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A blog by bemused in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by bemused on BariatricPal. 11 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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And i am back !!!!!

HI ANYONE READING THIS ! It's July 28th in wintery Sydney and I havent posted in here for agessssssssssssssss   I have had several fills .. everyone tells me how great I look (ie slimmer haha)   I have lost a total of 36 kilos to date !!   WOW that sounds a lot when you say it like that   I have dropped 4 dress sizes!!!!   I am slipping into clothes so easy .. taking clothes back to the hanger at the shops because I've picked up the wrong size .. ahh   I've had several fills . .

Mushy Stage and seeing the doc

Today I saw my doctor for the first time since surgery and he was VERY happy with how I was going .. total weight loss of 11.4 kgs or 22lbs - I think that's kind of average - no idea really That's 2 weeks of optifast and one week of fluids Today I started mushy food which is harder to be on than fluids because you have to have food with you @ lunch at work etc .. and today I didn't have any so .. it was a drink BUT I had scrambled eggs for dinner and that was really nice .. though I at

LIQUID DIETING - arrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhh

Well I don't think anyone is reading this blog but I figure that is OK .. it's somewhere to come and vent .. I love reading the other posts though and it's kinda cool to be ahead of some people now rather than before when I was pre surgery and completely new to this. It's now 10 days since I had surgery and I am still on a liquid diet as per instructions. I tried soup but I really dont like soup and so I am eating err drinking Sustagen which is kinda nice and Optifast and I have been sneaki

1 week after the band

One week after the OP and I think I've lost 10.9 kilos or nearly 24 pounds .. that sounds better in pounds than kilos haha I haven't been that hungry and today I went to lunch with friends and had to sit and watch them eat schnitzel and chips and chicken ceasar salads etc .. wasn't TOO bad .. Still on liquids and feeling pretty good actually I want to see me in 12 months time!! :confused:

Sunday evening - Days post op 3

Liquid diets .. suck .. quite frankly.   3 days down and what another 11 to go ? YUK   I was drinking UP and Go .. but I am switching back to Optifast as at least they are meal replacements and I was starting to get hungry otherwise.   I think I am only supposed to be drinking small amounts but I sip and sip and drink about 250 ml .. I sure hope I am not stretching anything!   The pain is less today and feels way better than yesterday which was the worst day for pain and discomfort. M

48 hours after surgery !

well it's now around 48 hours after surgery. I can't believe I have done this. I had some effects from the anaesthetic, threw up a couple of times and they got quite worried about that. Had lots of different drugs to stop that plus painkillers pretty much all the time. Felt great yesterday .. the day after surgery. wanted to go home. Was up early .. slept a good 5 hours straight through. Surgeons was late to see me so I stayed in the hospital till 2pm and drove home after (well it was pretty muc

S-day

3 1/2 hours to go before surgery ..   I know its the right thing for me but I am still anxious about the actual operation and the hospital .. hope all goes well !   onward to a new me

the night before Surgery

17 hours to go .. till band time .. I feel anxious and concerned and nervous and worried .. but optimistic too.. I am scared of what I am comitting to .. but what can be worse than how I feel now with how I am The hospital called.. my operation is at 1:30 and I am packing a bag. I have bought liquid yoghurt and fruit juices but I think I wont feel like eating much for the first 48 hours .. I haven't really had much of an appetite for the past two weeks so that should be OK I hope t

2 days to GO till surgery !

and I am quietly freaking out !   I mean .. it's all quiet .. I am doing the Optifast .. I have lost about 8 kilos on it .. I don't know how much the surgeon wanted me to lose. I did cheat on the weekend and had some salad and a chicken skewer but .. enough of that .. surgery is in 2 days.   2   It's happening by stealth .. I am too busy at work to think about anything other than work and the days are creeping by.   Did I mention I was freaking out ?   I thought on Monday I was going

Rugby League Grand Final BBQ !

Drove a couple of hours to a friend's house yesterday to watch the final of the football. Manly V Warriors .. I am not that interested in league I prefer rugby but it's more about the getting together with friends thang.   First off there were chips and dips everywhere when I arrived but I didn't really want those. I was quite fascinated by others though and how they just kept grazing on the crackers and eating the chips - I felt slightly removed from that and it felt good not to want to eat

Let the liver shrinking begin

Today is the 4th day of my pre surgery Optifast diet.   I have started coming to this support website more often and am really uplifted by the support and great comments from people on here - not to mention the fantastic photos of before and after ..   So far I've taken all my measurements and I have plenty of horrid before shots .. and I am coping on the Optifast ..   I feel all this liquid and mushy diet thing is such a finite time you know? 2 weeks pre op .. 2 weeks post op .. 2 weeks

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