Carrie T.

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My mom: the food Nazi - I was TOLD I could start having soft foods DURING my 2nd week after surgery. Why is she being such a cunt about me wanting to have some sugar free pudding or a bit of cottage ch...

So many questions.... - I had my surgery on March 22nd. I had to stay in hospital for a few days because I had some complications. I'd previously had thyroid cancer and had a total thyroidectomy in Oct...

My RNY Gastric Bypass Experience - Day 1: Friday, March 22, 2013 I wasn’t nervous. Not as nervous as I thought I’d be, anyway. My parents and I packed up everything and piled into my dad’s car...

Weigh in - I went to see my surgeon's nutritionist today. She weighed me before our visit and I've lost EIGHT pounds already!!! I was practically in SHOCK when I read the scale!

Oh my! I'm only on day 4 and the past 3 days have been torture for...

optifast: day 4 - Day 1 was bad. Day 2 was worse than the first. I was hungrier and couldn't stop thinking about cheese pizza. I don't even like pizza! I would have an hour and a half before...

I got my surgery date!! - I start Optifast on March 7th and my surgery is March 22nd!!!

I need to complain for a minute - I started my journey for the gastric bypass on March 27th of last year. Because of my insurance, I had to go through a 6 month program that actually stretched out to 7 months, t...

Another update - I know. I'm a slacker at keeping this updated. Monday, December 17th, 2012 My mom and I got up at the ass-crack of dawn and headed out the door to take the hour-long trek ...

Cancer Update - It's been a while since I've updated. I figured I'd let everyone know what's going on and where I am in my process today. Sorry it's so long. November 14, 2012 There are a...

I have cancer - My gastric bypass journey has been placed on hold while I battle thyroid cancer. I'm finally gonna sit down and write out my update. It's a little long, but there are a lot ...

Surgery date for my throat has been set - On Tuesday (the 23rd), I have to go to Heritage Hospital (which is now called Vidant) to preregister. On the morning of Thursday (the 25th), I'll be admitted. The surgeon will m...

Update on my throat and thyroid - I saw Dr. Petruzziello today. He explained exactly what’s going on. The biopsy showed that I have follicular cells in my nodules. With follicular cells, they can’t tel...

Nervous - Tomorrow I go see Dr. Petruzziello to get the results of my biopsy. I'm really nervous. I also caught my son's cold. The first day, I just felt tired and had a sore throat. The se...

Update and some good news - I saw Dr. Petruzziello today. He did another ultrasound on my thyroid and did a needle biopsy. It hurt a little, but not much. He said that the results should be back in a week, so...

Call from psychiatrist - I went to see my regular therapist on Thursday. I really didn't want to go because I was up all night Wednesday night with a stomach virus, but I knew that if I called in to resche...

Update on thyroid - Unfortunately, Dr. Petruzziello had an emergency surgery this afternoon, so his receptionist called me at 10 this morning and rescheduled. Dr. Petruzziello is only in his office ...

Upper GI complete! - I got to the hospital this morning at 10. They're doing construction so I took a quick picture of that: Angie called me back to the Radiology department. She had me remove all ...

Upper GI tomorrow and Update on thyroid - I saw Dr. Bitar this morning to schedule the upper GI. He's a really nice guy. He read over my medical history and saw that I'm scheduled to see Dr. Petruzziello. He let me know ...

Update - The nurse from the emergency department called me. She said I have several nodules (or tumors) on the right side of my thyroid and a few on the left. She said Dr. Vigg's office w...

Swelling in my neck - On Monday, the swelling in my neck had gotten worse. It's roughly the size of a small orange and stretches from the right side of my neck, across the front of my throat, and slig...