Sonja A.
08-01-06
3 1/2 hour Pre-Operative Education Class
08-09-06
1 hour Nutrition Class and a Support Group Metting
08-10-06
Pre-Operative Testing: Everything went great! Blood work, EKG and the chest X-Rays. My surgery is 8:30AM, so I will need to get up around 4:30AM to be in Hampton by 6:30AM.
08/14/06
Pre-Operative visit with Dr. Terracina. Following this appointment I will see the dietician and take the metabolic test. Must fast for 4 hours prior.
08/15/06
Everything went well yesterday. I weighted 230.3 lbs. The REEVUE Metabolic Teasing gives your specific caloric needs to gain, maintain, or lose weight. This is important to know so you can plan your meals accordingly. It revealed that my metabolims campared to a typical person of similar, sex, age, height and weight is FAST. (Go figure!) I also did the "TANITA BODY COMPOSITION ANALYZER. 50.2% of my weight is fat (115.5 lbs) and (115 lbs of pure muscle) Taking that into consideration I need to raise my goal weight.
08/16/06
Today I am on a liquid diet. It is now 2:36PM and I have not eaten/drank anything. I can kind of scared if I do I will get hungary. I an still in the process of try to remove my toe rings. The middle one is hard to do. I got the first one off with no problem. I will try again later.
08/21/06
Everything went well. I was out of the hospital by 10:00AM and shopping by 1:00PM. Sore but got a pain pill before I left the hospital and took one when I got home. I was told not to take a shower if I had well water. I have bever heard this before. My nurse showed me his scar that got infected from well water. So off to a friend who has city water I went.
I went shopping the next day also. A little more pain on Friday that the day of surgery but took two pill and a nap. What a difference that made. Took two more a bed time. I don't want to take too many because I don't want to be consipated. I have a hard time getting in all the proteins and water. I get this feeling of fullness real quick.
08/24/06
221.4 lbs @ 12:54AM
Today I will try the protein shake again. I have some frozen peaches and blueberries.
late afternoon 219 lbs/BMI 39.14
08/26/06
I went to a Baby Shower today. Let me tell you the food smelled great! Meatballs, tuna, crackers, chicken wings ans several Asian dishes. All of that and I had a bottle of water. By the way the shower started at 4:00pm and we did not leave until 9:00pm. I was very strong I packed some meatballs to put in the freezer to enjoy at a later date.
I got some Cocoa Butter for my stomach.
08/29/06
I can not wait to see Dr. T. I hope he tells me that I can eat some real food even if its only baby food. I am ready to eat!!
08/30/06
Today I went for my first Post - OP appointment. The first thing I did was to weight in and the scale read 212 lbs. I losted a total of 18lbs. Dr. T.'s first question to me was, "What have you eaten?" I answered, "Nothing." Which was the truth. Then he told me I copuld start soft foods. I will eat soft food for two week then I can eat regular food. I was so excited. When I got home I fixed some cheese and eggs, got a can of potted meat, 1 teaspoon of chicken salad and 1 teaspoon of tuna salad. Well I was only able to eat 2 tespoons of eggs and 1/2 babyspoon of potted meat. (I did not like the taste of it, so I feed it to my dogs and they loved it.)
08/31/06
Two weeks since my surgery as of today!
09/28/06
I am 6 week out today and I got my 1st fill today. 214.1 lbs I go back for my second fill in 6 weeks.
10/24/06 - I have been walking at leat 5 to 15 miles per week. I hate PMS time because my weight has been up and down since my fill. Only two more weeks until I get my second one.
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Surgeon Info:
Surgeon: Anthony Terracina, M.D.
My first impression of Dr. Terracinia was very positive. I attended a support group metting back in December of 2005 and he was caring and took time to answer any questions that arised from the floor. His staff is great
Insurer Info:
OPTIMA HEALTH, ??
Has written exclusion policy. No coverage. :(
