Almost a full year has gone by!

Jan 07, 2010

Down to 187.0...it says I have 27 pounds to go (146 lbs lost)!!  Don't think I will meet this by the 22nd, but I think I can reach the goal at some point.  Now is the time where things start getting scary.  Will I be able to keep the weight off?  Will it start to come back on, like all the other times?  I don't get sick off of anything.  With the holidays, I have been snacking more then what I think I should be.  Must get back to work, and hope to keep updating at least every two months.  :-) 
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WOW....The days are going by so fast!

Nov 02, 2009

It's the beginning of November, already!!  I can not believe how the days go by so fast!  I finally accomplished my ultimate goal....being below 200!!!!!!!!  My monday morning weigh in came out at 197, woo hoo!!!  I have so much more self confidence, although at times it does come back to haunt me. 
Instead of my pants being too tight and showing my crack when bending over; I have the problem with my pants being baggy and falling down!!  I am soon running out of clothes, mostly bottoms that will be able to fit me.  I only have down to a 14, and they are fitting good (not tight, not loose).  I may have about 3 jeans in a size 12, but after that I have to find some money to buy new things.
For the most part I can eat whatever, just a smaller amount.  I very rarely dump, this morning was the first in about 3 months or more.  That might have been too much milk in my oatmeal.  I haven't had problems with keeping food down for about 5 months now, so that is a plus.
I do have a lot more loose skin to deal with.  My arms, inner thighs, stomach are the major areas.  This is something I can deal with and get used to, I may not like seeing it, but it is much better then being over weight!
I am down 136 pounds from my highest of 333....I have about 30-35 pounds to go!  I think I may have this accomplished by my one year surgiversary on January 22nd.  I will keep everyone posted!
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Just about 8 months after having surgery

Sep 16, 2009

Wednesday September 16, 2009 at 2:30pm

     In six days it will be 8 months since I had my gastric bypass.  So much has changed in myself alone.  I feel so much better about the way I look.  I have clothes that I LIKE to wear.  I even have more then 2 pants that fit me!!  I just got 14 inches of my hair cut off, that was a BIG step for me.  My hair was always my "security blanket", people complimented me on it.  My hair was the only thing good anyone has ever seen in me.  People tend to shy away from getting to know someone for who they are, and not what they look like!  Now I want to get out and do things, before I wanted to stay home and hide.  Always making an excuse up to not go somewhere. 
     I am still losing about 1-2 pounds a week.  I didn't hit that "plateau" yet, but I am waiting for it!  I have lost 120 pounds and have about 45-50 pounds to go.  If I reach my goal, that would be the first time I weighed that since like 7th grade!!  I am on my last box of clothes that I have kept over the years of "yo yo" dieting.  I no longer will be keeping my "big" clothes...they will be going to my friend that just got the surgery on August 27th.  Then she will be boxing them up for another friend that WILL have the surgery one day, too!!
     I am able to eat just about anything.  Sometimes chicken is a "no no" if it is real dry.  I made pork and that was "stuck" for about 8 hours!  UGH...it doesn't feel so good.  Makes you want to throw up, but as much as you try, you can't.  Meats are my problem foods, and string cheese is my favorite to eat!  I even suck on hershey kisses with almonds, when I need chocolate.  Everything is normal eating wise, just a lot smaller portions then before surgery!
     I am finally ready to look for a more active and challenging job.  Before I had no motivation and wanted to do as little as possible...and then go home and go to bed!!  My resume is just about the way I like it, and I am excited to look into new opportunities.
     I can't seem to think of any down falls about the surgery.  The first 3 months I had a whole list of them.  Now, the only thing that might bug me sometimes is...seeing a bunch of food I like or even just one food I really enjoy, and not being able to eat a lot without getting full.  That is on a rare occasion and I don't think it would actually be a down fall!!
     Once all the weight is off, the next issue will be the extra skin "hanging" around!!  I know that my "bat wings" will forever bother me...they always have.  I hope to one day take care of them, once and for all.  I am starting to have loose skin on my thighs.  So when I sit it makes me look bigger then what I actually am.  Once I get up to stand then it kind of all hangs south and I can usually hide it, or it evens itself out with the rest of me.  My boobs just hang around now, I have to situate them in my bra to make it look like I have something there!  So, cosmetic wise their are a few problem spots to hopefully take care of one day.
     I will post more pictures, as I take them monthly!  I hope all my friends on here and doing as good as I am.  Please update me on your progress, when you find the time to! 
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100 pounds gone!

Jul 20, 2009

Monday July 20, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    Today I weighed in and reached the 100 pound goal!!  To be exact it is 104 pounds!  I'm so happy that I finally met this goal.  I have about 60-70 pounds to go for my ideal weight.  I saw Dr. Monk the other day and he said whatever I am doing, to keep doing it.  I thought I wasn't getting enough protein in, but the labs show everything being normal.  So, that was exciting news to hear!    I really need to get up to date pictures on here.  I have some, I just forget to post them.

 
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Just an update for everyone interested.

May 11, 2009

Monday, May 11, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    I have been doing great, and losing at least 2 pounds a week.  I'm down a total of 75 pounds, and have about 90 to go!  Just about half way there, can't wait!!  I have noticed that my hair is falling out more then usual.  I think that I eat a good amount of protein, so I am not worried.  I have extra thick hair anyways, so it could use a thinning out!!  I have so much more energy being 75 pounds less.  My daughters birthday was on the 9th and we had fun camping.  I sure got my exercise in for that day.  I take notice that I can jog up my steps now, when before I walked half way and had to take a 3 second break.  Then just the other day I carried Jake (about 50 lbs) up the steps and realized how I felt when I was heavier.  So, I am definetly starting to see a difference.......and it feels so good!!  I hope to get some before and after pictures on here soon.  I have them, I just keep forgetting to download them.  Right now I am at work and can't do that, and once I get home I forget...LOL!  Hope to here some updates on everyone, it's always nice to know how everyone is doing. 
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Back to the grind!

Mar 03, 2009

Tuesday March 3, 2009 at 4:20pm

     I'm back to work, this is my second week.  It feels good to be able to do things again.  I was getting very bored and depressed being off for so long!  I am on regular food now, the doctor said to eat whatever I want.  I take a multivitamin twice a day, and one sublingual B12.  It really isn't that much to remember.  I still have a nagging uncomfortable feeling on my right side.  I feel it if I lift to heavy or lay on my right side for too long.  I'm guessing that this feeling will go away eventually.  I think I know what "hungry" feels like now.  I get a nausous feeling, then I eat and it goes away.  If I eat too much then my mouth starts to water, as if you were about to throw up.  I'm slowly learning how everything is supposed to feel.  I hope that I am doing everything right.  I have lost 48 pounds since the liquid diet before surgery.  I'm happy with the results so far.  I still don't feel real motivated yet, but I guess that will come with time!  I will post an update hopefully in about a month. 
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Doing good!

Feb 09, 2009

Monday February 09,2009 at 6pm

    I guess that I am doing good so far.  My last Dr. visit was quick, and he didn't even give me a chance to ask any questions.  Not very good bed side manners.  I don't go back until the day before I start work again.  I hope that they tell me a little more about what and how to eat.  Right now, I am just trying little things at a time.  I haven't thrown up at all, I did come close twice!  
    I tried to get my little ladybug to move with my weight loss.  For some reason it asks for a code, and I don't even remember putting one in before.  So, that sucks, but I do update the other grid.  Before liquid diet 332, day before surgery 314, 2 weeks after surgery 309, 3 weeks after surgery 298, a total of 34 pounds so far.
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Update

Jan 29, 2009

Thursday January 29, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Well...I'm back and I survived everything!  Now to update you from the 22nd, until now.

1/22/09
    This was my surgery day, and I was at the hospital by 5:30am.  I was registered in and taken back to get some IV's running.  By 7:30 I was wheeled to the operating room.  I may be off on the times, but you get the point.  The whole time my sissy-in-law stayed with me, which was really nice of her!  In the operating room they put you on a cold flat metal table, and strap you in.  When that is all done they put a mask over your face and let you know that you are getting sleepy.  I didn't get sleepy, I kind of felt dizzy.  Next thing I know, I have nurses looking me in the face, asking if I knew where I was.  First of all the medicine was still working, so these nurses looked like they heads and faces the size of beach balls.  Everything was blurry and echoing and I just wanted to get those big heads out of my face.  Eventually I woke up enough to go to my room on Main 5 of the hospital.  Brittany, Randy, and Susan stayed until visiting hours were over.  The night was a long one.  I couldn't sleep because of the rock hard beds.  The nurses kept saying I had gas, and to get up and walk.  I walked, and walked, and walked....pushed my PCA button a lot too. 
1/23/09
    Finally morning came and I went for my swallowing test.  This took a long time!  Apparently my small bowel was still temporarily paralyzed from the surgery, and the white contrast couldn't move the whole way down.  After waiting over 2 hours and checking 3 times, they gave it an ok.  Got back to the room and was aching in my back and hurting at my drain site.  They did little to help you up and down off the table, when doing the swallow test.  I tried to rest, but my back ached too much.  It's gas they say...so I walk!!  They told me that when the surgery is done you are put into an awkward position.  You lay flat, but they drop your feet all the way down, and they also drop your head all the way down.  So, I guess it's like your in a bridge shape.  I wasn't able to go home this evening, because I was feeling nauseated.  Then, the lab people couldn't find a vein and were poking me everywhere.  At that point I couldn't take it anymore, and just broke down crying.  Which then made my baby cry, but we settled down and felt better.  My sissy pounded on my back all over, and it was the best thing I felt since the surgery.  It took the ache away and I only had to worry about the pain.
1/24/2009
    Slept good last night, a few times they had to wake me up!  I got a shower which felt nice.  I think around noon I was able to go home.  It felt really good to be home!!!  Randy and Susan spent the night and besides getting up every 3-4 hours...it wasn't bad. 
1/25/2009
    Randy and Susan stayed with me all day.  Things were going good.  Had jello and chicken broth.  Still had really bad dry mouth, and things seem to have a stronger taste to them now.
1/26/2009
    Randy had off work, and Susan had to go back to work.  Randy kept me company and things were fine.  Sue at Monks office said to try and wean off the Oxy, and use Tylenol.  So I did just that, and it was a little harder to get around during the night.
1/27/2009
    Randy was with me again today.  I had plans to do a few chores, but never got that done.  The pain was a 10 all day, the one time I had to get Randy to get me out of bed.  I couldn't stand up straight, and hardly could walk.  I wasn't able to get comfortable anywhere!!  Called Monks office, but they never called me back.  I did get a call from the WLC and they told me to start on the OXY again and let it catch up with all the pain that I was having.  After 3 doses, it still didn't work.  When Susan got off work she decided to get my butt to the ER.  Didn't want to go, but I did.  They started poking me everywhere and I had to tell my story to 8 different people.  Got an X-ray, a finger up my ass, and was admitted for observation.  I had a CT scan done, which luckily they were nice enough to help me up and down.  Even so it hurt really bad at the drain site.  Cramping and knife stabbing pain.  I had to do a lot of deep breathing to calm myself down.  Around 4am Monks assistant came in to take the drain tube out.  That was the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life.  Pain level was a 10 plus 20 more!!!  Of course he would stop and ask if I was ok, because I was screaming in pain.  I then proceeded to tell them to get it the hell out...NOW!!!  It was the same pain I was having, just 20 times worse.  So I asked the DR. could this be what was causing all the pain.  They said no, it shouldn't be causing that much. 
1/28/2009
    This morning I was taken down to ultrasound, to rule out a ruptured gall bladder.  I got there, but they had no order.  I was sent back up.  The nurse said that Dr. Monk canceled the ultrasound and said to send me home.  He said the drainage tubing is what caused it.  Apparently it healed faster then expected and the tissue on the inside was growing fast to the tube.  Every time that I would move, it would rip the tissue causing all the pain.  That explains the excruciating pain I had when he pulled the whole thing out.  It felt like it was a mile long!!!  Now I have an appointment with Dr. Monk on Monday.  I want to ask him if the tubing would have hurt that much, if it was taken out a couple days earlier. 
1/29/2009
    Everything seems to be going fine again.  I was going around the apartment doing odds and ends.  I layed down once to rest, but couldn't really sleep.  I still have to lay a certain way, for the pain to not increase.  It is much better then the other night though.  I hope now that things will only get better and not worse!!  I had a friend ask me if I would do it all over again.  I said at this point NO....but ask me in a couple months and my answer could be different!!  I will post more on Monday, and let you know what Dr. Monk had to say.
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Big Ball of Snot!!!!

Jan 20, 2009

Wednesday January 21, 2009 at 9:00am

     This is the castrol oil day, and I don't wish this on anyone!  I finally got the whole 4 ounces down at 8:30!  I tried to chug it like everyone at work said; that didn't work, it came right back up even faster!!  So, then I took tiny sips holding my nose, followed by a bunch of crystal light.  It took awhile, but I finally got it all down.   I can't explain what it taste like.  The texture was like eating raw eggs, or maybe a big warm juicy snot ball...LOL!!!  I think drinking cooking oil would have been better.  I'm now chewing on gum because the after taste is gross!  Of course I had to burp......and oh my that was out of this world...UGH!!  I guess I wait and see how long it takes to start working now.  I will probably clean, since I won't feel like it after surgery.  My daughter stayed home today, she has a cold and is congested.  I am going to try and stay away from her as much as possible.  I heard they won't do the surgery if you are sick!  She is being good and staying in her room.  I hope that she will be well enough to go to school tomorrow.  I should be getting a call around noon, as to when I need to be at the hospital.  It won't be as early as I thought, because the nurse said that they take diabetics first (do to not eating).  So, maybe I can see my baby off to school and give her a great big hug and kiss!! 
That's all for now...it's been an hour and I don't feel nothing yet....we will see!!  If not later, I will blog more when I get home from surgery!
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Headache

Jan 15, 2009

January 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM

OK....the shakes are getting boring!!  I can still tolerate them, but the same thing everyday....SUCKS!!!  I am losing weight, about 2 pounds a day so far.  I also keep getting the same headache back, and it last forever.  On top of that I sometimes feel a bit dizzy.  I keep telling myself that I don't have much longer to go.  At this time next week I should be recovering from the surgery!

That braclet that I got...I slipped off my hand and put in a safe place!!  They said to keep it on, but I don't see the point.  I will slip it back on when I go to the hospital.   Being naughty, I guess!
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