2 months post op (a little late)

Dec 07, 2010

I can't believe I did not post my 2 month stats. Anyways here is what I sent to my family.

"I am 2 months post op and down 45 pounds, 2 pants sizes and 1 shirt size. I no longer snore like a train coming through and can run around with the kids much more. I am so blessed."
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Random stuff at 5 weeks post op

Oct 26, 2010

Awww so today I finally called the doctors office because I was having issues with food staying in my throat and having a hard time going down. The doctor said I will have to come in to have a procedure done where they take a small camera and look to see what's going on. If its too tight, they will use a small ballon to open it up a bit. I knew this could happen (pre-surgery) but never thought it would be me. Anyways...here is the randomness. I think I am ready for love again. I have been single for 2 years now. With the weight coming off and having time to recover from my previous relationship, I'm feeling the urge to love someone. While I am having this feeling...I know its going to be hard knowing that I have my twins. I don't know many men my age that is willing to accept me as a plus size girl and also knowing I have kids. Love my kids so hoping to find someone who will love them just as much.


I start work on Friday (should be interesting).
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1 month post op

Oct 20, 2010

I can’t believe it has been a month already. I can remember myself just getting out of surgery with my mom and cousin telling me to wake up because I was finished. Who would have known that I would be down 32 pounds in 4 weeks. My weight loss has slowed down in the past 2 weeks but that due to my lack of nutrition and protein. I went to my regular doctor and had some test done and it looks like I am losing muscle mass and not fat. I really need to get the protein in so today I am buying unflavored powder to add to my foods. I am so blessed not to have many problems. Food is not my friend anymore. Trying to eat a small meal in 25 minutes really sucks. I often find myself reheating my food because it becomes cold after sitting or just getting plain sick of seeing it. I think right now the hardest part for me is wasting food. I never finish my food but I have the twins here to help me..lol. What else can I say about my first month??? I can’t see my weight loss other than on the scale but people tell me they can. I feel bad sometimes because I can’t see the difference and I wonder to myself…well how bad did I really look? Why didn’t people tell me? Anyways I hope over the next month I will be able to buy smaller pants or shirts. You would think 32 pound would make you drop a size but I guess not.

Starting weight: 305

Surgery weight: 298

Hospital weight: 305- damn fluids

Current weight 10/20: 273

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2 weeks post op

Oct 06, 2010

Wow, what can I say.... Other than having scars on my stomach, I don't really feel like I had surgery (which is a good thing). I finally meet with my doctor a few days ago and he was really happy with my progress so far. I was shocked to find my scale weighed me at 5 pound lighter than the doctors (I am just going to go by mines). I ate for the first time yesterday! I have a little fish and it was wonderful. I am so happy my doctor gave me the ok to eat whatever I can handle (eventhough I only tried fish). My weight loss is already starting to slow down (could be a stall) but more the least....its going down and not up. I am really happy I found this board as I have met some great people who are helping me along. I plan to post again in a week or so and have a new picture at my 1st month!
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5 Days Post-op

Sep 27, 2010

I was writing my new found friend this morning and thought I should blog about my experience so far. So I am 5 days out and feeling good. The day of surgery was so excited. I went into the hospital confident that I was not going to any complications and so far so good. I had tons of family visit me that day. I even managed to walk around 3 times (the first 2 walks were every short). I was surprised how I was not even hungry and didn’t mind not having anything by mouth. The next day I had water and it was so good as my throat was sore from the breathing tube they put in while in surgery. The nurse also gave me some Jello but I could not eat it (way too sweet). My final day in the hospital and the doctor said I could be on full liquids since I was able to drink water fine. I have a small spoon of oatmeal and yogurt and thought I was in heaven. Friday night and Saturday was good at home. I drank as much water as possible and slept. Yesterday was a different story. So I was told I could drink protein shakes in the full liquid stage. I made one yesterday (added 1 tsp of chocolate syrup). I decided to take my pain pill with the protein. I was not paying attention and drunk too much. Oh damn it felt stuck. I had to lay down and did not get up for a few hours. Once I did get up, I still felt like something was stuck but needed to drink some water. My family was being an ass and didn’t do something as promised. I cried because I was mad at my family, because I felt sick and because then I wanted to eat and couldn’t. I wanted a cheese burger, a cookie, some ice cream, everything under the sun. I did manage to leave the house for an hour to get the kids food from Mcdonalds and some sugar free popsicles from the store. When I got back, they ate and I had oatmeal and felt so much better. I also had 2 popsicles and felt even better. I think the popsicles were affecting my blood sugar so I stayed up late drinking plain water. The end! Doesn’t sound so bad now that I type it out but I thought I was living in hell yesterday. Today I am also doing good. I managed to take a shower by myself (my tub is super high) and haven’t taken any pain pills. I got on the Wii to weigh myself because my scale is broken and I lost 14 pounds.

I was 298 the day of surgery

I was 305 the day I left the hospital

Today I am 291

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Got my date

Aug 24, 2010

Awww....I am so happy I got my date. I was not expecting to schedule it for another few weeks but my insurance approved me so fast. The big day is Sept 22nd at 11:30a but I have to arrive 2 hour earlier. My job was great and didnt think twice about giving me 6 weeks off as I requested.
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Approved

Aug 23, 2010

 8 months since I started this process, I am finally approved. It only took 2 hours before the insurance gave me the green light. I love health partners open access!
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