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A blog by christymarie in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by christymarie on BariatricPal. 9 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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I'm so bad at blogging!!

It's been a while since I posted I'm so lazy!!   Things are going.....ok. I'm not having the weight loss I wanted to have but I also have not had a fill yet. I was hoping I would be one of those people who have restriction from the beginning and drop weight right out of the starting block. Nope, not me. Oh well, I'll deal with it.   I'm doing ok since I've dropped like 15 pounds in the last 3 weeks but I've been down to 19 pounds dropped and gained some back when I started on regular f

Things are starting to even out

I survived the first week post-op. There were definitely some glitches along the way but I'm doing ok. I still have a stitch in my side and my shoulder when I breathe deep so I'm assuming there's still a gas bubble in there but I'm not having to take pain meds for that anymore so that's a good sign.   I developed an allergic reaction to the steri strips so they had to come off and I've been taking Benadryl for a few days for that. So far it's been helping but it will be nice when the rash

My first trip to the grocery store.

Well, I got out of the house today and did some grocery shopping. It surprised me how I reacted to the experience.   When I first go there I ran into a woman that I knew who was a greeter and chatted with her for a few minutes. I was there with my husband and after a couple of minutes excused myself to begin shopping as I am still in a lot of pain (gas bubble) and very tired. I headed to the back of the store and found myself wanting to go down the last isle which is the soda isle. It was

4 days post-op, why does it feel like it's been so much longer?

It's been 4 days since my surgery and I'm struggling a bit. The pain is still pretty intense and I'm so ready for this gas bubble that has been causing me so much pain to go away!   I'm able to get about 2-3oz in per meal but I think I'm going to have to change to something lactose free. I'm having horrible diarrhea and am so ready to be done with it. I know that many people have this and once you get to mushies it gets better but I'm ready now, LOL.   I'm down 12lbs from two days before

I am Banded!

I came home from the hospital yesterday. It went ok. I'm in a lot of pain because of a gas bubble in my right upper quadrant of my belly. The funniest thing is that the incisions themselves don't hurt that much but the residual pain into my shoulder is killing me, LOL.   I'm having trouble eating very much. I'm averaging about 2 ounces of carnation instant breakfast every meal. Not much but for now it will have to do. I had a pretty good night last night and slept ok bed for a while an

Pre-OP meeting with Doc went ok with some glitches

I had an appointment with Dr Rantis today to do my pre-surgery consultation. We were scheduled for 4pm and I got there about 4:05. Since my hubby was with me and we were going to the Bulls game afterwards I figured it was not a big deal when it had been 30 minutes and they hadn't called me yet. There were others being called in who had come in after me but I wasn't sure if they were seeing Dr Rantis or another doctor.   After about an hour they came out to get the last person in the waiti

Pre-surgical testing was today...

And what a fun day it was. I had already had the abdominal u/s so all I had to do was the bloodwork, nurse's interview, EKG, chest x-ray, and upper GI. What a load of fun all those were. Bloodwork was ok, I just have the worst veins known to man. Seriously, my husband keeps offering to get me new veins for my birthday (he feels sorry for the techs to have to get my blood). This woman was fantastic and got me the first time. Way to go blood lady (I can't remember her name but she had a cute

I have a date!

I am having surgery on Monday the 26th at 8:30 am at Alexian Brothers Hospital. It's the same hospital my hubby had his lapband surgery at last month. I was kinda hoping for a sister hospital that has private rooms but I'm still excited. I don't have any pre-surgery diet I have to follow but I do have to take two juice box sized advantage recovery drinks everyday until Next Sunday when I go to all liquids and take the stuff to flush my system. I can still eat normally this week.   Did an

It begins

Well this is my first blog entry. I'm excited about this new journey but also realize that this is not going to be easy. I have been told enough and have seen that you still have to make good choices...the pounds will not just melt off and even if they do at first, it probably wont last.   I have my sleep study tonight and am supposed to hear from the hospital today or tomorrow what day they are getting me into surgery. I know it's the last week of this month but I'm not sure the exact da

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