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Looking Forward

A blog by kristikay in General

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Story of my WLS journey

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Detour from Weight Loss

It has been quite awhile since I checked in here. About three weeks after my WLS I started a bout of cluster headaches. I had not had cluster headaches for 18 years and not sure why they started up again. I did some research and my two best guesses are that the weight loss released a large amount of hormones stored in the fat the somehow triggered the headaches or they were caused by using morphine in the hospital. Cluster headaches are headaches that hit in a cluster, mine were hitting abo

Random Thoughts

Well its been 10 days since my surgery and these are my thoughts so far. 1. It has been better in many ways then I thought it would be, no vomiting, no nausea, no gas pains, no bathroom issues, 2. It has been harder in that I still want to eat, I miss food! I feel depressed and so much of my social life revolved around food and drinks I not sure how to balance the changes with being in those situations. 3. I am off work for two more weeks and don't have the energy I want to exercise and getti

Six days post surgery

Well I think I may have turned the corner on feeling better. I took a long nap this afternoon and woke up feeling more like myself. I also stopped the pain meds today. As far as the surgery went I can't say it was a piece of cake or I was up and going the next day but it definitely wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was afraid of being sick to my stomach and vomiting but had no issues in that regard. I have mostly been tired and had pain with my largest incision. I can't tell if the

Two days from now I will be sleeved!

My surgery is Tuesday. I had my pre-op visit on Thursday so everything is all set. I didn't expect the visit to be so long, I met with two surgeons separately, the physicians assistant, the nurse and the dietitian, I had a ekg and a chest xray and blood work and then met with the anethesian. (sorry spelled that wrong) I got so much information my head was spinning but never once did I feel like not going through with it.   I have been on a blended diet for two weeks and today was about th

Tomorrow starts my preop diet

Just got back from vacation and spent the last few days eating everything and anything I wanted knowing that tomorrow it would end. I have to be on a liquid diet for 2 weeks before the surgery but tomorrow I am going back on the diet I was on with my nutritionist. Don't even want to know how much I weigh but I am over it and ready to get going, My husband isn't really on board with the surgery as he thinks there is no reason I can't do this on my own. But he did initiate getting rid of the can

Christmas Day

Well just had my last Christmas with out my future sleeve. I enjoyed it but looking forward to next year when I am much thinner and healthier. I loved the good food and eating as much as I wanted but now I feel terrible, bloated, no energy. It seems like I always have an issue, stomache, headache, knee pain, ankle pain and/or foot pain. I can't wait until I start feeling better. We have a trip planned over new years eve and then I am starting my pre preop diet which starts Jan, 8th.

January 22 is the Day!

I got my date January 22 which is exactly seven months from my first appointment and five months to the date of the day my daughter gets married. I am so excited but also so scared. My eating has been horrible since I got the date especially eating way to much sugar! I feel terrible and I have to much time between now and when I start my pre-op diet to keep this up. You would think I would learn but quess that what has lead my to needing this surgery.

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