Ferchie
It is a new year....
Jan 08, 2007
Hello all, incase you didn't notice, it is a brand new year. I have a couple new years resolutions I am going to share with you.
1. exercise
2. eat better
3. paint the bathrooms
4. finish the projects I have started
5. get rid of the junk I have been holding onto for years and years and years and years and years..... etc....
I hope you all had fabulous holidays, mine were good. I hate the holidays, I am glad they are over.
kisses - Jeremy
1. exercise
2. eat better
3. paint the bathrooms
4. finish the projects I have started
5. get rid of the junk I have been holding onto for years and years and years and years and years..... etc....
I hope you all had fabulous holidays, mine were good. I hate the holidays, I am glad they are over.
kisses - Jeremy
Thanksgiving 2006
Nov 23, 2006
low-fat-low-carb-sugar-free-peanut-butter-pie
and
Twinkie's-famous-low-fat-low-carb-sugar-free-spinach-artichoke-dip.
We are going to Shelli & Jeremy's house for dinner.
Mollie & Jesse are staying at our place for the holiday which they are spending with Mollies family.
My gram is in Nevada with some family.
I need to call my dad.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone....
October 25 2006
Oct 27, 2006
So it has been 1 year today and alot has changed. This past year seems to have just flown by. I am so happy that I had the surgery, it saved my life. My support system (aka "MY FRIENDS") are the best. They have all helped me through the crap and I don't think I could thank them enough for all they have done, most of which they probably don't even know they did...
August 25 2006
Oct 27, 2006
So today is my 10 month surgiversary, I went and weighed over at my local LA Weight Loss Center and I am down another 13 pounds from last month. I now weigh 317 pounds, for most people that is a whole hell of a lot of weight, but for me, that is a fucking miracle, I have not been at this weight since early high school, so like 15 years ago at least. I am losing about 1/2 pound per day, which is right where my doc says I should be, and right where my surgeon said I would be at this point. I could speed it up if I wanted with exercise but I am just barely getting my balance, I would hate to fuck something up by trying to exercise and falling. I am moving more, walking and climbing stairs at work, eating healthy, low cal, low carb, zero sugar, & high protein.
April 14 2006
Oct 27, 2006
So it has been about a month since I updated this profile of mine and a few things have happened in that month
1- I finally bought new clothes, after going down 12 pant sizes it was certainly about time.
2- I am down from a 6x shirt to a 4x shirt - WOW!
and last but not least
3- I met my favorite porn star, OK I know not alot of people have a favorite porn star, and if they do most don't get to meet them, but I have proof, check out the picture below. That is me and Bridget The Midget!! I met her at Cracker Barrell In Boise, Idaho. She was in town performing at Night Moves, a strip club in town. (Ignore the date, I had forgotten to reset it after charging my camera battery... duh...)
1- I finally bought new clothes, after going down 12 pant sizes it was certainly about time.
2- I am down from a 6x shirt to a 4x shirt - WOW!
and last but not least
3- I met my favorite porn star, OK I know not alot of people have a favorite porn star, and if they do most don't get to meet them, but I have proof, check out the picture below. That is me and Bridget The Midget!! I met her at Cracker Barrell In Boise, Idaho. She was in town performing at Night Moves, a strip club in town. (Ignore the date, I had forgotten to reset it after charging my camera battery... duh...)
3/15/06
Oct 27, 2006
Well I have lost the first 100 lbs of the 320lbs (at least) that I plan to lose, actually as of this past Saturday, the 11th of March, I was down 108 lbs total. How freakin' fabulous is that!!!! I feel so wonderful.
Let me tell you a couple of the great things I have noticed going on so far -
1- Today at work I had to walk over to the sheriffs office in the other building to deliver some paperwork and I walked there, delivered the stuff, chatted for a minute with some deputies and walked back - before surgery that would of killed me, I would of been out of breath had to stop a couple of times just to rest and would of been in pain, this time none of that happened.
2- I have been shopping both with my partner and without. Before surgery, I would wait in the car while she went in I would never go alone, what was the point I didn't want to go in anyway, and if I had to I would go in, go straight to what I needed, get it and leave, I would be out of breath and in pain from the walking. Now we shop every weekend, wether we need something or not, half the time we don't even buy anything we just wander around. It feels great.
3- Sex is wonderful, it was great before, but now I am able to do things that I could not before. I can move easier and things just seem more enjoyable. WOW!!!! Jen has decided to take the womens one-a-day to try to keep up with me... hahaha
Anyway I feel great, I feel like I used to, before I got GIANT, and Jen keeps telling me "you are like the way you were when I first met you, happy, active, and all mine..."
I have got to update more often, this is pathetic...
Let me tell you a couple of the great things I have noticed going on so far -
1- Today at work I had to walk over to the sheriffs office in the other building to deliver some paperwork and I walked there, delivered the stuff, chatted for a minute with some deputies and walked back - before surgery that would of killed me, I would of been out of breath had to stop a couple of times just to rest and would of been in pain, this time none of that happened.
2- I have been shopping both with my partner and without. Before surgery, I would wait in the car while she went in I would never go alone, what was the point I didn't want to go in anyway, and if I had to I would go in, go straight to what I needed, get it and leave, I would be out of breath and in pain from the walking. Now we shop every weekend, wether we need something or not, half the time we don't even buy anything we just wander around. It feels great.
3- Sex is wonderful, it was great before, but now I am able to do things that I could not before. I can move easier and things just seem more enjoyable. WOW!!!! Jen has decided to take the womens one-a-day to try to keep up with me... hahaha
Anyway I feel great, I feel like I used to, before I got GIANT, and Jen keeps telling me "you are like the way you were when I first met you, happy, active, and all mine..."
I have got to update more often, this is pathetic...
1/30/06
Oct 27, 2006
Today is my one year anniversary of not smoking!!! Yay for me!!! I have saved, according to my quit meter at www.quitmeter.com, $712.50 - how great is that!!!!!
1/26/2006
Oct 27, 2006
Well it has been 2 months since I updated my profile, how about I do that now… lets start with where I left off before, Christmas dinner was not much better, I was still not eating very well. Christmas itself was great, just Jen and myself, no presents really because we blew all our money on surgery in Mexico, and I was still unable to do any shopping really. I was down 50 lbs on the 26th of December, I was so freaking happy, that was the first time in who knows how long I was 450lbs. It was great.
I did a bad thing on new years – I got a little hammered, I know I know, that is a big no-no after gastric bypass, especially that soon after the surgery. It was almost totally sugar-free though, cranberry and vodka made with cranberry light and absolute vodka. It was very tasty. The following Thursday evening after dinner I was feeling a little ill, I thought I might of eaten to fast or a bite to much so I went to lie down for a while, about 30 minutes after I laid down I was starting to feel very nauseous and decided to go in the bathroom for a little pukey time.
******GETS A LITTLE GROSSLY GRAPHIC******
Well I go in the bathroom expecting to puke up dinner, boy was I wrong, I started to heave and at first it was dinner, but then it became something else, something no one should ever have to throw up, and something that should never-ever be in your mouth, I started to throw up bile.
For those of you that do not know what bile is – "it is a bitter, neutral, or slightly alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and passed through a duct into the gallbladder, where it is stored and, as necessary, released into the duodenum. As formed in the liver, bile is a thin, watery fluid to which the gallbladder adds a mucous secretion, forming a complex thickened and stringy substance consisting of salts and bile salts, proteins, cholesterol, hormones, and enzymes. The gallbladder returns water containing salts and other materials to the circulation and concentrates the complex further by a tenfold reduction of the bile salts, which the liver synthesizes from cholesterol. Such foods as fats, egg yolk, and foods rich in cholesterol cause concentrated bile, together with secretions from the pancreas, to be discharged into the duodenum to promote digestion, to stimulate peristalsis and absorption, and to carry off excess cholesterol and the disintegration products of overage red blood cells. The hemoglobin of such disintegrating cells degrades rapidly into reddish-yellow bilirubin, predominant in the bile of carnivorous and omnivorous animals, and biliverdin, a green pigment that appears in the bile of herbivores. Under normal conditions, the liver efficiently clears these pigments."
Anyway this lasted all night, I did not go to work the next day, I thought I would be ok, I thought it would stop, I thought lots of different things, but I did not think I would end up in the emergency room – wrong… I called my PCP to try and get in – he was booked solid, I talked to his nurse and explained what was going on she talked to the PCP and he said I needed to get to the ER ASAP!! I think he may have yelled because when she got back on the phone with me she wanted to know if I was able to drive yet or did she need to call the ambulance for me, I told her I was driving now and could get there by myself. I got off the phone with her and was very worried, Jen had taken the car to work because I did not go in. I cannot drive her truck yet as I cannot get up into it yet. I called a coworker and cried to her about being scared, but not wanting her to come get me and take me to the hospital I lied to her and told her my grandma was coming to get me and take me over there. In all actuality I was just going to wait till Jen got home to take me over there. I shouldn’t have done that. When Jen got home, she helped me get to the car; I was tired and weak from throwing up so much, as I had not stopped all day. We got to the ER and I checked in, I had taken a baggie of the stuff I was puking up so they could see what I was talking about. I explained about my WLS so they knew about that and would not do anything to hurt me just incase I was worse than I thought and had to be admitted or operated on or whatever. They decided to get some fluids in me since I was apparently very dehydrated. It took them close to 2 hours to find a vein and when the last nurse finally tried she said “if I don’t get it this time we are going to have to put in a central line” I didn’t know what that was but it didn’t sound too much like fun. She had the smallest pediatric needle that they make and said a little prayer and held her breath (so did I). She found a vein, it was small and slow but it was a vein, she got the blood they needed to run the tests to see what was wrong with me and they were able to hook up the IV. Did you know that it takes close to 5 ½ - 6 hours to get in 1 liter of fluid through a pediatric needle??? I was there almost 8 hours total. I kept dozing off once they had me hooked up but they kept having to wake me up because where the needle was in my wrist, I had to keep my hand bent back so the fluid would go in, and every time I dozed off I would relax my hand and the fluid would not go in as well. I was so very tired. I got in my 1 liter, they made me pee in a cup to see how I was doing, the released me. I got a scrip for anti-nausea medication in suppository form – those are exciting let me tell you. I went home. It was a weekend thank god, so I could get better and not miss work. I threw up all weekend, all day Monday, and all day Tuesday. I went back to work on Wednesday, puked once there, not at all on Thursday or Friday or any days since, but god did it suck when I was. Anyway the moral of my story is this - drink plenty of fluids, do not drink alcohol this soon out of surgery, do what your PCP says and don’t wait for your significant other to get off work to take you to the ER.
*****DONE BEING GROSSLY GRAPHIC*****
I am now 3 months out and doing just fine. I get in at least 64 oz of water and/or crystal light each day, I eat plenty of protein and am losing just fine. I was down 78 lbs last night when I weighed, I am at 422 now. I want to be at 350 by my birthday, it is May 27 so that should not be a problem I don’t think. But if I don’t do it, it will be ok.
I am not using a walker anymore, I don’t have to stop and lean or sit on my way in to the office from the parking lot or to the parking lot from the office anymore. I can walk all over the office now and pull my own files and carry my own files now. I went shopping this last weekend at a craft store for almost 45 minutes, just walking around, I went to a movie and actually fit in the seat comfortably (for the most part). I haven’t been to the theater in like 2 years because I just couldn’t handle the seats anymore. We would go to the drive-in but that is only in the summer. And this is only 78 lbs down, I can’t imagine this summer when I am 150 lbs down, or next summer when I am who know how much down. I can’t wait for all this to happen; it is like a new me every day. My boss is so excited, my co-workers and my friends call me the shrinking woman. I just laugh because I don’t really see it yet, I just feel better and my clothes certainly don’t fit anymore. I am so thankful for this surgery; I just wish I would have done it sooner. Everything happens for a reason and everything happens when it is suppose to. I had this surgery in Mexico in October in 2005 for a reason; I may or may not ever know what that reason is but there is a reason.
I hope this update covers everything from the last 2 months.
I did a bad thing on new years – I got a little hammered, I know I know, that is a big no-no after gastric bypass, especially that soon after the surgery. It was almost totally sugar-free though, cranberry and vodka made with cranberry light and absolute vodka. It was very tasty. The following Thursday evening after dinner I was feeling a little ill, I thought I might of eaten to fast or a bite to much so I went to lie down for a while, about 30 minutes after I laid down I was starting to feel very nauseous and decided to go in the bathroom for a little pukey time.
******GETS A LITTLE GROSSLY GRAPHIC******
Well I go in the bathroom expecting to puke up dinner, boy was I wrong, I started to heave and at first it was dinner, but then it became something else, something no one should ever have to throw up, and something that should never-ever be in your mouth, I started to throw up bile.
For those of you that do not know what bile is – "it is a bitter, neutral, or slightly alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and passed through a duct into the gallbladder, where it is stored and, as necessary, released into the duodenum. As formed in the liver, bile is a thin, watery fluid to which the gallbladder adds a mucous secretion, forming a complex thickened and stringy substance consisting of salts and bile salts, proteins, cholesterol, hormones, and enzymes. The gallbladder returns water containing salts and other materials to the circulation and concentrates the complex further by a tenfold reduction of the bile salts, which the liver synthesizes from cholesterol. Such foods as fats, egg yolk, and foods rich in cholesterol cause concentrated bile, together with secretions from the pancreas, to be discharged into the duodenum to promote digestion, to stimulate peristalsis and absorption, and to carry off excess cholesterol and the disintegration products of overage red blood cells. The hemoglobin of such disintegrating cells degrades rapidly into reddish-yellow bilirubin, predominant in the bile of carnivorous and omnivorous animals, and biliverdin, a green pigment that appears in the bile of herbivores. Under normal conditions, the liver efficiently clears these pigments."
Anyway this lasted all night, I did not go to work the next day, I thought I would be ok, I thought it would stop, I thought lots of different things, but I did not think I would end up in the emergency room – wrong… I called my PCP to try and get in – he was booked solid, I talked to his nurse and explained what was going on she talked to the PCP and he said I needed to get to the ER ASAP!! I think he may have yelled because when she got back on the phone with me she wanted to know if I was able to drive yet or did she need to call the ambulance for me, I told her I was driving now and could get there by myself. I got off the phone with her and was very worried, Jen had taken the car to work because I did not go in. I cannot drive her truck yet as I cannot get up into it yet. I called a coworker and cried to her about being scared, but not wanting her to come get me and take me to the hospital I lied to her and told her my grandma was coming to get me and take me over there. In all actuality I was just going to wait till Jen got home to take me over there. I shouldn’t have done that. When Jen got home, she helped me get to the car; I was tired and weak from throwing up so much, as I had not stopped all day. We got to the ER and I checked in, I had taken a baggie of the stuff I was puking up so they could see what I was talking about. I explained about my WLS so they knew about that and would not do anything to hurt me just incase I was worse than I thought and had to be admitted or operated on or whatever. They decided to get some fluids in me since I was apparently very dehydrated. It took them close to 2 hours to find a vein and when the last nurse finally tried she said “if I don’t get it this time we are going to have to put in a central line” I didn’t know what that was but it didn’t sound too much like fun. She had the smallest pediatric needle that they make and said a little prayer and held her breath (so did I). She found a vein, it was small and slow but it was a vein, she got the blood they needed to run the tests to see what was wrong with me and they were able to hook up the IV. Did you know that it takes close to 5 ½ - 6 hours to get in 1 liter of fluid through a pediatric needle??? I was there almost 8 hours total. I kept dozing off once they had me hooked up but they kept having to wake me up because where the needle was in my wrist, I had to keep my hand bent back so the fluid would go in, and every time I dozed off I would relax my hand and the fluid would not go in as well. I was so very tired. I got in my 1 liter, they made me pee in a cup to see how I was doing, the released me. I got a scrip for anti-nausea medication in suppository form – those are exciting let me tell you. I went home. It was a weekend thank god, so I could get better and not miss work. I threw up all weekend, all day Monday, and all day Tuesday. I went back to work on Wednesday, puked once there, not at all on Thursday or Friday or any days since, but god did it suck when I was. Anyway the moral of my story is this - drink plenty of fluids, do not drink alcohol this soon out of surgery, do what your PCP says and don’t wait for your significant other to get off work to take you to the ER.
*****DONE BEING GROSSLY GRAPHIC*****
I am now 3 months out and doing just fine. I get in at least 64 oz of water and/or crystal light each day, I eat plenty of protein and am losing just fine. I was down 78 lbs last night when I weighed, I am at 422 now. I want to be at 350 by my birthday, it is May 27 so that should not be a problem I don’t think. But if I don’t do it, it will be ok.
I am not using a walker anymore, I don’t have to stop and lean or sit on my way in to the office from the parking lot or to the parking lot from the office anymore. I can walk all over the office now and pull my own files and carry my own files now. I went shopping this last weekend at a craft store for almost 45 minutes, just walking around, I went to a movie and actually fit in the seat comfortably (for the most part). I haven’t been to the theater in like 2 years because I just couldn’t handle the seats anymore. We would go to the drive-in but that is only in the summer. And this is only 78 lbs down, I can’t imagine this summer when I am 150 lbs down, or next summer when I am who know how much down. I can’t wait for all this to happen; it is like a new me every day. My boss is so excited, my co-workers and my friends call me the shrinking woman. I just laugh because I don’t really see it yet, I just feel better and my clothes certainly don’t fit anymore. I am so thankful for this surgery; I just wish I would have done it sooner. Everything happens for a reason and everything happens when it is suppose to. I had this surgery in Mexico in October in 2005 for a reason; I may or may not ever know what that reason is but there is a reason.
I hope this update covers everything from the last 2 months.
11-25-05
Oct 27, 2006
Well today I am officially 1 month post-op - I figured by now I would feel better, but alas, I was wrong - again... My body still aches all over, everyday, all the time. I am assuming that it is the weather, my body hurt before surgery and the weather never helped. (so don't take my still being in pain alter your opinion of the surgery I was in alot of pain before) Yesterday was Thanksgiving - woohoo... I had some skin on red mashed potatoes dipped in a tiny bit of Jens gravy and a couple of bites of Jens turkey and some unsweetened iced tea it was a Thanksgiving to remember let me tell you... hahaha. Hopefully Christmas will be better - I should be able to eat better by then, right now I am still trying to get to know my pouch.
11-12-05
Oct 27, 2006
I am ok, surgery went off without a hitch, and the last 2 1/2 weeks have been, well, they have been ok. I ended up getting what I thought was shingles, but come to find out it was not (shingles do not cross the midline of your body). What I have is like a heat rash - a REALLY REALLY bad heat rash. The doctor said it was a 2nd degree ulcer meaning it was deeper than a regular heat rash but not into the muscle yet. He said had I waited any longer it could of gotten into the muscle. he prescribed a cream "silver-sulfa-diazine" to dry it up and help clear it up and liquid vicoden for the pain. Other than that everything is A-OK. My incision is healing nicely, the GI-Tube and drain tube holes are healing nicely. I measured myself and have lost a few inches here and there, I have not weighed yet, as it still hurts to get up and around to get to the LA Weight Loss place to weigh. But I am certain that I have lost at least 20 lbs. I am planning to go back to work Monday, at least half days. I miss it, I need something to do during the day, I am about to go crazy.
