mrsbeng13
15 day stall over
Oct 15, 2009
I broke my 15 day stall this week and lost 7 pounds. I am officially in wonderland....yay!! During my stall I lost a lot of inches. Especially in the thighs. They hardly touch now.
I have been getting anywhere from 500-600 calories in per day. I have started tracking on thedailyplate. My protein is between 50-60g. I have made it up to 73 a few times. I have found a turkey burger from Aldi that is delicious and 33g of protein. It is the Fit & Active brand. I can only eat a half at a time but that's ok. It was hard getting all of my water in at first but now I am better at it. I usually drink 48oz between 6 and 4:30 while I am at work. One of my meals per day is a slim fast optima so that is 11oz and I try to drink 8 oz of water before bed. Sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn't.
I went back to work at 2 weeks and 2 days. It was hard at first because I had to remember to get up from my desk to move around. If I didn't my stomach would start getting sore.
So far I have had an easy time with this. No foamies, diarrhea, or loss of energy. I have gone up to 5 days without a bowel movement a couple of times though. I am waiting to see what is to come.
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I have been getting anywhere from 500-600 calories in per day. I have started tracking on thedailyplate. My protein is between 50-60g. I have made it up to 73 a few times. I have found a turkey burger from Aldi that is delicious and 33g of protein. It is the Fit & Active brand. I can only eat a half at a time but that's ok. It was hard getting all of my water in at first but now I am better at it. I usually drink 48oz between 6 and 4:30 while I am at work. One of my meals per day is a slim fast optima so that is 11oz and I try to drink 8 oz of water before bed. Sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn't.
I went back to work at 2 weeks and 2 days. It was hard at first because I had to remember to get up from my desk to move around. If I didn't my stomach would start getting sore.
So far I have had an easy time with this. No foamies, diarrhea, or loss of energy. I have gone up to 5 days without a bowel movement a couple of times though. I am waiting to see what is to come.
Hit a stall
Oct 02, 2009
I am 2 weeks and 2 days out. I have not lost any weight since Sunday which means I hit a stall at a week and 3 days out. I have finally made it up to 58 ounces of liquids today. Not quite sure how much protein. Since I lost 20 lbs in that first week and 3 days I am not too worried about failing at this sleeve thing. Everything I eat is protein. I have been trying to decide if I am going to buy some protein powder. I tried the muscle milk. It is pretty good but it went right through me. I am going to try it again to see if I have the same result. I think I will because my Slim Fast Optima does the same thing. I have to get used to eating the small meals. After a couple of spoonfuls I am pretty much done. I can honestly say that I am a work in progress.
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1st post-op appointment today.
Sep 30, 2009
I went to the doctor today for my first post-op appointment today. I have 3 incisions. One is completely healed. The other 2 are almost healed. Yesterday my big incisions started hurting when I walked. I checked the site for the issue and found this was normal. The doctor also cofirmed it was the stomach healing. I am ok with that because the pain is tolerable. Don't even need meds for it.
I am able to drink easier but I don't really have the desire to drink. I haven't been able to get more than 40 ounces in and have not even came close to the 60 ounces of protein. I am working on it.
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I am able to drink easier but I don't really have the desire to drink. I haven't been able to get more than 40 ounces in and have not even came close to the 60 ounces of protein. I am working on it.
My surgery day
Sep 21, 2009
I had to be at the hospital 09/17/09 at 11 am. I arrived at about 10:45 am. I checked in and had my parking validated so Hubby would not have to pay when he left. They called me to the back at 11 on the dot. I am thinking wow this is going to go like clockwork.
They give me my gowns to put on. I let the nurse know that I started spotting this morning so she gives me a pad and the net undies to put on. Once I get changed me and hubby goes to the bed she tells me to meet her at when I am done. Bed #15.
There were a lot of people back there that were either waiting to have a procedure or that were recovering from an outpatient procedure to go home. The nurse takes me to the scale for my weight 215 lbs. She takes a pregnancy test and does my other vitals and starts the IV. She tells me they should be coming for me at 12.
My doctor comes by at 11:30 to tell me there will be a delay do to complications on the persons surgery that is in the operating room I am scheduled for. He asks if I have questions. I tell him no I am good. He says he will see me later and leaves.
Between 12 and 12:55 I see 3 different people from the anesthesiology team. One of them gave me the patch to put behind my ear for nausea. I swear that thing made me antsy. Because up until they put that on my I was fine. All of a sudden I felt like I was going to fall off the bed at any given time. I could not stop moving. My husband asked what was wrong. I told him that things made me feel funny. He told me to move to the center of the bed and tucked me in.
Then at 1 pm a doctor came and asked if they marked me. I said no. I raised my gown, he initialed me and then I was off. When we got to the operating room they were still cleaning up. I stayed in the hall for about 10 minutes then they wheeled me in. As I was moving over to the operating table they put the sleepy medicine in my IV and don't remember anything else after that. I have no memory of being in recovery all I remember is them taking me to my room and moving me over to my bed. I told my husband he could leave because I was going back to sleep. I wasn't really in much pain. I kind of felt like when I had my tubes tied.
I woke up around 2 am and called for the nurse to free me so I could walk. He asked if I knew what time it was. I told him I sure did. He unhooked me and I was off walking. I did a couple laps and got back in the bed. He came and plugged everything back up and I went to sleep. The next morning he showed me how to unplug everything so I could walk when I wanted.
My doc, nurse from the clinic and nutritionist came to see me. My doc came later in the day. I asked him when I would be able to drink something. He said he would order it. I also asked when they were going to remove the catheter. He said he would have them do it now. To say I was happy to see him would be an understatement. He also told me that I would be able to go home the next day.
I had them stop giving me morphine after that first night. I wish I could have made them stop giving me the heperin shot because that hurt like hell and now I have all of these big ass bruises in every spot they gave me the shot. I was released the next day at 11 am. I was happy as hell to be going home. So I had surgery Thursday and woke up Monday with no pain at all. But I do keep having these headaches. I take a half of pain pill every night to be able to sleep. I have not been able to sleep on my back due to my period. I haven't had a problem sleeping on either of my sides.
I drove this morning. I was a little dizzy so I think I will wait a few more days to do that again. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow I guess I will have my hubby or daughter take me. All in all this has been an easy experience and I thank god for that. I walked a few blocks yesterday and thought I was going to die. It felt like my stomach was swinging by a thread. I am going to take shorter walks for a couple more days.
I haven't been doing to good on the liquids but I keep at it. It seems my tummy likes hot better than cold. I am able to drink more if it is hot. I start full liquids today and I cannot wait to have some cream of chicken soup later. And then I will be on mushies starting Thursday.
I will right more after my doctors appointment tomorrow.
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They give me my gowns to put on. I let the nurse know that I started spotting this morning so she gives me a pad and the net undies to put on. Once I get changed me and hubby goes to the bed she tells me to meet her at when I am done. Bed #15.
There were a lot of people back there that were either waiting to have a procedure or that were recovering from an outpatient procedure to go home. The nurse takes me to the scale for my weight 215 lbs. She takes a pregnancy test and does my other vitals and starts the IV. She tells me they should be coming for me at 12.
My doctor comes by at 11:30 to tell me there will be a delay do to complications on the persons surgery that is in the operating room I am scheduled for. He asks if I have questions. I tell him no I am good. He says he will see me later and leaves.
Between 12 and 12:55 I see 3 different people from the anesthesiology team. One of them gave me the patch to put behind my ear for nausea. I swear that thing made me antsy. Because up until they put that on my I was fine. All of a sudden I felt like I was going to fall off the bed at any given time. I could not stop moving. My husband asked what was wrong. I told him that things made me feel funny. He told me to move to the center of the bed and tucked me in.
Then at 1 pm a doctor came and asked if they marked me. I said no. I raised my gown, he initialed me and then I was off. When we got to the operating room they were still cleaning up. I stayed in the hall for about 10 minutes then they wheeled me in. As I was moving over to the operating table they put the sleepy medicine in my IV and don't remember anything else after that. I have no memory of being in recovery all I remember is them taking me to my room and moving me over to my bed. I told my husband he could leave because I was going back to sleep. I wasn't really in much pain. I kind of felt like when I had my tubes tied.
I woke up around 2 am and called for the nurse to free me so I could walk. He asked if I knew what time it was. I told him I sure did. He unhooked me and I was off walking. I did a couple laps and got back in the bed. He came and plugged everything back up and I went to sleep. The next morning he showed me how to unplug everything so I could walk when I wanted.
My doc, nurse from the clinic and nutritionist came to see me. My doc came later in the day. I asked him when I would be able to drink something. He said he would order it. I also asked when they were going to remove the catheter. He said he would have them do it now. To say I was happy to see him would be an understatement. He also told me that I would be able to go home the next day.
I had them stop giving me morphine after that first night. I wish I could have made them stop giving me the heperin shot because that hurt like hell and now I have all of these big ass bruises in every spot they gave me the shot. I was released the next day at 11 am. I was happy as hell to be going home. So I had surgery Thursday and woke up Monday with no pain at all. But I do keep having these headaches. I take a half of pain pill every night to be able to sleep. I have not been able to sleep on my back due to my period. I haven't had a problem sleeping on either of my sides.
I drove this morning. I was a little dizzy so I think I will wait a few more days to do that again. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow I guess I will have my hubby or daughter take me. All in all this has been an easy experience and I thank god for that. I walked a few blocks yesterday and thought I was going to die. It felt like my stomach was swinging by a thread. I am going to take shorter walks for a couple more days.
I haven't been doing to good on the liquids but I keep at it. It seems my tummy likes hot better than cold. I am able to drink more if it is hot. I start full liquids today and I cannot wait to have some cream of chicken soup later. And then I will be on mushies starting Thursday.
I will right more after my doctors appointment tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the big day
Sep 16, 2009
Well, tomorrow is the big day. I think I have everything I will need for the hospital. The only thing left to do is pray and hope for an uneventful surgery and a speedy recovery. I will be back with the step by step process for anyone who is interested in knowing what happened. Peace and have a blessed night.
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Last step
Sep 14, 2009
I went for my barium swallow today
. It was very interesting. They give me a cup of white stuff they fizzes like pop rocks and tell me to swallow it all without burping. That was easier said than done but I did it 
. Watching the liquid go down was interesting. I guess the stuff they gave me the first time wasn't thick enough so he gives me something thicker and have me roll around on the table to coat my stomach and he takes more pics. When it was all over I asked the doctor if it was ok to let all of the air out. He said yes. Boy did I let out the loudest belch. It felt so good.
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. It was very interesting. They give me a cup of white stuff they fizzes like pop rocks and tell me to swallow it all without burping. That was easier said than done but I did it . Watching the liquid go down was interesting. I guess the stuff they gave me the first time wasn't thick enough so he gives me something thicker and have me roll around on the table to coat my stomach and he takes more pics. When it was all over I asked the doctor if it was ok to let all of the air out. He said yes. Boy did I let out the loudest belch. It felt so good.
Pre-op visit
Sep 10, 2009
I went for my pre-op visit to see the surgeon, dietician and the anesthesiologist 09/09/09. When I was going through all of the check points you have to hit before they put you in the room to wait for the surgeon everyone kept asking me if I was post-op. I kept looking at them like they were crazy and told them no. The nurse told me I was smaller than the other patients that come in pre-op. That made me feel good but not good enough to cancel my surgery.
When the doctor finally comes in the room he looks at my chart and tells me not to lose any more weight. I ask if I can stop the pre-op diet and he tells me yes but don't over do it. I tell him that I love him and I wont. I am glad to come off of that liquid diet. It was not hard, but there are things I want to eat before my surgery date. He looks at my stomach and shows me where he is going to put the 2 incisions. Why is he putting them over my stretch marks. I wanted him to put them in the stretch marks to hide them. But oh well.
After I talk to the doctor, I talk to the nurse for a few and then the dietician. She goes over the post op diet. 4 days clear liquid then after that full liquids for a week then mushies for a couple of weeks. That doesn't sound too bad.
Things turn for hte worse when i see the anesthesilogist. He goes through everything and then gets to the EKG. He did not like what he saw. He says there were too many spikes on there. He suggests a tread mill stress test. I advised him that I had one of those in January at a different hospital and passed. He says he will not clear me until he sees the results and they are ok. He called the nurse and let her know. I told him and her that I would get the results from the hospital I had the test and fax it to them. The nurse told me to send it to her and she will take care of everything. I hate they waited until the end to check my heart. But I will not let this get me down. I went to the other hospital yesterday and signed for the medical records. I am supposed to pick them up today. Hell I might even drive them down to the other hospital. I am not giving up. This is too important.
Last night while doing laundry I got a call from the hospital confirming my barium swallow for Monday at 11:30 am. They also wanted to remind me not to eat anything after midnight Sunday. I told the lady thanks a lot. She giggled.
It looks like I am coming to the end of the morbidly obese chapter in my life. And what a long chapter that has been. I will be starting my new life in 6 days and counting. I have been waiting for the nervous, scared, anxious phase to start but it is not here yet. I think it is because this is something I have wanted to do for years and it is finally here. I will add more about the barium swallow after Monday.
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When the doctor finally comes in the room he looks at my chart and tells me not to lose any more weight. I ask if I can stop the pre-op diet and he tells me yes but don't over do it. I tell him that I love him and I wont. I am glad to come off of that liquid diet. It was not hard, but there are things I want to eat before my surgery date. He looks at my stomach and shows me where he is going to put the 2 incisions. Why is he putting them over my stretch marks. I wanted him to put them in the stretch marks to hide them. But oh well.
After I talk to the doctor, I talk to the nurse for a few and then the dietician. She goes over the post op diet. 4 days clear liquid then after that full liquids for a week then mushies for a couple of weeks. That doesn't sound too bad.
Things turn for hte worse when i see the anesthesilogist. He goes through everything and then gets to the EKG. He did not like what he saw. He says there were too many spikes on there. He suggests a tread mill stress test. I advised him that I had one of those in January at a different hospital and passed. He says he will not clear me until he sees the results and they are ok. He called the nurse and let her know. I told him and her that I would get the results from the hospital I had the test and fax it to them. The nurse told me to send it to her and she will take care of everything. I hate they waited until the end to check my heart. But I will not let this get me down. I went to the other hospital yesterday and signed for the medical records. I am supposed to pick them up today. Hell I might even drive them down to the other hospital. I am not giving up. This is too important.
Last night while doing laundry I got a call from the hospital confirming my barium swallow for Monday at 11:30 am. They also wanted to remind me not to eat anything after midnight Sunday. I told the lady thanks a lot. She giggled.
It looks like I am coming to the end of the morbidly obese chapter in my life. And what a long chapter that has been. I will be starting my new life in 6 days and counting. I have been waiting for the nervous, scared, anxious phase to start but it is not here yet. I think it is because this is something I have wanted to do for years and it is finally here. I will add more about the barium swallow after Monday.
Starting liquid diet today.....
Sep 02, 2009
Ok, today is the day I start my liquid diet. We will see how that goes. I think I will be ok.
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I finally have a date....yay!
Aug 31, 2009
I finally have my surgery. I am excited to say to say the least. The Nurse called today and offered me a date of 09/10/09 or 09/17/09. I wanted to go with 09.10.09 but if I did I would have had to go to the doctor this Wednesday 09.02.09 and I am already signed up for overtime at work and I did not want to mess that up so I chose 09.17.09 and I will be going to the doctors appointment 09.09.09 to do the chest xray, Barium swallow, and to see my surgeon and the rest of the team.
This has been a long process but not really that long. If that makes sense. I started the process in November 08. I called to make an appointment for the seminar. I got a February 27th date. After the seminar I set up a consultation with the surgeon 03.09.09. The surgeon happened to be out of town and I had to go back 03.16.09. I got an appointment 03.25.09 with the psychiatrist (cleared). Had to take the Bariatrics 101 class with the Nut in the beginning of May and saw the Dietician (cleared) in the end of May. Saw the Nut again 06.24.09 (cleared). Information sent to insurance 06/25/09. Advised it might take up to 6 week. On 08.07.09 called insurance coordinator for update. Was advised they never received the fax. She refaxed 08.07.07. I was approved 08.11.09 and received the approval in the mail 08.15.09. I faxed the approval to the insurance coordinator 08.17.09. She faxed it to the Nurse Practitioner 08.18.09. I just got the call today 08.31.09 with my date of 09.17.09. I have a few extra gray hairs but am excited. I cannot wait to join the losers.
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This has been a long process but not really that long. If that makes sense. I started the process in November 08. I called to make an appointment for the seminar. I got a February 27th date. After the seminar I set up a consultation with the surgeon 03.09.09. The surgeon happened to be out of town and I had to go back 03.16.09. I got an appointment 03.25.09 with the psychiatrist (cleared). Had to take the Bariatrics 101 class with the Nut in the beginning of May and saw the Dietician (cleared) in the end of May. Saw the Nut again 06.24.09 (cleared). Information sent to insurance 06/25/09. Advised it might take up to 6 week. On 08.07.09 called insurance coordinator for update. Was advised they never received the fax. She refaxed 08.07.07. I was approved 08.11.09 and received the approval in the mail 08.15.09. I faxed the approval to the insurance coordinator 08.17.09. She faxed it to the Nurse Practitioner 08.18.09. I just got the call today 08.31.09 with my date of 09.17.09. I have a few extra gray hairs but am excited. I cannot wait to join the losers.
Still waiting for a date.
Aug 30, 2009
It will be 2 weeks tomorrow that I faxed my approval letter to the insurance coordinator. I am so sick of waiting for a date that I don't know what to do. I called the NP Friday but she was in the clinic and not available so I left a message. I hope I get the call this week. I am truly ready to have my surgery and start my new life. Every time I look in the mirror I feel bigger but I know I am not any bigger than I was a month ago. Anyway, I will continue to wait and wait and wait.
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