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Day of surgery-May 28th, 2003
May 27, 2003
| May 28th, 2003....Day of Surgery..Weight 359 TODAY IS HERE. This is it ladies and gentlemen..lol. I hope to see you from the other side very soon. Thank you for all your prayers and words of encourgement. Carmen |
OMG 4 days and counting-May 24th, 2003
May 23, 2003
| May 24th, 2003.... Good Morning Everyone...OMG, I can't believe it!! Only 4 days to go. I am so excited, anxious, scared. So many thoughts of what could go wrong, so many thoughts of what could go right and so many thoughts of the in between are going through my mind. I have been cruising this website every waking moment for the last week at least. I guess it has me thinking too far post op and what can go wrong post-op. I should just be in the "now". I have plenty of time to be post-op (Lord willing >wink<), so I need to just go with the flow. I'm sure that whatever happens I won't be in it alone. Not as long as I have God, my family, my friends, and this website supporting me. This website is AWESOME. I thank each and everyone of you that share your thoughts, feelings, questions, answers and photos for the rest of us to share. That is what makes this such a wonderful "community". We all suffer or have suffered from being morbidly obese, looked upon as being sub human by the majority of our society. Regardless of whether you are "just thinking about surgery", "pre-op", or "post-op. Just remember that YOU are a special person. And YOU are somebody! Okay, okay. I'll get off my soapbox now. I have that out of my system for the time being. Well, gotta go take my daily one of two showers..lol. For anyone that doesn't know, I was advised by my doctor to take two showers a day, everyday, a week prior to surgery. This is standard practice for everyone. Bye for now. I will post again soon. Take care |
Getting Anxious-May 17th, 2003
May 16, 2003
May 17th, 2003....
Hello everyone. I am getting so anxious waiting for my day to come. It is only 11 days away. I have been waiting since last October to get this done, so it has been a long, emotional road for me. I know that I will mourn my relationship with food after the surgery. I have been trying to deal with a lot of these issues now, so that it won't be so hard after surgery. The only thing that I am concerned about, is my blood pressure. I don't know if I should be worried or not. But, it has been running quite low. At my pre-op they took it several times and it actually started out low and continued to get lower. After all my tests, they made me eat something. Then my bp went up to a more normal range. Then about a week ago, I went to my primary care physician to get some antibiotics for a sinus infection. Well, the nurse had to take my blood pressure twice, because she thought she missed it the first time. When, she got a reading she said it was low. I asked if I should be concerned and she really didn't say much. Today I was shopping for stuff for after surgery at the grocery store. Well, just for the heck of it I sat down and took my blood pressure. It was 122 over 77. The is below the normal 139 over 89. I just don't know if I should be concerned about this or not. Has anyone else experienced low blood pressure? Should I be concerned about it? I am so afraid I will go in on the 28th for surgery and they won't do it because my blood pressure will be too low. Maybe, I just worry too much. Well, would love to hear from anyone on the matter. Thanks.
Hello everyone. I am getting so anxious waiting for my day to come. It is only 11 days away. I have been waiting since last October to get this done, so it has been a long, emotional road for me. I know that I will mourn my relationship with food after the surgery. I have been trying to deal with a lot of these issues now, so that it won't be so hard after surgery. The only thing that I am concerned about, is my blood pressure. I don't know if I should be worried or not. But, it has been running quite low. At my pre-op they took it several times and it actually started out low and continued to get lower. After all my tests, they made me eat something. Then my bp went up to a more normal range. Then about a week ago, I went to my primary care physician to get some antibiotics for a sinus infection. Well, the nurse had to take my blood pressure twice, because she thought she missed it the first time. When, she got a reading she said it was low. I asked if I should be concerned and she really didn't say much. Today I was shopping for stuff for after surgery at the grocery store. Well, just for the heck of it I sat down and took my blood pressure. It was 122 over 77. The is below the normal 139 over 89. I just don't know if I should be concerned about this or not. Has anyone else experienced low blood pressure? Should I be concerned about it? I am so afraid I will go in on the 28th for surgery and they won't do it because my blood pressure will be too low. Maybe, I just worry too much. Well, would love to hear from anyone on the matter. Thanks.
The countdown begins-May 13th, 2003
May 12, 2003
| May 13th, 2003.... I just returned home from a support group meeting that is scheduled once a month at the hospital where I am having my surgery. These meetings are for everyone, pre-op, post-op, and for ones that are just interested in learning more about the surgery and the program. Every meeting the doctors, nurses, liv-lite staff, nutritionist and a psycholigist are there to answer questions about nutrition, weight loss, pros of surgery, dangers of surgery, about obesity and after care, etc. Anything that anyone wants to ask. I defy any other program of this nature to meet the excellence the staff at Geary County hospital offers all of us. These people do this every month on their own time. From 5:30pm to 8:30pm. The next meeting will be the day after I get out of the hospital. I hope I can go. Bye for now friends. |
Still Waiting and Preparing-May 5th, 2003
May 04, 2003
| May 5th, 2003....PRE-OP, 05/11 12:21 AM....Weight 381 Hello everyone sisters and brothers suffering from obesity. I am doing well. I can't believe it is only 18 days until I am on the losing side. I can't wait to be a loser. lol. I had my pre-op tests done on May 5th. All went well. At least I haven't heard to the contrary. My edg was a breeze. Really you guys anyone who has to go through pre-op and have these tests ran, it truly isn't that bad. The nursing staff and everyone is so comforting and takes such good care of you. And, nothing is bad. I was actually quite relaxed. My weight has been going down, down, down,..yeah! At my consult on April 1st. I weighed in at 381, now actually this was down from 398 at the beginning of the year. Well, Dr. Stevens said he would like to see me lose another 30 pounds prior to surgery. I told him "I can do that." Well, on pre-op day my weight was 366, so in 21 days that was 15 pounds down. And, I just keep going. So, I feel just great going in. I've been keeping active since my consult knowing this will only help me afterward. Also, I cut all the sugar out of my diet for lent. So I just haven't picked it back up, since I can't have it after surgery anyway. I realize this is helping me melt the pounds away. Before I was just a sugar addict. Well, I will keep things updated as they go. Hope everyone stays well. Keep your heads up. And, thanks to all who have posted very nice messages for me, that touches me deeply |
Waiting for Surgery-April 26th, 2003
Apr 25, 2003
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April 26, 2003....Starting Weight 398 |
About Me
Salina, KS
Location
36.5
BMI
Surgery
05/28/2003
Surgery Date
Apr 27, 2003
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