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Whoa.  Haven't posted anything on this for a bit.  I'll have to change that.

The Last Stand

So this is the official blog after the surgery.  It has been approximately 13 days since the procedure.  And since the procedure I've lost about 20#.  Holy shit is right.  Okay, okay.  Here's a recap:  Checked in at 5:30AM on 26-MAR and went into the OR at 7:30AM.  Finished at 12:30PM and slept (morphine) until 5:30PM.  I stayed in the hospital for 5 days, 2 days extra because I got sick.  I got a bunch of visitors; Mona and Nicole from work, Jalei from group, Jayson, Uncle Greg, Tracy, Sierra, and even little Ethan.  It's always good to be reminded a guy's cared about, you know?  If I forgot to mention someone, my bad, I blame it on the morphine.  Then I came home on Friday.

Going in, you know I didn't know how helpless I would be.  Everyone knows that I am fiercely independant.  I usually don't ask for help and try to do everything on my own.  But this time, this time I couldn't.  The most smallest things I needed help with like bathing, wiping my ass, sitting up, standing up from sitting, or sitting down, etc.  It's frustrating.  You feel so vulnerable and useless.  Christ, luckily my mom and brother were there.  At least my mom got a kick out of it.  She said she hadn't felt like mom in ages (especially since my brother had taken sick so she had 2 sons to cater to at the same time).  -_-

Anyway, I'm kind of in this depressive state.  My friend Mona (post-op) calls it the "blahs" and it seems pretty commonplace.  I did a little research on the OH website and it says the same.  The guys on the Men's forums said that because I had such high people-interaction and a busy schedule daily before surgery which is virtually reduced to nil, it's expected to feel so low.  That I should go out and just be somewhere with lots of noise and people.  This dude suggested just sitting at a Starbucks for an hour or so.  Sounds like a good a idea, but the thing is being depressed, you don't feel like doing anything at all.  So I'll have to work on that as well.

Well, this sucks!  Someone get me outta here!  HLEP!  *lol*  Shit, man.  Okay, I'll end it here.

Wow, I haven't posted in quite awhile.  A whole of bunch of things to update.  I'll be ending Phase 2 of my Ai'Pono therapy group.  I haven't been going for awhile for one reason or another.  I don't feel like I need to be there, anymore.  I have the psychological tools at my disposal to deal with my "food stuff" and have been dealing with it.  I lost 40 pounds on my own.  And I could be losing much more weight if not for the program.  Now that I think about it, I might as well stay... -_-

Anyway.  I saw Dr. Balfour yesterday so he could examine my stomach.  Something about male stomachs being too tight.  When I look at mine, he couldn't be more wrong.  But I did manage to squeeze date out of him.  March 16, 2007.  That's in 10 days.  Halleujah, praise the Lord.

Wish me luck.

The Last Stand

I've had the most terrible stomach flu from Sunday to about Wednesday.  In effect, I lost about 8 pounds so I'm at a 460-pounds.  *lol*  Hey, that's one way of losing it, right?  Also, because of this I can just about fit this nice and expensive blue/white shirt that I haven't fit for awhile.  I forget the name brand, I'll put it up later.  I can button it all the way when I'm standing up, but when I sit down it gets very tight and uncomfortable.  *lol*  My stomach kind of pools around me.  =P

Other than that ray of sunshine, I'm very disappointed.  I need to lose about 10+ pounds before they'll give me a damn date.  I need to be 450 pounds, but I'll try to lose more just-in-case Dr. Balfour's office scale is different than the one in clinic.  ><  It's so frustrating!  You read about these people calling everyday to their surgeron's scheduler and they someone get their date.  ><

Today is the end of my Ai'Pono sessions until we start up again in Febuary.  It is also Arlene's last day with us as our "mentor".  I will miss her very much.  =(   Just a feisty woman.  A new one will be taking her place in the program when we start-up, again.

The Last Stand

I called Linda at Dr. Balfour's office yesterday to update her on my progress.  I was kind of hesitant to call because I don't think I made that much progress and I had made bad food choices.  I told her that I am now on Hydrocodone+Aspirin to help with the joint pain my knees and ankles.  Also that I was now at 468-pounds, which I thought was a lie, but it wasn't.  I weighed myself the next day and I really was 468-pounds.  *lol*  Anyway, she told me that if I lost 18 more pounds, I'd be able to have my surgery in the 2nd week of January!  ZOMGWTFBBQ (Holy crap, that's awesome)!!!

That's damn good.  I was kind of wishing it would be in December, so I have more time to lose weight before the trip to the Philippines in March.  I hope I'll lose a significant amount of weight by then.  It seems that science and genetics is on my side as men tend to lose weight faster and more than women.  =)  I just want to look good when I get there, dammit.  I haven't seen any of my family there for 12 years.

The Last Stand