Just over one month and today I weighed in at 186.  I feel really good. 

Eating, well, not so good feeling. I still get pretty nauseated any time I eat.  But, I have to give myself time to let my pouch heal and I am sure it will get better. 

I'm already seeing a huge difference in my clothes.  Figure 44 pounds would make a huge difference, right?  I need to find some money to buy something new!  Actually, some of my older sweat pants were pretty doggone tight prior to surgery and now they are fitting appropriately.  So I won't head to the stores just yet.

First WOW moment this past weekend.  I wanted the girls to clean up the living room and that always takes supervision.  So I plopped down on the floor to give directions.  Phoebe said "Wow Mom I never saw you sit on the floor before!"  It never occurred to me that I didn't sit on the floor but you know, she was right!

I can't wait for the next WOW moment!

Hi everyone!  

You know that 1% chance of complications that the doctors tell us all about, well, I'm here to tell you it does exist!  I'm also one of the percentage to make it through.

I wound up with a 4 hour, 20 minute surgery.  The gallbladder was difficult according to Dr. Pohl.  In addition, my intestine was bleeding and he had to put a clamp on it.  The part that was clamped got in trouble, turned black and all kinds of colors, and he had to cut it off and start with a new part.  Then, he tried to put the scope in and my intestine is small apparently on the inside diameter so he had to resection it again to make it bigger and attach again. 

I know you were there for me on Monday Angela, I remember talking, but darned if I know what was said!

With all the trauma to my intestine, the next day was shake day and that was not happening.  My intestine said no.  Everything came back up.  So I was taken off shakes.  Next day, same thing.  Taken off shakes again.  Then I had some nasty test to be sure that nothing was leaking, which it is not.  I finally got to keep down a fabulous shake on Friday and kept two down today and got to go home! 

I have to tell you, I love my doctor.  He is the most caring person, and so intune with what was going on.  He would call and check on me and get more medicines ordered just on a hunch of what should be going on.  He was right on the money every time.

This was hard on my body, but I'm not doing this for the cosmetics.  I don't regret the procedure, and since it was hard fought, perhaps it will keep me more on the straight and narrow.

Thanks for everything,
Leslie

Monday I go to see Dr. Pohl for my before surgery visit and will get a date! I am so excited. It took 80 something pages of documentation to finally get Aetna to give an approval. Wow, are they stubborn. Anyway, as everyone has been saying, water under the bridge. Now I'm doing the liquid diet plus one meal thing and in 4 days have lost 11 pounds! Wow!!!

I'm so happy. This is going to be good now.