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Ginger Gypsy

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My own personal blog of my bariatric surgery journey to a healthier me.  :-)

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VSG Post Surgery Day #4

Surgery was harder than I expected.  My IV was a problem, and due to this, I was not getting my pain meds correctly for the afternoon following surgery.  My evening nurse figured it out at the start of of her shift when she did the once-over.  The pain before that was significant, so much so that I just didn't interact with any of my visitors.  I literally just laid in bed with my eyes closed and listened to everyone talk.  Once everyone left, and the new nurse took over, she put in a new I

Preop Liquid Diet Sucks

Ok.  The preop liquid diet bloody sucks.  My surgeon requires to just do up to 6 Ensure a day and you may have some broth, SF Jello, or SF popsicles.  I am SO TIRED of sweet crap and it hasn't even been a week yet! I still have 10 more days of this, UGHHHHHHHH!  I will of course continue to follow it because I have to, but I am hating every step of the way.  I haven't been on a scale in a couple of days, so I don't know if I have lost anything, but will try to remember to do that tomorrow. 

I love it when a plan comes together!

I have just discovered BariatricPal, and today I discovered the blog section.  I have been planning to do a blog to document my surgical journey, just for my own records, and maybe to have a place where I can refer close friends and family who ask about my journey. My journey began in January 2017.  I had a partial nephrectomy on January 23rd - due to kidney cancer.  My cancer was discovered completely by accident in December 2016.  A diagnosis like cancer - even one as easily dealt with as

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