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Ok so week 1 is over and I have been feeling pretty darn good since I came home. I haven't had any crazy problems, knock on wood, or anything so that makes me happy.I have been walking and getting out on little adventures (a.k.a. stores) but I do find that after about an hour I get super tired and lose my energy and have to go relax and sit down. I know it's cause of the lack of calories and protein and stuff but I do not enjoy it. I have been having trouble getting my proteins in which is common. I can't really stomach the shakes anymore, which I still try to get down, and I can't really eat enough to get any good amount of protein so basically I have to relay on the shakes and do my best to drink them as much as I can. Sooo the exciting part, I lost 20 pounds since I got home from the hospital which was 1 week. I wasn't going to weigh myself until I went to the doctors for my 2 week checkup but I couldn't wait any longer so I weighed myself. Amazing and soooo excited. Well that's abot it. Until next week, taw taw!

Did he do the first surgery laperscopicly? Is he going to open you up for this second surgery?

This will be a quick one guys. sry. I'm exhausted. :D I made it to day 7 post op! :D Come to think of it why wouldn't I have made it. I am an Amazon Warrior after all, in the heat of a weight loss battle for my new heart and to improve my self image and love myself. So let me update you on . It gets a little bit better everyday but when I have to take my potassium i get so nauseous and start dry heaving. Tonight I split that liquid into two cups and lemonade on top of it and siped it in all it's sour turn my stomach goodness.  Still fighting the nausea monster. being a heart patient my liquid intake makes it hard to get all my protein in but I got 67 g's today. Pretty damn proud of that. I did however go over my liquid limit by 500 cc's which had made me feel like a beached whale. I called my Dr. about not having a bowl movement, hung up to go make some more protien and barely made it to the restroom. My lifes funny like that. Most of the time i'm exhausted but I get up and do my walking in. That's all for not.. im about to crash. Night -G

Why was your liver so big? Did you not follow your pre-op diet? If the answer is no then I say don't try again.................this is not an easy road and if you can't do the pre-op then the rest of your life sleeved will be hell. Good Luck

Yesterday I was at my fav new addiction...my local consignment shop and found a pair of lucky brand jeans for $4.67. My daughter said they were an expensive brand..... Who knew? I did not have time to try them on but figured they wouldn't fit since they were a size 8 but i eyeballed it and figured at that price For $125 pair of jeans i could resell them on eBay or something....lol. As luck would have it.... They fit. I was so jazzed... It's a long way from the 4x bottoms I used to buy to cover my 77 " hips!! Congrats on your loss.

God didn't make us with 85% less stomach, but he also didn't make us to give into temptation and get ourselves to where we are today. The idea is to use those he has put in our path with the talent and ability to perform a procedure that will get us back to where God wants us. Healthy and able to avoid the temptation the devil puts in front of us so we don't abuse the beautiful body and life God was loving enough to give us in the first place. Don't give in to doubt! God put you here at this time for a reason. I feel that I'm here right now because this is where God needed me to be so I could benefit from the procedure the has helped the medical profession perfect. Years ago they would have taken my stomach, or I would have been wearing a mu-mu waiting to die from a coronary or a stroke. Now with this procedure, I get to keep my stomach, lose weight, be healthy and live a long, happy life. Good luck!!!

They did do my surgery Laperscope....They had all the information that was needed...but still when they went in they didnt release how ENORMOUS my liver was...They were in shock and actually were scared that I may have liver disease ( Thank God I dont ) but...They stated that it wouldnt of been detected My liver was from my pelvis all the way underneath my breast...and were suprise I didnt feel the weirdness...I told them I had no idea and when you live with it...you get use to feeling the way you do...I did lose 15lb but apparently that was good enough...I Thanks God Im alive they said that they could of puncture my liver and I would of been in the ICU!!! So this time around....SUPER SCARED!!!! I have to be a mother to my toddler and a wife to my husband!!! Im still going back in forth in my head!!!! I even had a panick attack last night from thinking about it so much....HELP ADVICE!!!

TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY........ :/ )

I finally realized by getting the Band, I put me first for once. I have been taking care of my sick husband for about 15 months. I help with a retarded brother, a 94 year old mother in a nursing home and an 89 year old mother-in-law, who finally gave up driving. You can see, I have a full plate and HATE it. I would love to find a hobby to occupy my time. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.