Alison J.
Finally Sitting on the loser's bench
Jan 07, 2009
So I am back. I have actually been back for awhile, but I stayed with my parents after I was released from the hospital on Dec. 31st, for several days (they have no computer) and I've been back to my own apartment since Monday, I've just been too lazy to sit and write. I've been preoccupied with all of the DVR things I recorded on tv that I missed while I was away, and all of the movies that I got for Chiristmas. So I am updating, a little late lol. Overall, I feel fantastic. I have not had any problems, no complications, I haven't thrown up or anything once, no problems swalowing or eating. I am doing great. I stopped taking my pain medicine a couple days ago, and I had my drain and staples removed today which felt wondeful. I should have taken a picture of them before they were removed, I was planning to. Oh well. I guess I will take a picture of my scars as they heal instead, but they do not look that bad at all. I was very worried about developong a keloid, but it does not look like that is going to happen, so I am glad. The only weird thing that happend with my surgery is that I was in the operating room for 3 hours, or so I was told. I don't know why my srgery took so long, but I am not going to stress it because like I said, I feel great. Much better than I thought I was going to. I am doing well with pureed foods, but I can't wait until I can have regular food. It is not what I expected, a lot of people said that they could bairley eat 2 teaspoons of something and felt full, I am not like that, I can eat much more, and I don't have a feeling of fullness or being stuffed, more like a feeling of being satisfied. I am only eating 1/4 a cup to 1/2 a cup of food at one sitting though, since that is what I was told to do. And my hunger has pretty much gone away, except for head hunger. I really have no idea why I was so terrified of this surgery, now that I have gone through it I am just like wow, that was not that bad. I should have done it sooner, like on my original surgery date of Sept. 30th, but Oh well. I am just glad to be where I am now. I will post some before pictures, and a one week picture and measurements etc later on today or tommorrow. I am off to the mall now to do my 30 mins of walking.
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About Me
Fort Worth, TX
Location
25.5
BMI
Surgery
12/29/2008
Surgery Date
Mar 01, 2008
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