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Blog 63636

A blog by d4lussier in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by d4lussier on BariatricPal. 30 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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I Weigh NOTHING!

I got on the scale this morning (showing Scale Whore Membership card) and the little needle pointed DIRECTLY at 0!   I'm kind of stunned - so many thoughts running through my head.   "This lap band is INSANELY successful!"   "How can I be alive if I don't weigh anything?"   "Hmm...oh wait...yeah that's right, the 300 lb mark is at the same place as the 0 lb mark."   Yeah..ok - so I weigh 300 lbs. BUT WAIT....   That's a 24 lb loss since July 15th (start of pre-op diet). WOO HOOOOO..

Another First!

Getting stuck. Not a bad one...but enough to let me know - I don't wanna do that again!   Morale of the story: DON'T BE POLITE! Son had made chicken, but over cooked it. I tried to choke it down, dryness and all. OOOOOOo not good.   And a question. I can TRULY barely eat 3 Tbsp of food. I see a blog post of someone 5 weeks from surgery who can eat a Wendy's Grilled Chicken Sandwich? SAY WHAT??? How is that possible? Not that I WANT to eat that...but OMG I can't fathom squashing that much fo

REAL Food :)

I've been released to the mushy stage. WOO HOO.   Yesterday evening I had my very first opportunity to understand restriction. Had my dutifully measured out 2 tblspns of moist chicken breast (teeny tiny pieces and chewed to a mush) and 2 tblsps of mashed potato. WOW. It actually felt pretty darn uncomfortable eating the potatoes.   Very interesting. :frown:

4th Day Post-Op Status Report

Executive Overview:   The patient tolerated all aspects of the procedure well, and is healing quite nicely. Very few after-affects have occurred; the predominant after-affect realized has been loud gaseous expulsions. Prognosis is good.   Details:   I'm sick of pudding. NEVER thought I'd say that. :biggrin: I've reached the point in healing where I'm healed just enough to push it, and then hurt because I pushed it. :thumbup: Didn't sleep so well last night because I kept waking up after tr

I'm In THE Club: Club Bandster

I'm now a Bandster. I'm so happy.   My experience was absolutely great (other than the two hour delay in my surgery). I feel great. I'm home (so still on the last dosage of the IV pain killers). and so so happy to be able to eat (?) some full liquids.   I'm a little fuzzy...a lot tired (hospitals are tiring places). I stayed over night and I'm glad I did.   I had the band, and I'm glad I did; the people who got gastric bypass the same day as I are still looking like they have been hit by

12 Pre-Op Diet Days Down, 2 to Go! WOW - 15 lbs GONE

If you had told me 2 weeks ago that I could live on 960 calories, let alone function WELL on that level of calories, I would have told you to stop doing drugs.   My one biggest fear about having any type of gastric surgery was that I would be STARVING all the time and that I would be laying on the couch, hand to forehead, faint with hunger. (dramatic touch, eh?)   Well - that fear is gone. And now I'm just so EAGER for surgery - I *might* even embrace the IV! (my paranoia).   I've lost 15

8 Days Pre-op Done, 6 to go

and 13 lbs down! WOOO HOOOO   Tomorrow is final visit with surgeon...   I am so excited.   Got my shipment from BariatricEating.com - ordered yummy Believe drinks. OMG so tasty.   Already have protein powder on hand.   Tomorrow morning I make my "other stuff" list - sugar-free jello, etc.   I have been telling more and more people at work - EVERYONE has been supportive. I'm so happy for that. There is one person I haven't told yet - he is Mr. Know-it-all - and I expect him to tell me

3 Down, 11 To Go

....tried mixing the liquid things around...I'm also allowed 4 shakes, 1 bar, and 1 soup...   Didn't work so hot - I need the bar later in the day it appears - I've been hungry all afternoon.   BUT STILL resisted cake TWICE. We had a department meeting today, and they served cake. I just left before anyone could offer me cake.   The cake made it's way (walked by itself mind you! LOL) back to the kitchen near my office after the meeting, and I stumbled across it when I went to wash out my c

Now Things Are Getting Serious

I know things are getting serious because I'm starting to display some thought patterns that I display only when I'm REALLY scared.   Had my pre-op testing yesterday. All went well as far as I can tell (no "OMG" from the xray tech, no nurses running out to check me into the hospital because my urine was bad, etc.). The only minor snafu was a scheduling mix-up - so I have to go back on Friday for the Pulmonary Function Test. Tomorrow I start my pre-op diet of Optifast. I'm making lists of thing

Time Flies as Time Crawls

How can it be that it seems like time is flying yet time is crawling? :biggrin:   My surgery date is 07/29 and it seems like it is approaching SO FAST. Yet at the same time I swear the clock is moving SO SLOWLY.   I had my pre-op physical today. Everything was good. They even managed to "squeeze" (pun intended) in a mammogram. I thought to myself...gee - next time there won't be so much to squeeze!   Pre-op lab work on Monday, liquid diet starts on Wednesday, and then in two weeks I'll be

It's Hard to Lose Your Best Friend: FOOD

I feel so lonely today. That's what I've been covering up with food for so many years.   I'm not lonely for friendship. I'm lonely for someone who is more than a friend. I've been married for 27 years and feel very alone.   I've always thought and told my therapist that if I lost weight, I'd leave my husband. For many years I fought losing weight because of what I thought was the inevitable outcome.   Now weight is interferring with other things I want to do, and so I'm going to lose it.

I want ice cream

and cookies...   My classic responses to stress. I want it so bad I feel like crying for it. Just want to feel it slipping coldly down my throat, and then the crunchy cookies afterwards. SO much better than the pain of the stress.   Sigh....   I only worked a half day today - and spent that entire half day with people in my office crying and trying to understand why our co-worker committed suicide on Tuesday.   This is really REALLY hard to not go get a gallon of ice cream and a couple

Stress Happens

There is no getting away from it. Every day is a new day, with the potential for amazingly stressful things to occur. I have always had an immediate reaction to stress: EAT.   Eat to replace the pain of stress with a pain in my stomach. It's an easier pain to deal with.   Today's stressor is over the top, and I have very mixed emotions on reporting that I am not wanting to eat. In fact, I feel sick to my stomach. And I want a hug really bad and my husband is out of town on business. But I do

Well - Maybe MUCH Faster, Grasshopper!!!

Last installment was that I was in for a delay because I needed a completely reworked letter for the insurance company from my PCP.   Two days after hearing this from the surgeon's office, I came back from a meeting at work to find THREE phone calls from the surgeon's office. I was thinking "Oh gosh! What other challenges await me!?!"   Well...the calls were to tell me that I was APPROVED! Even without the reworked PCP letter!   Since then has been a blur...I've had my 2nd meeting with the

Not So Fast, Grasshopper!

Well...today was to be the day I finished up all my prerequisites for submittal to the insurance company.   I took my PCP letter to the bariatric surgeons office, the gal took one look at it, and pronounced it inadequate. :crying:   I had thought about providing it as soon as I got it, but figured I'd just bring it to them in person when I had my last nutritionist visit. I should have gone with my first instinct.   So...I have an appointment on Friday with the PCP to discuss the letter, w

Ok, This is Gonna Happen!!!

I have four things to provide to the insurance company.   1. Bariatric Surgeon recommendation 2. Primary Care Physician recommendation 3. Six Months of nutritional counseling along with a Nutritionist recommendation 4. Psychologist recommendation   I had kind of been putting off the PCP recommendation. Long story short, I'm using my OWN insurance to do the lapband, but use my husbands insurance for all my other medical needs. So I was avoiding confronting the fear that I would have to get

I Told My Boss Today

And relief! He knew what I was talking about!   He told me he has a friend from church who had the surgery and lost a lot of weight.   Another thing off my "To Do" List: Ask for time off. Well - I didn't ask, I TOLD. :w00t:   Every time I tell someone, I expect a negative response. To date, the only negative response I have received was from my mother, who changed her mind eventually.   Today I spoke with the surgeon's office to discuss my PCP letter. I have two insurances, and the perso

The First Day of the Rest of My Life

I figured I'd start now...no need to wait until I have the surgery, right?   So I'm practicing:   30/30 - successful for all meals except dinner was 30/15 - I totally forgot!   Chewing well - Gosh until I started thinking about it I never realized how little I chewed my food!   I will work on these two behaviors for a week or so, then add eating in the correct order P/V/C (Protein, Veggies, Carbs).

Can you FAIL your Psyche Eval?

I think I just did!   In a nutshell, the question was "How often do you eat to the point where you are uncomfortable?"   Answer: Just about always!   Response: Hmmmm....that sounds like a diagnosis of Binge Eating Disorder. I don't know what the insurance company will say about this.   WAHHHHH....So I came home, jumped online and researched the definition of BED. I don't have most of the symptoms.   So now I sit on pins and needles until I get authorization from the insurance company I

Sudafed Head

Wow - if I need to stay awake, I know what to take! Sudafed!   Started coming down with a cold...took one of them. Stayed awake all night! Yikes!   So...can we take cold medicines post lap band?   Will I have to crush my other pills?   So many questions.   and since I slept all day, didn't call the dr's office to find out about the exercise mix-up.   Tomorrow is another day.

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