enaebmik
2 month Update....
Jan 08, 2010
Once again, this is a private email that I sent to another Ds'er here on OH. I decided to post it here as it really is a good overview of what is going on with me at 2 months post op!************************************************************************************************************************************
As for me, I am doing WONDERFULLY! I feel like my old self again, only better. My toughest time was week 3-5. I simply wasn't drinking enough and felt horrible. (so please, even when you think you can't possibly have one more drink, take 2 more sips!)
I am happy to say that is all behind me! I can eat almost anything. Beef and chicken seems "heavy" in my stomach yet, but it is getting better. I struggle to get my protein in, and when I can force myself, I do drink a protein drink, but I HATE them, so I don't drink them as often as I should. I am doing fine now on drinking water. No more sips, just regular glups! As I am typing I am eating fried chicken strips and they are good. I just peel most of the breading off and then dip them in ranch dressing. I do not feel deprived of food at all. I have even went to the movies and enjoyed popcorn. I eat alot of cheese, sandwhich meat, eggs and bacon, pepperoni, pickled eggs, hamburger, celery with peanut butter, meatballs, shrimp (shrimp was very easy for me to eat early on...it sat very well in my stomach and is high in protein, if you haven't tried it yet-give it a try!). Over the holidays I enjoyed cheesecake on a couple of occasions. This morning I ate 1/3 of a sausage and egg biscuit from McDonalds. I can eat just about anything I want, I just try to always have protein first.
No more drpession at all! If anything just the opposite. I have lost 32 pounds as of this morning. I know that it doesn't sound like much for 2 months out, but I started at 228 and my goal is around 140, so percentage wise, I am doing well. I have so much more energy. My clothes are getting very big and I have things that were uncomfortably tight before that now are very loose.
My bowels are settling into a nice morning pattern now. I did go through some tough constipation for a couple of weeks and I backed 1/2 off my calcium for a few days, but finally have my calcium back up to 4 a day and am handling it fine. I am also able to swallow all of my pills now without a problem. I wondered if that would ever happen, but now, no problem! I swallow 4 at a time and calcium is the only thing I have to swallow one at a time!
I am so grateful that I went through with this surgery. I am happier every day that goes by. In another month or so, you will feel the same way. I just know now that this is going to work! I did have a major stall for almost 3 weeks, but that passed and the weight is once again leaving. (The stall corresponded to my constipation...don't know for sure that they were related, but it sure felt like it!)
I have paid with pain a few times when I tried to add Diet Pepsi back into my life! (I know I shouldn't, and I'm not drinking it again for a while!). It felt like my stomach was being blown up like a balloon and that it was going to burst. Horrible, horrible pain. It took about 30 minutes before the pain passed. But like a dummy, I waited a week and then tried it again. The next time, no pain. So I had another drink a few days later and the same horrible pain returned. I believe that I have finally learned my lesson and I am going to stick to water for a few months before I try another soda. (I am a diet pepsi addict!)
Take care and take another drink!
