Lori Black
Things I've been eating 3 weeks out
Aug 01, 2007
Kraft Cheese Snackables (Ea. piece is 6 g's of protein and only one ounce...colby jack or cheddar)
Egg Salad ( I chop the egg small and add PLENTY of full fat mayo)
KFC Chicken Leg (I eat very little of the breading, but it does add some flavor)!
Rotisserie Chicken from Costco
Turkey breast
Roast Beef Rolls (Deli Roast Beef with Garden Vegetable Philly cream cheese inside, yum!)
Hormel Beef Roast Au Jus (Pre-cooked in the meat section at the grocery, seriously delish!)
Cheesecake Factory Buffalo Chicken Wings w/ lots of blue cheese (These were ok, not now tho)
Champion Pure Whey Stack Banana Scream (THE BEST protein shake I've had!) (1.5 scoop=34.5g protein)
42g New Whey Protein vials (Only when I have to, they are yucky! JMHO)
Revival Soy Protein Chips
Genisoy Protein Chips (At Kroger in the health food section)
Crab Legs (So moist and I drown them in butter)!
Special K20 Protein Water (Gotta be strawberry kiwi)
Very moist, cooked no more than medium ribeye steak
Small amts of popcorn
Dry Roasted Peanuts
Any meat I eat either has to be extremely juicy and tender, or I have to drown it in ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing or something like that to get it to go down. The only way I can eat eggs is in plenty of mayonnaise in my egg salad. The protein shake I listed above is by Champion Nutrition and I got it from Vitalady.com where you can order samples for a couple of dollars. I really love the banana scream. There is no offensive flavor whatsoever and if you use a scoop and a half, it's 34.5g protein, 195 calories, 5 carbs, and 4 grams of fat. Tomorrow I'm going to try making chicken salad. My friend Julia suggested using ranch in place of mayo, I think I'll do a combo of both. I think I will add chicken, hardboiled eggs, mayo, ranch, salt & pepper, and possibly small diced up grapes. I love grapes in chicken salad. Ooh, maybe some walnuts too, that sounds yummy! It's really funny how I plan out what I'm going to eat now because I never used to do this! Tomorrow I have to go to the grocery so it'll be fun to see what I come up with next! I have worked myself up to eating 100 or more grams of protein a day and now I'm challenging myself to keep up with it! I try to make everything I eat count toward my protein intake. It's nice being obscessed with eating right instead of regretting all of the times when I've eaten wrong!
Egg Salad ( I chop the egg small and add PLENTY of full fat mayo)
KFC Chicken Leg (I eat very little of the breading, but it does add some flavor)!
Rotisserie Chicken from Costco
Turkey breast
Roast Beef Rolls (Deli Roast Beef with Garden Vegetable Philly cream cheese inside, yum!)
Hormel Beef Roast Au Jus (Pre-cooked in the meat section at the grocery, seriously delish!)
Cheesecake Factory Buffalo Chicken Wings w/ lots of blue cheese (These were ok, not now tho)
Champion Pure Whey Stack Banana Scream (THE BEST protein shake I've had!) (1.5 scoop=34.5g protein)
42g New Whey Protein vials (Only when I have to, they are yucky! JMHO)
Revival Soy Protein Chips
Genisoy Protein Chips (At Kroger in the health food section)
Crab Legs (So moist and I drown them in butter)!
Special K20 Protein Water (Gotta be strawberry kiwi)
Very moist, cooked no more than medium ribeye steak
Small amts of popcorn
Dry Roasted Peanuts
Any meat I eat either has to be extremely juicy and tender, or I have to drown it in ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing or something like that to get it to go down. The only way I can eat eggs is in plenty of mayonnaise in my egg salad. The protein shake I listed above is by Champion Nutrition and I got it from Vitalady.com where you can order samples for a couple of dollars. I really love the banana scream. There is no offensive flavor whatsoever and if you use a scoop and a half, it's 34.5g protein, 195 calories, 5 carbs, and 4 grams of fat. Tomorrow I'm going to try making chicken salad. My friend Julia suggested using ranch in place of mayo, I think I'll do a combo of both. I think I will add chicken, hardboiled eggs, mayo, ranch, salt & pepper, and possibly small diced up grapes. I love grapes in chicken salad. Ooh, maybe some walnuts too, that sounds yummy! It's really funny how I plan out what I'm going to eat now because I never used to do this! Tomorrow I have to go to the grocery so it'll be fun to see what I come up with next! I have worked myself up to eating 100 or more grams of protein a day and now I'm challenging myself to keep up with it! I try to make everything I eat count toward my protein intake. It's nice being obscessed with eating right instead of regretting all of the times when I've eaten wrong!
Response to post
Aug 01, 2007
Yesterday Bboop asked a question about the ds and what eating and feelings are like post-op. Do we miss the bond we had with food pre-DS was the way I personally interpreted the question. Below is how I responded and I thought it might be something I'd like to read in the future.
Well, I'm a fresh post-oper but I'll tell you how it is for me. Going into the DS I spent many hours a day reading posts here on OH. I have seen so many that have succeeded and I've seen some who have been disappointed. I made my mind up that I have to do everything in my power to make the DS work for me. I've gained and lost too many pounds to count. I've read profiles and compared notes amongst DSers. LadyDi was the person who I saw that said what I'm about to say and it really hit home for me. After we get the DS we have a weight loss window. It's been debated to be between 18 months to three years. She had suggested to someone that they focus on eating low carb/high protein during their window and worry about adding in carbs and all of the other stuff later once you've made it to goal. Once at goal if you eat a couple of cookies one day and see the scale go up, then you know that cookies don't work for you. For me, I'd much rather get to goal and find out that something doesn't work and quit, than to be far away from my goal and then get addicted to eating all the wrong stuff. I'm very much a creature of habit and I know myself well enough to know that I have to stick to the high protein low carb path or the sugar slut with grab hold of me!
With that said, I'm only 20 days out. Easy to be said now because everything is new. I've only had cravings for good foods so far. I actually spend time TASTING my food, really tasting it! I'm loving protein but I've always been a big meat eater anyway. I had crab legs for the first time post op tonight, they were to die for!!! After I've eaten protein, I have the psychological fulfillment of knowing I ate what my body needs. After eating my 2-3 ounces of protein, I feel like I've just finished Thanksgiving dinner! Believe me, with a 3 oz tummy, you won't be having any room for the sweet stuff you crave pre-op. I was the Queen of Sweets before my surgery, and I can tell you honestly now, they make me nauseous! My husband and kids had cookies tonight, and I thought, Why not! I'll have one. Yeah right. These are homemade bakery cookies from my favorite bakery. Snickerdoodles, my favorite cookie. I took the first bite and asked my husband to taste them to see if they had used the wrong recipe, he told me no. I tried a second bite and said a bit sadly, "Oh, I guess I don't like snickerdoodles anymore." I have to admit that made me sad at first, and then I realized that I've really just lost my taste for them.
In summary of my now 40 page document, once you've eaten your protein for the day there IS no more room to worry about being mentally satisfied. Maybe as I get further out, and my small sleeve of a stomach stretches out a bit, I will have bigger cravings. I'm hoping that by starting out low carb/ high protein that I can continue this for my lifetime. I look at it as my responsibility to my husband and kids to not only lose weight but to remain healthy for a long time. So I have commited myself to the school of thought where I low carb until I reach my weight loss goal, and have the icing on my cake when I've arrived.
I hope I don't sound like a total cornball, but it's 12:18am my time and I'm getting loopy! These are just my thoughts and opinions on my own journey and shouldn't reflect what anybody else chooses to do. We're all different and have our own ideas on how to go about something. I've lost weight so many times to regain, and I'm happy to be shutting the door on that chapter in my life.
Hope this helps, sorry it's so longwinded!!!
Well, I'm a fresh post-oper but I'll tell you how it is for me. Going into the DS I spent many hours a day reading posts here on OH. I have seen so many that have succeeded and I've seen some who have been disappointed. I made my mind up that I have to do everything in my power to make the DS work for me. I've gained and lost too many pounds to count. I've read profiles and compared notes amongst DSers. LadyDi was the person who I saw that said what I'm about to say and it really hit home for me. After we get the DS we have a weight loss window. It's been debated to be between 18 months to three years. She had suggested to someone that they focus on eating low carb/high protein during their window and worry about adding in carbs and all of the other stuff later once you've made it to goal. Once at goal if you eat a couple of cookies one day and see the scale go up, then you know that cookies don't work for you. For me, I'd much rather get to goal and find out that something doesn't work and quit, than to be far away from my goal and then get addicted to eating all the wrong stuff. I'm very much a creature of habit and I know myself well enough to know that I have to stick to the high protein low carb path or the sugar slut with grab hold of me!
With that said, I'm only 20 days out. Easy to be said now because everything is new. I've only had cravings for good foods so far. I actually spend time TASTING my food, really tasting it! I'm loving protein but I've always been a big meat eater anyway. I had crab legs for the first time post op tonight, they were to die for!!! After I've eaten protein, I have the psychological fulfillment of knowing I ate what my body needs. After eating my 2-3 ounces of protein, I feel like I've just finished Thanksgiving dinner! Believe me, with a 3 oz tummy, you won't be having any room for the sweet stuff you crave pre-op. I was the Queen of Sweets before my surgery, and I can tell you honestly now, they make me nauseous! My husband and kids had cookies tonight, and I thought, Why not! I'll have one. Yeah right. These are homemade bakery cookies from my favorite bakery. Snickerdoodles, my favorite cookie. I took the first bite and asked my husband to taste them to see if they had used the wrong recipe, he told me no. I tried a second bite and said a bit sadly, "Oh, I guess I don't like snickerdoodles anymore." I have to admit that made me sad at first, and then I realized that I've really just lost my taste for them.
In summary of my now 40 page document, once you've eaten your protein for the day there IS no more room to worry about being mentally satisfied. Maybe as I get further out, and my small sleeve of a stomach stretches out a bit, I will have bigger cravings. I'm hoping that by starting out low carb/ high protein that I can continue this for my lifetime. I look at it as my responsibility to my husband and kids to not only lose weight but to remain healthy for a long time. So I have commited myself to the school of thought where I low carb until I reach my weight loss goal, and have the icing on my cake when I've arrived.
I hope I don't sound like a total cornball, but it's 12:18am my time and I'm getting loopy! These are just my thoughts and opinions on my own journey and shouldn't reflect what anybody else chooses to do. We're all different and have our own ideas on how to go about something. I've lost weight so many times to regain, and I'm happy to be shutting the door on that chapter in my life.
Hope this helps, sorry it's so longwinded!!!
Val's Recipes
Jul 28, 2007
Fabulous Trail Mix
Base mix
1 jar peanuts
1 jar sunflower kernels
1/2 bag raisins or "berries and cherries"
1/2 small bag chocolate chips.
1 small bag macadamia pieces
1 small bag pecan halves
To this, I might add other nuts depending on what's on sale (walnuts, cashews, more pecans). I've also varied the fruit, too, so play around. Try to keep the proportions the same. It's so easy to load up the sweet stuff, but it's the nuts that are so valuable here. The balance makes the perfect sweet and salty snack and my daily breakfast. If proportions are kept, it's about 32g of protein for 8 oz.
Fabulous Custard -- full of protein, easy on new post-ops ~delicious!
3 cups milk
3/4 cup splenda
4-5 eggs (depending on size)
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg (optional)
handful of coconut (optional)
Preheat oven to 375'. Beat eggs, nutmeg and vanilla together in baking dish. On the stove, bring the milk and splenda just to a boil, then stir together to the eggs. Bake for 25 min
NOTE: when the milk is coming near to a boil, you'll get a little foam on the top. Remove this foam before stirring into the eggs, or it will get a weird texture on top.
God Bless Paula Deen for flourless peanut butter cookies!
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 tbsp vanilla
1 cup Splenda
Mix and roll into balls (about walnut sized) and flatten with fork dipped in Splenda. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
TIPS
-Do NOT overocok -- they will get crumbly since there's no gluten
-Peanut butter is naturally low sugar - the low sugar kind only reduces it by 1g per serving.
-If you're picky about artificial sweeteners, I've done a 3/1 with splenda and sugar to cut the after taste and it's good. Presently, I do full-splenda in the cookies, and roll in regular sugar and that's good too. I've also added semi-sweet chocolate chips to shake things up
Base mix
1 jar peanuts
1 jar sunflower kernels
1/2 bag raisins or "berries and cherries"
1/2 small bag chocolate chips.
1 small bag macadamia pieces
1 small bag pecan halves
To this, I might add other nuts depending on what's on sale (walnuts, cashews, more pecans). I've also varied the fruit, too, so play around. Try to keep the proportions the same. It's so easy to load up the sweet stuff, but it's the nuts that are so valuable here. The balance makes the perfect sweet and salty snack and my daily breakfast. If proportions are kept, it's about 32g of protein for 8 oz.
Fabulous Custard -- full of protein, easy on new post-ops ~delicious!
3 cups milk
3/4 cup splenda
4-5 eggs (depending on size)
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg (optional)
handful of coconut (optional)
Preheat oven to 375'. Beat eggs, nutmeg and vanilla together in baking dish. On the stove, bring the milk and splenda just to a boil, then stir together to the eggs. Bake for 25 min
NOTE: when the milk is coming near to a boil, you'll get a little foam on the top. Remove this foam before stirring into the eggs, or it will get a weird texture on top.
God Bless Paula Deen for flourless peanut butter cookies!
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 tbsp vanilla
1 cup Splenda
Mix and roll into balls (about walnut sized) and flatten with fork dipped in Splenda. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
TIPS
-Do NOT overocok -- they will get crumbly since there's no gluten
-Peanut butter is naturally low sugar - the low sugar kind only reduces it by 1g per serving.
-If you're picky about artificial sweeteners, I've done a 3/1 with splenda and sugar to cut the after taste and it's good. Presently, I do full-splenda in the cookies, and roll in regular sugar and that's good too. I've also added semi-sweet chocolate chips to shake things up
Here's what I'm eating so far at two weeks out
Jul 27, 2007
I've been pretty aggressive wtih food because I was having a hard time with pureed foods tasting good and going down once blended. Here's what I'm eating at two weeks out....
Cottage Cheese
Activia Yogurt
Kraft Cheese Snackables (Ea. piece is 6 g's of protein and only one ounce...colby jack or cheddar)
Egg Salad ( I chop the egg small and add PLENTY of full fat mayo)
KFC Chicken Leg
Rotisserie Chicken from Costco
Turkey breast
Roast Beef Rolls (Deli Roast Beef with Philly cream cheese inside, yum!)
Hormel Beef Roast Au Jus (Pre-cooked in the meat section at the grocery, seriously delish!)
Cheesecake Factory Buffalo Chicken Wings w/ lots of blue cheese
Champion Pure Whey Stack Banana Scream (THE BEST protein shake I've had!) (1.5 scoop=34.5g protein)
42g New Whey Protein vials (Only when I have to, they are yucky! JMHO)
Revival Soy Protein Chips
Seismic Pizza Protein Puffs
I am more interested in different high protein foods everyday so I'm sure this list will grow, but this is where I am now! I've been getting between 75-90grams protein a day. I'm fortunate enough to have a husband who's a manager at the Cheesecake Factory, so I'm looking over the menu daily for new ideas of what to have him bring me home! No desserts of course!!!
Cottage Cheese
Activia Yogurt
Kraft Cheese Snackables (Ea. piece is 6 g's of protein and only one ounce...colby jack or cheddar)
Egg Salad ( I chop the egg small and add PLENTY of full fat mayo)
KFC Chicken Leg
Rotisserie Chicken from Costco
Turkey breast
Roast Beef Rolls (Deli Roast Beef with Philly cream cheese inside, yum!)
Hormel Beef Roast Au Jus (Pre-cooked in the meat section at the grocery, seriously delish!)
Cheesecake Factory Buffalo Chicken Wings w/ lots of blue cheese
Champion Pure Whey Stack Banana Scream (THE BEST protein shake I've had!) (1.5 scoop=34.5g protein)
42g New Whey Protein vials (Only when I have to, they are yucky! JMHO)
Revival Soy Protein Chips
Seismic Pizza Protein Puffs
I am more interested in different high protein foods everyday so I'm sure this list will grow, but this is where I am now! I've been getting between 75-90grams protein a day. I'm fortunate enough to have a husband who's a manager at the Cheesecake Factory, so I'm looking over the menu daily for new ideas of what to have him bring me home! No desserts of course!!!
You gotta hear what my son said....
Jul 23, 2007
My wonderful husband Scott has been on vacation since the day I left the hospital, and he's been waking up with our oh-so-early rising children so that I can sleep in. (Was that the longest sentence ever?) I walked into the living room this morning and my nine year old son looked up at me and says, "Mom, you look different today." I asked him if that was good or bad and he told me it was good. I asked him why it was good. (I mean I did just wake up and was looking kinda scrubby after all). He goes, I dunno, you just look so much thinner!!! OMG!!!! You have to understand that he NEVER makes commments about how I look or don't look. He's a non-observant happy go lucky 9 year old boy. I have to tell you that he really touched my heart. That's it, he's officially my favorite one! LOL!! Only kidding of course!!!
Had to go to the hospital 7 days out...
Jul 19, 2007
After I posted earlier about things getting stuck on the way down, I had a pain in the middle of my abdomen that turned into excruciating pain. I tried walking, I tried using the bathroom, I tried relaxing but nothing was making it go away. I called the surgeon's nurse and ended up in the ER from 2:30 until now. They did a cat scan and it looks like all they could find was that I was having spasms in my esophogus. They gave me meds for it and have upped my prilosec from 2 to 4 a day.
Also, while I was in the hospital for my DS, I had to have three different IV's because my veins would blow after a day or two. Today the second one got very red, inflamed, and hot. They did an ultrasound at the hospital because they were concerned it was a blood clot. Fortunately it was in superficial veins and they've prescribed an antibiotic to clear things up.
So, for now it looks like I'm back on liquids for 24 hours. I'm feeling back to normal and I'm glad everything turned out okay.
Also, while I was in the hospital for my DS, I had to have three different IV's because my veins would blow after a day or two. Today the second one got very red, inflamed, and hot. They did an ultrasound at the hospital because they were concerned it was a blood clot. Fortunately it was in superficial veins and they've prescribed an antibiotic to clear things up.
So, for now it looks like I'm back on liquids for 24 hours. I'm feeling back to normal and I'm glad everything turned out okay.
Pizza Skip the dough
Jul 16, 2007
| 1 | lb lean ground beef |
| 2 | cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided |
| 1/2 | cup low-sugar pizza sauce (I use Ragu) |
| diced Canadian bacon | |
| low-fat pepperoni | |
| turkey pepperoni (optional) | |
| onions | |
| green peppers | |
| mushrooms | |
| tomatoes (optional) | |
| your favorite pizza seasoning, to taste |
Not the one? See other No Dough Meat Crust Pizza for the Low Carb Dieter Recipes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Meanwhile, brown the ground beef; drain.
- Place meat in a mixing bowl and mix with 1 cup of mozzarella.
- Spread the mixture into a circle on a round pizza pan or baking stone (I prefer the stone); and top with 1/2 cup pizza sauce.
- Top with the rest of the mozzarella, optional toppings and seasonings.
- Bake for about 25 minutes or until cheese is melted and browned.
Denise in Ark's Recipe For Breadless Bruschetta
This weekend I was really craving bruschetta, but kinda didn't want so much to do the bread. Instead thickly sliced some roma tomatoes, poured garlic oil on them ( yes there's a theme here- hello my name is Denise and I am a garlic-a-holic) and let them sit a few minutes. Then laid them on a cookie sheet and topped with some asiago/parm mixture. Baked that till it was brown. Lifted them off of the cookie sheet onto a slice of proscuitto, topped with some freshly chopped parsley and basil, and rolled it up. MMMM taste as good as bruschetta but no bread.
Day 1 at home from surgery
Jul 16, 2007
Post Date: 7/15/07 1:09 pm
Last Edit: 7/15/07 3:19 pm
I just got home from the hospital about an hour ago! They wanted me to stay one more day and I just can't do it because I miss my kids so much! I haven't looked at any posts yet, but in time I plan to catch up with everybody.
Day one sucked big hairy balls. My back hurt so bad I couldn't even think about any other pains. I was in recovery for several hours before they could take me to my room. I felt like a zombie on crack cocaine! I couldn't open my eyes, but my husband swears that I had them open. Go figure! He rubbed and rubbed and rubbed my back and it did help relieve my pain. Let's just say that when I felt pain in my belly I was thrilled that the right thing was hurting and that the back pain had let up. That was the only day my Mom got to see me in the hospital because she was here taking care of the kids and Scott was working the rest of my hospital stay. I think I really scared her!
Day two I felt like a new person compared to day one, but things were still rough. I did everything they wanted me to do, including being compliant with my walking. The walking actually helped me not feel so bottled up! I had lots of visitors on day two. My friend Allison, Ann (My Awesome Angel),
Lydia (2 times), Jessica, and my SIL Kim. I was on ice chips and popsicles and it really didn't matter because I didn't want or need food!
Day three I woke up ready for a shower. My nurse was laughing at me because I was straightening my hair when she came back in to fix my dressing. What can I say? My feelings of how I look can make a big difference in how I feel. I didn't get to see my surgeon until four because she had done a late revision that ran long. She graduated me to full liquids, so I had an ounce of chicken broth and and ounce of Jello. Ice chips were still my favorite at this point. I spent the day catching a thousand different little naps and they all felt so good!
Day four was yesterday. I felt great and had a lot of visitors again today. Started with another shower because the first one felt so darned good! My angel Ann came in when I was finishing up and we had a chance to visit for a while. So nice having friends coming in who care! I started pureed type foods today. I chose peaches, cottage cheese, and vanilla yogurt. I can't say I loved the peaches so they got pushed away, but man did that cottage cheese and yogurt ever taste amazing! After lunch my best friend Todd and his girlfriend came to visit. Next in was Kirsten. We talked and took a walk and just as we got back, Lyndia and Jessica came in! Let's just say that the party was in room 276!!! OMG! Kirsten left a little after dinner and Lyndia and Jessica stayed until a little past seven. We also had another DS friend of mine (Jennifer) who was also in the hospital join us. It was like my old college days at I.U.! You couldn't have told me only a few days earlier that I'd feel good enough to be awake for seven straight hours visiting with all of my friends! It was really very cool! At one point we even took a walk through the halls, watch out! The DS posse is coming through! Thank you guys for coming to make my last full day at the hospital so much fun!!!
I'd love to say that I got an amazing night of sleep after that, but I didn't. My guyt was rumbly and my tummy was beyond upset. I hadn't yet passed gas or had a BM. I walked, I took Mylanta, Reglan, a
anyting to help with the gas pressure, I just couldn't fart! I even asked my nurse to pull my finger because I didn't know what else to do! FINALLY, at 5 am, I sat on the toilet for one more try and lo and behold, I pooped. PHEW! I felt like a new woman and was able to sleep until 8.
I got released today and they even pulled my Jp drain! I was thrilled not to have to drag that home with me! I had to wait for Scott to leave work to go home, so I spent the morning today packing and sleeping.
All in all, I feel really great about my DS! I do have pain, and the pain meds are messing with me when I sleep, but I feel great. I was 267.8 the day of my surgery, and before I left today I was 267.3. I had gained some water weight but I must've had enough time to get it all out before weighing in today!
I missed you guys so much! Remember how I said my pain meds were messing with me? Well, on a couple of different occasions when I was just barely asleep, I would see all of you standing around me at the end of my bed and you were all talking to me. I kept having to take my iPOD off to ask you to be a little quieter while I slept because I was really tired! The only problem is that you guys were a vision, and I was *actually* talking to you out loud! Gotta love percocet 7.5's!!!!
If you've made it this far, congrats! Sorry I'm so long winded, I just really missed you guys!
Love you all and I'll post again soon!
Last Edit: 7/15/07 3:19 pm
I just got home from the hospital about an hour ago! They wanted me to stay one more day and I just can't do it because I miss my kids so much! I haven't looked at any posts yet, but in time I plan to catch up with everybody.
Day one sucked big hairy balls. My back hurt so bad I couldn't even think about any other pains. I was in recovery for several hours before they could take me to my room. I felt like a zombie on crack cocaine! I couldn't open my eyes, but my husband swears that I had them open. Go figure! He rubbed and rubbed and rubbed my back and it did help relieve my pain. Let's just say that when I felt pain in my belly I was thrilled that the right thing was hurting and that the back pain had let up. That was the only day my Mom got to see me in the hospital because she was here taking care of the kids and Scott was working the rest of my hospital stay. I think I really scared her!
Day two I felt like a new person compared to day one, but things were still rough. I did everything they wanted me to do, including being compliant with my walking. The walking actually helped me not feel so bottled up! I had lots of visitors on day two. My friend Allison, Ann (My Awesome Angel),
Lydia (2 times), Jessica, and my SIL Kim. I was on ice chips and popsicles and it really didn't matter because I didn't want or need food!
Day three I woke up ready for a shower. My nurse was laughing at me because I was straightening my hair when she came back in to fix my dressing. What can I say? My feelings of how I look can make a big difference in how I feel. I didn't get to see my surgeon until four because she had done a late revision that ran long. She graduated me to full liquids, so I had an ounce of chicken broth and and ounce of Jello. Ice chips were still my favorite at this point. I spent the day catching a thousand different little naps and they all felt so good!
Day four was yesterday. I felt great and had a lot of visitors again today. Started with another shower because the first one felt so darned good! My angel Ann came in when I was finishing up and we had a chance to visit for a while. So nice having friends coming in who care! I started pureed type foods today. I chose peaches, cottage cheese, and vanilla yogurt. I can't say I loved the peaches so they got pushed away, but man did that cottage cheese and yogurt ever taste amazing! After lunch my best friend Todd and his girlfriend came to visit. Next in was Kirsten. We talked and took a walk and just as we got back, Lyndia and Jessica came in! Let's just say that the party was in room 276!!! OMG! Kirsten left a little after dinner and Lyndia and Jessica stayed until a little past seven. We also had another DS friend of mine (Jennifer) who was also in the hospital join us. It was like my old college days at I.U.! You couldn't have told me only a few days earlier that I'd feel good enough to be awake for seven straight hours visiting with all of my friends! It was really very cool! At one point we even took a walk through the halls, watch out! The DS posse is coming through! Thank you guys for coming to make my last full day at the hospital so much fun!!!
I'd love to say that I got an amazing night of sleep after that, but I didn't. My guyt was rumbly and my tummy was beyond upset. I hadn't yet passed gas or had a BM. I walked, I took Mylanta, Reglan, a
anyting to help with the gas pressure, I just couldn't fart! I even asked my nurse to pull my finger because I didn't know what else to do! FINALLY, at 5 am, I sat on the toilet for one more try and lo and behold, I pooped. PHEW! I felt like a new woman and was able to sleep until 8.
I got released today and they even pulled my Jp drain! I was thrilled not to have to drag that home with me! I had to wait for Scott to leave work to go home, so I spent the morning today packing and sleeping.
All in all, I feel really great about my DS! I do have pain, and the pain meds are messing with me when I sleep, but I feel great. I was 267.8 the day of my surgery, and before I left today I was 267.3. I had gained some water weight but I must've had enough time to get it all out before weighing in today!
I missed you guys so much! Remember how I said my pain meds were messing with me? Well, on a couple of different occasions when I was just barely asleep, I would see all of you standing around me at the end of my bed and you were all talking to me. I kept having to take my iPOD off to ask you to be a little quieter while I slept because I was really tired! The only problem is that you guys were a vision, and I was *actually* talking to you out loud! Gotta love percocet 7.5's!!!!
If you've made it this far, congrats! Sorry I'm so long winded, I just really missed you guys!
Love you all and I'll post again soon!
I'm leaving for the hospital in 45 minutes...
Jul 10, 2007
Okay, after talking to Ann P and Kirsten I have calmed down and my head is back on straight again! I'm ready! I'm going in with a smile and coming out with a smile! Can't wait to talk to everybody on OH !!!!! See ya on the flip side! WOO HOO!!!!!!
10 hours until I'm due to be at the hospital.....
Jul 10, 2007
I just tucked the kids in and I started crying uncontrollably because I'm going to miss them so much. I get so tired of the day in and day out, but tonight, when I kissed each of them, I soaked them with my tears. How dare I allow myself to get so damned fat that I'm subjecting myself to surgery. How dare I put myself before my sweet family. Why did it have to come to this? Why can't I just do this on my own and not have to go to such extreme measures? What is wrong with me? Am I freaking because I'm supposed to, or is this a sign that I'm not supposed to go on with this? I can't stop the tears from falling. I am so prepared, and now I'm freaking out. Realistically I know that I'm going to be fine but right now the what if's are flowing faster than my tears. What now???
About Me
, IN
Location
20.2
BMI
Surgery
07/11/2007
Surgery Date
Jan 07, 2007
Member Since
Before & After
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139lbs
