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I had my 1-2 week post op appointment and it went fantastic  I love my surgeon he is just so truly amazing and takes his time and answers every little thing and gives you advice on it all, I know in the beginning I was nervous about having him but I know that God gave me the best surgeon for me!!

I have lost 23 pounds in 11 days and he said that is wonderful and I'm right on track that usually most patients loose 15-20 so that made me feel good, I am now on stage 3 and he said that now will be the time that I will start feeling that full feeling so to just take it easy with it. He checked my incisions and all looks good and I'm healing better then he thought that I would so on Thursday I am okay to start taking baths woo hoo!! I am now fully off the pains meds and the stool softners and so now all I take is nexium and iron vitamin and on the 24th of november I will start taking my multi vitamin after my appointment with nutrition... I can't believe how everything is going smooth I just feel so good and I am so happy that I had the weight loss surgery.

Oct 22- I had to be at the hospital at 6:05 to check in for surgery, I got there and there was a whole room of people waiting to and the check in person was there yet so we waited till 6:30 when she got so we just hung out and took pics and stuff until then, as soon as she got there we were taking back to Pre-op room at 7 and they started the whole getting ready for surgery process, the anesthesiologist came in told me what they were going to do and started trying to hook me up to the Iv that is right I said try it took them 20 times to try to get it in and with every time they tried they had to do it twice, first they would numb it and then try to get the veins so that was 40 pokes all together I was in tears and everything and what pissed me off is they got it the last time at the place I told them before they even started that is where I always get it done but they didn't listen to me grr.... At 8:30 I was in surgery and got out at 11 and was put in recovery room until 4pm because there was no beds in the step down unit but I have to say it was nice being there because my nurse just let me sleep but I was so high on drugs and all my hubbys chaplains and nco's came to check on me and I was talking out of my head so bad but atleast now they know everything about me lol at 4:30 I was in my room and got to rest till about 7 when i got up and started walking, they told me to walk 2 laps but I did 15 I had so much energy and then I came back and went to bed, I got a good night sleep except for the nurses coming in every so often but I expected that...

Nov 23- I woke up around 7 and had the worse dry mouth but my sip test wasn't scheduled till 11am so I had to wait, at 11 I went for the sip test where I drink a lil drink of yucky stuff and they put me up against an xray to make sure I had to leaks or anything and everything went great so I was given the okay to start the liquid diet, I went back and got ice chips and water and omg it was soo good, the rest of the day I would sit up or do laps around and then take a nap here and there but I felt so great I had been on mophin pump for 2 days but had only pressed the button 3 times so they got rid of it because I really didnt need it.. I also got my cathedure taken out and I felt like a big girl I got to use the potty lol I stayed on the water the rest of the day and around 9 I decided to go to bed, so I got up to pee and I had my first bowl movement and it felt like liquid but when I got up it was nothing but blood in the toilet and my heart rate went up to 160-165 so the nurses rushed in and hooked me up to machines and were flipping me over and everything it scared the crap out of me they called my doctors assistant and he came and they couldnt figure it out my ekg was good and everything so he told me they would have to keep me one more day to figure stuff out so finally my heart went down to 105-125 and I tried to go to sleep at 3:30 it started all over again with the same thing... I didnt get much sleep that night because they kept coming in every 30 mins to make sure I was okay and everything

Oct 24- The doctors found out that the Heprin shot I was on which I was given atleast 6-8 times is what was making me bleed my blood was to thin so they took me off of it and it worked I havent had any more experiences like that thank God... so they had me walking most of that day and around 6pm they gave me broth and jello I got a little bit of the broth down but the jello was to sweet for me... saturday nothing really happened, I walked, hung out with friends and family and slept lol

Oct 25- I was given the okay to go home!! at 2pm I was released I have never been so happy to  get out of a place, they kept me on the clear liquid diet for 2 weeks and every since I have been home i have felt great!!

 I can not believe that I am 1 week post op already it is crazy... I got on the scale today and I have dropped 16.1 pounds in a week, if you were to count how much weight I lost since being released from the hospital it would be 36.1 bc I had 20 pounds of fluids in me lol but I am so glad to say good bye to those numbers... I have been doing so great since I have been home and have went off all my pain meds 2 days ago and if I do use them it would only be at night time...

I'll update about my hospital experience later right now I need to go for a walk....

 I have to be at the hospital at 6:05 and I'm suppose to be the first surgery of the morning as long as there are no emergency surgeries so yay!! I can't believe that it is happening, it feels unreal in a way but I am so happy... I slept pretty good last night at 3am I woke up and was freakin out wondering if my husband took the alarm off of vibrate lol so I tossed for the next hour and then got up when the alarm went off and took my dial shower again lol... I will update soon when I get out of the hospital...

 I can not believe I am only 4 days away from having my surgery it feels unreal to me right now...

For the past week I have been in nesting mode just trying to get everything in order and get everything that I need.. I have cleaned my house from top to bottom and rearranged everything, I know my hubby will keep my house clean but he just won't do all the little things that I like done in our house... 

I went in Friday to fill out all the paper work for the hospital and do the blood work and stuff and I got there at 8:05 and at 9am they came out to let me know they lost my chart and it wouldnt be till around 1 till they could do my appointment so I was okay with coming back at 1 but then at 11 I got a call from my bariactric nurse saying they would have to reschedule till the 21st which honestly I dont like but oh well what can I do...

 I met with my surgeon today  and everything went great, I was nervous going because I was hoping that I would feel comfortable with him as my surgeon and I have to say I do... he answered all my hubby and I questions and just made us feel good about everything, the only thing I really didn't like about him is he never looked the hubby or I in the eye which was kinda weird to me but whatever... Everything is still a go for Oct 22 so yay I'm so happy that everything is happening now... now I just start my high protein diet on thursday so woo hoo!!!

I meet with my surgeon today, and I have to say I'm kinda nervous because I have never met him and I just hope that I like him and feel comfortable about him doing the surgery... I have heard a lot of great things about him so hopefully everyone is right... I will update later when I get back...

Today I got the call that I have been waiting so long for... I got my surgery date!! On October 22, 2009 I will be having my gastric bypass  I am so happy lol I have been waiting so long to get that date and finally I got it!! so 3 weeks from today I will have my surgery!!

Hey everyone sorry I haven't updated in awhile but I have been busy busy and it looks like things won't be slowing down anytime soon but that is okay that just means that surgery date will get here faster! I can't believe that after next week I should know my surgery date it kinda feels a little unreal that it is happening so fast lol I started this whole process 3 months ago... yay I'm soo soo excited!!!

I went last tuesday and took my test that is required through our bariactric program it was really easy and I found out that I always stress over the smallest things but whatever... it was just a test about how much you know about the surgery and if you are truly ready for it and I passed... yay!!! so now all I have to do is one more class which is tonight and then next thursday I go for my follow -up over my psyc and then hopefully I should be set and have a date.

I will update more later, I'm at my hubbys work waiting for my class.... so have a great day and thank you everyone for you comments and your prayers!!

<3 Heather

We made it back from Michigan :-) lol we made it back early Tuesday morning but right now is thee only time I have found to update life here has been very very busy since we got back and it looks like it is not going to slow down for a awhile... It was so much fun going back home we left on friday at 4:30 and didn't make it to michigan until 5:30 am on saturday morning so the hubby and I have decided from now on we will be flying or atleast take extra vacation days... It was great to be home and to see everyone lol it got a little overwhelming for a little because everyone showed up at my parents house but it made me smile because I truely do have great friends, and everyone that saw me told me how happy I seem and its weird but I'm happier now then I have ever been, even with the whole cancer thing it has made me a better person because I'm learning to ENJOY LIFE and not to have worries and it makes me feel so happy!!!

I got my call yesterday about my psyc follow up and I had it for April 29 but I will be out of town with my husband for work, and so the only time they can get me in is May 21 which made me sad but I called her back and asked if she had any other openings if she would let me know and i would cancel whatever I had that day to go to it because honestly I don't want to wait till then because I was hoping to have surgery May 25-30 since all of my family will be down here but oh well we will see... I will have my last class on the 13th of May... I can't believe how fast everything is going lol I started this whole process 3 months ago and it is almost coming to a end and then I talk to other people and they have to wait a year or more and so I'm so thankful that I have the insurance that I do :-)


While we were home my parents bought the hubby and I a WII and we LOVE IT!! Lol they bought it for us for my birthday and also so that we can all play together with the internet thingy on it so it will be fun, and I talked to my nurse about it and she said that it is does count as a workout so yay something else I can add to my workout plan but I'm not going to consider it a workout it is just fun...

Well I have to get this apartment in order we moved all the furniture around and got more stuff to unpack so I hope you all have a great day!!!