AlohaJenniH.... A.
my 1 year surgiversary!!!!
Nov 28, 2007
Well by goly i made it to my 1 year.......
and man what a year it has been i went from a size 24 to a 3 sometimes a 0..i fluctuate between 130-135 pounds had my tummy tuck on october 22 and that was a helluva a surgery let me tell ya...My hubby is active duty military and we are moving to ft. Riley Kansas and am visiting family right now so just wanted to pop in and drop a line on here to let everyone know I am alive and doing great, once I get where I am going i will update with details.. i will put pictures and everything on soon...
love to everyone visiting my site..if you want to drop me a line you can email me [email protected] i respond to everyone....talk to you soon....
and man what a year it has been i went from a size 24 to a 3 sometimes a 0..i fluctuate between 130-135 pounds had my tummy tuck on october 22 and that was a helluva a surgery let me tell ya...My hubby is active duty military and we are moving to ft. Riley Kansas and am visiting family right now so just wanted to pop in and drop a line on here to let everyone know I am alive and doing great, once I get where I am going i will update with details.. i will put pictures and everything on soon...
love to everyone visiting my site..if you want to drop me a line you can email me [email protected] i respond to everyone....talk to you soon....
My update 1-7-07
Jan 07, 2007
Well lets see where to begin... I turn 37 tomorrow (jan8th) so I am having a few issues with that, I cant believe I can be that old already, seems like just yesterday I was 16 and my mom was lecturing me about my boyfriend...geezz....
Anyway as for me and my gastric bypass.......
let see I didnt lose ANY weight for like 3 weeks,,, i was so disgusted with myself just sure it was something I had done, but then again I am not getting in all my protein and not all my water. I need to get the water measured and set it out it seems like I am always drinking but never keep good track, so i am gonna really buck up tomorrow and do all my vitamins and H2O and even as much protein as I can possibly do...well after 3 weeks i got on the scale before bed and still 235...but next morning I woke up to 228..so at least it moved but now nothing again...so I dont know i guess it is gonna play mind games with me, I need to stop being obsessed with the scale but I just cant seem to not jump on it almost every single time I go in the bathroom...
As for how I feel, I am good I have pnemonia right now so I am fighting that, but surgery wise I am great.. I can eat everything I havent tryed anything I am not suppose to so as for eating junk I dont know and nor will I ever know cause I am not going back down that road..I drink only water, crystal light and ocassional propel but they have calories and I dont like to drink my calories...I am still searching for the miracle protein drink, havent found it yet but still hunting....
I have some energy when I am not sick, but then I have been on the go since I was released from the hospital I left the hospital on Sat and Sunday was at the mall looking for a gown for my daughters semi formal...so nothing keeps me down....
I am living on shrimp these days and it is starting to get old...i am gonna take my measurements this afternoon and then I will update and tell you how many inches I have lost, I dont want to put my exact measurments on here you all might have a heart attack and I dont want anyone getting sick because of me..LOL
will update later....
Anyway as for me and my gastric bypass.......
let see I didnt lose ANY weight for like 3 weeks,,, i was so disgusted with myself just sure it was something I had done, but then again I am not getting in all my protein and not all my water. I need to get the water measured and set it out it seems like I am always drinking but never keep good track, so i am gonna really buck up tomorrow and do all my vitamins and H2O and even as much protein as I can possibly do...well after 3 weeks i got on the scale before bed and still 235...but next morning I woke up to 228..so at least it moved but now nothing again...so I dont know i guess it is gonna play mind games with me, I need to stop being obsessed with the scale but I just cant seem to not jump on it almost every single time I go in the bathroom...
As for how I feel, I am good I have pnemonia right now so I am fighting that, but surgery wise I am great.. I can eat everything I havent tryed anything I am not suppose to so as for eating junk I dont know and nor will I ever know cause I am not going back down that road..I drink only water, crystal light and ocassional propel but they have calories and I dont like to drink my calories...I am still searching for the miracle protein drink, havent found it yet but still hunting....
I have some energy when I am not sick, but then I have been on the go since I was released from the hospital I left the hospital on Sat and Sunday was at the mall looking for a gown for my daughters semi formal...so nothing keeps me down....
I am living on shrimp these days and it is starting to get old...i am gonna take my measurements this afternoon and then I will update and tell you how many inches I have lost, I dont want to put my exact measurments on here you all might have a heart attack and I dont want anyone getting sick because of me..LOL
will update later....
2 week check up
Dec 13, 2006
Went to my 2 week check up on the 11th of Dec. and all looks good.. I got to my Dr office early and actually got seen early. My dr took out my staples while he was telling me what I could and couldnt eat. I can eat just about everything, except steak, roast,BBQ, any kinda breads, and sweets, and soda..other then that try everything in tiny portions...
I am down 26 pounds already and would be more I am sure if Aunt Flo didnt show her ugly face....
will update more later need to eat....
I am down 26 pounds already and would be more I am sure if Aunt Flo didnt show her ugly face....
will update more later need to eat....
My Surgery
Dec 13, 2006
Lets see where to start... My surgery was scheduled for first thing in the morning on Monday Nov 27th 2006..I had to arrive at the hospital early that morning at 5:15am, I was first check in of the morning, I live an hour and half away from the hospital so we left early and got there early..story of my life, I am always early..I get there the process me in, sit me in a room with a tv and tell me to get Naked and put this HUMONGUS gown on..SO I did and they come and make sure I have no jewlery on, and I told them I am freezing, so they bring me some nice and heated blankets and off to sleep I go, just get into a deep sleep and they come in and tell me my surgeon is running WAYYYYY behind and they have no idea when I will go back so to just relax....YEAH right... have they ever been on that side, worrying about making it through surgery and then I have to wait, so I ask them if there is anyway they can give me something to relax as I am seriously thinking of getting dressed at this point and leave it is like 11am..She comes in and starts my IV had I known I wouldnt have asked for it..LOL
so she gets me all hooked up and gives me something to relaz and I sit there and watch soap operas while my hubby is snoring next to me..>LOL
finally around 12:30 my surgeon comes in and kisses my head and apoligizes a million times and says he is ready to get this thing done, so they roll me away to the other floor and I am just talking away to my hubby and then the anestiologist comes in and checks everything and musy have slipped me somthing cause I remember nothing till my room..My poor hubby was whisked away to the waiting room. and the Dr then calls him to tell him I am ok, I had a cardiac issue in the middle of surgery, i went into tachicardia and they had to get my heartbeat back in pace they did and I have had no problems since, just one of those things....
So I wake up in my room, i kinda remember telling them to take the tube out of my mouth in recovery..and telling them I was cold..but not sure if I was dreaming as my hubby wasnt in there with me..just not sure on that one..
So I am in my room and there is hustle and bustle once they realize I am really waking all the way up..they do the usual, temp, blood pressure I had on the cool boots that pumped, and getting iv fluids at this time and on the pain pump..
checking my booboo alot and unwrapping me alot as I had a binder on...felt good to air out a bit...LOL
about 7 hubby goes home it has been along day for him, i told him to take the next day and stay home with the kids and I am just miserable anyway..
about 10pm the nurses decide I am getting up,, It hurt so BAD I cryed and cryed while i walked but I did it..and as I am having a pity party for myself in the hallway walking, my Dr walks up and tells me to cheer up it gets better and I am doing great, just what I wanted to hear at that point..but it made me buck up, so I finally get to go back to bed, and get some sleep,in between the million checks and the cardiologist and everyone else...LOL
the next morning 5am the nurses come in and tell me its time to shower,,UGHHH..... i dont want to even get up much less shower thought I would be embarrassed since i was getting naked but you know what i didnt care i just wanted to get back to bed....so I washed in all the nasty smelling soap they wanted and brushed my teeeth, walked the hallway a few times and back to bed..I walked alot that day, with my pain pump..we had a close relationship for 2 days...then they stole him from me and I was on my own they gave me a few injections of pain meds, and then tryed my meds orally, decided it was nasty and I am not taking it anymore...so I took it one time since I have been home...
On Wednesday we get a freak snow and Ice storm here in Texas and Oklahoma it was so weird and cold, so my hubby finds someone to watch the kids wednesday night so he can spend time with me, they are gonna watch the kids till Thursday night, well school gets cancelled and we get no release from the hospital so he calls our friends and they say they will keep the kids again for us, so friday school again is cancelled my poor friend is stuck with my 2 daughters and her 3 kids and the neighbors 2 kids all day thursday and friday bless her.......they come home on Friday night and another friend comes and stays with them knowiing I will be home on Saturday afternoon...i did come home after the support meeting on Saturday...
The next week was tough for me, I had trouble eating and drinking and was scared I was hurting myself...
i wasnt..........
I am released from the main hospital on Thursday morning and sent to a hospitality house on the grounds of the hospital, i stay there for 2 days and get released on Sat..
so she gets me all hooked up and gives me something to relaz and I sit there and watch soap operas while my hubby is snoring next to me..>LOL
finally around 12:30 my surgeon comes in and kisses my head and apoligizes a million times and says he is ready to get this thing done, so they roll me away to the other floor and I am just talking away to my hubby and then the anestiologist comes in and checks everything and musy have slipped me somthing cause I remember nothing till my room..My poor hubby was whisked away to the waiting room. and the Dr then calls him to tell him I am ok, I had a cardiac issue in the middle of surgery, i went into tachicardia and they had to get my heartbeat back in pace they did and I have had no problems since, just one of those things....
So I wake up in my room, i kinda remember telling them to take the tube out of my mouth in recovery..and telling them I was cold..but not sure if I was dreaming as my hubby wasnt in there with me..just not sure on that one..
So I am in my room and there is hustle and bustle once they realize I am really waking all the way up..they do the usual, temp, blood pressure I had on the cool boots that pumped, and getting iv fluids at this time and on the pain pump..
checking my booboo alot and unwrapping me alot as I had a binder on...felt good to air out a bit...LOL
about 7 hubby goes home it has been along day for him, i told him to take the next day and stay home with the kids and I am just miserable anyway..
about 10pm the nurses decide I am getting up,, It hurt so BAD I cryed and cryed while i walked but I did it..and as I am having a pity party for myself in the hallway walking, my Dr walks up and tells me to cheer up it gets better and I am doing great, just what I wanted to hear at that point..but it made me buck up, so I finally get to go back to bed, and get some sleep,in between the million checks and the cardiologist and everyone else...LOL
the next morning 5am the nurses come in and tell me its time to shower,,UGHHH..... i dont want to even get up much less shower thought I would be embarrassed since i was getting naked but you know what i didnt care i just wanted to get back to bed....so I washed in all the nasty smelling soap they wanted and brushed my teeeth, walked the hallway a few times and back to bed..I walked alot that day, with my pain pump..we had a close relationship for 2 days...then they stole him from me and I was on my own they gave me a few injections of pain meds, and then tryed my meds orally, decided it was nasty and I am not taking it anymore...so I took it one time since I have been home...
On Wednesday we get a freak snow and Ice storm here in Texas and Oklahoma it was so weird and cold, so my hubby finds someone to watch the kids wednesday night so he can spend time with me, they are gonna watch the kids till Thursday night, well school gets cancelled and we get no release from the hospital so he calls our friends and they say they will keep the kids again for us, so friday school again is cancelled my poor friend is stuck with my 2 daughters and her 3 kids and the neighbors 2 kids all day thursday and friday bless her.......they come home on Friday night and another friend comes and stays with them knowiing I will be home on Saturday afternoon...i did come home after the support meeting on Saturday...
The next week was tough for me, I had trouble eating and drinking and was scared I was hurting myself...
i wasnt..........
I am released from the main hospital on Thursday morning and sent to a hospitality house on the grounds of the hospital, i stay there for 2 days and get released on Sat..
