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CP-Mike's Journal

A blog by CP-Mike in General

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My Journey and battles

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Oh how time flies!

Time has really gotten away on me. I suppose that is a good thing though. I've been more active and keeping busy... Let's get right to the juicy details..   Adjustments: I think I've had two since my last posting. I believe I am at 2 or 2.5cc now and I think it is about right. If I do things correctly (as in no liquid), I can't eat squat. But I usually use a little liquid, sometimes too much, but I am losing weight..   Weight: As of this morning I was at 264.5. It's progress, and I

Post Op, Week 5 1/2, March 26th

Wow.. has it really been that long since I have written here... DOH..   Yeah, some of it I was "busy", but to be completely honest, I was hiding.. I had plateaued and didn't want to post that fact.. Well, there, I've gone and done it..   Okay, so what's been up... Well, I'm feeling good. -0- discomfort now, scars look great. (I need to post some pics). Got my first fill even, but I'll talk about that in a sec..   Let's talk about my plateau.. Well, it has been 100% my fault. Of co

Post Op Day 16 (March 3rd)

Wow how time flies! It's been a pretty good week. I think I'm at about 98% now. I can sleep on both sides and I only have pain a tiny bit, and usually just at the port site, and usually only when I bend over at the waist.. So basically nothing to think about.   I have had a fair # of PBs this past week, but they are 100% my fault for trying to eat a wide variety of things.. Right now I am using water and LOTS of chewing to take "regular" food and make it conform to the "mushy" stage I sho

Post op Day 9 (Saturday, Feb 24)

A pretty good couple of days. I are back 100% at my desk jockey job so that's good, I suppose.   Moving around now with no regular pain, just a little at the port site, but that is very minor and not even worth medicating.   I am still unable to sleep on my left side, but no problems on my right.   I've been experimenting with different types of more solid foods, but have had a few PBs (productive burps), which is not as bad as barfing in that it’s not deep and gut wrenching.. It’s s

Post op Day 6 (Wednesday, Feb 21)

Well tomorrow is one week... WOOT!   So today I felt pretty good. 2nd day back at work and I wasn't as wiped out by 5pm. Yesterday I left about 4, I was "done" and sore.   In general things are still progressing well. Sleeping on my right side now and uninterrupted. Still get some stomach spasms, but most are short and not too painful. I did go to a work lunch today. Ordered the Baked Potato Soup and even eating slow I didn't get much down before feeling very very full.. It was nice t

Post op Day 4 (Monday, Feb 19)

I started back work today and was able to work from home, so that helped a lot. Working from the couch (TV OFF) all day in a comfy position sure helps... Tomorrow will be back in the office and at the cube.. weeeee   I "ate" almost exclusively Atkins Shakes today and that worked fine. I did have some more very odd feelings in my gut... I think my body is still adjusting to the band and of course I am sure I still have inflamed tissues. It still ranges from just a general feeling of a big

My spouse, a angel and devil all in one...

Oh man.. So Amy went out and found me some more Advil (they only make kids strength in liquid...), so I really appreciate that!   However, the devil inside of her decided tonight was the night she was going to make a fantastic dinner for her and my son..   Oh the smells!!! I was reduced to sucking on the juice of the meat dish.. lol...   She promises to remake it in a couple of weeks.

Banding, my first 72 hours

Whew, what a couple of days. So the first day was a little unbelievable as I had a pretty significant surgery at 11am and was able to come home at 6pm (on a Thursday). That was cool.   Friday was a pretty decent day, not too much pain, still taking a mixture of OTC Liquid Tylenol and the prescription tylenol + codeine (half dose of each). Not a fan of codeine. On Friday it was really just a day of "bed rest" and water and apple juice. I did sneak in a little hot coco, but not much. Most

It's in!

Well I'm 27 hours post op and things are going well. Surgery was odd for me, but I made it through it. My pain management is going pretty well with just Tylenol with Codeine. I can certainly feel the band there even with no fill. I am told it can hold up to 10cc's.   It's a very weird feeling drinking a little juice and still being full an hour later, but I think that's the point right..   Well I better rest, but wanted to make a post at least.

It's ON NOW!

Got my date, Feb 15th, 2007 at 11:00 am Central Time.   Excited now, but no doubt will be very nervous as the date nears. There is no question I am going to do it, but damn, it's still surgery... guess that's better than open heart by-pass or something in 15 years!

Flu, Poker, Ice Storms, and Doc appointments...

Wow.. That Flu was a biotch!!!! I was down hard for 6-7 full days. It's been like a decade since I was hit that hard. Then, still recovering, I went out to Tunica MS to play in the World Series of Poker... Good time, but not something to do when sick...   I get back to Austin ready for my last pre-op doc appointment today, and what do we get, a freaking ICE STORM... thanks mother nature!   Of course the roads are icy and the doc office cancels.. weeeee.. 2 more weeks now....   Damn

Happy New Year, sort of

Well it's 2007. The year has some exciting prospects in it. The one most notable to any readers here would be a Febuary date with the LapBand doc.. Dr Clark! Very excited about that...   The only bummer is that I am sick as I have been in years! This Flu thing should be against the law.. Whadda ya mean it's a virus and can't be killed easily.. shesh man, this is the 21st century, and you want me to suffer for like 5-7 days.... argh! Okay, TamiFlu and Darvocet sound nice, thank you very

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