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A blog by Mary Ash in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by Mary Ash on BariatricPal. 10 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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2cc fill... 3 months! progress

Well I have definitely not been posting on here like I would have like to. All I can say is this 20 credit semester is really starting to catch up to me!   Just to briefly update on here It has now been 3 MONTHS since my surgery!! I cannot believe how fast the time has gone by. I have been extremely busy and I suspect that is why time seems to be racing by.   At this moment I am 38 lbs down since my surgery date. It is amazing to me that I could have been carrying around that much excess

First Fill (1 Month!)

I cannot believe that it has been a whole month since I had surgery. Crazy. Anyway...   First Fill Februay 3, 2010 Well I had my first fill this past Wednesday and I wasn't really sure what to expect but I knew that I needed it. I could definitely feel that I was eating more than I should be able to before feeling full.   I went in at 7 am (so early I know) and my surgeon took me back right away. They weighed me first and I am down down 22 lbs since December 28 so that is good.

Lost Opportunities (4 Weeks Post Op!!)

I CANNOT believe that it has been FOUR weeks since I have had surgery. The time has gone extremely quickly. I have been pretty busy so I'm guessing thats why it feels like such a short amount of time has passed.   Everything has been working out well with my band so far. The past week or so I have been noticing that I can eat things, a little bit too much of things. My first fill is scheduled for two days from now Wednesday February 3. I am a little bit nervous. Hopefully its not way too

Eating in College and More Support!

Well as I have personally never known anybody my age or in college who was banded I really didn't know how that would effect my overall banding experience. I feel like there has already been some challenges in the short time I have been back to school.   I wish that I had informed the nurses at campus health previous to getting surgery because I spoke with them for the first time today and they were extremely helpful and supportive.   The nurses on staff are helping me set up an appoi

Post Op Incision Pictures

Here are pictures of my incisions. The first one is one day after surgery 1/6/2010 and the second is from 2 weeks post op 1/19/2010.   Two weeks post op and they are healing nicely most of the scabs have fallen off. The redness around the incisions is from a reaction to the DermaBond but the incisions themselves look good.   They incisions sights are opposite in each picture because one was taken in a mirror and the other one not. Thats why it looks like my ports site is on the opposite

Allergic Reaction Around Incisions?

Right now I am 11 days post op and my actual incisions seem to be healing very well. Saw my surgeon on Wednesday morning and he said they look great. Right after surgery he put Dermabond on the incisions so they were not bandaged up or anything just a protective layering over them.   Now that the Dermabond is almost completely gone the area surrounding each of my incisions is bright red and kind of hot. They are deffinately not infected the actual incisions look good but I'm thinking maybe

This is MY Year

Moving back to school went as smoothly as it possibly could have. I was pretty worn out last night though after unpacking tons of clothes and countless other unnecessary things that I brought home with me over Winter break. No problems with the friends acting weird yet which is good.   Actually my room mate got her wisdom teeth out 2 days ago so she also can only really eat mushy foods! So funny because we are both stuck eating mushy foods for completely different reasons but its still go

1 week post op! Moving Back to School Tomorrow:/

So today makes one week since I have had my surgery. Honestly this week has went by really fast and I am definitely healing. It does still hurt to sit/stand/bend down but it is getting better each day. I move back into the dorms tomorrow and classes start on Thursday. A lot of new worries come about with going back to school. Just little challenges I guess. My first request to lower or drop my meal plan was denied so they want me to pay 3000$ a semester for meals that are I will not be eat

3 Days Post op

Alright so I'm three days post op now. Things are going ok and I seem to be doing fine. I had major pains from gas in my upper chest area the past two days but they are less today.   What hurts the most now is the incisions. They feel like they are stretching a lot and hurt whenever I stand or sit down. I'm also having a LOT of trouble sleeping, just cannot seem to get comfortable every night : /   Now that it has been a couple of days I am starting to think about moving back to school and

Surgery In 2 Days

Wow I can't believe I'm actually getting surgery in two days. This whole process feels like it went by pretty fast. I'm into day six of the liquids pre op diet and it really sucks. I guess it is especially hard because I couldn't eat over the New Years celebrations. But honestly I cannot wait to just get surgery over with now although I am getting nervous now that it is so close :/ O well heres hoping all goes well.

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