summerrain63
Well I have found a new doctor and it's getting closer I've seen the psyc went to the workshop, and scheduled to see the nutritionest tue April 27 and see Dr Henderson Wednesday the 28.. Hopefully I'll get a date then. I'm getting very anxious and nervous about being cut open. I'm so afraid of the pain.. Hopefully they have good meds to control it.. :)
I saw the nutritionest today and she scared the stuff out of me no candy no juice no soda no red meat, there making my pouch 1 ounce so not much can fit in there and how do you get in all the water you need???
Well I saw the docter today and he gave me a surgery date of May 25th 2004. I'm kinda nervous about the one ounce pouch but I know I can do this..
Well it's May 30 5 days since my surgery, and I HURT!! My incesion hurts, where my tube comes out hurts, my arm where the IV busted a vein hurts, cold water hurts to drink, even swallowing the pain medicine hurts!! I wonder why I did this and when I got on the scale this morning I weigh 232, I weighed 244 on tuesday befor the surgery.. The dog rolled on my stomach in bed and my husband yelled at me when I yelled at the dog, so I know he's getting tired of taking care of me already..
I still smoke and I know it's bad for me but it's the only thing that makes me feel normal right now...
I think my pouch is larger than 1 oz because I can eat 2 oz at a time and not feel full but I stop just to be safe..
June 1,2004
I got my tube out today. It was quick the nurse said on 3 take a deep breath and it was out that quick. It was painless, I had myself all worked up over nothing. Now I don't need the pillow to hold on my stomach I have been carrying to support my incesion. I feel much better. I got to eat the boiled egg and toast without crust today and it was good it stayed down fine, no nausea at all. I can't drink ice cold water but I can drink ice tea..
June 3,2004 Thursday 9 days post op
Today I was able to get on the raft in the pool with help from my daughter and I kept the bandage dry. Then after about an hour in the sun I felt so good I came in and got in the shower by myself and shaved my legs. What a wonderful feeling to feel this good so soon after.
June 4, 2004
I walked to the stopsign and back the weather was nice about 74* it had just quit raining the smell of fresh rain was so nice. I feel so good to be able to walk outside for the first time.
July 1 2004
I exercised for the first time today since it has been 5 weeks since surgery. I started slow and was able to work out for 15 min untill my incesion where the tube was hurt. I am down to 215 a total loss of 29lbs
July 18th 2004
Well I have done something to my incesion where the tube came out. It hurts and I can't exercise now. I over did it, I thought I was all healed up. I weigh 210 now and I am eating all kinds of foods now. I still get bad diarrhea if I overeat. I don't vomit but sometimes I wish I could. I have trouble knowing when to stop eating 4-6 bites dosen't seem like enough but I know it is now..
May 4, 2005
I know I haven't updated in forever, but just a little note for all of you. I am now almost 1 year out! And almost at my goal! I can eat whatever I want, I do my exercises and have gone from a size 20, 244 lbs, to now, size 10, 160 lbs! Out of all these months I still haven't vomitted, but I like candy and sugar, so I do get the occasional dumping. I only have 20 more pounds to lose before I reach my goal, and I'm getting closer everyday!! I do have a lot of plateau's where I don't lose weight for weeks, but with only the 20 lbs to lose I know I'm doing great!
Sept 4, 2005
Well I have'nt updated in a while but I am doing great, I am so glad I had this surgery. My life has changed so much. I weigh 138 now and I am still losing. I don't know how but its great. It's so funny all my life people told me I needed to lose weight I would be so much happier if I was skinny. Now after a year since my surgery I am seeing people I have'nt seen in a while and they are saying you are too skinny, don't lose anymore. hahahha it is so funny I just wish they would shut up pick one and stick with it. I'm to fat now I'm to skinny. I went from a size 20 to a size 6. Lifes great!! I still get dumping ocassionly, like last night I ate 3 cho chip cookies and some milk and I was dumping for an hour. Still never have vomited.
More later :)
Nov 27,2005
WoW Thanksgiving is a hard time to get through. It has been a year and a half for me and I can't take in anymore than 1 c. of food. I got so sick on turkey day. All I ate was 2 bites of noodles 1 bite of stuffing, 2 bites of green bean casseroll,3 bites of turkey and when I got to the sweet potatoes I ate 1 bite and ran for the bathroom!!! It was horriable, I needed to vomit so bad, and I couldn't. This is bad but I tried to make my self sick, and couldn't. I have never got sick through this surgery. But I still get dumping..
I found a Great Plastic surgeon.. He is an intern in Gainsville Fla. His price is half of a regular surgeon. And he is good. He did my husbands lipoctomy Oct 12,2005 He cut off 45lbs of skin and fat. There were no problems and the doc was very nice and took real good care of him. I am going to start my surgery in Jan or Feb of 2006.
More later around plastic surgery time.. :)
July 13, 2006
Well I didn't have plastic surgery. I wanted it for for all I was going to get it was going to cost right at 20k. We had a home equity loan approved and all. Then we went to Orlando to the parks and to visit one of my husband's high school friends. His wife happened to be a realator. She asked if we would just get a price on our house from a realator here from the same company and she would get something. So we did. Then we started looking at property and then , I thought.. Ya know I could spend that $20,000 on a new home and I would enjoy that for years. I'm 43 and by the time I had the plastics paid off I would be 63. I can't stop the ageing process. So I would still wrinkle. It's not like I'm looking for a new man, or I don't want to be a model. So hey I got thin wrinkley skin like my dog.
We will be moving into our new house Aug 5th 06. And Belks makes some of the nicest clothes I Love so I can hide what needs to be hid. And now we can all enjoy what we are doing with the $20,000.
But I will say if insurance would have picked it up, it would have been done. Oh Well It's All Good!
Love Ya All
Nov 2 2006
No plastic surgery for me :( Oh well I decided I would like to move to the country in a new house, so we did. We found a 3.5 acre lot in Woodbine Wildwood Country Estates in December 2005 We found a house plan on line and showed it to the builder Rick Horne Construction Inc.
It was destiny because out of all the house plans on line Rick had built this house befor. So he knew to make the kitchen wider and he made some different designs inside. Like a double archway in the entry. All the doors and windows are arched. Removing the kitchen window and makinf a french door to access a patio by the driveway. We have 3 patios here. 2200 sq foot. 3 bedrooms,2 baths. A bonus room over the garage. That is my hideaway, my tanning bed is up there along with a couch, love seat, big tv & and my sewing machine. It's getting colder so I may get into sewing again.
We got a new puppy since I was on here last. Well hes not a pup anymore he's 1 years old. His name is Ted E. Bear he is a 51lb black sharpee with a black toung. He is so smart he gives a hi-five
But as for me and my health:
Not so good..
I am not taking care of myself like I should be. I am suffering with mal nutritution.
Be back puppys crying he had surgery this morning on his eyes. lol Im back
I saw the nutritionest today and she scared the stuff out of me no candy no juice no soda no red meat, there making my pouch 1 ounce so not much can fit in there and how do you get in all the water you need???
Well I saw the docter today and he gave me a surgery date of May 25th 2004. I'm kinda nervous about the one ounce pouch but I know I can do this..
Well it's May 30 5 days since my surgery, and I HURT!! My incesion hurts, where my tube comes out hurts, my arm where the IV busted a vein hurts, cold water hurts to drink, even swallowing the pain medicine hurts!! I wonder why I did this and when I got on the scale this morning I weigh 232, I weighed 244 on tuesday befor the surgery.. The dog rolled on my stomach in bed and my husband yelled at me when I yelled at the dog, so I know he's getting tired of taking care of me already..
I still smoke and I know it's bad for me but it's the only thing that makes me feel normal right now...
I think my pouch is larger than 1 oz because I can eat 2 oz at a time and not feel full but I stop just to be safe..
June 1,2004
I got my tube out today. It was quick the nurse said on 3 take a deep breath and it was out that quick. It was painless, I had myself all worked up over nothing. Now I don't need the pillow to hold on my stomach I have been carrying to support my incesion. I feel much better. I got to eat the boiled egg and toast without crust today and it was good it stayed down fine, no nausea at all. I can't drink ice cold water but I can drink ice tea..
June 3,2004 Thursday 9 days post op
Today I was able to get on the raft in the pool with help from my daughter and I kept the bandage dry. Then after about an hour in the sun I felt so good I came in and got in the shower by myself and shaved my legs. What a wonderful feeling to feel this good so soon after.
June 4, 2004
I walked to the stopsign and back the weather was nice about 74* it had just quit raining the smell of fresh rain was so nice. I feel so good to be able to walk outside for the first time.
July 1 2004
I exercised for the first time today since it has been 5 weeks since surgery. I started slow and was able to work out for 15 min untill my incesion where the tube was hurt. I am down to 215 a total loss of 29lbs
July 18th 2004
Well I have done something to my incesion where the tube came out. It hurts and I can't exercise now. I over did it, I thought I was all healed up. I weigh 210 now and I am eating all kinds of foods now. I still get bad diarrhea if I overeat. I don't vomit but sometimes I wish I could. I have trouble knowing when to stop eating 4-6 bites dosen't seem like enough but I know it is now..
May 4, 2005
I know I haven't updated in forever, but just a little note for all of you. I am now almost 1 year out! And almost at my goal! I can eat whatever I want, I do my exercises and have gone from a size 20, 244 lbs, to now, size 10, 160 lbs! Out of all these months I still haven't vomitted, but I like candy and sugar, so I do get the occasional dumping. I only have 20 more pounds to lose before I reach my goal, and I'm getting closer everyday!! I do have a lot of plateau's where I don't lose weight for weeks, but with only the 20 lbs to lose I know I'm doing great!
Sept 4, 2005
Well I have'nt updated in a while but I am doing great, I am so glad I had this surgery. My life has changed so much. I weigh 138 now and I am still losing. I don't know how but its great. It's so funny all my life people told me I needed to lose weight I would be so much happier if I was skinny. Now after a year since my surgery I am seeing people I have'nt seen in a while and they are saying you are too skinny, don't lose anymore. hahahha it is so funny I just wish they would shut up pick one and stick with it. I'm to fat now I'm to skinny. I went from a size 20 to a size 6. Lifes great!! I still get dumping ocassionly, like last night I ate 3 cho chip cookies and some milk and I was dumping for an hour. Still never have vomited.
More later :)
Nov 27,2005
WoW Thanksgiving is a hard time to get through. It has been a year and a half for me and I can't take in anymore than 1 c. of food. I got so sick on turkey day. All I ate was 2 bites of noodles 1 bite of stuffing, 2 bites of green bean casseroll,3 bites of turkey and when I got to the sweet potatoes I ate 1 bite and ran for the bathroom!!! It was horriable, I needed to vomit so bad, and I couldn't. This is bad but I tried to make my self sick, and couldn't. I have never got sick through this surgery. But I still get dumping..
I found a Great Plastic surgeon.. He is an intern in Gainsville Fla. His price is half of a regular surgeon. And he is good. He did my husbands lipoctomy Oct 12,2005 He cut off 45lbs of skin and fat. There were no problems and the doc was very nice and took real good care of him. I am going to start my surgery in Jan or Feb of 2006.
More later around plastic surgery time.. :)
July 13, 2006
Well I didn't have plastic surgery. I wanted it for for all I was going to get it was going to cost right at 20k. We had a home equity loan approved and all. Then we went to Orlando to the parks and to visit one of my husband's high school friends. His wife happened to be a realator. She asked if we would just get a price on our house from a realator here from the same company and she would get something. So we did. Then we started looking at property and then , I thought.. Ya know I could spend that $20,000 on a new home and I would enjoy that for years. I'm 43 and by the time I had the plastics paid off I would be 63. I can't stop the ageing process. So I would still wrinkle. It's not like I'm looking for a new man, or I don't want to be a model. So hey I got thin wrinkley skin like my dog.
We will be moving into our new house Aug 5th 06. And Belks makes some of the nicest clothes I Love so I can hide what needs to be hid. And now we can all enjoy what we are doing with the $20,000.
But I will say if insurance would have picked it up, it would have been done. Oh Well It's All Good!
Love Ya All
Nov 2 2006
No plastic surgery for me :( Oh well I decided I would like to move to the country in a new house, so we did. We found a 3.5 acre lot in Woodbine Wildwood Country Estates in December 2005 We found a house plan on line and showed it to the builder Rick Horne Construction Inc.
It was destiny because out of all the house plans on line Rick had built this house befor. So he knew to make the kitchen wider and he made some different designs inside. Like a double archway in the entry. All the doors and windows are arched. Removing the kitchen window and makinf a french door to access a patio by the driveway. We have 3 patios here. 2200 sq foot. 3 bedrooms,2 baths. A bonus room over the garage. That is my hideaway, my tanning bed is up there along with a couch, love seat, big tv & and my sewing machine. It's getting colder so I may get into sewing again.
We got a new puppy since I was on here last. Well hes not a pup anymore he's 1 years old. His name is Ted E. Bear he is a 51lb black sharpee with a black toung. He is so smart he gives a hi-five
But as for me and my health:
Not so good..
I am not taking care of myself like I should be. I am suffering with mal nutritution.
Be back puppys crying he had surgery this morning on his eyes. lol Im back
Dec 7-2006
Anyways, about the mal nuterition. I forget to eat! Me, well I never in my life thought I would say that. Doc. said add protine, that simple:-) but I haven't. So I keep losing sizes I'm now a size 6 but when it stretches out after a while in the dy, it's baggy. And I have no butt when the pants are baggy.. So now I'm buying some tight ass 4's they stretch out enough for me to breath but don't bag.. ;8)
