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 So this is the first week after surgery (actually Thursday made a week) and all I can say is WHOA!!!!!

So let’s start with the day of surgery and go from there….

Thursday 9/8/11 Day of Surgery

I was scheduled for 10:45am had to be at the hospital 2 hours earlier, but was running late due to traffic because of all the rain produced from tropical storm Jose.  Anyway I get to the hospital about 45min, I had already preregistered so all they did was verify that I was me and in “two shakes of a lambs tail” (my grand-moms expression) I was in the back getting my IV and ready to go. I remember going to the operation room and speaking to the anesthesiologist and nothing else until I got in my room.

I walked later that night and all I can say was WTF!!! Getting out of the bed was the worst pain I ever experienced and I had NATURAL child birth which was a breeze to me.

Friday 9/9/11

Well they did nothing but poke and prod me all night Thursday and it didn’t stop the entire time I was there.  My catheter was removed and I was bummed about that cause it meant I had to get up to go to the bathroom and with all the damned fluids they were pumping in me I was going to the restroom like every 2 hours( oh the pain). I walked some more.

 I received some food mashed potatoes puree chicken and puree peas. I ate some of the chicken. I wasn’t very hungry the entire time there.

 

Saturday 9/10/11

YaY!!!! This was released day for me but it didn’t happen till 6:30ish pm. I couldn’t wait to get out of that place.

The JP tube was removed (that was a weird feeling) but its removal made getting in and out of the bed a little bit better (not that much better but noticeable).

I had to have 3 potassium drips, when they started the first drip it burned so bad that they had to dilute it with saline and that made it take longer to finish. Each bag took about 3 hours.

I was finally released at 6:30ish pm

When I got home all I wanted to do was get in MY bed, but it was too high so I had to get the step stool to get in and out.

I tried to drink but I was too tired, I slept the remainder of Saturday

 

Sunday 9/11/11 till Sunday 9/18/11

The remaining of the week was pretty much the same routine which consist of eat some and trying to get my fluids in. I’m having a hard time getting in 48oz of fluids in a day. 

Oh and who in the world are these people that are going to the store a few days out and are going back to work in 2 weeks, kudos to them
 

Yep that’s right I tomorrow this time I will be an official member of the losers club. Of course I’m nervous and excited and relieved all at the same time (weird hun?). I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. Whew it was a journey to get here but I’m ready and I can’t wait to see what the rest of his journey has to in store for me. Tomorrow will be a “new” day for me I cant wait.

YaY I have a surgery date of 9/8. It took about 2 weeks to obtain this date; I know I would have gotten approved sooner if the insurance company didn't keep saying they didn’t get my paperwork from my doctor’s office.

Not sure which side was dropping the ball, but both sides were very helpful in trying to resolve the issue. On Thursday the doctor’s office called the insurance company to verify that they received the 3rd transmission of the paperwork when the insurance company informed them I was approved.  

I received a call that day with the date but I didn’t lock in the date till the Friday, I needed to see if the date was good for my mom and boyfriend.

I can’t wait, I do find myself in pig-out mode, for some reason I find myself wanting things that I haven’t eating before I started this journey, but I’m holding my ground (somewhat) LOL

 Yeepie  I had my final weigh in today. Gained 0.9lbs but I’m okay with that I just spent a week in Vegas eating and drinking so to discover I barely gained a pound from my last weigh in a month ago is sort of a good thing.

Once again no real changes this session; I’m still having trouble eating 4-5 meals a day. I need to correct this before I have surgery.

According to my NUT she would have submitted all my paperwork to the doctor’s office for submittal and approval from the insurance company by noon today, and that I should have a yay or nay response within 7 days. I’m going to call the office tomorrow to see if they have all the paperwork needed from the nutritionist, and when or if the paperwork was submitted to the insurance company.  

Still hoping for late Aug early Sept surgery, but sooner is better too. I’m so ready to be a loser.

 Had my 5^th NUT visit on Tuesday, ONE more to go YaY!!!!  Lost 4.4 lbs, I know it’s not much but I’ve put no effort into trying to lose weight nor am I required to. But it is some weight lost so I’ll take it.

No real changes for me this session, just maintaining the progress that I’ve accomplish so far. I’m still having difficulties eating 4-5 small meals+ a day…*Sigh* I really feel like a failure.

After the meeting I had my pre op meeting, topics of discussion; how to prevent constipation, what how and how many vitamins to take. You and take chewable, pills, liquids and then there are various combinations. Whew it was/is a lot to take in.

So I’m hoping that I have surgery late Aug early Sept… fingers crossed

So today I cleaned out my shoe closet which also doubles as my clothes I can’t fit but “will fit again someday” closet.  It was very depressing.

First the shoes… I realized that I really don’t own too many shoes (besides sneakers and a few Mary Jane’s) that have heels shorter than 3 ½ “.  I loved wearing my heels. I miss wearing my heels. In the last 4-5 years (that’s when the weight really picked up). I haven’t been able to wear my heels too often, only if I went out. I use to wear my heels everyday to work; being a programmer I don’t have to dress up for work, but a pair of jeans and some heels was my daily, “work” outfit.  Jeans paired with a tee shirt or a button down and some heels and I was on my way out the door. I miss that person; Regina (BFF) tells me all the time that she misses that “Tonya”. I can’t wait till she’s back.

Next the clothes that I can’t fit but “plan to get back in”, portion of the closet…                                          
The GOOD... the only thing good about the clothes that I can’t fit being in my closet is that they are in the SMALLER closet.
The BAD… all of the clothes in the closet are bottoms, no tops. I guess this could be looked at as a good thing cause it means that most of my tops still fit (which is true for the most part), but this is why it’s bad. Bottoms cost more than tops so I spent hella of money on replacing my jeans.
The UGLY… There are more jeans in my I can’t fit closet than I currently own, and this is because in the last 2 weeks I literally lost 5 pairs of jeans due to my rubbing thighs. Friday made number 5, I bent over at work to tie my sneakers and let’s just say “wardrobe malfunction”. I blogged about not wanting to buy new jeans before I have WLS , well that’s not an option now. I only have 3 pair of good jeans left. I guess I’ll have to plan to go shopping this week.

 I had my 4^th NUT visit on Tuesday. YAY I’m getting closer. Doh… I forgot what my weight was, anywhoo it couldn’t be that significant amount of weigh lost or I would have remembered it. Ha, it might have been a weight gain. If so I’m mentally blocking it out; aint life grand how the brain protects you from remembering bad things.

No real changes for me to make this session, just keeping on doing what I’m doing to prepare myself for WLS and its aftermath.   

A coworker, (I never worked a program with him, but we are in the same group and I’ve taken a class with him) was in the meeting today. We spoke for sometime after the session (I was in no real rush to go to work). I told him about OH so I hope he becomes a member.

 Someone from my not so far past, contacted me yesterday. We had what I would define as a good friendship with some minor misunderstandings on both sides (nothing serious, just not knowing each other too well, type issues).  
One day it seemed like we were on the same page and working towards something more substantial and then the next day nothing (and I do mean the next day). No return phone calls, no return text, nothing!  He just fell off the face of MY earth. No contact from him in the past 7 months, then out of the blue he contacts me. When I saw that he called and texted me, I was happy to hear from him and hesitant to return his messages, but I did and we talked and he explained that he was going through a really bad point in his life. He had lost his job and felt like a “bum” because he didn’t have a job, so he shut down (his words). He explained that if he is “going through difficult times” he shuts down and shuts out.  I understand that people react to stress differently, but how can someone just walk away? We talked and he says he wants to be with me, he expressed this before but yet he still walked away from me. I REALLY like this man and it’s been a long time since I felt this way and I want to be with him and want him in my life (for a VERY long time).  He's a good person and  I know that I should proceed with caution but I don’t want him to think that I’m  being coy , playing hard to get(he really already has me) or just playing games in general. But I can’t help that I feel need to be guarded. I’m I reading more into this than what is really there?  I’m I just being silly and I should go for it and see what happens this time around?  I’m happy, I’m confused and I’m leery.

 So I read another members blog today, and they were saying how they were concerned that they were not getting in enough protein. So they started journaling and lo and behold they were actual getting in a little more protein daily than previously thought;  they found this out because they started journaling. Prior to journaling they just kept a mental count of their food intake.

 I’ve been preparing for post op life, by taking vitamins, decreasing carbs and high caloric drinks( boo, no cranberry juice for me), increasing protein, fruit and veggies intake.   Now I’m going to add journaling to my list of things to start before WLS. I know that there are several online tools that I can use, but I’m going to question the OH gang to see what tool everyone else is using. I’m also looking for a tool that has a corresponding app for my android phone.

Ummm, I think that I’m going to suggest to my NUT that they put journaling on the list of things that they have their pre op members do before surgery.

I had my 3^rd  NUT visit on Wednesday, all is well and I’m down 2.3 lbs. Which is okay cause they don’t have me on a diet plan and I’m not required to lose weight prior to surgery. I’m just preparing for what is to come, by taking my vitamins and changing my eating habits so it won’t be a cultural shock afterwards.  Mentioning changing my eating habits, I now read labels get in about 60oz of water, decreased my carbs intake (not as much as I should but it’s a work in progress). I also increased my fruit intake, but I’m still struggling with eating 4-5 small meals a day. Because I can’t bring my phone to my desk, I’m going have to get a watch that has a timer to remind me to eat (whatever it takes). I also get in about 80gm of protein, all through food. I have not tried any shakes at this point and not sure if I intend to, I continue to stock up on samples.  

On Monday I went to a support group, the focus was on handling stress. We were giving scenarios and had to come with solutions to try cope with the situation.  The different groups came up with very good solutions.  Some of the members shared some their experiences and tips dealing with WLS which was very helpful. I did learn that you can take back open shake mix to GNC and The Vitamin Shopee if you don’t like them.

Oh and update to my blog…Hope they make it, well they didn’t. They bit the dust this week.