Michelle Manor
2 months post op
Jun 29, 2009
Well I am 2 months out from my RNY things have been going great the 1st few weeks were very hard and things are much easier now. I have not problem with any foods except for milk. I still dont have much of an appetite and not to mention its just too hot to eat i have went from 208 on surgery day to 172 in two months with my loss since before surgery I am down 56lbs and i feel great i have so much more energy now we went to the braves game in Atlanta this weekend and we walked from our hotel to the baseball field and i didnt even breathe hard and coming back it was all up hill, i was leaving everyone behind and usually i am the one dragging in the back dying for breath. I have lost over 10 inches in my waist i had a liberating clothes closet clean out i can now wear none of my old clothes. In the beginning some days i was regretting my surgery but now that I am seeing results I am happy I went thru with the surgery. Well thats about it!
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3 Weeks Post-op
May 21, 2009
Well its been 3 weeks and 2 days since my surgery and i have lost 19lbs so far and 39lbs since January. My clothes are hanging off of me I have lost a ton of inches my clothes just do not fit, thank god i had some smaller size shorts and stuff I can wear right now. I have no more high blood pressure since week 1 after surgery, monday my PCM put me on ortho evra so I am back on birth control and trying to adjust to that. Things have been going good I did dump once last week on my protein shake and it was pretty much the foamies but I hope and pray it does not happen again. I still have some pain but today has been a big change, I have been distance walking and working out on the Wii and I am sore as hell from not doing it for a few weeks while i was having surgery and recovering so now I am back to the grind. I can tolerate most foods and tomorrow I go to regular diet I look back now and it seems like it went by fast but when your eating soft and puree it seems like it takes forever to get to the next stage. Well thats about it for now so till next time Happy Losing :)
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1 Week Post-op
May 05, 2009
Well i am officially 1 week post op today and this week has been okay except I dont want to eat or drink ANYTHING!!! I went to my follow up surgery appointment this morning and my blood pressure looks like its a thing of the past and my incisions are healing good. Only thing was she said I was on the verge of dehydration so I have got to up my fluid big time or I will be back in the hospital again it does not take long to get dehydrated with gastric bypass surgery. I weighed in on the bariatric scale at 201.2 today at home I am 200.0 nothing can just budge can it to get me to onehunderland can it? But will make that by the end of the week and when I can up my excercise. I am getting around much better today still pain in my back and pulling at my belly button but the dr. said that was from the muscles from surgery and it will get better. I have a one month follow up in 3 weeks so will see how that goes just trying to take it all in right now as hard as it seems, food makes me nauseous the smell, the look everything about it!!! Well thats about it for today so till next time happy losing!!!
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Post-OP
May 01, 2009
Well Im back and I had my surgery one 28 April, its finally over I went in to the surgical floor at 615am my hubby and my mom and the boys were with me signed in then they took me back and I changed clothes they game me my shot in the belly for the blood thinner and started my IV then anesthesia came in and then Dr. Olsen came in to see me, then Chris came back and we said our see ya laters and then they took me into the operating room I think I cried the whole way to the doors from being sooo nervous when i got in there they hooked me up to everything then a mask went over my face and thats all i remember. then i woke up in recovery and I was there for a few hours I woke up in the most awful pain it took a while to get my pain under control before they would release me to the step down unit...then when I finally made it to the step down unit they put me on morphine pump and yep I used that bad boy they also give you zantac thru the iv to help with stomach acids and lactaid in my IV. I had to keep having the blood thinner shots in the stomach ended up being 3 a day and those SOB's hurt. I got up went to the bathroom about 3 times and by 8pm that night I was walking the ward and did almost a dozen rounds I was on it, I did not get any sleep in the hospital my oxygen and heart rate were way too low everytime I would fall asleep the alarms would go off and the nurses would have to come in so they put me on oxygen that helped but my heart rate just would not come up my 1st night there. My legs are killing me now they keep the pumps on your legs when you are in the bed to prevent blood clots and they are so sore now. My stomach looks awful it is so swollen and bruised I feel like I am 10 months pregnant and my back is killing me, the thought has crossed my mind thinking "what in the crap did I do to myself" but I know it hurts now but it will all be worth it. I follow up with Dr. Olsen Tuesday so will post how it goes so far im getting my protein in and any food everyone else in the house is eating makes me pure nauseous I try to eat bymyself so I dont have to see what they eat because just the smell gets to me. Right now im doing my protein shakes and cream soups strained and SF puddings and I am barely eating 3 ounces of soup and I am full. Well thats about it for tonight Im about to get to bed soon Cody has a game tomorrow so will update more later.
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Admissions
Apr 24, 2009
Well been at Womack all day long my appt. started at 9am and I got outta there a little after 12pm. I did my anesthesia and met with him, met with the nurse and did all my admissions stuff for insurance , medical power of attorney etc. It looks like I am the 1st operation on Tuesday and have to be there at 615am and I will be in surgery by 730am after surgery I will be in ICU then they will move me to the step down unit where I will spend the night and hopefully get to go home the next day. I have to take a pregnancy test on Monday morning and do blood work of course. I cant believe it either took my blood pressure today and I have been off all meds for two weeks now and I guess losing 24lbs help lower my blood pressure because for the 1st time since I can remember it was normal today can you believe it?? Well maybe I will get another update in before the big day if not love to all and see ya on the other side :)
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Surgeon "1 on 1" Appointment
Apr 23, 2009
Well had my surgeon one on one yesterday (21st) Chris had to go with me to that one since he is my support partner and will be there the day of surgery. Dr. Olsen is doing my surgery I totally trust her and know she is good. I have lost a pretty good amount of weight on my own since I started this my bariatric clinic scale read 204.6lbs today I started out at 228lbs. I have mixed emotions one minute I am terrified one minute I am excited the big day is Tuesday the 28th Tomorrow I have my PAU appt which is Patient admission Unit where I will do anesthesia and all my admissions stuff thats at 950am. I already wrote letters to my husband and children and a few others, Chris hates that part but has to realize its something I had to do I can never leave anything unfinished so if something were to ever happen I sure would not want to leave this earth without something to say to the ones I love. The boys have decided they want to go to the hospital the day of surgery I told Chris that was up to him totally since they would be with him. Dakota says he wants to stay the night with me in the hospital and to pack him a toothbrush but told him he cant he has a baseball game to win that night. I hate I can not be there but it just happened to fall on my day of surgery but he understands why I cant be there, does not mean I wont be cheering for him :) I love to watch my boys play baseball :) The boys are doing Career Shadowing today poor Chris heehee they are both with him at work today but they go back to school tomorrow to regular schedule. As far as my surgery appt yesterday she went over the procedure answered any questions I only had one and thats when can I get back on birth control and chris had a few about the surgery, i know he is worried since its a major surgery but I trust putting my life in her hands and know she will do great :) After that the rest is up to me the surgery is only a tool in no means will this be the easy way out I hate when people say that its not the easy way putting my body through what I am about to put it through and changing my life forever from supplements for the rest of my life all the way down to changing the way I eat and how I chew my food, how I drink, this changes everything but I see it as a second chance at life and I am doing it while I am young! I just hope everyone around me understands why I am doing this and if you dont Im sorry but one day when you see me and my health is better, my blood pressure is normal then maybe you will see the big picture. Well thats it for today I will try and make another update before the big day on tuesday. I still have to take my before surgery pics so I have them to compare for later guess i should have done that at 228lbs huh ...oh well better late than never...love to all
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10 Days
Apr 17, 2009
Well I am ten days out from having my surgery I am very nervous and anxious I go to the surgeon on the 22nd to discuss my surgery with her and she answers any last minute questions I have. I started on my Pre-op diet on the 14th when we got back from the beach and I feel nauseous most of the time eating so much meat. I have been trying to avoid meat for months to keep cholesterol down but I guess I will get better at it I have 8 more days then I do clear liquids for 2 days before the surgery so my stomach will be empty. My mom is flying in on the 27th and my hubby is taking leave for 3 weeks, mom will be home for two weeks. Now is a busy time because baseball games are just starting for the boys this weekend. Im sitting on the fence at 208 today and sure I will lose more with this preop diet. Now I am just trying to make sure I have everything done that needs to be taken care of before I go into surgery. We are waiting on carpet one to install the carpet upstairs where ink got on the carpet so we are replacing the whole room. Well im off of here i have to run and do some errands today is the last day of spring break wooo hooo and the boys are back to school on monday and I am glad I feel like all I have done is clean up behind them all week.
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Surgery Date
Apr 07, 2009
Well the nurse called me today and my surgery is 28 April, I start my pre-op diet on the 14th. We are going to Myrtle Beach this weekend so it will be my stress free weekend before i get ready for my surgery and have all my surgery appointments to get ready for the big day. I am so ready, but I am also very, very nervous and scared but I know thats al normal. Well got some packing to do so im off of here and gotta get the lil one to baseball practice :)
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Waiting Game
Apr 05, 2009
Well its been a little while since I have updated here things have been super busy, dakota is out on intersession Dylan had surgery on both his toes, and baseball season has started. I have finished my psychological and I had my one on one with Heather the psychologist on the Bariatric team and I took my pre-op test already all so I am done with everything except one more support group and one more education seminar. Jasmin told me to call the morning after my last educational seminar and she will put me on the surgery list so I have to call her on the 9th of April, I am soooooooooooooo ready and hope to have the surgery before my birthday that would be nice :) I am still sticking to my diet they will put me on my two week preop diet two weeks prior to putting me on the table, so when i grocery shop i am only buying enough veggies and stuff to get me by for the week till I know for sure. Thats about it as far as weight loss surgery goes just pretty much waiting so maybe I will know more next week!
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Deployment
Mar 06, 2009
Okay well its been a long and very bad week. Chris went back to work on Monday and they moved him to replacement since they need him there, and well there is another section that is deploying to Afganistan and they need him really bad also so the chain of commands have been fighting back and forth one for him to stay here and one for him to go we still dont know the outcome, they are using my surgery as a factor too because I need him here a month notice is not enough time to prepare when I started this WLS journey again we knew it was a guarantee he was not going to deploy. So here we are just like in oklahoma we had two weeks notice before he left, why do I get the feeling this is going to happen again?? The army can really piss you off at times I call it the 8th day of the week....the army just started "yesterfreakinday" yep thats the 8th day of the week!!! Will update when we know more just enough to piss on your weekend!!
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