me right after I get in my room from surgery.
Laptop - WIFI is my friend, bet my hubby uses it more then me updating our family and friends.
Cell Phone -  I will get to use one after the first day of all goes well. Let the call ignore commence! (No not really, yes, no, OK.)

I also am trying to put together a list of the bill we pay this week. I am pre-scheduling as many as I can because I might forget, pain killers and all. So Wulf has a list so he can check on it, oh and the passwords, I guess that would help too. he-he. What would our men do without us. The kids would be hungry, stinky and wearing trash bags to school maybe? Lucky for me Wulf is pretty smart.

NOTE TO JENNA: That chicken broth you gave me, not so good. EWWW! Saving it for soup later.
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4 Days!

Nov 04, 2010

SO now I feel a little better and it is because of something most would call a small thing. I HAVE A ROBE NOW! My awesome hubby brought in the fabric from the garage (and those that know me know what a chore that is) and we found a few pieces good for a robe. Two hours latter I had me a new kimono style robe. It is baggy and soft and now my butt wont be cold. I am happy, I guess it really doesn't take much.

Wulf also got out my cute duffel bag I won that is black with hot pink and red lips all over it. Now I can start to pack for the hospital. Now I will have to check the boards here to see what I need to take to the hospital. I already know about the lip balm but I already thought of one thing not on my list from the doctors office, my MP3 player. Yep I think it will be a good idea to take it. I am going to load it up tomorrow.
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5 Days!

Nov 03, 2010

God made the world in less then 5 days, so Ive heard, but I don't know what Ill do over the next few days. Nothing that great I'm sure. Had my first nightmare, I woke up thinking I had my surgery already and something was wrong with me. That sucked! 5 DAYS! CRAP! Ive cleaned the bathroom, done a bunch of laundry, helped Rachael with a school celebration for the day of the dead, had Halloween circle, pureed a lot of fruit and froze it in ice trays, and now I'm sitting here wondering what my tunny will look like with 6 holes in it. Maybe I'm just going a little nuts.

I saw my surgeon today and did all the final consents. He says I am doing fantastic. I have lost just shy of 50 pounds, I'm not anemic right now, and my entire family is eating better. I know its normal to be scared and excited at the same time, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.  Ive even ordered my medical alert, finally! I realized last night that I was putting it off because I was scared something was going to go really wrong and today my surgery would be canceled when I went to the Dr office today. I know that isn't right, but I wasn't doing it on purpose, I think, maybe, Hell I don't know!

One of the things I haven't done is buy a robe, why you might ask? That should be so simple, one would say. Well I haven't found a robe in my size for 20 years that cost under $50 and I just cant spend that on something that will be wearable for such a short time (I hope). Ive even been sewing up my bras to avoid buying more when Ive been, and will continue to be shrinking. I know its silly but I'm cheap and have a hard time spending ANY money on myself when we are paying co-pays, gas, meds & vitamins, college for one so far, and the holidays are coming. Ill be easy to find at the hospital, Ill be the one with my butt hanging in the breeze, OK prob not, but it seams like just one more thing I am stressing about. Anyone who knows me would think "Well Teddi you have 5000 yards of fabric in the garage for viking clothes, use that"! Well it turns out I don't have as much as I had a few years ago when I sewed for a living. Wulf think we can find something out there tomorrow, I guess I'm just bummed.

Well all I can say is 5 FRACKIN DAYS!

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