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Shawna's new journey

A blog by smacbeth in General

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Shawna's new journey, a weight loss surgery blog by smacbeth on BariatricPal. 7 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Major Stall..

So, I havent been around in quite some time. Been so busy with the mandatory OT at work, taking care of my now ONE year old son, and going to the gym. Life has been pretty hectic. I'm down 50lbs and people have noticed. It feels good, but now that I have 30 to go- goal is 145 but its seems like its taking forever. I've lost 5lbs in 2 months. wtf. This seems soooo unexceptable to me. But I guess since going to the gym an rebuilding muscle its expected. I guess everyone has their own time frame an

A new beginning...

So I had my surgery on Wednesday, July 27th. I'm not gonna lie, i thought it was pretty brutal the first few days. The nursing staff DID NOT listen to me when i was trying to tell them that my pain meds were making me sick... Well untill i started throwing up everything. STUPID STUPID! It really pissed me off. Caused more unnecessary pain and more anger from my end since im miserable and in already alot of pain. But today makes 4 days out- and tmrw i can start my phase 2 liquid diet. Basically "

Surgery in 3 days... am i making the right decsion?

So my surgery is fast approaching and im starting to get scared. Wondering if I'm really making the right decision about everything. I've read some posts in the post-op forum talking about how some people have regretted it...and it worries me. I dont want to ever regret this. I want it to be a life changing experience and be there for my family as a healthy person. I just hope everything goes smoothly. I'm only taking a week of work bc i dont have much PTO available and I need to get paid being

Day 3 pre- op liquids

So I'm not gonna lie. This crap totally sucks. Today at work i've already been in a pickle with my numbers... haha 96-69 kinda screwed me up... BLEH!   I have a headache... I wonder if its because of my sugars going low and then up when i eat, then low and the up again? Either way it blows.   My diet says 3-4 protein shakes a day... and well i think thats too much and too expensive. So i've been doing 2 a day one for breakfast with a yogert and then one around 2-3pm as a snack to hold me ove

Day 1 of Pre- Op Liquid Diet

Well today is my first day of my liquid diet...   So far its been okay although its only 11:43am.   I woke up this morining and got my lil man ready for daycare dropped him off and went to work. This morning I had some sugar-free oatmeal as directed in my diet book, and a protien shake on ice.   Now that it's lunch time, I'm currently having chicken noodle soup w/o the noodles so its basically just veggies and broth with a light & fit yogert that is also directed by my diet book.  

Got my date!

So my day for Surgery is 7-27-2011. I'm SUPER excited but the closer it gets the more nervous I get. I'm not worried about actually "going under" and dealing with pain since i've had multiple surgeries in the past...kinda know what to expect, But my worry is that im not going to be able to keep myself on my strict diet. That when im out with friends/family I'm going to want to snack and eat things that i used to when i know im not suppose to yet. 4 weeks on the liquid diet seems SOOOO long and

Almost that time..

So today I had my Psych evaluation so now I'm just waiting for the Docs to call so I can schedule the day for surgery. Right now I'm feeling really excited with a side of nervousness... I'm so ready to do this and change my life for the better. Its going to be a tough change... but im willing to do it. Just a few more weeks hopefully and I'll be on my way to healthy!     -S

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