mamalegba
4 weeks out
Aug 26, 2010
WELL ITS 4 WEEKS OUT AND IM DOING VERY GOOD. DOWN 33.5 LBS AND BEGINNING TO SEE THE WEIGHT COME OFF. I STILL HAVE SOME DISCOMFORT WITH EATING, TRYING TO FIQURE OUT IF IM EATING TO MUCH, TOO FAST, TOO BIG OF BITE ETC.. BUT DOING OK, STILL NO REGRETS OF THE SLEEVE YET. AFTER READING THESE FORUMS I CONSIDER MY SELF LUCKY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE GONE THRU HELL WITH THIER SLEEVES, WHICH I HAVE NOT --THANK GOD --. IM TRING TO GET SWALLOWING PILLS DOWN DOWN BECAUSE I JUST CANT DO THE CHEWABLE PILLS ANY LONGER. ONLY ONCE DID I THROW UP AND I THINK THAT WAS BECAUSE I BROKE THE PILL IN HALF AND IT JUST DISSOLVED TO FAST IN THE STOMACH. SINCE THEN LEAVE THEM WHOLE AND NO PROBLEMS. STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH TASTES--CANT STAND SWEETS AT THIS TIME. AS FAR AS MY PROTEIN SHAKES IM USING THE PREMIER CHOC SHAKES I GET AT SAMS AND ADD A CUP OF 2% MILK AND ITS PERFECT.. ALL IN ALL IM VERY HAPPY WITH THE SLEEVE
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BACK TO WORK
Aug 08, 2010
FIRST WEEKEND BACK TO WORK. DID PRETTY GOOD BUT HAD TROUBLE FRI AND SAT NIGHT HAD TROUBLE WITH BP DROPPING. FRI I HAD TAKEN MY BP MEDS AND AROUND 10PM BP DROPPED SO LOW I HAD TO FIGHT TO KEEP FROM PASSING OUT. SAT NIGHT DIDNT TAKE BP MEDS BUT I STILL DROPPED MY BP SUNDAY NIGHT DID MUCH BETTER. THIS WEEKEND I TRIED KEEPING UP WIT MY PROTEIN SHAKE BUT JUST COULD NOT STAND SWEET THIS WEEKEND THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BARF MY GUTS OUT. GOING TO LOOK INTO UNFLAVORED PROTEIN POWDER THAT CAN BE MIXED WITH WHAT EVER I WANT. IM TIRED THIS WEEKEND BUT DOING OK BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO MY DAY OFF TOMORROW.
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MENTAL HUNGER
Aug 05, 2010
TONIGHT FEELING ALOT OF MENTAL HUNGER. I'M SO FULL BUT I WANT TO EAT EVERYTHING. I GO BACK TO WORK TOMORROW SO I HOPE THAT WILL HELP ME, CAUSE I'M PROBABLY JUST BORED. OF COURSE HUSBAND SITTING NEXT TO ME EATING NACHO CHIPS
BUT I CAN'T LET THAT BOTHER ME. I JUST NEED TO STAY BUSY. I THINK I'M GOING TO GO GET ME SOME CRYSTAL LIGHT AND SEE IF THE SWEETNESS SATISFIES ME
Dominican Republic Gastric Sleeve
Aug 03, 2010
To start things off FLIGHT CANCELLED 
but finally made it to the DR. Had surgery one day late b/c of flight cancellation. Had surgery 7/28/10 at 0500am. Everything went great. Laid down on the surgery table and prayed to God and did my BelizeSleeve chant and dont remember a thing until recovery room. Where I woke up in no pain and very drowsy and lifted my head and said is it done? The nurse came over and said everything went great and just to rest awhile. Later Dr Leino came in and woke me up, ask how I was doing. Said I feel good, he said no pain, no shoulder pain, no back pain, no incision pain, I said no. He said we need you make peace and I look at him strangely and didn't understand. Okay Im thinking am I going to meet my Maker or what and then finally after a cute little demonstration I figured out they wanted me to pee
So I said I think I can go and I started getting up and Dr Leino said you think you can walk and I said I think so, so got out of bed and walked to the bathroom. Not bad I did good, a little pain sitting and standing but not bad. Then the nurse took me back and ask if I wanted to sit in a chair. Did that for about an hour and off to my room. Still filling good but drowsy. I slept off and on the rest of the day and night just getting up to go to BR. Dr Leino came to see me sometime that afternoon asking about pain, said I didn't have any. The next day the doctor came to teach me how to drink which was a little harder than I thought. He gave me a full pack of medicine cups and said you drink 1 every 15 mins until you go to sleep tonight. Try to not sleep during the day you need to to drink. So he filled my cup and I took what I thought was a tiny sip. Ok not bad and tried another one, slowly he said and then the chest pain started coming on I sat up straight thinking OH ITS THE BIG ONE EDITH and started breathing like I was in labor and he said slowly, slowly you need to sip--gas--sip--gas and no sooner than he said that I burped--nothing dainty, no one of those that can move boulders
Oh excuse me, a little embarrassed that that came out of me in front of people I don't know. Dr Leino said perfect thats the way you do it. So we practiced for a while sip--burp--sip--burp. Later that afternoon they took us to the all inclusive resort.
The resort was wonderful. So our days would go like wake up, down to breakfast, walk 2 or 3 laps around the pool rest in a lounge chair pool side with umbrella sipping water and juice the go up to room to cool down and do the same thing over for lunch and dinner--oh what a life--COME BACK TO REALITY BARBARA.
The whole experience was great! No complaints at all for going to the DR for surgery!!
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but finally made it to the DR. Had surgery one day late b/c of flight cancellation. Had surgery 7/28/10 at 0500am. Everything went great. Laid down on the surgery table and prayed to God and did my BelizeSleeve chant and dont remember a thing until recovery room. Where I woke up in no pain and very drowsy and lifted my head and said is it done? The nurse came over and said everything went great and just to rest awhile. Later Dr Leino came in and woke me up, ask how I was doing. Said I feel good, he said no pain, no shoulder pain, no back pain, no incision pain, I said no. He said we need you make peace and I look at him strangely and didn't understand. Okay Im thinking am I going to meet my Maker or what and then finally after a cute little demonstration I figured out they wanted me to pee So I said I think I can go and I started getting up and Dr Leino said you think you can walk and I said I think so, so got out of bed and walked to the bathroom. Not bad I did good, a little pain sitting and standing but not bad. Then the nurse took me back and ask if I wanted to sit in a chair. Did that for about an hour and off to my room. Still filling good but drowsy. I slept off and on the rest of the day and night just getting up to go to BR. Dr Leino came to see me sometime that afternoon asking about pain, said I didn't have any. The next day the doctor came to teach me how to drink which was a little harder than I thought. He gave me a full pack of medicine cups and said you drink 1 every 15 mins until you go to sleep tonight. Try to not sleep during the day you need to to drink. So he filled my cup and I took what I thought was a tiny sip. Ok not bad and tried another one, slowly he said and then the chest pain started coming on I sat up straight thinking OH ITS THE BIG ONE EDITH and started breathing like I was in labor and he said slowly, slowly you need to sip--gas--sip--gas and no sooner than he said that I burped--nothing dainty, no one of those that can move boulders Oh excuse me, a little embarrassed that that came out of me in front of people I don't know. Dr Leino said perfect thats the way you do it. So we practiced for a while sip--burp--sip--burp. Later that afternoon they took us to the all inclusive resort.The resort was wonderful. So our days would go like wake up, down to breakfast, walk 2 or 3 laps around the pool rest in a lounge chair pool side with umbrella sipping water and juice the go up to room to cool down and do the same thing over for lunch and dinner--oh what a life--COME BACK TO REALITY BARBARA.
The whole experience was great! No complaints at all for going to the DR for surgery!!
LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED
Jul 11, 2010
July 12,2010
Ok it's getting closer. Two weeks before I leave for surgery, leaving july 26 and surgery on july 27. Going to Dominican Republic for my surgery with Global Medical Surgery Center. I have mixed feelings--nervous, anxious, happy, scared, etc. but I have read so many wonderful things on the web site and forum and I know I'm ready I have only told a few people at this point because Just mentioning it I pretty much got the ARE YOU CRAZY and then the part about going out of the US--wweeeelllllll we wont mention that conversation. But i did my research and I'm comfortable with what I'm doing. Did tell my Mother and naturally she is still very nervous about it and is insisting on going with me, I was going to go alone. So we leave in 2 weeks. So now I have 2 weeks of "Are you sure about this?" and question after question, etc. I will be so excited to tell all my friends and coworkers when I get back but for now don't want the negativity. Thanks to everyone here for being along for the ride--could not have done this without you all!!
TILL NEXT TIME
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Ok it's getting closer. Two weeks before I leave for surgery, leaving july 26 and surgery on july 27. Going to Dominican Republic for my surgery with Global Medical Surgery Center. I have mixed feelings--nervous, anxious, happy, scared, etc. but I have read so many wonderful things on the web site and forum and I know I'm ready I have only told a few people at this point because Just mentioning it I pretty much got the ARE YOU CRAZY and then the part about going out of the US--wweeeelllllll we wont mention that conversation. But i did my research and I'm comfortable with what I'm doing. Did tell my Mother and naturally she is still very nervous about it and is insisting on going with me, I was going to go alone. So we leave in 2 weeks. So now I have 2 weeks of "Are you sure about this?" and question after question, etc. I will be so excited to tell all my friends and coworkers when I get back but for now don't want the negativity. Thanks to everyone here for being along for the ride--could not have done this without you all!!
TILL NEXT TIME
