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I got back from the hospital yesterday evening around 6pm.  I'm a little woozy right now from the lortab, so I wonder if I'll be able to get my story out right, lol.

I went in Wednesday morning, we had to be there at 5am.  When they called me the night before, they asked me to bring ing a urine sample (to check for pregnancy) and said that if I had to pee in the middle of the night, for me to put my pee on ice so it'd still be good to check it later.  Well, when we got there, I gave my urine sample (which was in a brown paper bag) to the lady in the check in and then when I went back to get vitals checks, heparin shot, etc, the lady I gave my pee to earlier, came in and looked so confused.  She said... "Mrs. ____, um, your urine....is frozen."  Me and my husband started laughing hysterically.  I take directions so literally, when he said to put it on ice, i sure did.  lol.  Good thing I was able to give them another urine sample.

Surgery got started around 9:00 (i think) and I think I came out around noon-ish.  I don't remember too much from that point.  I remember sleeping a lot and that's about it.  I got up and walked around 9 pm that night for the first time.  I kept asking around the clock for nausea meds because I was so nauseaus and I couldn't stop dry heaving, it was awful.  They were giving me zofran and some other stuff I can't remember it's name and nothing was working. 

Thursday morning, they took me down for the swallow test.  I had to drink two really nasty drinks and then they took x rays to see how it looked going in my stomach, to make sure there were no leaks and stuff.  They told me there that it looked good and there were no leaks.  I still felt awful that day with the nausea and it got worse after I had to drink that stuff.  I was having a lot of trouble breathing, I mean I could only take this short, stabbing breathes.  I kept telling my nurses that I couldn't breathe and I swear no one was taking me serious.  I kind of felt like something was wrong, but I didn't know what.  My doctors wanted to do another x ray around noon to check and see how that stuff I drank earlier was moving okay through my bowels.  It wasn't.  I had a blockage in the Y part of the roux en y bypass.  Right where the Y forks, is where the blockage was, if that makes any sense.  So they told me that I needed to have emergency surgery to have it fixed.  I was so freaked out and I was just crying hysterically afterwards (which is really hard when you can't breathe).  I called everyone I could think of to call to let them k now I was going back in for surgery.  My husband and my best friend came over and waited for me while I went back in.  I went in at 5pm and came out at 9pm.  They said I had some scar tissue and some bowels were sticking to it.  They also said that they found a hernia down where my c section scars are, and they fixed that.  I was glad to hear that.  It was very depressing for me to have gone back to square one after a day and a half.  I was seeing other gastric patients leave ICU and go up to the gastric unit (or whatever it's called) and I was just really down for a while afterwards.  Now I feel like I'm okay with what happened and I'm really glad that it happened when it did, since I was already in the hospital and it really only set me back 1 day.  Instead of going home on Friday, I went home on Saturday. 

On Saturday I started getting really bad gas pains.  I mean, bad!  I did so many walks at the hospital before going home and I think I spent the rest of the time on the toilet trying to pass gas.  Sorry tmi.  I couldn't get anything out and the pain was just intense!  I came home at 6pm and the pain was pretty bad still.  I didn't sleep well that night, I was up with the gas pains and I did start passing some overnight while I was sleeping actually. 

Today (Sunday), I get spurts of energy where I want to get back to my normal self and start helping out around the house, but when I get up and start doing something (like fixing my daughter's lunch for tomorrow) I realize that I am just not ready to do any of that yet.  I've been passing more and more gas as the day goes on and I am feeling better each time.  I am having no trouble getting all the water and boost down that they asked me to.  My doctor asked me to drink 4 oz of water each hour and a total of 8 oz of boost glucose control every day.  So far, no problems.  I feel like I am getting enough fluids since I am peeing a ton.  I can't really tell when I am full yet, I wonder if that's because this is just fluids and not food?  not sure.  My follow up appt is on Oct 1st and after that, he'll clear me to more to soft foods.  I am really excited to get weighed in then, too.  I promised myself that I wouldn't weigh in before then.  I took some before pics the night before surgery and I'll try to upload those soon.  Oh my belly looks so nasty right now.  It seriously looks like I have 4 belly buttons!!  I think it's because my belly is swollen around some of the incisions and that should go down no problem.  It's no cute, that's for sure. 

Well, I think that's my story, no clue if I left anything out.  It's been a blur!

Today I started my liquid diet/slim fast diet according to how Dr Barker asks us to do it.  I'm sooo hungry!!  I'm not used to only having 940 calories per day, it sucks!  I honestly don't know how I am going to last 2 weeks with this diet.  It's hard to believe that this time in 2 weeks, I will be in the hospital, just having had the surgery.  I'm so excited and scared at the same time!!! 

but I didn't get weighed in.  So that was nice.  I start my 2 week liquid diet on Wednesday.  I can't believe the surgery is in less than 3 weeks!!  I had a dream last night that I had the surgery and it went well.  I'm so excited/nervous/scared/anxious.  You name it, I feel it!

Have to go in tomorrow for an hour long pre op teaching.  I hope they don't weigh me in because it was my daughter's birthday party two weekends ago and I had some birthday cake and soda.  I haven't been going nuts or anything, but I don't want to mess anything up.  I've been eating really good the past few days, so I hope that helps.  I'm going to be so hungry for the 2 week slim fast diet, though!  I've been doing a slim fast diet right now, where I have two shakes and then a sensible dinner.  It sucks!!!  I'm starving!  It's going to be bad when I have to do the real thing!  Ugh!

I had my preop appt with Dr Barker yesterday and we scheduled my surgery for Sept 17th!  I am sooo excited!!!  I will have to do a 2 week slim fast diet before surgery and I cannot screw it up because he said he will cancel my surgery if I weigh anymore than what I am now at surgery time.  I know I am going to have my "last supper" right before my 2 week diet.  Golden Corral here I come!!  LOL

Good Lord was that a long ultrasound!!!  They took like 60 pictures of all kinds of organs in my stomach.  They looked at my pancreas, liver, gall bladder and kidneys.  It was such a long appointment and I was so glad to get out of there!  Now I just have to have my psych appointment and my nutrition appt before I can schedule my pre op visit.  I keep calling the psychology and nutrition office to see if they have any cancellations, but nothing yet.  It's looking like i have to wait until the 21st and the 29th for those appts.  Oh well!  Oh and I feel so guilty because after my ultrasound I was starving (had to fast for it) and I got some burger king breakfast.  It was soooo good, but I really am trying to be good here about what I am eating and that definitely was not diet food! 

1.  to be able to cross my legs again

2.  to be able to go to an amusement park and fit in the rides better

3.  to fit in an airplane seat better

4.  to not be self conscious during sex

5.  to be able to get out of the plus size section

6.  to be able to pick up an outfit at the store and have a pretty good idea that it'll look good on me no matter what

7.  to wear a bathing suit without shorts

8.  to be able to keep up with my kids

9.  to not have people think that I am pregnant....when I'm not

10.  to feel pretty again

11.  I want to own a "little black dress"

Okay so my first appointment went great!  It was mainly a consult with Dr Barker, I am thinking that he will be the one to do my surgery.  He is super nice.  He wants my hubby to come to my pre-op appt to see if he is supportive and has any questions.  So before I left the appointment, they gave me a long laundry list of things I need to get done before I can have my pre-op appt scheduled.  I did 3 of the things already.  I went in this morning and had my labs done (10 tubes of blood and a urine specimen), my ekg, and my chest x-ray.  Thursday I go back in for an abdominal ultrasound and on the 21st I have my psychology appointment and on the 29th I have my nutrition appt.  I am going to keep trying to see if I can get a cancellation appt for the nutrition and psych appts since they are so far away.  Right now there are 2 new doctors at the hospital and another coming next month.  They are not sure if that is actually going to speed up the process for everyone since they are taking on so many new patients for the surgery.  But, normally, it'll probably be about 12 weeks until surgery.  I am hoping that I can get in sooner if I can get sooner appts and such.  I weighed in yesterday at 245 and the doc said I CANNOT gain anymore weight, so I either need to maintain this weight or lose a few pounds.  So, it's crunch time!!!  I'm so excited that this is all coming together!

I am soooo excited!  I have no idea exactly what they are going to do tomorrow.  I hope I haven't gained any weight, I really have been trying to be good here.  Well, wish me luck!

I was just checking to see what number the Navy Hospital is at and they are at #803 and I am #804!!!  I guess that means I should be getting a call soon to schedule my first appt with the surgeon!  I am so excited!!