AngloAm
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 8 years, 6 months ago
Well bit less than a year and a half from surgery and I think I'm doing well. Lost a few pounds but really want to get to onderful land (and stay there, safely in). Had two vomity episodes and about ten where I wish I could have purged over the past fi
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 9 months ago
Never have guacamole again (WARNING: BIT GRAPHIC) - Well last night I managed to turn triumph into tragedy.
Went out to the Outback steak house for dinner. I had the tuna tartare appetizer for dinner - ten smallish slices of tuna s...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 10 months ago
I feel cheated - Okay so I'm being super compliant as far as I can see - 70g protein, 30-40g carbs - yet at just over a month I'm alrady slowing down in my weight loss:
Today - 308.6
6/25 - 308.8...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 10 months ago
Living the Mushy Dream - Well, it's been three weeks and three days and in (possibly overweening) obedience to my doctor I remained on liquids until I actually got his permission to advance, and didn't adv...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 10 months ago
My NUT is nuts - Or just waaaay stricter than I thought. I asked her if, when I'm on soft food (in a week from tomorrow), I can have salsa and/or cheese on my scrambled eggs (for example).
Her ...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 10 months ago
Have I Wrecked Things Already? - Okay so I have a problem/issue/question:
I got sleeved on 21 May. I've been utterly true to my doctor's requirement for three weeks post op on a liquid diet (protein shakes, di...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
Blessings count so I'm counting 'em - In a contrast to my previous moaning () I decided to concentrate on the good things and so here's a brief list, five days out:
No nausea, not after the op, nor so far. I unde...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
The Ghrelin Gremlin - Well, day five and it's getting hard to tell if I'm in post-surgical pain completely or if some hunger isn't floating in...like when the DH cooked himself brats or when my mind wan...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
Oh my aching knees - Okay so my knees, after years of 400lbs of me to support, are shot. I was hobbling around fine on Diclofenac (aka Arthrotec) and Tramadol (aka, well, Tramadol); I could even walk o...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
I'm Home At Last - Got my VSG surgery on Wednesday at Shady Grove in Rockville with Dr. Barry Greene. At first it was okay; I felt fine in the recovery room and even the balance of Wednesday. Wednesd...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
Sheer panic - Woke up last night in sheer panic over what I have to remember and what I will be putting my DH through. What do I bring? Bedclothes? (I normally sleep in boxers.) Clothes - sweats...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
Driving after surgery - I have a bit of an odd situation, which for me isn't too odd. Just like my dear mother, my DH has never learned to drive. He never needed to where he grew up in a small city in Aus...
AngloAm wrote a blog post 9 years, 11 months ago
Bucket List - Here's what's on my bucket list for when I'm on my feet post-op:
Ride a rollercoaster.
Go to a water park.
Go hiking.
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
Hell is Other People - Well, it isn't really, but I've found that the liquid diet is easier when I don't have to deal with other people's food needs. Not that my friends haven't been good - we went to Ph...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
Not A Good Start to the Weekend - Bit down today - having to eschew going out with friends for another in our 20 year tradition of meeting every Friday evening for dinner. On the liquid diet I don't know if I can f...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
Day one of pre-op liquid diet... - ...went well.
After two weeks of two shakes and one meal a day (and losing 17 lbs) I'm now coming into home stretch - I started an all liquid diet yesterday for my surgery on 5/2...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 9 years, 11 months ago
Just hit me! - In one week and one day I won't be able to eat as I have ever again. I'm already on two shakes and one meal a day; next Tuesday I start on all liquid for two weeks pre-op. I keep t...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 10 years ago
Hello, it's me - Well, I have my date - 21 May - and my husband and I are prepping. Just wanted to say hello and that as soon as I have anything valuable to add I will, and as soon as I have a ques...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 10 years ago
Lost - I have my date for the surgery (21 May) and I'm feeling so overwhelmed suddenly. I got a big thick packet in the mail telling me I have to start TODAY with two protein shakes and a...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 10 years, 4 months ago
Hi, everyone! -
I'm pre-op for Dr. Barry Greene and feeling a bit overwhelmed. It's odd how tiny 900 calories looks on a plate, I'm missing sweets and cake and pizza, and I'm just feeling low. ...
AngloAm posted a discussion topic 10 years, 4 months ago
900 Tiny Little Calories -
Hello - I'm back planning WLS (VSG from Dr. Barry Greene) and my pre-op plan from him is 900 tiny little calories a day. I'm starting to dread eating anything as I see my remain...
