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Phoenix Rising's Blog

A blog by Phoenix Rising in General

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Phoenix Rising's Blog, a weight loss surgery blog by Phoenix Rising on BariatricPal. 34 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Day 2 At Home

Hi All, Thanks everyone for all your lovely comments they are really appreciated. Including the one for my husband too. Bless him, he loved that he got a mention.   Last night I slept reasonably well and woke up this morning with my head a lot clearer too. I guess that I am getting rid of all the anaesthesia out of my body. I am walking regularly and managing to take in plenty of fluid. I managed a final count of 50 ounces of fluid yesterday so felt pretty proud of myself.   I am thinking o

It Finally Happened.

It really has happened, I can hardly believe it myself. I went into hospital on Monday 19th March and they allowed me home on Tuesday 20th March. They also sent me home with a ton of medication.I am truly thankful that my husband is here to help me make sense of it all. He has already made me a wipe board with my medications and times to take them on. He is so supportive I couldn't manage without him.   Anyway, the operation went very well, I didn't need a drain thank goodness, everything lo

Tomorrow Finally Comes!

Oh my goodness, this is my last day of pre-op diet. Tomorrow is surgery day, Yea! It is finally here (well, almost). I will be off line for at least two probably three days (no laptop to take with me) so don't panic if you don't hear from me immediately.   I am glad we are finally getting there, as the last two days I have started to dream about food. Wow, I have never done that before. The pictures in my head have been wonderful roast dinners with lashings of hot gravy, mmmmmmmmmm. Mountains

Bye Bye Slippers

Being super cool and organised I thought I would get my case packed. Got it down the other day ready to do that. Washed a variety of old nighties and my dressing gown so they were ready. Decided that my slippers could really do with a freshening up. Big Mistake! I bunged them in the washing machine which promptly decided to eat them!!! Arrrrrrrrgh!   Luckily for me my lovely husband went straight out and bought me a new pair to wear in hospital (ain't love grand). He really is a wonderful hus

Not Long To Go

Hi Everyone, I am having a good day today, feeling really happy about the weight I have lost since being on this milk diet for the last 15 days (9.5lbs) Yea! I know others lose more than that on liquid diets but I retain water so losing that much is wonderful for me. I still have another 4 days to go and if I am lucky I may lose another 2lbs. Either way, I know I have stuck totally to my diet and my liver should just be fantastic and not get in the way of my surgery.   Have got my little case

Botheration! Now I Have Deleted A Comment I Was Trying To Read***!*!*!*

I know I mentioned before that I was not computer literate, but boy, I didn't expect to be able to show everyone how computer illiterate I am so quickly!!!! Sorry to the person who had commented on my last entry (I didn't even get a chance to see the name!) While trying to read it I managed to delete it. Oh well, hopefully you will see this and understand that it was not intentional.   The last two days have been quite trying. Not because of the lack of food, but because of (for those sensiti

How To Answer You All?

Well thank you one and all who added comments here. I had trouble working out how to read them and I am still not sure if I have worked it out. You will probably have guessed that I am barely computer literate, and struggle with how to get it to work for me.   So.......I do know how to add an entry to my blog and figure I can answer you all that way until I learn or better still someone tells me what to do.   To Afro_Cyster, Yes I am doing liquids only except for a sugar free jelly (which go

Hard Day!

Having re read my first entry, I knew it was too good to be true! Today has been awful, I have felt hungry all day and my stomach has been growling and complaining fit to be tied. I am still sticking to my milk diet, but oh dear me, it has been really hard today. I have a constant headache, and just feel terrible. (including feeling really sorry for myself). I have another 12 days to go and although I know I will do it (I must) it will be a very long 12 days. So what does everybody else do to di

My First Blog Ever

Well, here goes, this will be mainly my ramblings about my vs journey. Never done a blog before so this is another first for me.   I started my pre-op diet on the 1st March 2012. This time around it doesn't seem so hard. I am not sure if it is because I know what to expect now or because at the end of it I get my op. I have lost another three pounds since starting it, but I know that I may not lose much more as my body retains water (on medication for it) and will only let go every so often. I

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