Leslie L.

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06/21/2010 UPDATE--APPOINTMENT WITH DIETITIAN - 15 more pounds gone for a total of 35!!  My total cholesterol is now in the normal range. Dietitian is "concerned" about me.  I thought I had been doing really good.  She told m...

3 WEEKS POST OP - Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since my surgery.  I can't believe how well I am doing.  No nausea, no vomiting.  I haven't weighed since my first post op appointment one week after surge...

05/18/2010 POST OP DIET PHASE I - Okay, I'm doing well except I fatigue easy.  I am SICK of the protein shakes.  They are sweet tasting and I want something spicy, salty but I am not supposed to start on soft, pure...

05/13/2010 - Discharged from hospital today and actually drove myself home.  Slept the rest of the day, actually the next 2 or 3 days getting up to walk to the mailbox and back every few hours ...

05/12/2010-SURGERY DAY - Surgery went well and that's about all I can tell you.  I lost pretty much the entire day to sleep except for going to radiology for the leak test.  Who could forget that awful tas...

05/22/2010 - I drove 6 hours of the 8 hour trip yesterday and did fine.  I planned ahead and packed a cooler full of snacks that would fill me full of protein and bottled water.  It really help...

05/21/2010 - Going to Raleigh, NC for a wedding.  It'll be a long trip and it's just been 9 days since my surgery.  Just wondering how I'll do. 

05/12/2010 - First post-op visit.  Down 11 pounds in 1 week.  Feeling really good.  Already have a lot more energy.

TWELVE DAYS POST OP - I'm doing great.  My incisions are healing well.  I have had absolutely no nausea, no vomiting.  I walked 26 minutes tonight.  My back hurt the entire way, but I did it anyway.  GO...

PRE-OP DIET - Well, I'm five days into my pre-op diet.  I am using Unjury (www.unjury.com) protein.  I ordered vanilla, chocolate, strawberry sorbet, and chicken flavor.  (I listed them in the o...

I HAVE A DATE!! - May 12, 2010 Just ordered my Unjury protein supplements.  Liquid diet starts Friday.

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VICTORIES - Since seeing the dietitian, and learning that for the rest of my life I would be eating only 1 cup of food at each meal, something happened to me!!  I have been eating everything i...

WELL ON MY WAY - I have one more visit with my PCP in preparation for WLS on Feb 22 and two visits with the psychotherapist.  One on March 1 and one on April 5.  I saw my surgeon, Christopher J. Ha...

ATTENDING INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR WLS - I attended Dr. Christopher Hart's mandatory informational meeting for WLS 01/06/2009.  Dr. Hart's office staff (Susie and Cindy) were very nice.  The information given was in an ea...

RIGHT ON TRACK - Spoke with my case manager, Susan Phillips, RN and Dorothy, my behavioral care associate, at my insurance company  (UHC) today.  I am right on track regarding all my documentation ...