angieb77
Night before surgery
Jun 06, 2011
I was feeling pretty great this morning especially when I got on the scale and it said 327lbs. That is a total of 48lbs lost. I felt amazing today despite the clear liquid diet. My ctscan went good and we are still on schedule for surgery tomorrow morning at 8am. I have to be at the hospital by 6am at the very latest. I'm feeling a little icky right now which might be from the laxative that I had to take. I should head to bed I will have to be up very soon! I think the nerves are starting to keep in. Next time I post will be after surgery. Keeping my fingers crossed everything goes smooth and that there are no complications.
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2 days until surgery
Jun 05, 2011
I am excited but I'm sure I will get more nervous as I get closer to surgery. The liquid diet is getting a little bit easier to deal with. I've been on it since Tuesday. The first 2 days were the hardest. The weight is starting to come off again. That is the one plus about the liquid protein diet. I weighed myself this morning and I was 328. I was 335 on Thursday when I had my weight check.
I've noticed I'm not as hungry as I was the first day or two of the liquid diet. I am eating a lot of sugar free Popsicles and drinking a lot of propel, smart water and G2. Friday was kind of a rough day I wasn't feeling so great and I had horrible diarrhea. I drank two G2's yesterday and I think that helped to re-balance my electrolytes and get me hydrated. I think I was a little dehydrated. The main issues I have been having from the liquid protein diet is the diarrhea. I get to eat a lean cuisine for dinner and I have been adding a can of plain green beans or a microwave steam bag of plain green beans. I then put on a tiny sprinkle of molly mcbutter on them. It at least makes me feel fuller and a serving of green beans is only around 20 cals.
I've been using fat free lactaid milk in my protein drink (pure protein powder) and I love the taste. It makes the protein drinks taste more like a milk shake. That is what I am mentally telling myself that I am drinking a thick glass of chocolate milk or a chocolate shake. It has made downing them a little bit easier. I noticed when first starting the protein shakes that it had a weird taste but after time it has gotten more bearable and I'm actually enjoying them.
I had a weight check with my surgeon on Thursday afternoon. It went good but he wants me to have a ct-scan before surgery. They were able to get me in on Monday. I'm hoping it is enough notice but it seems like it is cutting it close. I have to pick up barium from the hospital either today or first thing tomorrow morning because my ct-scan is tomorrow. I'm supposed to start the barium 2 hours before the scan. He wants me to have the scan done so he can make sure that everything is okay with my pancreas. He wants to check to see that it is no longer inflamed and that there are no cysts. He doesn't think there will be any issues with it but he wants to make sure before he cuts me open. He said if there is issues with my pancreas he would have to close me back up and would not do the surgery. :( So he said he wants the ct-scan done first to make sure that everything will go smoothly with surgery.
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I've noticed I'm not as hungry as I was the first day or two of the liquid diet. I am eating a lot of sugar free Popsicles and drinking a lot of propel, smart water and G2. Friday was kind of a rough day I wasn't feeling so great and I had horrible diarrhea. I drank two G2's yesterday and I think that helped to re-balance my electrolytes and get me hydrated. I think I was a little dehydrated. The main issues I have been having from the liquid protein diet is the diarrhea. I get to eat a lean cuisine for dinner and I have been adding a can of plain green beans or a microwave steam bag of plain green beans. I then put on a tiny sprinkle of molly mcbutter on them. It at least makes me feel fuller and a serving of green beans is only around 20 cals.
I've been using fat free lactaid milk in my protein drink (pure protein powder) and I love the taste. It makes the protein drinks taste more like a milk shake. That is what I am mentally telling myself that I am drinking a thick glass of chocolate milk or a chocolate shake. It has made downing them a little bit easier. I noticed when first starting the protein shakes that it had a weird taste but after time it has gotten more bearable and I'm actually enjoying them.
I had a weight check with my surgeon on Thursday afternoon. It went good but he wants me to have a ct-scan before surgery. They were able to get me in on Monday. I'm hoping it is enough notice but it seems like it is cutting it close. I have to pick up barium from the hospital either today or first thing tomorrow morning because my ct-scan is tomorrow. I'm supposed to start the barium 2 hours before the scan. He wants me to have the scan done so he can make sure that everything is okay with my pancreas. He wants to check to see that it is no longer inflamed and that there are no cysts. He doesn't think there will be any issues with it but he wants to make sure before he cuts me open. He said if there is issues with my pancreas he would have to close me back up and would not do the surgery. :( So he said he wants the ct-scan done first to make sure that everything will go smoothly with surgery.
liquid diet coming up soon..
May 27, 2011
Next Tuesday I start the liquid protein diet back up. Not looking forward to it, but I know its important and I will follow it. I am supposed to have a liquid protein drink for breakfast and lunch and for dinner I can have a lean cuisine. It was really rough being on it the last time but I made it through. I have gained a few lbs back since stopping the liquid protein diet. My surgeon said I could relax a bit on my diet and just to resume the liquid protein diet a week before surgery. So Tuesday will be the day I start back up on it. Although I think I might supplement some shakes for breakfast, etc this weekend just to give myself a little boost. I am really kind of bummed that I gained back a couple of lbs. I got so excited when the scale said 329.6lbs. Now I am teetering right around 336-338lbs. Blah! It is crazy how easily it can come back on.
I keep wondering what things are going to be like after surgery. Wondering if I am going to feel different. I mean I am sure I will have pain but I wonder if I will just feel different emotionally like a part of me is missing? Just the fact that 80% of my stomach will be cut out of me. I wonder how big my stomach even is and how much a stomach weighs and if I will loose any weight just from the fact of them removing some of it. I kind of wonder what it looks like too. The nurse said that they keep it and take tissue samples. I asked her when I had my final nutrition class what they do with it. I wanted to know if they just throw it away? She said no that they take tissue samples and keep it formaldehyde until they are no longer required to keep it on file.
I'm also wondering about my issues with pancreatitis. If it will improve and if I won't have anymore episodes of it. Or if this is something that I may have to continue to deal with down the road. I'm hoping it will be gone for good.
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I keep wondering what things are going to be like after surgery. Wondering if I am going to feel different. I mean I am sure I will have pain but I wonder if I will just feel different emotionally like a part of me is missing? Just the fact that 80% of my stomach will be cut out of me. I wonder how big my stomach even is and how much a stomach weighs and if I will loose any weight just from the fact of them removing some of it. I kind of wonder what it looks like too. The nurse said that they keep it and take tissue samples. I asked her when I had my final nutrition class what they do with it. I wanted to know if they just throw it away? She said no that they take tissue samples and keep it formaldehyde until they are no longer required to keep it on file.
I'm also wondering about my issues with pancreatitis. If it will improve and if I won't have anymore episodes of it. Or if this is something that I may have to continue to deal with down the road. I'm hoping it will be gone for good.
Thinking Positive
May 23, 2011
I'm feeling better about my surgery being delayed. I know that everything happens for a reason. I've been doing a lot of reading on the OH forums. It is really interesting reading about other peoples stories and hear about what other people have experienced.
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Surgery rescheduled for June 7th
May 20, 2011
I was supposed to have my gastric sleeve surgery Thursday May 19th. I found out on Tuesday afternoon that it was going to be rescheduled.
I was so mad and frustrated and sad at the same time. I felt defeated. My surgeon gave me good reasons as to why it had to be rescheduled. I have dealt with pancreatitis for over the past year. At the end of March I had an ERCP done and they cut the spchiniter tube on the pancreas to allow the enzymes to flow easier. My tubes were very small and narrow and they think that is what was causing my reoccurant pancreatitis flareups. Well I had a pretty bad attack of pancreatitis from the surgery. My G.I. surgeon gave me the all clear to proceed with the weight loss surgery. But on Tuesday my bariatric surgeon decided we needed to wait longer before proceeding with the surgery.
I tried to fight him on it and did and said everything I could think of to try to convince him otherwise. He wouldn't budge. I know that he is looking out for my best interests and wants to push the surgery back so my pancreas has more time to heal and settle down before surgery. He said we needed to wait a full two months before surgery.
So now I am playing the waiting game. He said I can relax on the diet I had been on for the past week which consisted of a liquid protein drink for breakfast and lunch and then a lean cuisine for dinner. It was a very hard week and it was even harder finding out that it was kind of all for nothing since surgery got dealed. I am supposed to resume the diet a week before surgery and follow up with the clinic and have a weight check done. It was a very emotionally draining week.
My younger sister who is a nurse came out for what was supposed to be my surgery. She lives in another state. It was a huge bummer with my surgery being rescheduled. She really wanted to be here for me during and after my surgery. Unfortunately she will not be able to make it out for the next surgery date.
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I was so mad and frustrated and sad at the same time. I felt defeated. My surgeon gave me good reasons as to why it had to be rescheduled. I have dealt with pancreatitis for over the past year. At the end of March I had an ERCP done and they cut the spchiniter tube on the pancreas to allow the enzymes to flow easier. My tubes were very small and narrow and they think that is what was causing my reoccurant pancreatitis flareups. Well I had a pretty bad attack of pancreatitis from the surgery. My G.I. surgeon gave me the all clear to proceed with the weight loss surgery. But on Tuesday my bariatric surgeon decided we needed to wait longer before proceeding with the surgery.
I tried to fight him on it and did and said everything I could think of to try to convince him otherwise. He wouldn't budge. I know that he is looking out for my best interests and wants to push the surgery back so my pancreas has more time to heal and settle down before surgery. He said we needed to wait a full two months before surgery.
So now I am playing the waiting game. He said I can relax on the diet I had been on for the past week which consisted of a liquid protein drink for breakfast and lunch and then a lean cuisine for dinner. It was a very hard week and it was even harder finding out that it was kind of all for nothing since surgery got dealed. I am supposed to resume the diet a week before surgery and follow up with the clinic and have a weight check done. It was a very emotionally draining week.
My younger sister who is a nurse came out for what was supposed to be my surgery. She lives in another state. It was a huge bummer with my surgery being rescheduled. She really wanted to be here for me during and after my surgery. Unfortunately she will not be able to make it out for the next surgery date.
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Blaine, MN
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47.6
BMI
Surgery
06/07/2011
Surgery Date
May 16, 2011
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