kurva77
Two months out- 48lbs gone!
Oct 16, 2007
Only lost about 20lbs in the second month which in a way seems like a lot, but not compared to the first month! I know I need to up my protein and it will start coming off faster then, but easier said than done! At least things are easier now and I'm able to eat more...but I'm still nauseated and I have started throwing up a little. I went grocery shopping for the first time last week and got salad stuff which made me EXTREMELY happy :-) Dr told me that I shouldn't have raw veggies and fruits for at least 3 months, but I could always try lettuce and if it doesn't agree with me I could always just stop and retry it in a few weeks. Yeah I'm still sick of those fast food commercials! No wonder the majority of this country is obese! Greasy fast food is always being pushed in our faces! It would be a hell of a lot easier if they didn't have drive thru's I think. I know if given the choice of going into a KFC or cooking at home, I would cook at home. Driving thru is WAY too convenient. It would also help if I had a little more will power too.
I had a Dr appt yesterday with a new Dr since my last one moved out of state. I was peeved since I was just getting used to her and I'm so newly post op- I didn't want to change yet again. Good news though. The Dr that I am seeing now just happens to work with the local hospital with their bariatric program. He was ticked off that I saw a surgeon that has very little after care (and he went on and on condemning sureons that are only doing the surgery for the money and not for the health of the patients,) but I was happy to be seeing someone who knows something. He was questioning me about what types of programs (supplement and exercise) the surgeon has me on and unfortunately I had to tell him not much of anything. Of course I'm on supplements, but I was shocked that I wasn't taking nearly enough! And exercise program? That wasn't brought up once at my surgeons office. Yeah chances are I won't be starting one anytime soon since it's still so damn hard to even walk with the back pain I have, but I know the more weight I lose the better my back will feel, so maybe one of these days....
I had a Dr appt yesterday with a new Dr since my last one moved out of state. I was peeved since I was just getting used to her and I'm so newly post op- I didn't want to change yet again. Good news though. The Dr that I am seeing now just happens to work with the local hospital with their bariatric program. He was ticked off that I saw a surgeon that has very little after care (and he went on and on condemning sureons that are only doing the surgery for the money and not for the health of the patients,) but I was happy to be seeing someone who knows something. He was questioning me about what types of programs (supplement and exercise) the surgeon has me on and unfortunately I had to tell him not much of anything. Of course I'm on supplements, but I was shocked that I wasn't taking nearly enough! And exercise program? That wasn't brought up once at my surgeons office. Yeah chances are I won't be starting one anytime soon since it's still so damn hard to even walk with the back pain I have, but I know the more weight I lose the better my back will feel, so maybe one of these days....
One month out- 34 lbs down!
Sep 15, 2007
Well it's been just over one month and man has it been a trying month! First I have to admit that it kills me to watch fast food (or even restaraunt commercials,) on TV. I have Tivo so I can fast forward through them all, but I still get a quick glimpse while I'm doing that. I know that eventually I will be able to eat normal food again, but there SO much on TV that I know I SHOULDN'T ever eat again. One of the worst parts before the surgery is that I had NO support from my dad. (I have only told my immediate family and a couple of friends, want to shock the rest of the people I know!) He was always trying to talk me out of the surgery and telling me that I'm going to gain the weight back in the long run anyway. Well after he brought me home after the surgery he told me that for what it's worth, he thinks I did the right thing. It meant a lot to hear that. But since then he's kind of been on my case. Not that I'm eating anything bad, I'm strictly sticking to the diet I was given by my surgeon. But an example, after a few weeks I told him that I was in the clear and that if I ate something bad (like something that would cause blockage,) it wouldn't kill me. He said the food may not, but he would! It's great to have his support now and all, but I think he's going to go over board. I don't want to have a bite of pie at Thanksgiving Dinner and have him jump on me for it. I know that it's going to be a while before I can have something like pizza again, but I WILL be able to eat it again! (But now I will only be able to have one piece instead of 5.)
Anyway, more about my progress. It's been just over a month and I'm down 34lbs!!! Woohoo!! It's been an AWFUL month but at least it's starting to finally look up. The nausea just started 3 weeks ago and the oxycontin I was on just made it worse. I mean A LOT worse. I have had back pain for about 6 years but I was on medication that made me not notice it. Since I had the surgery, I had to go off the medication and I have been in excrutiating pain ever since. I went and saw a pain specialist last week and he started me on something new. Tonight is the first time in 6 weeks that I haven't felt any pain. I was SO excited since it's been forever since I've been able to walk to the kitchen without needing to yell out in pain a few times during my trip there! I had decided along with my PCP that I'm not going to have any back surgery or really do anything about about the back pain since I was planning on having gastric bypass surgery. We both hope that the back pain is coming from all the extra weight I have been carrying and that after I lose a bunch, chances are the pain will go away by itself. For now it's gone (lets just hope it's still gone in the morning!) so I'm excited I can finally return to work in a week!
Oh one last thing- for anyone that's following my progress- I will eventually upload some pre-op pictures and some progress pictures after I lose more weight. I had my dad take pictures of me the night before the surgery but I'm not quite ready to look at them yet! After I'm down around 30 more lbs I may be ready to upload them. I need to start looking better before I put pictures on here of how I looked just one short month ago!
Anyway, more about my progress. It's been just over a month and I'm down 34lbs!!! Woohoo!! It's been an AWFUL month but at least it's starting to finally look up. The nausea just started 3 weeks ago and the oxycontin I was on just made it worse. I mean A LOT worse. I have had back pain for about 6 years but I was on medication that made me not notice it. Since I had the surgery, I had to go off the medication and I have been in excrutiating pain ever since. I went and saw a pain specialist last week and he started me on something new. Tonight is the first time in 6 weeks that I haven't felt any pain. I was SO excited since it's been forever since I've been able to walk to the kitchen without needing to yell out in pain a few times during my trip there! I had decided along with my PCP that I'm not going to have any back surgery or really do anything about about the back pain since I was planning on having gastric bypass surgery. We both hope that the back pain is coming from all the extra weight I have been carrying and that after I lose a bunch, chances are the pain will go away by itself. For now it's gone (lets just hope it's still gone in the morning!) so I'm excited I can finally return to work in a week!
Oh one last thing- for anyone that's following my progress- I will eventually upload some pre-op pictures and some progress pictures after I lose more weight. I had my dad take pictures of me the night before the surgery but I'm not quite ready to look at them yet! After I'm down around 30 more lbs I may be ready to upload them. I need to start looking better before I put pictures on here of how I looked just one short month ago!
Almost there
May 24, 2007
An old co-worker of mine had WLS over 3 years ago and she said that this site was her lifeline before and afterwards, and since I am planning on having the surgery, I figured I'm going to need some support! I have been through the psych eval (EASY!) and through the nutritionist consultation and EVERYTHING so far and I am just waiting for insurance approval. It was only sent a few days ago and I was told by my Dr's office that it's a minimum of 30 days before I will find out. I wasn't planning on having the surgery till this fall but now that I've done everything I can do I'm getting so excited that I think I will just schedule it as soon as I can. I'm scared about knowing what I can eat for the first few months after the surgery even though I have been told a few times now. Since I will be laid up for a week or two at home with my laptop I am hoping the message boards are going to help me!
