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Well, ok. Here I am 2 weeks post-op. A total of 42 pounds down since pre=surgery diet, (20 since surgery). I got my staples out yesterday. Yeah.. Things are well.

O.K. I am really confused.. How can a person only consume 860 calories and gain 2 pounds over night??????????????

O.K., so here I am 5 days post op from laproscopic RNY.  YAY!!  The day of surgery was really bad. I had a tremendous amount of pain because Morphine does nothing for me except for make me deathly nauseated.  Sooo as you can imagine dry heaving after major abdominal surgery is not  a good thing. Anyway, once they got my meds changed over, all was right with the world. I came thru surgery fine and I am doing o.k. I still have a problem getting my protein in and to be honest my tastes have changed!!  The water i liked before surgery almost turns my stomach to think about drinking it now and i pureed some grilled chicken breasts. It was good the first time I ate it but I cannot bring myself to eat it again.. So I have called upon my sister to make me some of her homemade chili... ;-p  yummy!! Anyway.. Hope I can eat it once she makes it. I have not been hungry except for a couple of times and don't really think I was hungry, just think I was ...well don't really know what I was to be honest.. Day of surgery my weight was 355.8 and today it is 340.2... I cannot eat much at all. I eat maybe 2 times a day and I know that's not good but I feel so full I can't take anything. By the time I get my meds down in the mornings, I am stuffed! I have eaten today as i am supposed to do, except for the protein and the water.. That's hard.. Any suggestions other than sip,sip, sip.. I'm doing that already :-0... I made a protein shake and I guess that;s going to be my major way of getting the protein in. The unjury single serve packets are 20g per pkt and I can put that in 4 oz of milk and blend it with ice and I'm good...(Thank goodness I am not lactose intolerant, I know some people are after surgery). Anyway, just wanted to give an update. 

Well.. It's Saturday and I have got anlot of stuff accomplished today. However,  I'm in such a blah mood.. Not sure quite why.. I've cancelled all my plans for the evening.. I just wanna stay home and go to bed.. BAD huh!!  I'm really looking forward to my surgery but I'm just not feeling it today.. I have been on this liver shrink diet since Monday and have lost 8lbs  o far....BUT, I'm STARVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have to be on it for 3 weeks prior to surgery... I can say this, I do FEEL a little better since I've not had any refined sugars. I have learned that I do not care for salads any longer...

O.K., Here we go... 21 days til surgery and I started my Liver Shrink diet today.... I've been going to my support groups and most of the people there said that you don't get hungry on this diet... Well, they lied...LOL  I feel like I'm starving at some points thru my day. It is very hard to eat 6 times a day when I am at work and when I feel like my sugar is dropping, I then realize that I haven't had a chance to get my snack in... Oh well, it's only day 1.... I still have 20 more days to practice... Anyway, I am SO excited about surgery.. I have been waiting and trying to get this done since 2007.. and finally, I am approved by my insurance... I feel like it's a dream and I will wake up any minute now... But I do know that I am ready to make this happen...

Yay!!!!!   I have 25 more days until surgery and I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel... I cannot wait to FEEL BETTER!!!  My hips and knees kill me daily and I cannot take any more IBUPROFEN.... ANyway small price to pay.. I am so excited..