First Week Post-Op

I am soar, swollen and slightly bruised. The pain has been bearable for the most part. I do feel a slight tugging when I sit up under the port sight..that kind of freaks me out. My surgery took a little over 4 hours, which is not the norm. I had a hiatel hernia that was stubborn to repair. Coming out of surgery in post op the nurses and staff were awesome, as soon as my eyes were open, they had me walk a few laps around recovery. They day went a little like this, at the hospital for admission at 9:15am, checked in by 10am, surgery was scheduled for 11am but I sat in pre-op until 1:15, the surgery before me ran long. I was in recovery by 5pm, then in my room at about 7:30pm. My hospital stay was extended a day do to a rapid heart rate. Surgery was on Monday I was sent home on Wednesday around 2:30pm. I was doing fine with the full fluids until yesterday, I actually was feeling slightly hungry!!!! This freaked me out a little. I was also craving tuna, chicken and vegetables!! Seeing as thou I have not eaten an actual solid in seven days, I guess that's to be expected. Better than craving cheetos! I am getting sick of full solids, baby prunes are the only thing I am suppose to have other than liquids. I did mash up a couple of table table spoons of plain baked green squash last night, as my boyfriend almost grabbed my mouth and made me spit it out!!! I also had what is comparable to a cheezit. I had an awful taste in my mouth from the last sip of a protein shake, I placed the cracker in and took a sip of water and let it dissolve...gross I know but I tasted a whole lot better than the protein sludge. I attempted to step foot on the scale this morning in hopes that liquids had inched me at least ten pounds down.....not even one pound down!!!!! Ok, I am majorly depressed at this point, not a pound lighter and my belly is bigger now than before surgery from all the swelling!!! Ugh!!! This is not what I expected, I am sure my expectations are unrealistic but come on, not even one pound!!!!WTF! On a positive note, I have been walking three to four times a day for about ten minutes, with the exception of yesterday because it was pouring. I have my first pre-op doctor's appointment on Tuesday, I have my list of questions ready. I will let you guys know how I make out then and will post some lovely pics of my swollen belly:)

Night Before

Well, the waiting is over. I am just 7 hours away from surgery. A little nervous. I really just want to get it done and get moving with my mission. I can not beleive I posted those pics.....eeeeekkkkk! But I know it will really help me to see my progress and I love seeing other peoples before and after pics, maybe some one will be inspired by mine someday. Its 2am, I need to try to get some rest. I will take after surgery pics to show incisions in a few days.:)

before pics....

Are You Serious

I have been thinking about this, the more I think the more I want to scream. I was reading another girls post on lapbandtalk and she was explaining how excited she was about getting her surgery date. She was also explaining that she had told a few family members and there reaction was, "your taking the easy way out" and "thats cheating", (my personal fav) "Why just dont you eat right and exercise?". OMG, I feel like looking at these people and saying , "Wow, you are so right! Why didnt I think of that before??? Why dont I just try diet and exercise, that should do it!!!" People like us, who have made this life chaging decision, have not taken the easy way out!!!! We have chosen to surgically place a forgin object in our bodies, then only eat liquids then baby food, then take supplements every day for the rest of our lives and then have chose to eat foods that will not get stuck. Not to mention getting a needle stuck into our stomach each time we get a fill. Yeah, thats totally the easy way out!!! Obviously diet and exercise has not worked for us, some of us have resorted to eating disorders and even they do not work. It has been proven by doctors that for people like us , diets have a 95% fail rate. So there!!!

10 Day Count Down

This is my first post. Not really too sure how to make my page look cool, but I did my best. Ten days until I get banded. Today I had my last pre-op procedure, a lovely enoscopomy(do not know how to spell it). Now I am sore and have a burning sensation in my chest. Any who, I am getting excited. I have put the breaks on eating everthing in sight just because I was not going to be able to eat "normal" food for a while. Its kind of funny and gross at the same time. I was eating stuff I "normally" could care less for. For example, a hot pocket, frozen waffles, a low quality milk choclate bar, kfc...the list goes on and on, you get my point. I still am occasionally having a snack when I know I should not, but for the most part I am back on trck with normal eating. I have almost everything I need from my post op supply list. I ordered the best ready to drink protein shakes I could find, its the oh yeah brand very yummy. Bananna, vanilla and choclate flavors. I also ordered Isopure in grape frost and orange, I ordered my chewable vitamins,unflavored protein, a couple of protein powders in peanut butter cookie and caramel latte by Inspire. I really have to reccomend the web site www.bariatriceating.com to anyone in the pre-op phase. I first ordered their sample basket. It came with tons of sample size ready to drink shakes, powder smaples, vitamin samples, a drink shaker and the best book called before and after. The book is filled with tons recipies for ecah phase of post op eating and they are awesome!!! I made a ton of chickn stock, beef stock, mushroom stock and veg stock a few weekends ago. I froze all of it for after surgery. I stocked up on crystal light and sugar free pops. I feel like I am ready, just need my pedicure which is booked. I am lucky my mom is coming home to take care of me for the first week. The whole experience up to this point has been great. My doctors office is unbeleivable. I was approved by Cigna in less than 72 hours. I did put a lot of pre work in brfore I even met my surgeon, that helped with the speedy approval. I will post some bare all before pics once I charge up my camera. I cant beleive I am willing to post pictures of me in either undies and a bra or bathing suit. Trust me this is major, my mother has been trying for 9 years to get a picture of me fully clothed. But I think it is important to show it all to help other people. The blog that inspired me is http://cheeseandsunkist.blogspot.com/, she is amazing and I love her blog because she showed it all and updates her progress photos. Check out her blog, amy is so real and funny, I love her. Thats it for now. First blog done...check.