ObesityHelp

Super excited about Las Vegas meeting and counsel with Dr S...happy will meet people who are on the same journey as i am and or at the end of it now that their plastics are complete :)

I just emailed my bariatric nurse to get me a refferal so I can get diagnosed for my pain...at this point I am convinced I either have arthritis or lupus...about 10 years ago I started having a burning sensation in my left shoulder blade to this day its still there but the only way I can describe the pain is it not only feels like its burning inside the muscle but almost like a bunch of needles being stuck in my shoulder blade area all at the same time...I also have imense tension that runs up to the back of my neck and all down the top side of my shoulder right in the croock of my neck....I feel I have flares especailly now that I have a regular menstral cycal its worse and that whole area all the muscles get so so tight that all I can do is self deep tissue massage over and over again it doesnt really help but pain is so sever at times that I automatically just massage shoulder and neck....I aslo have a small hard painful lump at the top of shoulder/collar bone its so tender and painful but hard...it also feels like I have nerve damage there because I can have a deep tissue massage in that area and I feel like a numbness in the whole area like they have to push harder for me to feel a release of pressure in the muscle...on my right side Im super sensitive....Ive had physicall therapy in the past with no help..I've had xrays that show no abnomalities in that area...I have a chiropractor adjust me when my neck tenses up so bad I have to go see her she also sets me up with her massage therapist of course it helps on the day I got the massage and maybe the next day but after returning from my physically demanding job at a grocery store where I'm doing repetetive motion, lifting and pulling  packs of  water and gallons of milk I'm right back where I started...Ive also in the past year thought I've had bladder or yeast infections and nothing has come from both times Ive complained to my doctor they only tested protien in my urine and maybe they are not making the connection to lupus because they where not looking for it they where only looking for bladder or yeast infection because thats what I thought I had at the time...I also have numbness in my toes that at one time I thought it was because I was boarderline diabetic and carrying extra 140lb on my frame could not be good for my toes so I figured it was due to the extra weight...I have the worst  insomnia and when I finally do sleep all I want to do is sleep...I get out of work at 1am, I fall asleep at 6am, I get up at 2pm to get ready to return to work at 4pm...I'm depressed all the time and in turn makes me want to eat junk my weight loss has stalled for last 2 months at 215 down from 304...so since my primary care doctor all she wants to do is send me to physical therapy I emailed my bariatric nurse to see if he can help me with my issues...I hope I hear from him as soon as possible

October 12, 2010 10:27 pm

tomorrow is 3 weeks post op...i have an appointment with my primary doctor she will check to see how my blood pressure is doing...last time she checked me a week after my surgery she cut my blood pressure pill in half...i hope she can cut it but it might still be wishfull thinking...i have lost another 3lb from last week bringin my total to about 27lb so far...i feel good except i still have a dull pain in my main incision...it becomes a sharp pain when i bend or try to move onto it in bed but other than that ive been getting my walking in not at 45minutes but a good 30 so far....im still having a problem getting all my vitamins in they are to big i have to go get me the chewable kind because the horse pills of the multi and calium are terrible...im also taking biotin for my hair i already had hair loss so im not looking forward to it really falling out after this surgery...ill wear a wig or extentions i guess....i will be returning to work oct 25th i hope this pain eases up a bit...also i feel i run out of energy half way through the day i could be my protein intake i guess ill have to add 2 protein drinks in to get the energy level up...so thats all i have to say this week....

oh one more thing about food intake i do feel hungy but when i do its a pain to eat i only eat when i make food for my boyfriend...and thats only because he like for us to eat together otherwise i would not eat...its so hard for me to not want to hurry and finish and of course when i hurry i feel pain so i still have to work on the chewing and waiting a few minutes before i take another bite...im good with the waiting at least a half and hour before and after i eat...

November 4, 2010 8:38 pm

4 week out we took a trip to southern california riverside and arizona...i did not do so well everything i ate made me sick all my food went down super heavy and i felt it hurt in my esophogus area...so i kept to soup and scrabled egg...5th week out i went back to work and i was able to still have my protein drink at lunch a slice of cheese and a slice of turkey but everything else was making me sick even water..towards the end of the week i could not even drink my protien drink so this week is my 6th week post op i gave my bariatric nurse a call and told him what was happening he said he ordered an uper gi test to make sure i had no strictures happening maybe check for ulcers...but as of now im not getting in all my protien water or vitamins :(

Going in for upper GI test on thursday to check for stricture hopefully they check for ulcers 2...i can eat soup very well...no problem with vitamin water zero is good....some real low cal sweets dont make me sick...some unhealthy food does not make me sick either like fried potatoes or chicken mknuggets :(

I had a previouse profile and deleted it to these are past blog entries that I saved from my previouse profile...

September 29, 2010 12:02 am

I had my surgery last week September 22nd...I had to report to the hospital at 10:00 I can honestly say I was not scarred or nervous at all....The Bariatric Department at the hospital was so precise about what to do the day before the day of and the day after that it was pretty much step by step for me at this point so i tried to just keep my mind at ease with private mental prayers and just followed instructions step by step....When I woke up I was not feeling any pain....My surgeon came to see me once I came to he said everything went well except I had some heavy bleeding in 2 of my entrance points so they had to put in deep sutures...but other than that  everything had gone well...The nurses noticed I was able to walk about 4 hours after I woke up....I did not really use the pain killer button because the medicine made me nauseous and would knock me out again so the last time I pushed that button was like at 4 in the morning when the nurses where checking my vitals....I was able to drink all my liquid breakfast...I think the nurses where waiting for me to pee after that and sure enough I did....my surgeon came back again the next day he asked me if I wanted to go home I said I would like to...he said he would just like for me to have lunch and then he would see if I could go home the very next day....Sure enough about 3 he comes back and asks how I felt I said really good...and he says OK well then I guess u can go home....I thanked him called my family who came to pick me up about an hour later because the hospital is in So San Fran and we live in San Jose...So since Ive been home ill be honest its been so hard to get my protein and water in but now on my 5 day its getting alot easier....I'm already 14pounds down...I started off on day of surgery weighing in at 304 I am now down 290...I'm feeling really good I do need to take a nap during the day but I can go out and walk if I don't have enough water or protein I get really weak after walking...wed I see my primary doctor she will check to see I still have to take my blood pressure pill...hopefully I dont have too keeping fingers crossed :)

October 5, 2010 2:07 pm

I just had my 2 week post of appointment with my surgeon he says im healing just perfectly and everything is on track...he moved me on to stage three...i can now start taking my calcuim i have to upkeep on all my vitamins and protein...i find if  i dont have enough protein on one day i am super week the the next day....so he also moved me up to more types of exercise like cycling and swiming but still no lifting as he had to put in some deep sutures where i had bleeding on surgery day...so 19 lbs down so far...and already my blood pressure pill is cut in half pretty happy about that....