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A blog by w99e04 in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by w99e04 on BariatricPal. 14 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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i had a horrible nightmare!

ok so i worked nights at the hospital last night and day 2 on my liquid diet was good, i had a few weak points but overall goo. then i went home went to bed and had some horrible nightmares! i was dreaming about eating krispy kreme donuts and imos pizza,,,,in fact i woke up from a dead sleep and screamed "SHIT" my husband freaked and...."What what is babe" I said "I cant believe i just ate those donuts!" he responded what donuts were i want some" it was then i realized it was just a dream.
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coworkers ordered takeout!

aaahhhh....so i usually work a very busy orthopedic floor and tonight i was pulled to a medsurg floor well the girls up here ordered take out. aaah the smell was to die for then my gallbladder said oh no u dont! thank goodness! lol so before i came into work i went and had my preop lab work done and i am sporting my nifty red blood band bracelet. i must admit that day 2 liquid diet hasnt been so bad. besides all the trips to the bathroom! made it hard to sleep to prepare for night shift but,
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preop diet day 1 down along with 1.2lbs!

:w00t:wow so that was hard but with only two days left and then surgery i know i can handle it. i have to go get blood work done today befoe i go into work ....work ugh...that is gonna be difficult but i know i got the support of my fellow nurse there so they will help me through! i had a friend come over and last night and take some preop pics in a swimsuit i fit in a few years back and would like to fit in again....goodness i hope ididnt look that bad in it then. lol..ugh that was gross but
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started preop diet today!

alright so i weight on my scale this am at 246.6 and then i started my liquid diet. wednesday is the day i cant believe just 3 more nights and i will be celebrating my new birthday! my lapband day and the start of my new life! i am so excited and anxious. so far though i will admit making food for my family on this liquid diet isnt exactly easy. i was hoping the protein shakes would be more filling. but thats alright i will do it!
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liquid diet starts in the am

ok so i am gettin so nervous i start my liquid diet in the am, 3 days of liquid diet then i have surgery! screammin and doin the hokey poke ! ah my heart is goin a mile a min and its not even surgery day! wow focus focus on something but what ahh breath breath deep calm relaxin breaths....aaahhhh scream what the heck my i am about to be reborn!
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surgery in 1 week from today!

wow so here i am at work at the hospital i will be having my surgery and instead of working like tonight i will be a patient after having my lap band ...and my gbladder removed! i am way excited! i will be starting my liquid diet on sunday omgoodness that is like 3.5 days away at this point! i am not sure why but i am starting to get nervous and it is a good type of nervous an excited type anxious type.. like when u were a kid and u knew ur birthday was coming up! and in a way this will be my
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ab cirlce pro workout

ok so i got my abcircle pro machine today and love it! feels great on my abs this is gonna be a great workout! my bad though today i did slip and have 20 mt dew half filled with ice. so i feel that i have done really good with this challenge and i am not going to let this set me back! i know that seeing as i am starting now i will have little to no problem after i do get my band staying away from soda. keep thinking positive! i dont need soda and compared to my previous 5=8 sodas a day i am do
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getting there

:blink:alright so i said i was gonna start workin out today and i did in a sense i did some physical labor outside helped clean out the barn and the future horse barn(we just moved)so if it would have been warm out i would have worked up a sweat but man my lower back and left hip is hurting soooo bad. but that isnt gonna stop me from getting in shape. and hurray still no soda.
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time to put some goals in place

alright so i went for my egd on 12-22-09 and hurray no hitial hernia before i went i did make it by the dr office and gave them a copy of my new insurance card.   but now i feel i really need to get myself ready for getting banded. i am hopeful for a late jan. early feb surgery!   so i did it i stopped today- i stopped drinking soda. i didnt realize how much of a habit it is to just grab a soda pop. i will admit i did have a mt.dew this am and that is when i realized after the fact of cour
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one step closer

:thumbup:alright today i went for my pre op tests.   chest xray stress test ekg nutritionist consult psychiatric eval.     hurray! i also got my new insurance card in the mail so i can get that over to the office for my approval. i will drop that off before my appt in the am whooot now i have to go for my egd in the am!
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ok my process has began!

alright so i go for my preop testing on monday 12-21-09 and then my egd on 12-22-09. them my insurance will change over on 1-1-10! hurray! so i really wanted to set some goals and write them down but.....it is kinda hard to do seeing as i dont have a surgery date. but my first major goal is to get next week done and then...on 12-28-09 i plan to start my exercise wii game. your shape! i am so anxious!
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my journey

hello all i have started my journey a little over a year ago when i began my research in gastric surgeries. and now i have less than 24 hours until my first appt. i am ready i am excited and wish i was having surgery in the am instead but it will happen i will have a lap band soon and i will feel amazingly healthier and more energetic by this time next year!:confused: i am on my way!
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