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It's a Brand New Day

A blog by Doxie in General

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It's a Brand New Day, a weight loss surgery blog by Doxie on BariatricPal. 12 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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short term goal for May

My birthday is coming up and I also found out my hubby will be coming home for his R&R leave mid May instead of later in the summer. So I would like to be in onederland by then. That gives me 6 weeks. I'm going to be super diligent about my eating and get back on the exercise wagon. I CAN do it! Only 14 pounds to go.
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garden fever

I love to garden. I haven't had a garden since I left WA state in 2002. Haven't had a space to garden other than a couple of flower pots. We moved into a new house last Nov and I noticed there is a community garden that I drive by everyday. I contacted them awhile back but never heard anything. My backyard has no space for a garden nor does it get enough sun. I got an email today offering me a garden plot. Woo Hoo! I'm so excited. I promptly started looking at seed catalogs online. I g
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Learning Curves

I'm having to learn some things with this latest fill. I was able to eat a few bites last nite but they have to be tiny, tiny, tiny....and sips of fluid must also be tiny, tiny, tiny. It is hard for me to imagine that I would be full after about 3 bites but for right now, that's what it is. If I try and push it, I burp, have the hiccups and then PB and slime. I was trying to have something soft today but I think I'll go back to soups and protein drinks for the rest of the day, maybe even tom
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4th fill

I had my 4th fill today and boy can I tell a difference. Anything more than a sip is coming back up. I hope after this one relaxes in a few days that I am at my sweet spot. The Dr told me I didn't need to come back anytime soon unless I felt like I needed to.   I started a new job last week and this week I'm working my regular hours of 3 to 11. I'm pretty beat right about now. Gotta get used to this new schedule. I plan on being able to go to the Y in the mornings. Well it's about tim
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3 months

I just realized that today is 3 months since banding. I've been so tired ~ exhausted that I almost forgot. I've been on prednisone for the last week and suffering a couple of "minor" side effects from it. I got real sick with my asthma, didn't realize how bad it was. I have 3 more days of pills but I think I'm going to stop taking them...I know, I know...I should finish them but I can't take the exhaustion, headaches or joint pain (in my ankles and legs mostly) any longer. I'll try to take
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Changes

A couple of good things ~   I got a new job. My old job was at a credit card call center. Not the job for me although I did stick with it for a year and a half. I finally got a civil service job again....getting back into the system, yea! plus it's a wee bit more money and it's closer to home.   Also, we've had our house in TX for sale since May '07 and finally , finally got an offer. We've got everything ironed out (we have to put a new roof on but insurance will cover most of it I ho
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one month down...

Well, here I am ~ one month out.   I am scheduled for my first fill on the 7th. I can't wait, I've been getting hungry. I still can't eat as much as I could before ~ YAY ~ but after just 2-3 hours I'm so hungry again.   I had thought of more to say but now can't remember....isn't that how it goes?   I took my 1 month pictures and I can see a little change,    
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6 days post op

Had my surgery on Dec 2nd at 12:30. Everything went smoothly with that but afterward, I had a hard time getting my oxygen level up. It drops when I sleep and I kept dozing because of the anesthesia and pain medicine. The nurse finally had me sit in a chair and that seemed to satisfy them so I got to go home about 6pm.   The pain the first couple of days was manageable with the loratab. I never had the shoulder gas pain I read about but from all the sipping, I did get gas. I didn't buy any
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Getting closer

I finally got my surgery date: Dec 2   10 more days! Yeah!!   I thought I'd type up my timeline:   July 11 – appt with PCM to ask for referral for Lap Band surgery Aug 25 – attended seminar, required before I could see the surgeon Sept 25 - appt with Dr Fisher Oct 9 and 16 – nutrition classes Oct 8 – psychological consult Oct 17 - called surgeon's coordinator to let her know all was done, had to contact the psychologist to have him resend his report to her. Oct 27 - coor
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Disappointed

I heard from the surgeons coordinator yesterday and got the date for my orientation. The next available date isn't until Aug 25th. I will check back with the lady who does the class next week (she out until next Wed.) and let her know that if she has any cancellations to call me.     I was watching "Big Medicine" tonight and they were showing the before and after pics of a lady that had plastic surgery after she lost all her weight. Hubby made a face and some noises and I just looked at
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I got the referral

I was going to wait until I got home from work to check the TriWest website for my referral status but I couldn't wait. I checked on my first break and then again at lunch. Nothing there yet. I had pretty much resigned myself that it wouldn't be until tomorrow. I checked again when I got home and the page took forever to load. I wasn't even paying attention and looked down and saw that the page wasn't blank as it had been earlier. What? It was actually in there and said APPROVED. I stare
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