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My journey

A blog by BigDaddyJoe in General

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My journey, a weight loss surgery blog by BigDaddyJoe on BariatricPal. 33 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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3 days left, at peace with my decision

Well, only 3 days to go before surgery day! I got a call this morning to pre-register for the surgery. They just needed to verify information. They set up an appointment for a nurse to call me tomorrow between 1 and 2, to ask questions about medical history for the anesthesiologist. I won't know my surgery time until some time on Thursday.   After all the doubts and second-guessing, I'm finally at peace with this decision. I know it is the best thing I could do for myself. If I didn't

Not much to report, chugging along on the pre-op diet

4 days to go and pretty uneventful, but I still want to blog every day, at least until I get to a certain point. I was down another 2 lbs. this morning on the pre-op diet. Current weight: 268. The diet is actually getting easier, now that the headaches have stopped (for the most part). I bought a new scale yesterday, our old one was crappy, the plastic cover to the button to turn it on broke, and I had to use my toe to turn it on. This new one is actually a Weight Watchers scale, that does

An interesting observation

I just got back from Costco, and noticed something while I was there. I noticed that my entire outlook toward food has changed. And I haven't even had my surgery yet! Normally, I would stop at every free sample station to try them out. Not today. A guy walked by with a big slice of pizza, loaded with toppings. I looked at it in disgust! I feel a sort of disdain toward food, like it's the food's fault for letting me get to this point. I just got the same feeling when a Red Lobster commerc

5 days left! Doubts set in

First, the good news - I'm down 4 lbs since yesterday! So strange. Before pre-op diet, I was 274 lbs on my home scale. Pre-op diet: Day 1 - Day 2: UP 1 lb.???? (275 lbs.) Day 2 - Day 3: Down 1 lb. to original starting weight (274 lbs.) Day 3-Day 4: Down 4 lbs. (270 lbs.)   OK, now the not so good news. I'm having doubts about this whole thing. Doubting myself, thinking "why can't I just do this myself?" It's just that it's all seeming like a huge diet - high-protein, low-carbs, m

HEADACHE!

Two days down on the pre-op diet, and MY GOD the headache I had last night! I went to bed at 9 because the pain was unbearable. It's still there a bit today. From what I've read, everyone seems to say that day 2 and 3 of the pre-op diet is the hardest.

One day down on the pre-op diet; nutritionist visit; sleep apnea

First day of pre-op diet done   Well, I've done a day on the pre-op diet, and realized I probably didn't need to start until today. I don't know what I was thinking, probably that I'd be doing it from Thursday - Thursday and then have surgery on Friday. But Thursday to Thursday is actually 8 days. Oh well, what's one more day! It actually wasn't that bad. I had no problem getting enough fluids in. I drank 4 protein shakes which is a total of 32 oz, at least 5 8oz cups of water, a V8 juic

Starting my pre-op diet

So, this morning I started my pre-op diet. I had an 8 oz. chocolate protein shake this morning, and mixed 16 oz. of a strawberry one to bring to work with me. I am trying all of the brands to see which ones I like best. So far, I've tried the vanilla from Costco, and the chocolate and strawberry are 2 different brands my wife picked up at Walgreens, I believe. I am doing the powdered protein, following the nutritionist's recommendations that it be made from whey isolate protein, and 3g or le

Catch up - wish I had started this blog sooner

This is my first blog entry, so I will give a brief synopsis of what has happened so far. I am 9 days from my surgery, on March 8, and will be starting my pre-op diet tomorrow. It's getting very real for me now, and I'm FINALLY starting to feel a bit nervous (and excited of course). Dr. Karl Strom will doing the procedure at Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel NJ. My wife and I are taking this journey together, although I will have a month and a half head start on her, due to her not be

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