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on December 12, 2008 12:45 am


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Down 116 pounds!
on December 2, 2008 4:54 pm
Some days I still have to pinch myself, I cannot believe how quickly this weight is coming off! 116 pounds in just 4 months. I am still having some trouble keeping meat proteins down, it seems almost everything gets stuck. But, I continue to work on it. My surgeon said that I could have the opening to my pouch widened, but, that would slow down my weight loss. I am not willing to do that right now. I want to lose as much as I can during my golden window of opportunity. My hair is coming out in handfuls right now. I am taking Biotin, but, it hasn't helped. It is a good thing I have super thick hair and lots of it or I would have bald spots by now. Hope this ends soon. Otherwise, I LOVE my RNY! I can do so much more with my beautiful little girl and I am not such a burden on my hubby. He did EVERYTHING, and I mean everything for me before. I am so blessed, I feel like I have a second chance at life. Thank you Dr. Chiang and the Bariatric Institute of Wisconsin, you saved my life!
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68 pounds lost!
on September 21, 2008 9:43 pm
I just weighed myself and couldn't believe my eyes. At 6 1/2 weeks out, I have lost a total of 68 pounds! I love my RNY! I need to have my hubby take a decent picture of me now. I did post one new one that was taken this past week, but, it isn't a very good picture of me since I am not looking at the camera. It was a nice moment though with my daughter. She can fit on my lap now!
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My RNY Surgery........
on August 6, 2008 8:53 pm
I have been meaning to post here since returning home from the hospital last week and just haven't had the energy to do much of anything.

But, here I am ...........wanting to let you know how everything went.

The day of the surgery I arrived at the hospital at 515am. There was a flurry of activity, they weighed me, asked a bunch of questions, started an IV, and I met with the anesthesiologist. At about 7am the nurse came in and put some versed in my iv line to calm me down and she also gave me a shot of blood thinner in the thigh. I was wheeled into surgery at 730am.

I got out of recovery and was taken to my room at 315pm. My surgery was from 730am til' around 11:15am and then I was taken to the recovery room. I spent a little longer in recovery because they had to stabalize my breathing before moving me. I have 5 small cuts in my belly .

I was really out of it when they brought me to my room. I don't remember much of my conversation with my hubby or son. I was on morphine drip and the morphine pca pump for pain. My doctor told my DH that the surgery went great.

  The morning following surgery, I was up and walking around, the more you walk the better it is as far as gas pains. I had the blow up compression thingies on my legs following surgery and for the first night. They took them off the morning after surgery. I was taken to xray for a "leak" test. I had to drink some awful tasting stuff and they took pictures of my abdomen. The test went fine - no leaks.

I received another shot of blood thinner and they also tested my sugar each day, it was high so they gave me shots of insulin. I don't have diabetes, so this was quite a surprise. The nurse told me it was just because of the surgery and I wouldn't need the shots after I returned home.

When I got back to my room the nurse brought me my water and little 1 oz medicine cups. I had to sip the water - 30 of those little cups - making each ounce of water last 15 minutes. They also brought me small juice glasses half way full with sugar free carnation instant breakfast to get some protein in.

On the day of my discharge they upped me to full liquids and I was able to have a 1/2 cup of pureed healthy choice soup 3 times a day in addition to the sf carnation instant breakfast they brought.

I was discharged after 2 1/2 days there. I have had NO appetite and no hunger at all. I have to remind myself to eat.I am extremely tired and am on loratab elixir for pain.

I had to go back into the hospital on Sunday because I spiked a fever of 101.4 and they were worried about a leak. I was admitted for observation and they did a bunch of tests. It all turned out fine and they were not really sure why I was running the fever. I was discharged on Monday.

I am still on the liquid diet. 3 small protein shakes a day, 3 meals a day which can be a 1/2 a cup of pureed Healthy Request Soup, Sugar Free Pudding, or Sugar Free Yogurt.  I am having a real hard time getting my "meals" in, just focusing on my protein and water for now until I can put more stuff in my tummy.

I still have pain in my abdomen, but it is lessening each day. I am more tired than anything.

I go for my follow up visit with my surgeon on August 14th. I will be weighed then and will update with my current weight loss.

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Pre Op Instructions
on July 3, 2008 10:21 pm
I went to see my surgeon today and had a nice talk with him about my concerns and questions. He doesn't usually do the "pain pump" for his patients, but, since I am atypical and in chronic pain he said he would.

I also went to the hospital and had a chest xray, lab work and met with the nutrionist.

I got my instructions for my 3 week liquid diet. No solid foods, no caffeine. I start July 9th.
The first 19 days I will be following this plan:

1 scoop EAS protein powder in 8 ounces of skim milk, 3 times a day.

1 - 8 ounce cup of 100% fruit juice, once a day.

6 cups or 48 ounces minimum of any of the following:
Water, Decaf coffee or tea, Broth, Sugar Free Jello, Sugar Free Koolaid, Sugar Free Popsicles, Crystal Light, Fruit2O, Diet Snapple or Diet V-Spash.

Then on July 28 & 29 start clear liquids:

No protein drinks.

8 ounces - 6 times a day (48 ounces total)
Apple Juice, Cranberry Juice, Grape Juice, Regular Koolaid, Italian Ice, Regular Jello, Regular Popsicles.

6 cups of: Water, Decaf coffee or tea, Broth, Sugar Free Jello, Sugar Free Koolaid, Sugar Free Popsicles, Crystal Lighte, Fruit2O or Diet Snapple.

This is going to be a challenge, but, I am determined to do it the right way. My poor hubby is  going to have to put  up with whining and crankiness, good thing he is a patient man!
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My Story

Hello everyone!

My name is Jen. I am 44 years old and the proud mother of a 20 year old son and a 1 1/2 year old daughter. Yep, you read it right - my children are 19 years apart in age!

My BMI is 60

I have been overweight for most of my life. I did lose 100 pounds in a 6 month period when I was in college. I also ended up having my gallbladder removed at that time. The doctor told me it was because I lost the weight so rapidly. I was able to keep that 100 pounds off for 3-4 years. Once I was married and got pregnant with my son, the weight came back on almost as quickly as I had lost it. I gained 98 pound with my first pregnancy. I was able to take about 40 of it off only to regain that and more.

I have fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease, and chiari malformation which causes me much pain. I have been on pain meds for a long time and have a sedentary life style. That accompanied with poor food choices enabled me to gain even more weight.

During the winter of 2006 I was feeling even worse than normal and kept going to visit my doctor, telling her I felt like I was dying. I also kept mentioning that I had missed my period. She wasn't concerned about me being pregnant because several years ago I had a uterine ablation. Getting pregnant after that procedure is extremely rare. My doc also told me "You are over 40 and overweight - that is why you are not having your period."

 A few more months went by and I my pmd that  I felt like I had an elephant sitting on my chest. She ordered a nuclear med cardiac stress test. I asked her to run a pregnancy test just for the heck of it, and sure enough it came back positive! I was 5 months pregnant.

I had a very difficult pregnancy. I gained 105 pounds on my already overweight body. I developed gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. I spent 35 days in the hospital and my beautiful daughter Lily Rose was born in August, 2006 - 7 weeks early - emergency c-section. She spent 2 weeks in NICU but she is perfectly healthy. 8-)  I had a post op complications and ended up back in the hospital as my c-section became infected and had to be reopened.

I was able to lose 50 pounds of my pregnancy weight. I think it was mainly because I was so sick with my post op infection and a lot of it was water weight. I have since gained back 30 pounds of that and have not been able to lose it.

My father died at the age of 48 of a heart attack. My mother died of a stroke when she was 68 years old. I decided that I need to do something drastic so that I do not suffer the same fate. I want to be around to see my beautiful little girl grow up.