Lisa H.

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2-7-05
Hey Everyone,
Well I am bummed the Eagles lost the Super Bowl, and we were soooo close....we lost against the Patriots, 24 to 21....it was a tough game and both teams battled through it. I am not much for usually watching football games, but I had to watch the super bowl. Oh well, maybe next year will be our year.

Okay now back to my wls journey.  It took forever to get over the strep. I hope it never comes back.  I also am still recovering from my whiplash...slow but steady, I think.
And my weight has been fluctuating up and down the same darn 3lbs. After the junk I ate yesterday at a superbowl party at my sisters, I was not surprised to see I am back up 3lbs to 177.
Man I don't think I'll ever reach goal. But I guess for now I am okay with that, or actually starting to deal with it.

I am so nervous today, today I have to go and have my endoscopy done. I am so worried about doing the test. I have never had one done before. I had to stop taking my coumadin friday and my leg has been bothering me all weekend (I had some damage to the channels in the large vein in  my left leg, from blood clots the first time I got them in 95, it kind of works like a barometer for my blood thickness level, I know kind of weird).
I hope that I don't have any ulcers and that I just need to switch to a different med, like from prilosec otc to nexium.
I hate to think that I could have anything wrong that could result in additional surgery. I still have burning in my throat, like everyday, so I guess we will see.  I am glad I won't have to have a dilation done, I know I don't have a stricture. I don't throw up and food and liquids go down fine. Thank you Lord.  So I guess I will be back probably tommorrow and let you all know how my test goes.
I still would do this surgery over again in a heartbeat. I feel so much better...I just have some lingering health problems that I had presurgery and that aren't really that major to deal with, not life threatening. I have gained so much with having this surgery, I am grateful everyday.

I know that even though I haven't really lost any weight, I am still losing inches, I am fitting into smaller clothes. I looked at one pair of pants I have and I thought, geez they look so small and there is no way my fat butt will fit into them, I tried them on and they fit, and they were like a medium. I can fit into 14's, 12's, 10's depending on cut, which drives me crazy...lol.  But When I got into those small pants (which were a size medium) I was floored. I know I can't see myself as I really am right now. Plastics are crossing my mind more and more. I could do single digit clothing sizes if I had it done. I guess I will wait and see where this journey takes me.

okay, i really have to go and get  my son up or he is going to miss his school bus.
I'll keep all of you pre and post ops in my prayers as well as everyone suffering from this horrible disease of obesity.
Love ya's,
Lisa  lap/rny 10-23-03 340/177/???  for today -163lbs!!

02-09-05
Hey Everyone,
I am back...I had my endoscopy done on monday (it is now wednesday)...it wasnt that bad.  I was more scared that something was going to happen, you know the fear of my pouch being pierced or something.  I didn't need to worry. Dr. Metz at University of Penn Hospital was great.  He was so nice. All the staff was awesome, I am glad I found that hospital.  He did freak me out a little at first, because he said to me "what is the matter with your eyes?", I was like, HUH?, I started getting a little freaked out, like there was something wrong with me...lol....he said I have never seen eyes like yours before, "hmmm...I guess pretty unusual since he has seen sooo many patients"....., Now the nurses and techs are looking at my eyes too...I said "what's wrong with them?" He said "you have two iris's in each eye, an outer one and an inner one, they are Nice (well I can't remember the exact word he used...lol) looking"....lol....then he told the techs to get me prepped before my head swells...lol...I never ever noticed this and I have been looking at my eyes for 42yrs now...lol.  So I had my IV in, and everyone was so nice, they were asking me about how I felt since my surgery and that you couldn't even tell that I had ever been heavy, (even though I weighed like 175-177 that day), and that I looked great (everyone from registration on up through having the test done...lol) talk about an ego boost...lol.  So they gave me the anesthesia and something for anxiety, and strapped a plastic ring in my mouth, that they were going to put the scope through.  They started the test, it was alittle uncomfortable and then it was over. I don't even really remember the uncomfortable part.  I was a little out of it from the anesthesia..lol...we did notice that the veins on my right arm (the arm with the IV) had turned dark over the back of my forearm...it looked like I had a tattoo done. It was weird. I was dizzy, unsteady, when I tried to sit up and get off the gurney and into a chair that reclined. They helped me though. I had to stay in recovery for a little while and they offered me something to eat, and gave me a drink. I just wanted water.

They gave me a copy of my test right there and also a copy of pics that they took...lol....I now know what my pouch looks like from the inside...lol.  After a while they let me leave.  I was a little woosy the rest of that day. Then I felt a little nauseaus (sp?), and have felt a little nauseaous since then. I think it is a reaction to the anesthesia they used. Oh my veins returned to normal that day, that was weird. Maybe I have an allergy to something they used.

Fentenyl (sp?) or versid, perhaps. I don't know.  But I can't wait for it to finish leaving my system so I feel better. Not that I can't handle a little nauseau. So the diagnosis is that my stomach is acidic, so they put me on nexium.  Thank God, no ulcers, no strictures, nothing wrong with my esophogus from the acid.....thank you Lord. I was happy about that.

So after a few days of fluids and protein drinks and some solids, I weighed in at 174.5 this morning, maybe I am going back down and can break through the 170's this time.

Oh,I took my waist measurement yesterday and surprise! It is 32 inches!!! the same as it was when I was 14-15 years old. Mind you, I have a much bigger panni than I had back then (thanks to having 2 kids and all that weight). But made me happy just the same. I used to think I was fat when I was that young, and later I looked back at pics and said, I must have been crazy to think I was fat, and here I am at the same waist size and still thinking I'm fat.  Will my mind ever catch up...lol.

I am going to do a workout tape today, if I am feeling better in a little while. I need to maximize the use of the rest of my window of opportunity. I am now 15 1/2 months post op, and the window supposedly closes at 18mths. So let me see what I can do in the next 2 1/2 mths. I thank God everyday that I was able to make it to where I am now, anything else is gravy...lol. (that is the only kind i'll have....lol...can't tolerate the real stuff to well)....

Okay I will close for now. I will keep all of you pre and post ops in my prayers, as well as everyone suffering from this horrible disease of obesity.
Love ya's! Lisa  postop lap/rny 10-23-03 340/174.5/??? -165.5 lbs.

02-21-05
Hey everyone, (I am at 173.5 today!)
I am back....lol.  I did not end up doing a workout tape.
I did get some cleaning done around my house, I think I burned up some extra calories.  I have been trying to eat more, or more often, to help with the burning acid problem I am having.
I have been taking my nexium. I am supposed to take carafat too, but it says take 4x's a day, 1hr before or after vits or minerals, 2hrs after meals, or 1hr before meals. this is impossible for me to fit into my schedule with my supps and vits and drinking and eating. Its like I need a 3hr window around these pills and at 4 a day thats like 12hrs of no eating or drinking...I have only taken 1 since I got the script. So i don't think that will work.  The eating more often and cutting down on acidic foods seems to help.

I am also trying to give up caffeine. I am going to try some herbal coffee to replace regular coffee. Its called teeccino. They have a site 
ref="Teeccino">http://www.teeccino.com/">Teeccino Herbal Coffee. It is really interesting how many things caffeine really affects. Including leaching calcium from our bones, helps block the absorbtion of iron. Increases chances of ulcers (lots of acid) and lots of other things. I have been reading a book called "Caffeine Blues, wake up to the hidden dangers of America's #1 drug" by Stephen Cherniske,M.S.. It is so informative. So I have ordered some herbal Coffee and am going to try and kick the bean habit. LOL...I think I might as well get as healthy as I can.