1 Month After Surgery Update

Apr 24, 2009

Today marks one month post op for me!  YAY!  I do feel better than I did at first but I am not near 100%.  I went to the doctor today and expressed my concerns about my lack of energy and just feeling weak overall.  I also told him that I am still struggling getting my protein in because I am nauseous most of the time.  He ordered a full blood work up to check my thyroid levels, iron and lots of other things.  I just don't feel like eating.  It's so weird to say that because I LOVE food!  There's a major void in my life where food used to fill in.  I don't think I finished a meal without thinking about what the next one would entail and now I hardly ever think about food.  When I do I actually feel kind of physically ill.  Not much sounds good and not much tastes good anymore.  My tastes have changed greatly... food now is like watching tv in black and white, it's not nearly as good.  I am one month out so I can eat pretty much whatever I want to now and a salad sounds really good but the doctor told me not to eat too much lettuce because it is hard to digest without my old stomach.  :o(

I am down a total of 43 pounds!  Since my surgery a month ago I have lost a total of 26 pounds.  In the few weeks leading up to my surgery I had lost 17 pounds.  Today I put on a pair of my capris from last summer (the only ones that fit) and they were too big.  I had a few more pairs in the closet that were way too tight last year and they fit comfortably now.  So, I think I am down from a 26 pant/jean to a 24.  I would have thought that after 43 pounds I would be down more sizes but I guess it comes really slow at first.  I still have a LONG way to go but at least I have come this far.  I am 100 pounds from my goal weight.  It seemed so far away when I had 143 pounds to go but 100 seems a lot closer!  My next goal is 250, which is another 25 pounds.  I would like to get there by July 1 if possible.  Hopefully I will have some energy soon and I can start walking, I think that would really help.

Oh, I wanted to mention too that I had my first vomiting incident.  I ate about 1 table spoon of rice and about 2 bites of a grilled chicken breast (both of which I had ate the night before with no problem) and it just felt really uncomfortable like it was just sitting in the middle of my chest.  The next thing I knew my mouth started watering uncontrollably, there was so much saliva it was completely unnatural and unlike anything I have ever experienced.  I ran to try to spit some of it out and I gagged and the rice came up.  After that I felt totally fine, the whole thing was probably 2-3 minutes long. So, I know that's a lot of information but I think that might be "dumping" I'm really not sure.  My friend who had the surgery 5 years ago said it really wasn't dumping that dumping was way worse and lasted for like 30 minutes or longer she said that this is what happens when something doesn't agree with your new stomach.  I don't know what the heck happened but it wasn't any fun and I hope it doesn't happen again.

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