nfarris79

Send Message

Block

Add Friend

Yeah, those sugar alcohols in s/f products are no joke...

date moved - I'm in a personal hell -  So just when I was starting to get over the panic attack I was having, the hospital called and said my surgery has moved from tomorrow to Wednesday. And as a consolation prize, I ...

Day 14 - WTF?!?! - I take back anything I've ever said nice about my surgeon and the hospital. THey f-ing moved my surgery to Wednesday. Due to a "scheduling error". What the hell??? It's not like th...

Day 13 - the end is near - I can't believe  I only need to get thru tomorrow and surgery day is fast approaching. I feel really grateful to the OH community for listening to me rant, answering my questions &...

Butt aflame - TMI -  While I know it's not because my surgeon is sadistic, I still hate this bowel prep! I was doing my blog earlier and made reference to that Dave Chappelle skit where he is propelle...

Day 12 - anticipation - I weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 230. SO that's a loss of 15 lbs during the liquid diet and a total loss in this journey of 37 lbs from highest weight! At this rate, I...

Day 11 - outamymind - Not hungry today- though it's only 6:30a. The return of early waking insomnia. Ugh! Maybe I can just consider it training for my 7:45a surgery on Tuesday (and being at the hospital...

early waking insomnia -  So with 3 days and a wake up to go (no, I don't count today because I'm already IN today) I have welcomed the return of my old frenemy, early waking insomnia. Waking at 3a, 4a, 5a...

Pre-op support group at SGH tonight -  Just announcing that pre-op support group is tonight at 5:30-6:30p at Shady Grove Adventist, for anyone in Montgomery county. See ya there!

Day 10 - excited! - I'm feeling pretty good today, tiny headache but not feeling too hungry at all. Made a chocolate shake with creme de menthe flavoring (the kind in tiny bottles used for baking/cake...

Day 9 - hopeful? -  So spent the entire day doing appointments. I didn't get as much protein or liquids today as I have in the past several days but don't feel too bad at all. I had my PASS appointme...

Day 8 - exhausted -  Maybe it's psychosomatic but being without vitamins is leaving me feelng wiped out. I've improved my calorie daily goals as 400 was just not cutting it! So I'm probably getting cl...

Day 7 - growlies & poo - So probably shouldn't take this but I've been taking Imodium for 2 days because this diarrhea won't quit! Between the sugar alcohols and forgetting to take lactaid tabs with each p...

Day 6 - bored & impatient -  The emotions du jour are boredom & impatience. I'm feeling impatient for the surgery, to be off this friggen liquid diet already, just about life in general. Seriously bored with ...

Days 4 & 5 - ups and downs - Day 4 was my "bitchville" day. I felt absolutely psychotic at the grocery store, where all I bought was chicken broth, s/f jello & lactaid tabs. That wasn't the reason for my irrit...

shout out to Sinai -  I gotta say, they won me over! I saw Dr Long's move to Sinai with a bit of trepidation but the staff at the program have been really great. Capping it all off, the insurance speci...

Liquid day 3 - APPROOOOOOVED!!!! -  Got an email from my surgeon's office that I'd been approved for surgery. Can not believe the quick turn-around! Only 24hrs, unbelievable! It really starts to make me believe in t...

Approved!! -   Doing the happy dance because BCBS approved. Can you believe in 24hrs??? I'm a believer in the healthcare system again .... maybe.  Got an email from the surgeon's office saying ...

Liquid day 2 - every day gets better -  So did my 2nd day of liquid diet. Was much busyier today than yesterday so had less time to focus on how I'm not eating solid food. Had 3 protein shakes, s/f jello, chicken broth,...

Pray for approval -  So I called my surgeon's office today and they just sent over the request to authorize my surgery on the 12th. Asking for prayers and positive thoughts..... (and if anyone works f...

Never enjoyed chicken broth so much in my life! -  11:30am and I am having a near-God experience drinking chicken broth. Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic. But on day 1 of the liquid diet, I'm having a lunatic moment. I think it's j...

OT: when it rains, it pours! -  So, not sure if any of you post-ops have experienced this but I'm probably not as unique as I think.... 2 weeks to go before surgery and I'm dealing with a difficult move (office,...

an experiment -  Hi all & happy Friday! So I wanted to get some opinions on my little experiment. I start my 2-week liquid diet on the 29th and wanted to see if I could get thru a day with liquid...

Thud - That sound was me falling off the wagon. So I allowed myself an "off-diet" day, with the very enabling thought that it may be the last time I could eat willy-nilly before my 2 w...

That inspires me to just suck it up and take my pre-op photos...