Hi Out There...

Apr 14, 2009

 This is my first time blogging since I signed up to this after I got my weight loss surgery done. To those of you who don't know me, my name is Amber and I had the Duodenal Switch done one 3-06-2009. I was 340lbs two months prior to surgery and lost 20lbs in the gym and changing my eating habits, and then the morning of surgery they weighed me in at 309lbs. I'm now down to 269lbs, and loving every moment of this wonderful surgery, knock on wood, at least except for the occassional nausea in the morning, still finding what works and doesn't lol. The surgery itself went really well, no leaks or blood clots. however a few days into my stay at the hospital, my blood pressure dropped as well as my oxygen level. went to icu for two long, sucky days, and they found out I had a sleeping apenae. (Has now fixed itself due to weight loss:) ) they also had a hard time drawing blood due to small veins and the ivs sucked. other than that it wasn't bad :) Spent another few days, begging to go home lol. Im glad they did keep me for as long as they did though, I feel it really helped. 

I think the first month was the worst. I went back to work on the 23d of march, wish ide have waited another week, the morning nausea was really hard. But im almost feeling back to normal now and eating salads, and some solids when my stomach allows it. I also found i LOVE isopures to the whey mixes you can get. 40 grams of protein in one bottle and they have a bunch of good flavors. vitamins are getting to be less of a challenge as well, but still loath the adeks . in retrospect I dont regret a second of this, even the hard parts because it had given me a second chance at life. 

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