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Today marks 3 months since surgery. Yesterdays appointment showed that I have lost 46 ½ pounds. I am thrilled.

 

My nutritionist thinks things are moving too fast and would like to see me lose a little slower. They consider me a light weight. We have different opinions about how much I should lose as well. I have set my goal for 125 and she seems to think it should be 20 to 30 pounds higher. Since I am only 5 feet tall I don’t want to be 140/150 that is still in the over weight area. I did not go through all the internal rearranging to still be overweight!

 

My labs all look pretty good. They still would like to see me getting 80 grams of protein. I struggle with the protein thing. I continue to try and get as much as possible. It does get somewhat better but still a struggle.

 

I still have no appetite which is a good thing. I don’t have a lot during meals but always have the protein first. I have found chicken to be hit or miss. I can eat steak and roast with no problem and shrimp grilled goes down smoothly too.

 

At this point in time I am avoiding starch although the NUT said I can try adding them. I will probably delay this since: ‘My name is Jan and I am a carb a holic’. I have added fruits and veggies. Salad was always a favorite for me and was happy to be able to add that back into my diet.

 

Now I don’t have to return until April for my next appointment. It’s hard to believe that will be 6 months out. Can’t wait to see what changes will come. At least the weather should be nicer. Dang Michigan winters…LOL.

Wow. It has been a while since I updated.

 
I was scheduled for surgery at Hurley on October 24,2007. It was the first surgery of the day so I needed to be there at 5:15 am. From what I hear everything went as scheduled. It took about 3 hours and that I should have been out of recovery in another 2 to 2.5 hours. It was closer to 3 hours before they had me somewhat awake and in a room.

I don’t come out of general anesthetics well so I really don’t remember much about the first two days. On Thursday I got the nose tube pulled what a funky feeling. Friday, I got the catheter pulled since I could seem to walk that day and was actually feeing human. They told me I would be staying till Saturday. My delayed reaction to waking up apparently concerned them. Saturday morning the JP tube went and I was turned loose.

 

The day I got home was tiring. It’s only an hour away from home but we stopped and had prescriptions filled since I was unsure if anyone would be available over the weekend. By Sunday I was feeling pretty good.

We had decent weather over the weekend right through the 31^st so I could do some outside walking. Not running marathons but nice walks.

Struggling to get water and protein based liquids down but find it a little easier every day.

I’ll update after my 2-week appointment. Happy November everyone.

Today I went to see Dr Williams again. It had been over a year since my first psych evaluation so I had to do it again.

Everything went well and he said I'm good for surgery. That office is always so busy. My appointment was for 11:45. I saw him for a couple of minutes and was told to go have lunch and come back an hour later. Once I got back it was probably a half hour wait to do the computer portion of the test. Then it flew.

He will fax the results to Hurley today. Yipee!

I now have to do my psych exam again. Because of my postponement for a heart cath my last eval was over a year old. I was hoping they could do an adendment but that was not to be. Hopefully I am no more psychotic than I was last time...LOL We'll find out on the 29th of August.

I then have my Pre-op appointment on the 26th of September. When I get back from my Florida vacation I will do my Nutrition class. I get back into town late on the 3rd of October and still have Thursday as a vacation day. The classes are offered on Thursday so I won't have to miss another day of work.

They said something about a 15 day protein diet prior to surgery. I guess I will find out more during my pre-op appointment.

It's back to being real again.