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Well last week i found out my cervical cancer was back and had to have an emergency hysterectomy....i am only 27 so was freaking out a little bit. everything went well with the surgery was able to keep my ovaries, but of course i left the hospital weighing 10lbs more then when i went in there. so here it is a week later and i have finally lost all of the fluid and 3 additional pounds. i am now 16 lbs away from my offical goal weight and as i get closer i get more and more excited. If i woulod have had the hysto, when i was 260 lbs id probably still be recovering, but i had my surgery on a thursday and went back to work monday, no pain meds needed, i feel fantastic, so just one more thing that i am thankful for. I would go back and have the bypass again in a heartbeat, so many things have changed in my life, i feel great, i look great, and everything is finally starting to feel like it should!

its been 6 months and things are fantastic. i am down 92 lbs and in a size 6. i cant believe how far ive come and i am anxiously looking forward to the future for once. i feel great mentally, physically and emotionally. this was the best decision i have ever made. i have yet to actually have a dumping episode and i am doing pretty good with all foods. so im just loving life!

Well today is my 3 month surgiversary. Im down 57 lbs. it was 62 but i had a stricture and ended up going into the hospital and got 14lbs water weight. since they fixed the stricture i feel great. i am able to eat and i feel so much better then before. I have left my husband and am just happier all the way around. I am hoping my weight loss continues going so well. who knows maybe ill be at my goal of 150 by my birthday february 1st.

To date u have lost 28.4 lbs. I feel really good. Have been struggling to get my alot of fluid in and protein drinks have been making me nauseous. I cant wait until next week when i start purees. i think i will be much better then. Yesterday i think i had my first bout of dumping? maybe? not sure what was going on. I had some tomato soup for lunch, and i was sitting in the break room at work and someone else came in with clams and scallops. Normally i love the smell of seafood, but within the hour, i felt so bad. i felt i wanted to puke, but couldnt. Dont know if it was from the tomato soup or the smell of the seafood. I had to leave work early that how bad i felt. and that is so not like me.  I feel better today but now i am leary on eating anything in fear of getting nauseous again. other then that im doing well. Cant wait to stop the cumadin so i dont have to get blood work every other day. i hate that.

Hey all. So today is 1 week. I feel great. I hardly take any pain meds, mainly at nite. The first couple days i found myself questioning if i made the decision, but i think it was because of the drain. I was embarrassed to walk around with this nasty thing hanging around my waist. It started to get infected and the doc took it out yesterday (2 days early) and i felt sooooo good. I felt so good i went back to work early as well. My coworkers were suprised, but it felt good to be out of the house. I am having trouble getting in the required amount of liquid, the most i have gotten so far was 38 oz. I keep trying for more so hopefully i will get there. I am having trouble finding sugar free drinks that i like. I have tried alot of things i had before and they just dont taste great anymore. The hospital was giving me gerber apple juice diluted and i like that so i have been doing that as well. Yesterday i started full liquids and i was very nervous, i hate getting sick, so finally i gave in and had an oz of bacon and bean soup (liquified) and it tasted so good. Today i tried some oatmeal and that was good and some yogurt for lunch. I have had no weird reactions, so thats goods. The one thing i find really difficult it making my "food" last 1/2 hour. It is really hard to drag it out . I know that it will be easier when their is more consistancy to the food, but now its difficult.

I weighed myself today and im .8 lbs from the weight i was at the day of surgery. I lost 20 lbs preop gained it all back in fluid and now anxiously awaiting the fluid to go away. it takes fluid to loose fluid and thats hard when im only getting 30-40 oz a day. so ill keep my fingers crossed that by next week it will be better.

Well i am home, have been since thursday night. Im feeling good, pain is not too bad. Not getting much help around the house with the 3 kids, my husband makes things worse i think. I am ready to go back to work. The only thing i really dislike is the drain. Its a bit annoying and i dont enjoy emptying it. I have been doing ok with liquids. Yesterday was the first full day at home and i had 27 oz of water. Today i did add in some gerber apple juice, diluted. And i tried a popsicle, maybe not the best choice. My stomach continues to make all kinds of crazy noises, i guess thats thanks to the new plumbing. Not sure exactly what to do from here. I feel like i could tolerate more liquids, i did go out and buy those small 8 oz water bottles. i feel like that is more practicle then pouring water from 1 cup into a little dixie cup. But i am not sure how much is too much. Well until later.

Well i made it through all 10+ days successfully. Im down 20 lbs and today is surgery day. Its 440 am and we are getting ready to leave, just wanted to give a quick shout. I am very excited, and will post more when i can.

Well i have officially made it to the middle of the road. I feel good. Havent had any bad side effects except loose bm. I have been working everyday and have not been grouchy, so everyone at work is pleased. I have noticed people apologizing for eating in front of me, and im like, "really, why are you sorry?" personally i would rather smell all the good food because i know one day i will be eating good food again just in a healthy way.

I am down 8.8 lbs and i am super excited about that. i saw the surgeon yesterday and got all my paperwork. i have to drink magnesium citrate day before surgery, im a little worried about that. i have seen mixed reviews. i am really hoping i dont puke, i have a really quick gag reflex and dont do well with things that taste bad. So ill keep my fingers crossed. well nothing else really, so write more later.

Well i made it through day 2, no bad headaches, pretty tired, a little weak, but i feel ok. I got a good walk in yesterday, that was nice, i didnt get in all my protein, but i did have plenty of water. I weighed myself this morning and it said 250.2, so that 6.2 lbs down, i know its mostly water weight, but a lb is a lb. I am excited to continue on, i am confident now that i can do this. thanks for all the supportive comments i have been getting. very helpful.

Yesterday went well. I didnt cheat and for the most part was not that hungery. Last evening my husband had to go to er so sitting there for 4 hours, made my stomach rumble, but i handled it and made it through alive. lol.

So today they say is the worst day, so far its ok, but i did just get up. i think i feel the beginnings of a headache, and i am a little tired, but i wont know whats what until i have more time to wake up.

I weighed myself this morning....i know they say only weigh in 1 time a week, but i couldnt help myself. 253.2 that 3.2 lbs, now i know that it is mostly water weight, but ill take it.

Well i will write more later.