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Justification for the Justified

A blog by dsdesigna in General

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About this blog

Tough Look with a soft touch, finding truth amongst all the excuses.

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DSers: It gets better! There is light at the end of the tunnel!

I am now 96 days post op and I've now lost 64lbs. I haven't decided if that is a great number or not. People are more likely to comment now that they can see that I've lost a big amount of weight. I'm not even half way to my goal but I'm getting close.   First of all I want to reassure newbies that although the journey is not easy, it does get better. I'm only 3 months out and I'm really able to eat just about anything. I don't push it with bread or vegetables but so far I haven't had man

Beware: Prepare Emotionally and Financially

I am 4 weeks post op, for 3 of those weeks I was off work. And being one of those people that live paycheck to paycheck never seeming to be able to save anything I've found myself basically out of cash. This wouldn't be such a big deal if I weren't still dealing with learning how to eat again, and my body's slow progression in handling less food and losing weight. All of these things lead me to having a panic attack Friday morning, heart beating what felt like out of my chest and of course I'

Faux friends and other shocking developments

Today I am 17 days post op, physically feeling great but recently had a situation that honestly I still am baffled about.   I am a friendly, helpful person. Typically I like the people I meet and show a genuine interest in their lives because I truly am interested. I love meeting people from all over the world, but I hold a special affection for people who know about my home town. This affection seems to have backfired.   4 days post op I came on this site and as usual chatted with a numb

Baby Steps

I am 12 days post op, but it feels like it was a month ago or more. I've been very tough on myself and my progress so far. The doc says I'm right on track, but I feel defeated and anxious about the future. The Duodenal Switch is hardcore, it requires lots of attention and diligence. Learn from my mistake and realize all these special substances you will need at first, the chewable vitamins to the protein shakes, add up quickly in the cost department.   I can only say I am totally looking

No Games just Results

Hello fellow travelers. Thank you for reading this. I'm gonna apologize now that some of its content maybe not only hard to hear but may in fact be inflammatory.   Lets get down to business. For those of you who are pre op, presurgery, pre everything... for those of you who are thinking about this journey this is not a joke. You won't, following surgery, beable to continue to eat the way you do right now and expect to not have consequences. You may still lose weight but you will be putti

The worst has come, the new begins

What a ride I have been on for the past 5 days. I flew from Lubbock to Dallas on Monday afternoon. I met up with my parents there and we stayed the night in a hotel. I checked in the next morning at 6:45am, and it took til nearly 11:30am for them to get me into surgery.   Let me tell you the staff at Doctor's Hospital in Dallas Texas is world class. They were very attentive and encouraging. They were friendly but stern when I needed it.   From the ready room to my final hospital room I

Enduring Napalm and other physical changes

So it's day 5 of the liquid diet, surgery is Tuesday morning. If you read everything there is to read on this site for everyone that has gone through this process you'll learn one undisputable fact, this is different for each person, although somethings are universally true. I'm learning about one of them right now.   Expect to have issues in the bathroom. Just keep it in mind, stock up on toilet paper. It's not gonna kill you but I can guarantee it's going to annoy the crap out of you, no pun

Surviving with Assistance

4th day of all liquids and so far so good. I've had hunger on occasion and just drank more liquid to curb the desire to cheat and eat something solid. I'm looking forward to eating normal food again but I've learned that this is a great training time of how it's gonna be after surgery. Not that I'll be drinking liquids forever but for a time it will be a good go to.   I have to thank my new friends I've made here on this site for being a huge encourgment to me. Their stories of success an

Dipping toes in the water

so it's 10 days away... the count down has begun. Tuesday starts the liquid diet for real, although I have been testing things out this last week to see if I like any sugar free, fat free stuff. I'm pumped and terrified!   So most of you reading this are on this journey with me, so you've been standing in front of the protein aisle at any number of stores staring at protein levels and prices and flavors and the bars etc. I started to twitch in KMart, although it didn't have much in the way

And the beat goes on, and on, and on

Met with the PCP today to get my pre op labs done. I had no idea they were needing all of my blood!?! Some 12 vials of blood later and I'm still here, so I guess I'll be fine.   I guess this is a good time to mention about my surgery, I'd hinted about it in the first post but this seems a more likely place to include it.   Several years ago, maybe even more than a decade ago but I've slept since then so I may be way off, my daddy's sister, Sandy, had the Roux n Y surgery. It was new to all o

Justification

Hey there welcome to my blog. I'm so happy that you have chosen to read a few thoughts that I have about the world. I pray you find this entertaining, enlightening, and encouraging.   A little about me. I am 40, just turned the big 40... I don't know how I feel about that quite yet. It seems to have snuck up on me. I am a California native living in West Texas where they could seriously use a mountain or two, if only in the distance.   I have always been heavy for as long as I can rem

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