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I've lost 61lbs total.  41 since surgery on August 18, 2009!

This is no fun.  I've had extreme pain down the right side of my back, since I awoke from surgery.  The pain meds didn't do a thing for it, so I asked the doc the first time he came around what it was.  He said it was probably a gas bubble in my back.  Oh yeah.  One of the techs tried to help me by putting a scalding hot folded blanket on my back, which immediately burned me.  I have blisters to prove it.  Everyone was terribly sorry.

This is more pain than anyone had told me it would be.  I don't know if I would've done this had I known just how painful it was.  Getting up from the bed is the worst.  I feel like I've been doing a trillion crunches.  My stomach and abdomen really hurt.

Well, I'm going back to my room now.  I was just on a short walk trying to relieve some of this gas pain.  I'll write some more when I've got time.

 

I'm hoping to lose at least 20 before surgery on 8/18.  I've actually lost 17 if you count what I lost before I started on the pre-op diet.

I'm on a roll!  I went to the gym twice this week.  Of course, this is my first two times, but I intend to keep it up until my membership expires at the end of this month.  Sure wish I hadn't wasted the first 21/2 months!

7/13/09 - After hearing from our guest speaker at the orientation on Friday, I've made a point to get to the gym and use the last three weeks of my membership to the fullest.  He said he wishes he'd started working out before surgery.  I also read on a blog somewhere that one lady started working out before surgery and it really helped her tone up.  I don't want to be a sharpe when I get done losing, though I suppose that's inevitable.   So, went to the gym after work today and worked out the upper body with a trainer.  I've got an appointment on Thursday to come back and do the lower body.  After I learn the routine, I'm going to come in as frequently as I can.  I've already wasted 21/2 months of my 3-month membership.  Wish I could've gotten motivated sooner!

I've created one at www.tickerfactory.com.  Then I copied the URL, but it doesn't work!  HELP!

Well, I've finally got a surgery date.  It's August 18th, 2009.  I put it off a while, so I could take at least four weeks off.  I'm sure it will come too quickly.  Next month I start the 8-week pre-op diet, and sometime soon I'll meet with my doctor and the nutritionist.  I also have orientation on July 10th.  Here we go!