Pink_Princess
I think I'm finally getting the hang of this
Jul 15, 2009
OH NO My 1st complication, hopefully my last
Jun 22, 2009
I'm HOME
Jun 12, 2009
In all fairness I had a really easy labor, but that's really the way I felt at the time. At about 8pm the nurse gave me another shot of pain meds and it took all my pain away, it was awesome.
After that I felt good the rest of the time I was there. I came home on Friday at about 2pm. I've been walking and getting my 4 oz of water in every hour. I didn't eat dinner cause I'm not hungry at all. At this point I'm hoping and praying the soreness goes away.
Food
Jun 09, 2009
I guess this is my rant for the day. June 11th can't come soon enough.I do have a funny story. I went to the grocery store because I wanted tropical Popsicles. I'm tired of grape, orange and cherry. This is the only think I needed at the store. My family was buying chicken, pasta, veggies, and all sorts of other stuff, but I didn't even care I just wanted my Popsicles. I got to the freezer case with excitement and frantically started searching for my Popsicles. Guess what???? They don't have tropical flavor. I almost started to cry right there. I was like oh God please I need these so bad Please. So I went over to search all the boxes and at the very end was tropical Popsicles. I snatched those up and help them up and shouted thank you God. My husband was looking at my like I had lost what little sanity I had. He was like it's a Popsicle. I guess I was a little dramatic, but damn those things are good.
Feeling Good
Jun 08, 2009
It has been a full week since I started the liquid diet and I feel great. I'm completely surprised by that. I thought I would feel like crap and have no energy. I thought I would not be able to see or smell food without devouring it, but really I'm good. It was a little hard over the weekend to smell food. We went to home depot and they have a hooter and CiCi's in the parking lot and the smell was so strong it was hard to walk away from. It was weird too, because on the weekends we always go out to eat at least once or twice, but not this weekend. I feel like I'm punishing my family in a way, but I know this is the best for them too. We are going to have to find some fun things to do that don't revolve around food.
I had a long talk with my DH about my upcoming surgery. He's been so sweet here lately in supporting me and making all the food for the family. At first he didn't want me to get the surgery at all, but now he realizes how much this means to me and he's even looking forward to shedding some pounds himself.
Yay Me!!!!!!!
Jun 05, 2009
I took my daughter to McDonald's tonight and didn't get anything but a diet dr pepper. YAY ME!!!
I wasn't even tempted to eat anything. I did lick my finger after I removed Presley's pickle and I was like OMG did I just blow my liquid diet by the drip of ketchup I consumed. We stayed after we ate to play in the playland. I'm trying to get the family use to our change of lifestyle and exercising. I don't want Pres to be heavy but I don't want to deprive her of things that children should have. It's a fine line.
I felt very weak this morning. I felt like I didn't have the energy to get out of bed, but it didn't go away until mid afternoon. It was kinda scary, but my friend said that was normal.
It's only a WEEK away!
Jun 04, 2009
I only have one more week before the big day. I'm glad I started my liquid diet sooner than I had to. I got on the scales today and I was down 14 lbs since Monday
but I can't believe I could lose that much so fast. I think my scale is right, because it was the same as the doctors scale on monday. I knew 8 lbs would come off fast, because I had just gained that over the course of 2 week. I was trying to get all the junk food, fast food and ice cream out of my system so I kinda pigged out and gained weight. Don't get me wrong I liked seeing my number go down, but I just doubt that number. Although I read on here most people drink protien shakes on their pre-op liquid diet and I'm only eating broth, jello and popsicles. I got a little nervous when I read that, but my list said NO PROTIEN so I guess I'm good.
I'm so nervous about the amount of protien I will need after the surgery. I really don't want my hair to fall out so I want to get all the protien I can, but I'm concerned about the taste. I'm so wierd about taste. I'm also concerned about all the supplements and getting those in and the right amounts. Not to mention all the thinks that can go wrong with the surgery. I'm a stresser and I should just pray about it and forget it, but that's so hard to do.
New Me in 09
Jun 03, 2009
This is a first for me. I have never blogged before so here goes. I'm filled with so many mixed emotions about surgery and my life changing forever. I'm excited, happy, scared and sometimes in mourning already for the things I can no longer have. It's crazy.
As I type this my stomach is growling. That being said I have started my liquid diet in preparation for my surgery on JUNE 11TH. I didn't have to start until Thursday, but I started on Monday just to make sure my liver is down to the right size. I will do anything to make sure everything goes well. It's been harder than I thought, maybe because I have a cold on top of not eating. I don't really like jello. I think I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like jello. Everyone tells me how they love jello every time I tell them what I can eat. Anyway all I'm eating is 2 cups of broth a day and I try to choke down some jello and 64 plus oz of water a day. I'm ok drinking my coffee without creamer, I thought that would be so hard, but it's not too bad. I made my daughter dinner on Monday, I had my mug of broth and she was like I want some of that. I was like what and she said what you are eating. I had to laugh, here I am sipping this mug of liquid wishing I could eat and she is eating chicken and veggies and she wants to eat what mommy has. That's the way kids are they want to be just like us and that's another reason for me to change my life.
