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AmberDawn's Blog

A blog by AmberDawn in General

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AmberDawn's Blog, a weight loss surgery blog by AmberDawn on BariatricPal. 7 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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1 Month Post Op, A Cold & Stomach Virus

So today was 1 month post op for me.   All last week i had an awful cold, i'm still getting over it actually. So i think that slowed my progress a bit. Since the 28th of December i've dropped 5.5lbs. Then on Tuesday afternoon I came down with a nasty stomach virus, between Tuesday and Wednesday i dropped 4 pounds and had a really hard time staying hydrated. Still not feeling 100% today but definitely better and have been able to get almost back on track with my fluid intake.   I had an early

12 Days Post Op Stall? & 6 Days Post Op Entry

6 days post op:   Two nights ago was hell for me i was up with severe gas pains like the worst i've had. i ended up having a very loose BM and felt a little better the next day.   Today my lower left incision still hurts but i havent taken pain meds in 16 hours. I've also been having these random sharp pains throughout my body, like one in my lower abdomen, one in the side of my neck, one in my back and a slight headache.   I've done good and got my full 64 ounces yesterday, today i'm on t

4 Going On 5 Days Post Op

So I figured I would make another post since I left alot out of my last drugged up blog lol   I've now been home from the hospital for 2 and a half days.   Today has been ok, better than yesterday. I got 8 hours of sleep in 4 hour blocks. I went a full 8 hours without pain meds for the first time but i think only because i was asleep during most of that.   I've got this huge bruise on my inside arm from where they did one of the IVs, looks like chopped liver and turning all sorts of colors

2 Days Post Op... #@$%

Had my sleeve 12/12 Monday at 8:30 am. After I woke up from surgery it was like living hell. The gas pains were pretty bad all centered in my stomach and ribs, i stayed doped up on morphine pretty much all day. My family was all there and very supportive. Tuesday was just as bad in a different way. I started having burning in my stomach and esophagus on top of the gas pains. I asked for the lortab elixir on monday but they never brought it to me, they just gave me tylenol which helped somewhat.

The Final Countdown

1 week till surgery. O.o   1 week done on the preop diet, 1 more to go. I've done pretty well. I had 1 sort of cheat night for my Brother's birthday on Saturday but it was just Caesar salad and maybe a few more than 3 oz of meat. I didn't have any appetizer or dessert, man was that tough lol   I'm down 12 pounds since the 10th of November. 6 of those pounds have been lost since i started my preop diet last Monday. Hoping to get a few more off before next Monday but wouldn't you know it Au

Preop Torture Diet

So 2 weeks now until surgery. HOLY CRAP!   Started the preop diet today. I knew this preop diet was going to be hard.. but damn, it's REALLY hard.(twss)   I tried the premade Muscle Milk Light in Chocolate and YUCK, was hard getting that down, though it did keep me satisfied for 4 hours. But i did order the Muscle Milk Light chocolate powder, it should be here tomorrow. I'm hoping it will be better with skim milk and making it on my own.   I'll probably end up also getting Chike in choco

Getting Closer

24 days out from surgery.   My first blog.   Figure I've lurked on this forum long enough. Time to actually get involved, maybe it will make this whole process seem more real. Right now it hasn't really sunk in yet that in less than a month my life will be changed forever.   I guess I've been on auto pilot since I took the next step and setup my psych eval and diet appointment.   I went to the mandatory seminar back on August 20th with my husband and had kind of decided on the band but

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