Stephanie G.

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The agony of de feet - I haven't lost any pounds on the scale in the last few days, but my shoes are now too big.  I wore some of my favorite shoes (black and white tweed) yesterday and could hardly walk...

My shoes are getting loose! - We had an emergency at work today and one of my co workers collapsed on the floor (she ended up in the hospital, but is ok).  I "ran" to the other side of the building to get somet...

A little at a time... - I weigh myself every couple of days or so, exercising great self control not doing it multiple times a day!  Whatever the low weight is, that's what I go with.  A couple of weeks a...

I finally did it! (the calcium/vitamin saga conti - Today I'm exactly four weeks out.  Yesterday I took my vitamins twice (Yay me!), and, with the help of a ziplock, hammer and sugar free pudding, I got my calcium in three times.  W...

Calcium citrate vs carbonate - My surgeon wants me to take calcium citrate.  I started with the horse pill size.  Went to the "petites."  I cannot choke them down.  I have trouble swallowing pills, they sit in m...

End of the stall - I made the trip to Florida to see the family for Grandma's 90th birthday.  I weighed myself on the scale here, my mom says it's pretty close to the doctor's scale and she thinks it...

I don't want to and you can't make me! - Sigh...  But I walked any way.  I saw my surgeon this week and told her that I feel more fatigued this week than I did at first (tomorrow will be exactly three weeks since my RNY.)...

Christmas - I usually don't attach a lot of importance to calendar dates.  One year after I became a nurse, Mark emphatically stated that I could NEVER work on Christmas!  We talked about why ...

Weird pain - Most of my pain post op was to one specific site on my lower left abdomen, but that's almost gone now.  I now have this weird pain in the middle of my left side.  It feels like the...

Closet joy - As of this morning, I am down by a total of 33 pounds (11 pre op and 22 post).  Believe it or not, I am really trying to avoid weighing myself too often.  I think I'm averaging 2-3...

Carb question - I am recently post RNY.  When I have been on high protein/low carb diets in the past, I subtracted fiber and sugar alcohol from total carbs.  What I'm concerned about now is dumpin...

Pain - So, two days ago, I walked 1/2 mile three times.  Yesterday morning I got up feeling pretty good.  I didn't take any pain medicine.  That was the first time I didn't need anything ...

Hungry - I had my bypass surgery a week ago today, so no food since last Wednesday.  I've mostly been on clear liquids, but thave added some small portions of protein mix soup or pudding - ...

My poor dog - I've been walking 1/2 mile, resting a little, then walking another 1/2 mile.  Today I wanted to start doing that twice a day and this morning was going to be my first solo walk.  I...

Walking - I forgot to add my walking.  I started walking in the hospital the evening of my surgery and continued to walk every two hours.  I gradually increased to two laps around the entire...

The journey - I've compared this process to pregnancy in many ways.  One way is that the things that seem so memorable in the moment fade over time.  I want to record my journey. Highest weig...

Blurry eyes - I'm still feeling like this whole surgery thing isn't quite real.  I suppose that it was a blessing that things happened like they did.  If I had had more down time to think about ...

Catching up my "diary" - I've never been very good at journaling, but I want a record of some sort.  I don't know if anyone reads this or not, but I'm cutting and pasting a few posts from the boards to kee...

Question about advancing my diet - My surgery was on the 8th.  I was discharged with instructions to stay on clear liquids for a week or so until I "get hungry."  I'm kinda hungry.  Last night I played around with a...