mjyeager
I am excited to be having the opportunity to have this surgery so I can fully enjoy life again 10/13/06 Well I have managed to get this page on the new page. Im not sure if I am doing this right or if I should be doing the blog thing. I will have to wait a few days and see what is said about it. All is going well. I am at 238 pounds and once I can get the depression back under control I hope to enjoy it. I haven't been this weight since I came home from the hospital after having my first child and that was almost 16 years ago.
surgery date is coming up fast 2/22/06. I am so happy to be making the right decision to have the rny. Soon I too will be on the loosing side.
2/21/06
Wow this day came fast. I am so excited that everything is going to be anew tomorrow. I am taking my last dose of bowel prep now and it is NASTY. Very NASTY. I know I will go through with everything now because I don't want to have to go through this again. Oh my that was gross. I will be leaving for the hour long ride to the hospital as soon as my hubby gets out of work in the morning. I am almost packed and ready to go. Hopefully I can get some sleep tonight as I have been told I will be doing a lot of walking tomorrow night. Thank you to all my OH friends for helping me get this far.
3/13/06
The past 2 weeks have been very hard on me emotionally. I have had a lot of crying spells. I worry that my antidepressants arent working the way the did before. I take cymbalta for depression. I have asked it it came in a liquid form and it does not. Darn! I couldnt sleep in my bed so I wasnt getting very good sleep. I slept in the recliner. I really want to be happy about this surgery and I want it all to work. I knew the risks going into this but the things just didn't register to me until now. I guess I was all caught up in the wow I have a chance. And I know this will work out, I just have to stick with it.
The weather was nice over the weekend and I did get out and shopped a little bit. The family still has to eat and being in for 3 weeks I had to get groceries. By the time I got home I was exausted and went right to bed. Before I was able to shop all day and not have a worry. But I was pooped to say the least.
Tomorrow I see the nutritionalist for the phase 3 diet. I am so excited that I will beable to have refried beans. YEAH!!! Isnt that pitiful. Jumping for joy over refried beans. Before surgery my daughter and I use to eat them a lot with cheese and sour cream and so it isnt a bad thing. I am just glad to be able to move to the next level.
I have a hard time getting in the protein yet. I just can't get the shakes down. I am using the protidiet stuff that Dr. Gluck sells but it takes me all day so I have been just doing water. I figure that getting in the water is important to get in because I don't need to go back to get an IV for fluids. I did that a week ago and I don't want to go there again.
3/17/06
Well I am feeling better. The ugly depression seems to be at a stand still for now. It always seems to be there in the back but as long as it stays in the back I am happy.
I tried some ham today chopped up and my pouch seemed to think it was ok. I heard some little noises but that was all. I have been getting my protein in most days since my doctor said I had to do it even if I didnt like it. So I have been doing isopure already mixed and it has to be ice cold. I like the blue raspberry and the apple melon isnt to bad either. Oh and I like the pineapple orange banana too. The peach mango is a little sour but I mixed it with propel and drank it that way. Anyway I also added beneprotein to each cup and that got me into the 60 range. YEAH!!!
People keep telling me they were noticing a difference in my face of me loosing weight so I took another picture and added it to my profile. When you put the 2 pictures together you can see the difference. YEAH!!! I am wearing the same shirt in each picture but I like that shirt. It goes in the wash and with in a few days I have it back on. Besides soon I wont be able to wear it.
4/3/06
Wow what a nice site we have now.
I am dow to 280 now. I am so happy at how things have been going. It was and still is hard to get use to or I should say hard to change too. I am doing better at it and as long as I remember how to eat now instead of how I use to eat I think things will be ok.
Today I went out with the girls and had a good time. I ordered a 5 oz sirloin steak and it came with grilled onions and mushrooms. It sure tasted good. I had enough for dinner too. The meal also came with a house salad that I ordered to put in a take home box. Tonight I finished the steak and tried the salad and oh my lettuce does not like me yet. I thought maybe it was a bit early but it sounded so good. Oh and I was a little bit naughty, I had 2 spears of batter deep fried asperagas. (sp) Oh that was so good.
5/30/06
I think I am at my first plateau and Im not liking it in the least. I know my body has to catch up with the weight loss but I still dont like it. I have been at 270 for almost 3 weeks.
I had my labs drawn today and that wasnt too bad. They took 7 viles of blood. I hope it doesnt get to be more than that.
I am feeling pretty good overall. I am finding I can eat more things and not get sick. Im not pushing sugar in any way because I am afraid to I might find that it is tollerable. So for now I am staying away from sugar.
I have been eating more fruit recently and that has been good. My daughter thinks I am addicted to watermelon but I just like the coldness of it and my pouch likes it.
Thants it for now!
8/8/06
I am doing great, Feeling good and looking good (jmo) I am down to 248 now and loving it. I havent weight this amount since 1991 after the birth of my first child. Yeah. I feel great.
It has been hard getting in the amount of protein but I am going keep working hard at it. My hair is falling out and I am wondering if I will have any hair by the time it stops. I use to have thinck hair. Oh well it is worth it.
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