bandycat
Kind of a rough week
Mar 10, 2007
Well this week has been a tough one. We had alot of sick people in the house including me. I have a sore throat and pink eye..got it from my son that had the same only he got tonsilitis also. My baby girl had a double ear infection. Yesterday I had an off day and the runs and gas really bad and just didn't feel strong or well. No weight was falling off again..but yah..today I have 5 more pounds gone. I drank a ton yesterday because I was worried about dehydration so I hope that that 5 pounds is real. I also got in almost 90 grams of protein and am sure that helped too. I really think I am probably not getting enough calories in and my body is in starvation mode. I am still averaging from the high 400's to close to 600 most days. I think I need to reach that 600 range so my body is happier and willing to let go but it is a struggle to put in that much...haha....never thought I would ever say that. Oh well. I am enjoying this and it is an adventure! I do hope next week is a healthier week though! I did post a picture of me at PV and a couple of beautiful sunset pictures too if you can to look!
Yah the stall is broken
Mar 06, 2007
I have finally started to lose again...so happy. Two more pounds gone today. I knew that it would have to stop soon. So 32 pounds gone now. Whoo hoo!
I little but frustrated ..but it is ok
Mar 04, 2007
Well since I got home I seem to have had a stall...I lost 20 pounds pre-op and 7or so while we were in PV. Got a to 10 pounds lost and now nothing. Kind of frustrating to have days go by and be eating only 400 or 500 calories and nothing. I know my body is just adjusting. I am trying to add a few more calories in here and there to try and get things rolling again. I know it will, but like I said it is frustrating!
Getting back home after my VSG!
Feb 25, 2007
Hi------I missed you all soooo much!
I am back. Finally. We got home a day late because of a blizzard. We were one of the last flights allowed to land at O'Hare yesterday. From there we drove thru every kind of weather imaginable, snow, ice, sleet, rain....it was nasty. We go so close to getting home to the kids but it was bad. There were cars off the road everywhere and when we saw a plow truck off the road and we were going thru foot high snow drifts we had to pull into the next town. We got home about noon today and they were closing down roads and towns...but we made it before it got real bad again. Homecoming was wonderful. I missed my kids sooooo much. I cried half the way home today praying we would make it. I called my mom and asked if the kids were out in the snow and they were not. They were inside...so I said put my oldest, Seth, on the phone. So I casually asked him how things were going and what they were doing. Than asked him to look outside and tell me how the weather looked. We pulled in the driveway than. He said, "oh Mommy." So good to get home. We have had a good afternoon together. Dh is rocking dd and the sons are about to go to sleep.
On to the VSG. I am very fine and feeling much better everyday. For any new ones reading I went to Puerto Vallarta for the surgery with Dr Joya. It was an interesting experience! We had been up for about 36 hours when we got there with the drive to the airport and air travel. Not to thrilled at all about the Mexico City airport....that was a tough layover trying to get to immigration and to our gate...not fun. But the plane rides were great. I was lucky enough to sit in first class and the seat were very comfy and three out of the four times the seat belt fit! That surprised me. We landed in PV and were wisked off to the hospital. A short ride. Talked to Nathalie. Very nice lady. Weighed and measured than off to my room. This was a bit after 3pm or so. Next met the dr that did the blood work and they did an EKG. Than I met Dr Joya. Such a nice man. Really everyone there was wonderful and caring.
After that we waited for the bloodwork to come in and if all was fine off to surgery. It was--so around 8 I was wheeled in. I am teary but ready. I don't even remember them saying it was time to sleep. Than I woke up. I don't know what time. When I became aware of everything I realized I had to pee really bad..they put a bedpan under me but I just couldn't use it...said I needed my room and bathroom. Shortly after they took me there and I was off to the bathroom. It was about midnight than. I did a little walk and than I just wanted to sleep. We were exhausted from being up. I was in a good amount of pain. Very uncomfy. I just could not get comfortable. I was trying to sit on the couch..off to the bed...off to the chair. The nurses saw I was in a bad way. After awhile they came in with a needle and I asked what it was...it was heaven sent Valium. I was off to sleep for a bit. I woke about every two hours. But was more comfortable.
The next day was much much better. Lots of walking and sitting and walking and sitting. Pain was very tolerable. It was the next morning that they did the blue test....And another dr came in with blue colored water. Told me to drink it in 10 to 15 mins. I drank around half in about half the time and he came back ...said that would do. He opened my pen drain (I think that is the name) looked at the fluid in there and smelled the wound and said now you eat ice cubes. Yah. Water tasted different..but good. I have a spot on the front of my tongue that was really numb for quite some time and looked different. It is kind of smooth there now. So everything that touches it feels weird. I suppose it is something from the tubing or numbing meds....it is still smooth but looks better. I hope it grows back its taste buds.
Later that day we were turned loose to go to the Krystal. How beautiful and wonderful. We so enjoyed our time there. Enjoyed talking to other people there. Loved watching the cruise boats coming in and out and listening to the water hit the beach. The sunsets were so pretty. A dr came to visit..first day found me out walking. After that I seemed to miss him everyday. He said he would be there between 8 and 9. I just wanted to get get out and walk and enjoy the beauty. I hated thinking of waiting hours for a short visit. I was feeling great. I think he knew I was fine..otherwise I would be waiting for him! I did make a call to the hospital and told them to let him know I was fine.
Than we come home to this awful blizzard and 15 or more inches of awful snow blowing everywhere....back to reality.
I feel very good. Drinking is going really good. I was only pukey feeling one time in the hospital.We didn't really venture off the grounds. I was worried about dehydration as I sweat quite alot and it was HOT there. While in PV I was living on Crystal Light, broth and was able to eat three sf jello's with my pills. Oh and I had those fruit popsicles there...man are they good. I had them in the morning and night! So good. I can swallow the pills whole now. I hated parting them or crushing them. Made me almost throw up. Since coming home I have had protein hot chocolate and vanilla cinnamon protein with a low carb Chai tea. Both were yummy. But I was only able to do about half a cup at a time and have to re-warm them. So strange to feel full on that amount. Only time I really wanted to eat was on the plane ride home when dh got hot roll(oh the smell) and cheesecake. Oh well. This is the beginning.
Well I am here, a bit tired, back with my children...happy... and have my banana. How can it get better. Oh...from the beginning I have now lost 25 pounds...very nice.
Thanks for looking for me and your well wishes right before I left..they meant the world to me!
I am back. Finally. We got home a day late because of a blizzard. We were one of the last flights allowed to land at O'Hare yesterday. From there we drove thru every kind of weather imaginable, snow, ice, sleet, rain....it was nasty. We go so close to getting home to the kids but it was bad. There were cars off the road everywhere and when we saw a plow truck off the road and we were going thru foot high snow drifts we had to pull into the next town. We got home about noon today and they were closing down roads and towns...but we made it before it got real bad again. Homecoming was wonderful. I missed my kids sooooo much. I cried half the way home today praying we would make it. I called my mom and asked if the kids were out in the snow and they were not. They were inside...so I said put my oldest, Seth, on the phone. So I casually asked him how things were going and what they were doing. Than asked him to look outside and tell me how the weather looked. We pulled in the driveway than. He said, "oh Mommy." So good to get home. We have had a good afternoon together. Dh is rocking dd and the sons are about to go to sleep.
On to the VSG. I am very fine and feeling much better everyday. For any new ones reading I went to Puerto Vallarta for the surgery with Dr Joya. It was an interesting experience! We had been up for about 36 hours when we got there with the drive to the airport and air travel. Not to thrilled at all about the Mexico City airport....that was a tough layover trying to get to immigration and to our gate...not fun. But the plane rides were great. I was lucky enough to sit in first class and the seat were very comfy and three out of the four times the seat belt fit! That surprised me. We landed in PV and were wisked off to the hospital. A short ride. Talked to Nathalie. Very nice lady. Weighed and measured than off to my room. This was a bit after 3pm or so. Next met the dr that did the blood work and they did an EKG. Than I met Dr Joya. Such a nice man. Really everyone there was wonderful and caring.
After that we waited for the bloodwork to come in and if all was fine off to surgery. It was--so around 8 I was wheeled in. I am teary but ready. I don't even remember them saying it was time to sleep. Than I woke up. I don't know what time. When I became aware of everything I realized I had to pee really bad..they put a bedpan under me but I just couldn't use it...said I needed my room and bathroom. Shortly after they took me there and I was off to the bathroom. It was about midnight than. I did a little walk and than I just wanted to sleep. We were exhausted from being up. I was in a good amount of pain. Very uncomfy. I just could not get comfortable. I was trying to sit on the couch..off to the bed...off to the chair. The nurses saw I was in a bad way. After awhile they came in with a needle and I asked what it was...it was heaven sent Valium. I was off to sleep for a bit. I woke about every two hours. But was more comfortable.
The next day was much much better. Lots of walking and sitting and walking and sitting. Pain was very tolerable. It was the next morning that they did the blue test....And another dr came in with blue colored water. Told me to drink it in 10 to 15 mins. I drank around half in about half the time and he came back ...said that would do. He opened my pen drain (I think that is the name) looked at the fluid in there and smelled the wound and said now you eat ice cubes. Yah. Water tasted different..but good. I have a spot on the front of my tongue that was really numb for quite some time and looked different. It is kind of smooth there now. So everything that touches it feels weird. I suppose it is something from the tubing or numbing meds....it is still smooth but looks better. I hope it grows back its taste buds.
Later that day we were turned loose to go to the Krystal. How beautiful and wonderful. We so enjoyed our time there. Enjoyed talking to other people there. Loved watching the cruise boats coming in and out and listening to the water hit the beach. The sunsets were so pretty. A dr came to visit..first day found me out walking. After that I seemed to miss him everyday. He said he would be there between 8 and 9. I just wanted to get get out and walk and enjoy the beauty. I hated thinking of waiting hours for a short visit. I was feeling great. I think he knew I was fine..otherwise I would be waiting for him! I did make a call to the hospital and told them to let him know I was fine.
Than we come home to this awful blizzard and 15 or more inches of awful snow blowing everywhere....back to reality.
I feel very good. Drinking is going really good. I was only pukey feeling one time in the hospital.We didn't really venture off the grounds. I was worried about dehydration as I sweat quite alot and it was HOT there. While in PV I was living on Crystal Light, broth and was able to eat three sf jello's with my pills. Oh and I had those fruit popsicles there...man are they good. I had them in the morning and night! So good. I can swallow the pills whole now. I hated parting them or crushing them. Made me almost throw up. Since coming home I have had protein hot chocolate and vanilla cinnamon protein with a low carb Chai tea. Both were yummy. But I was only able to do about half a cup at a time and have to re-warm them. So strange to feel full on that amount. Only time I really wanted to eat was on the plane ride home when dh got hot roll(oh the smell) and cheesecake. Oh well. This is the beginning.
Well I am here, a bit tired, back with my children...happy... and have my banana. How can it get better. Oh...from the beginning I have now lost 25 pounds...very nice.
Thanks for looking for me and your well wishes right before I left..they meant the world to me!
Well I have a date!
Jan 11, 2007
My day is Feb 19th -- that is the day we fly to Mexico and do this. I had posted on the board about my questions as to flying...they offered us three regular seats or two first class seats. I am soooo worried about fitting comfortable in the seats..especially on the way home when I may be in some pain. The concensus was to fly first class all the way..everyone says we will be spoiled that way. What a way to go on my first flying trip out of the country. We had to put a deposit down yesterday and the rest for the plane tickets and it came to $300 less than if we would have flown economy. Wow
Well I am going thru the gamut of emotions as expected..but I still have time to make myself even more crazy. Probably drive my dh nuts. LOL
He is not to happy about flying in a plane..I am happy to be doing that..I have always wanted to fly. But I know I will probably not sleep much. We have a long drive to get to the airport(Chicago-O'Hare) and will probably have to leave at 1am to get there early enough for the 8am flight. I will not arrive in Mexico till about 3pm..so we are gonna be pooped..who knows maybe we will sleep on the plane. I have never been one to sleep on a trip though.
Well that is my update for now. I am sure there will be more to come.
I want to add here my weight now..it is 390. I have been this heavy one other time in my life and did not like it than either. For two yrs I did Slimfast and was pretty good to sticking to it. I lost down to 330. I liked that weight much better. But after I became pregnant with my last one it came back on me fast. Way faster than the two yrs it took to get that weight off with Slimfast. I want to have this here for people to see. Because as I lose I will be changing my BMI (which right not is 62.9) as I lose. And one someone may view this you will wonder where I started at..so I am gonna be honest and start out right here.
Well I am going thru the gamut of emotions as expected..but I still have time to make myself even more crazy. Probably drive my dh nuts. LOL
He is not to happy about flying in a plane..I am happy to be doing that..I have always wanted to fly. But I know I will probably not sleep much. We have a long drive to get to the airport(Chicago-O'Hare) and will probably have to leave at 1am to get there early enough for the 8am flight. I will not arrive in Mexico till about 3pm..so we are gonna be pooped..who knows maybe we will sleep on the plane. I have never been one to sleep on a trip though.
Well that is my update for now. I am sure there will be more to come.
I want to add here my weight now..it is 390. I have been this heavy one other time in my life and did not like it than either. For two yrs I did Slimfast and was pretty good to sticking to it. I lost down to 330. I liked that weight much better. But after I became pregnant with my last one it came back on me fast. Way faster than the two yrs it took to get that weight off with Slimfast. I want to have this here for people to see. Because as I lose I will be changing my BMI (which right not is 62.9) as I lose. And one someone may view this you will wonder where I started at..so I am gonna be honest and start out right here.
Progress!!
Jan 03, 2007
Well I have checked on our passports and they are there and should be here by the end of January!!! Woo Hooo. So I am gonna make the arrangements very soon to go ahead and go to Mexico and get this done. Still hoping to do this sometime in the last two weeks of Feb. sometime. I am nervous and excited and scared! But I want it too.
Small update
Dec 20, 2006
Well just a small update to say we have ordered our passports and I have been in touch with the coordinator in PV to start the ball rolling on getting the Vertical Sleeve! Wow..can not believe that this is gonna happen. I have talked to my mom about this because she will be watching our children while we are gone. We are hoping to schedule towards the end of Feb. I am excited, scared...looking at all my meals as a last time for this or that. I am finding it hard to think that I can give up food..but at the same time I have too. It is hard to explain..but I know if your reading this you know what I mean.
We are being careful not to mention this to other family or friends as I do not want to have negative opinions before this is done. I have had this dream for such a long time and it is going to happen. Luckily for me it didn't before. I am so much happier with the decision to get the vertical sleeve. I think for me it will be a better surgery with less complications later in life.
I ordered my first protein mixes..so that should be interesting! I am thinking I will start with that in the beginning of the New Year (two shakes and a sensible dinner) and try to lose a bit more before the total liquid diet phase before the surgery.
Well that is my update for now..more later!
Hugs to you all and have Happy Holidays!
We are being careful not to mention this to other family or friends as I do not want to have negative opinions before this is done. I have had this dream for such a long time and it is going to happen. Luckily for me it didn't before. I am so much happier with the decision to get the vertical sleeve. I think for me it will be a better surgery with less complications later in life.
I ordered my first protein mixes..so that should be interesting! I am thinking I will start with that in the beginning of the New Year (two shakes and a sensible dinner) and try to lose a bit more before the total liquid diet phase before the surgery.
Well that is my update for now..more later!
Hugs to you all and have Happy Holidays!
About Me
Boscobel, WI
Location
31.3
BMI
Surgery
02/19/2007
Surgery Date
Surgeon
Apr 06, 2002
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