- Username: MarcosMom
- Location: Long Beach, CA, USA
- Member Since: 7/15/2010
- BMI: 30.1
- Post Op
- Surgery Type: RNY (10/12/10)
- Surgeon: Philip Chin, M.D.
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I'm about 7 weeks post-op now :) Doing well, in my opinion. Having fun and enjoying life!
A Good Day... on November 11, 2010 1:58 pm
Pureed stage of food is coming along nicely. Just had some pureed chicken noodle soup w/veggies for lunch. 1/2 cup :) I threw a tiny pinch of cheese in, some pepper and a shake of garlic salt. I have tried the salt substitute, but it literally just tastes like chemicals (like you forgot to wash your hands after removing nail polish or something). It just doesn't go well so I will have to use salt in moderation. Too bad I like everything with salt and pepper ><
Big News - TMI Alert.
I finally had a normal bowel movement. I have to say, it felt great. I will probably be taking colace on a regular basis for a while. Fine with me, so long as I stay "regular" , I have probably gone 5 times in the last month. Tops. ugh.
I'm apprehensive for two weeks to pass and to be on a normal food diet. I'm worried about not picking the right stuff or eating at wrong times etc. I kind of want to meet with a nutritionist, have help with a food plan etc. We'll see where this goes..
My parents told me that I'm milking it...the fact that I still hurt. I told them about driving in the car still feeling weird and hurting a little. Well it DOES. I can't help it. So if I'm super sensitive, then I'm sensitive. I'm not milking it. If anything I"m not saying when/how it hurts because I'm tired of hearing myself talk about it. It's been a month though, so I'm wondering when the hell it will stop hurting or being uncomfortable. I wake up anytime I toss and turn at night, which kind of sucks, it's still this feeling like I can feel my intestines shift/move from side to side when I flip from left to right. I am pretty sure they got a nerve during surgery. My butt is still semi numb, I can feel but not very well, and my stomach skin is somewhat less sensitive. Too bad they didn't nick something for pain in the guts lol.
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Figure it's time for an update.. on October 26, 2010 4:47 pm
So I'm in the middle of a new supplemental application for pharmacy school..
My pain level is tolerable..my stomach just feels achey to the touch..like I've been punched in the stomach...kinda weird, didn't need any pain meds for a full day, but indulged myself this afternoon to feel better.
I just bought the pre-made isopure in two flavors, grape frost and alpine punch. I'm going to try all the flavors and see what I like. The protein powder is making me want to vomit. Now these drinks don't taste good. But. They taste BETTER than the vanilla whey powder I had bought. One thing though, I can still add the protein powder to the Kefir and that tastes reall good still because the sourness of the yogurt balances out the disgustingly sweet vanilla taste of the protein powder.
Food wise, I'm not hungry, i'm head hungry. Weird, because I'm watching food network now more than ever. I don't really watch the shows longingly, but for some reason, just seeing the food makes me feel better. Weird, I know. I think the biggest thing I'm craving head-wise is pizza. It's okay, I know i'll be able to have a bite or two some day.
I'm tired all the time now, I'm guessing it's the lack of food/nutrition. But I hear this will change.
Follow up with surgeon's office on Friday and I'm returning to volunteering this Wednesday.
I'm looking forward to a little normalcy.
My husband has been great to me through all this, accomidating and supporting. I couldn't ask for a better partner.
I am going to take a nap now... :) cheers
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Protein..sleepytime..pain.. on October 21, 2010 7:54 pm
So I seem to be able to get at least 40g a protein a day so far, still having trouble with the water. I feel so disgusting when I try to drink water. I might just switch to broth completely. I'm feeling tired all the time, even when I'm not on the pain medicine. Don't even think I could maintain consciousness when I need the pain meds. However, that being said I'm tolerating the pain more and more, took it twice yesterday, and on route to only taking it twice today (down from 4-6 times a day).
I'm a bit bored, I need to get out of the house. My husband might be getting sick which is worrying me and kind of making me sad because I want to be better and able to go out and do something with him soon. Hopefully he'll get well soon. I told myself I would only weigh myself every week or two and here I am just getting excited and weighing myself every day for fun. I'm a dork. I realize I'm losing a lot now because I'm hardly eating anything. I am actually feeling hungry but my stomach is not. So this must be the head hunger everyone is talking about.
We'll see how it goes :) So far so good.
One thing I've noticed is that nobody lists how tall they are. I would love to find someone around the same body TYPE as me to compare weight loss with. I've looked for age and beginning weight, but then I see the goal weight is 120 lbs or something and I'd be a toothpick if I weighed 120. I'm 5'11" to 6' depending on where they measure me :P DMV vs. Doctor always has difference of opinion. I just say 5'11. Anyone else out there similar height and starting off around 300lbs? Love to hear/see your results or keep track of your progress too :)
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Free time... on October 18, 2010 12:34 am
So today was a bit of free time. The hubby went to have some lunch with friends (some well-deserved time off babysitting me)..and I am not as good of a person as he is. I had a hard time watching him go. I knew I couldn't, the traffic/driving, my stomach still being so sensitive to motion.. But I felt left out. I did everything in my power to explain how I felt and that I don't hold it against him, and that I (in fact) WANT him to go and have a good time. I am not sure if he actually believed me or understood where I was coming from.
In the future, when I can travel easier, I'll go and just order soup or something..I can sip tea, whatever..we'll figure it out, I can be a part and just not eat the same menu.
So that being said, I had a bit of free time. I moped for a few minutes, then decided to take a walk. That was nice, not too long, I wasn't feeling spectacular. Came back home and watched tv, surfed the web a bit, played a bit of WoW, and tried to eat some food. Lately I'm doing well with pudding, popsicles, half juice/water and scoop of protein powder and broth. I definitely had more today than I did the last couple days. I"m noticing that things like pudding I can have a bite, then another rather quickly withouting feeling discomfort, but water is different, I really have to sip and wait, then sip and wait.
The free time is what I'm trying to get to: So usually my day would be similar (with school or volunteering plans, and maybe take the dog out once or twice), but for now I'm focusing on getting better.. so where I typically would spend an hour or two making decisions about my own lunch, where I'd go, who I'd go with...now I'm just walking to the kitchen and grab my pudding, eat half and I'm like BLEH can't eat anymore. I need to do something with the time so my BRAIN doesn't get hungry. I feel like a serious couch potato right now, so I asked my hubby to bust out my crafting box. Mostly beading stuff, and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can come up with tomorrow with my free time. It's just another activity to add to watching tv because tv is rotting my brain. Maybe I'll invest in a few books on tape or something. I really hate to read.. as lazy as it sounds I hate having to flip the page. Whatever..honesty is what you'll get. I think at this point, I've read enough textbooks in school (just graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry) so I'm allowed to dislike reading for a few years...decades..
So another thing I'm bringing up. I have a facebook, where all my friends, family and acquaintences happen to be. I want to mention little things like "yay I drank more today" or "yay, apple juice didn't make me nausous" buuuuut I really dont want to be the chick harping on the one thing going on in her life. I know myself I would get irritated if I had to hear about someone's every single thing going on. It makes me a little sad, but I guess that's why I'm glad I have this blog. We'll see if I keep it up, I'm shitty at communicating via any method unless I see you on a daily/weekly basis.
Feels good though that support seems to be everywhere here, I like reading the postings and giving encouraging words if I can. Sometimes I dont know what to say, but I know even I appreciate the "keep up the good work" or "way to go" regardless of how small the thoughts , they're huge in feeling. Well...that was today for me.
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All that and a bag...or not... on October 15, 2010 10:37 pm
So I'm sitting here, three days out from surgery. I've already had a follow up with my endocrinologist (I'm a type I diabetic), and an appointment for two weeks from now with the surgeon. I'm tired, probably a little dehydrated, sore, gassy...but, honestly, even like this, (with a little help from the pain medicine), I'm feeling like vacuuming. Maybe it's just the thought of my future to come, or the excitement, but whatever it is, I'm happy. I'm applying to grad schools, will be finishing up UCSF tomorrow (pharmacy program hopefully!) ..So much on my plate all at once, but I have to say, I feel lucky. My husband has been a huge help, he's so tired (I can't blame the poor man, he slept every night at the hospital with me and the second night they wouldn't let him use the free bed so he just didn't sleep ). My friends and parents and in-laws have all called and visited if they could. This was a much tougher surgery than I had thought. Don't get me wrong, I didnt' think it would be easy. But holy shit I wasn't expecting the discomfort and pain. I guess my head was just in la-la-land.
Looking forward to the weeks to come. I don't have a good scale, been using the same one since 2001 and it was five bucks, still tells me I weigh under 300 lbs. LOL, I'm pretty sure i'm a solid 317, weighed that at the hospital and at the doctors office. I am not going to focus on the number, just work on getting my liquids in me, then focus on protein, then everything else.
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Today must be a day for posting... on July 28, 2010 5:54 pm
I noticed that I'm not alone in wanting to "shop at a regular store" for clothing. But I do find it kind of sad that there were more people signed up for that as a goal than feeling healthy/like the old me..etc. I want to feel energetic and happy and run around and..I dont know..JUMP without the worry of breaking something (or me).. I was watching Pretty in Pink and I noticed duckie dancing around and kind of lifting himself off the railing (granted duckie in the movie is like 130 lbs soaking wet, but besides that).. I just look forward to feeling like THAT again ;)
Now, that being said. I was scrolling through all the before and after pics and I try to find someone with my height/body type and see what they look like after all the weight is gone... To see, relatively where I'll be in size. My parents were both quite a bit older when they had me (38 and 46) so I never got to see what they looked like at my age. I'm not sure what their "young & healthy" body types are. I would love to be a size 10..12 even.. 14.. I dont care if I have to buy the XL anywhere, I just want to not have to ONLY buy 2x tank tops because I really fit a 3x but they dont go that high (old navy / eddie bauer etc).
2 things I look forward to:
1. My shirts being long enough to cover my belly. I'm tall and big, so the material is never quite enough, i have to pull up the pants or pull down the shirt... constantly. Even the "long built" tank tops from avenue/lane bryant aren't enough fabric.. I see the skinny girls getting the long tanks at forever 21 and WISH someday I'll have less of a belly roll so it will be that low on me (think mid hip)..
2. Taking photos where my arm doesn't look larger than my face. My upper arms are just this mass of flesh/fat right now, I can't wait to start losing and working out to tone up!
The end of my rants atm ;)
-K
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I'm waaaaiiiiiting... on July 28, 2010 5:12 pm
Not sure how long its going to take... I thought the call I receieved from the insurance was about the letter, but NO :\ such a bummer. I called the Dr.'s office to find out if the letter was sent (it was). So we're still waiting to hear back from Anthem. I guess my new fear is they'll say no.
In the back of my mind I've been worried. I want to go through with everything, I want the positive results. But I AM scared about it. I'm scared about the surgical part, the blood clot risks, the diabetes response... I'm scared, but I feel like I have to keep convincing myself that it IS the best decision for me, my health, and my future. Has anyone else felt this way? keep convincing yourself its the best decision? and maybe you'll believe yourself? I dont know. Feeling kinda bleh right now.
-K
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T-minus who knows.... on July 15, 2010 3:31 am
So, here I am. First night scouring the forums here for everything from "Dealing with type I diabetes" to randomly finding some people I think I want to follow because they look like me, or write like me, and I want to see them succeed as a way to feel that I can too.
I'll be honest, I'm scared. I'm worried about the technical side of everything, surgery, going under...waking up. I guess NOT waking up is the real fear. Okay, now that I've mentioned that, it makes me remember all the people who have had horrendous PAIN. Well, I'm a female, not a stranger to regular pain, broken bones, fractures, etc. I always manage to bruise myself on something... but the pain bothers me.
My other fears are that I will have my insulin pump and nobody will know how to take care of it, and I'll be zonked out on propofol (sorry, but the fact that they use it, and it killed MJ makes me kind of amused at saying it, i'm a bad person).
Biggest fear - the hubby. I know he loves me, and we have a lot in common and we spend all of our free time together. But his concern over, "not being able to eat the same thing, go to the same places etc" has weighed on my mind like CRAZY lately. I dont want to exclude him from my life, simply because I cannot eat a massive steak like I once did with him. I try to console him and say, "well, we'll save money, i'll have a bite of your food wherever we go and you'll even be eating less!"
Looking forward to getting the news that its approved. I really really hope it is..and soon. The sooner I get approved, the sooner I get my surgery date, the sooner I dont feel tired all the time, the sooner I get to start my family...the sooner I get to start living.
Well, thats my first entry Isuppose :P My hopes, my fears.. (my goal list grows everytime I think of an obstacle i've had to face).
-K
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