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GiGi's Plication Surgery Blog

A blog by GiGi in General

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My journal of my journey

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Weight Loss Is Going Well... Have Had Some Discomfort

Hi all. Sorry so long since I blogged...... I just wanted to report on how things have been going. This past week I had some issues with eating. My stomach was really hurting and I think I just introduced some new foods to quickly. My tummy was burning. It was bad. I talked to the Doctor and they said to slow down with my diet and go back to the full liquids. I did for the most part and I am getting very little calories but I have been loosing weight. I am down to 254 from 295 which is 41 pounds
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My First Buffet Today

Well I made it through with no problem. I meet with a group of women every Wednesday and we either eat at a local Mexican restaurant for lunch or at a local Inn that has a country buffet. Today they chose the buffet.   I called ahead to find out what they had and I happen to get the owner. I asked her about just buying one item off the buffet and explained my situation and she said I could just have the childs buffet price and that way I could try more than one item. My plate consisted of:  
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Moving Into Soft Foods.....

Well it was my first weekend of soft foods and I got a chance to see if my body was going to reject anything. I ate rather well. Friday night I had 3 ounces of Cod that I prepared. Saturday I had an egg with reduced fat cheese and it was wonderful. Sunday I tried Tuna and it did not sit so well with me. It had quit sitting well with me prior to this diet and it again gave me a tummy ache. I made tuna salad and it was good but I think I got over full because I was a bit uncomfortable. Not drinkin
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Things Are Back Under Control! Back To Work Too!

Good Morning, I just wanted to follow up from where I had been when I last wrote which was not a very happy place. My recommendation to anyone having any kind of surgery is to stay on the medications they put you on. I was a fool and quit taking the Levsin Smooth Muscle Relaxers and I paid dealy for it. I probably delayed my recovery time and caused my body a lot of stress. I quit taking the pain meds and muscle relaxers on Saturday because I was tired of sleeping all the time. What I should ha
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Well I Thought I Was Going Back To Work Today...not

Today is Monday July 23rd.. I am doing worse that I was doing a few days ago. My stomach is very very much in pain. It is cramping constantly and it just hurts and feels like it is burning. I called the Doctor today and he is calling in some liquid that coats the stomach and you take it before meals and before bedtime. Problem being it also makes you sleepy like the Levsin. I have basically no appetite for anything at all. I am loosing weight I have lost 31 pounds so far but i know I am not gett
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Rough Night Last Night

Just to report in... I had a horrible night last night. I had a lot of burning in my stomach and it was very painful. I used a heating pad and it helped a bit but the burning was pretty bad. It was a new pain for me. I can identify the cramping now and it wasn't that. I can identify gas and it wasn't that. It must have been from something I ate yesterday. I did have a yogurt late in the evening so maybe that did not settle with me. Maybe it was the light grape juice I drank. IDK but I am going t
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4 Days Out... Steady Loosing Weight...having Some Pain Issues

Happy Friday Everyone! Well had surgery Monday and today is Friday. I felt better waking up this morning than I have all week.I actually have a bit of energy. The scales show 268 (from 295 when starting the pre-op diet). That is 28 pounds and I am very happy with that so far. Might be a bit too fast. I really have no urge to eat. The pain I am having is difficult to identify. I am not sure if I am cramping, hungry or full. I am still sleeping a lot but I figure that will help me heal. Tomorrow
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3 Days Out From Surgery Seems Like Much Longer - Protein Needs

HI everyone! I see quite a few folks reading my blog so I want to continue with my updates as regular as I can. If anyone has any questions I would be happy to answer them. This has been the longest week of my life. I am a very active person and doing nothing is getting to be very hard for me. I am going to recap of where I am and what has been going on and I apologize if any of this is a repeat. I am on my first week diet which is clear liquids only so I have been doing a broth, Popsicles, wate
  • GiGi

Had My Surgery Yesterday!

HI fellow Plicationers,   I made it through the storm (Pre Op Diet) then through the Hurricane of surgery. I was brought back to Surgery at 6:30am yesterday July 16, 2012. The nurse went over what was going to happen. I was given a shot in my belly fat which was a blood thinner, an IV was started and they gave me an antibiotic. At 7:30 I went in for surgery and 3 hours later I was waking up in post op. I had a horrible pain on my right side that was horrible. They said it was due to the way I
  • GiGi

Gps- Gastric Plication- 2 Days Away

Well it is Friday and I have been doing the liquid diet for almost 2 weeks. I have lost about 14 pounds which is great but I am tired of the protein shakes. I am wanting real food and it is rough drinking only sweet protein shakes. I wish I would have gotten some unflavored so I could hide them in soups, oatmeal etc.   I have worked in a couple cans of soup over the couple of weeks but that is the only cheating I have done. I am very proud of myself for being able to stick to this since I real
  • GiGi

Gastric Plication Journey By Gg

Well I have been trying to blog but my blogs have been disappearing for some reason. I submitted a message to the technical folks and they said it is all fixed now. For an introduction you can read my profile but in summary I am a 47 year old overweight woman. I weighed in at 295 at the Doctors office and now I weigh 279.5 from being on the pre-op diet. I have always been able to make the pounds go away but they always return and usually with a few bonus pounds. I am 5’8” tall and large boned.
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