jenbird99
great appt. at doctor's office
May 15, 2008
so yesterday i went to see dr. weiger at the weight loss center. and the appt. went really well. he put me on phentermine 37.5 mg. once daily in the morning before breakfast. it's appetite supperessant. i go back there in one month. all they want to try to lose in this month is 5 to 7 pounds. which i can easily do. plus, they were very impressed by how much weight i'd lost since the failed lap banding. of course the scale said i weighed 9 pounds more than i actually do because of this stupid stupid boot i have to wear on my right ankle. anyway, i'll keep you all posted!
i can't get a break in life....
May 13, 2008
for those of you that know me... last year i broke both my ankles. one in january and one in april. well last night my 85 pound pit bull/ lab mix and our 45 pound border collie came running through the house knocked me over. i instantly heard a crack and knew it was gonna be bad. needless to say my right ankle is broken again!!! we had to call an ambulance b/c i couldn't walk at all. they took me to community general and they gave me pain med's and x-rayed my ankle. anyway, it's throbbing today. and now i have to wear this boot thing again, for another 6 weeks! so recently i haven't even gotten on the scale. and now i go see dr. weiger tomorrow w/ this 15 pound boot on my leg/foot. so those are my complaints for the day. thanks for listening!
loving the scale today
Apr 29, 2008
so about 15 minutes ago i got on the scale and and it says i'm 392.6!!! i'm very psyched! i've been eating eating regular foods since last wednesday (b/c that's when dr. davidson told me i could start back on solids) i've just drastically cut down what i used to eat. like yesterday my mom and alyssa and i were doing a lot of errands and we had to eat at mcdonalds... instead of my normal 2 double cheeseburgers, i ate one regular cheeseburger. and after i ate it i was suprisingly full, well not full, but i was actually comfortable... not stuffed. i think that's awesome. don't you?
violently ill, but i've lost 18 pounds....
Apr 27, 2008
so this weekend has been horrible. my daughter, mother and i have all been violently ill with horrible vomitting. it's been crazy around here. but on the bright side... when i went to the doctor's last week for my post-op checkup i was 417 pounds. i got on the scale this morning and i am 399!!!! woo hoo! now i know a lot of that is water weight, but still 399. i am excited. it makes me feel like i can do this. and i know i can do this...
i've got a new game plan
Apr 23, 2008
so here's the new game plan... a medically managed diet. i go in to see dr. weiger on may 14th and he'll put me on some medications to lose weight and a special high protien low fat diet. i'll go in every like two weeks to have my weight checked and there goal is for me to lose 40-50 pounds, then they will try the lap banding again. HOWEVER, my goal is, that if i can lose 40-50 pounds through this special diet i'll be eating and medications... then i'd like to keep going like that. and dr. davidson said if i can keep losing the weight, then he's all for it, but if i lose like 45 pounds and then stop losing weight, he said they'll need to intervine with the lap banding operation... again. so i feel pretty good about all of this. at least i'm not still wondering what next? you know? the good news is that even though my liver is large, it is functioning completely normal. so now my journey to knock off at least 40 pounds had begun...
infection... what's next???
Apr 22, 2008
so now one of my incisions is infected and i am on anti-biotics. yippie, skippie! i actaully see dr. davidson this morning at 9:30 for my follow up of last week disasterous surgery. when dr. davidson and i had talked last week after the surgery he said he a "game plan" for me. so i guess today i'll find out what that means. i just know that right now. i don't even wanna here the word surgery again. not for a long time. last week's surgery really burned me out to the idea of having weight loss surgery. i'm taking this a day at a a time. i'll write more later after i see the doctor in a little bit.
had the surgery NOT banded
Apr 20, 2008
so, not only am i fat, but appearently my liver is too. last monday, april 14th... i had my Lap Band surgery. however i am NOT banded. i woke up after the surgery with a NG tube in my nose and a drain attached to my stomach and 4 surgery site holes in my stomach. when i awoke i knew something was wrong b/c they had tons of people around me and i asked what was going on and one doctor told me that my liver was too large, so they couldn't get the band on and in the process of trying to put the band on they punctured a hole through my stomach. i am very angry and disappointed. i don't even know what to do next. i'm still not allowed to eat for the next 2 weeks while my stomach heals. i was in the hospital for 4 days. i think i'm still in shock that i have gone through all of this and i sill don't have the band on my stomach. i would just like to say though that b/c of this site i feel like i have a lot of much needed support to do whatever i need to do next in my journey of trying to lose weight. a couple of you out there even came to visit me in the hospital and that was amazing b/c i really needed it. you'll never know how much i appreciated it. thank you.
at Peace
Apr 10, 2008
So it's now just about 5 days away from surgery and i'm finally at peace with my decision to have this lap band surgery. i guess i'd just been struggling with the fact that this is like a life changing event. change for the good, of course, but nevertheless... change. and change, even if it's for the good scares me. but i've come to realize... after i got a very BAD glance of myself in a mirror yesterday... that i do desperately need this life changing surgery. and i am at peace with that because i want to live. i want to see the world from 20/20 vision, not from my eyes, not from self-loathing tinged glasses which i currently see the world through. so my fingers are crossed, i'm all prayed up and i'm ready to go!
4.8.08- pregnancy test today and i'm orange
Apr 07, 2008
in about an hour i have my last pre-op test before the surgery... my blood pregnancy test!!! it will absolutely be negative, so no worries there. however i'm orange. here's the short story... i decided to play with self tanning lotion (not a good idea) my legs and face look good, not to orange, but my hands and arms look like there are a pumpkin! i'm hoping this wears off before my surgery monday because dr. davidson is hot and i don't want him to see the stupidity of me being bright orange.
1 week till i'm on the operating room table...
Apr 06, 2008
well, one week and counting down... still a little nervous. but i feel a Peace from Jesus. i know everything will be ok, it just that darn anethesia. i just wanna wake up!!!!!!
i've prayed for angels to watch over me and keep me safe. it says in the bible that- pslam91;11&12- i will command my angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways, they will lift you up so that you may not strike your foot against a stone.
i've prayed for angels to watch over me and keep me safe. it says in the bible that- pslam91;11&12- i will command my angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways, they will lift you up so that you may not strike your foot against a stone.About Me
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04/14/2008
Surgery Date
Mar 11, 2008
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