Chicadee

SN..................... Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Chicadee.............301lb...................301lb.........275lb..........26lbs Can't wait to be out of the 300s forever hopefully next week....

SN..............Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Chicadee..........326..................301...........299............2 Missed it by 2 lbs......

I have been taking my thyroid meds and my prilosec at the same time every morning for the last 4 months. Is there confirmation somewhere these shouldn't be taken together? I'd like to read up on it. Thanks, Heather

I am a Red Velvetter as well. Was sleeved on May 3rd. Since I started counting in February I have lost 85lbs(58 lbs since surgery). The third week of July i found myself in the hospital for 3 days on heavy antibiotics. It was later decided I must have had a micro leak that healed itself. I was back to liquids for a week. I have been eating a variety of carbs and I know I shouldn't be, definitely nothing like I used to. I hate counting anything so that is a major bad habit that I need to fix. I also need to start working some consistent exercise into my routine. I haven't been doing anything but some occasional walking up to this point. My heels no longer hurt when I walk and I no longer get winded like I used to. I can wear all of the shoes in my closet that I haven't been able to wear in several years. My bras are all falling off and all of my pants are too big, great problems to have . I can't wait to be under 300 hopefully before labor day so I can meet my goal for the challenge. Within the last week i noticed I can eat pretty much anything now without any problems, before it would be hit or miss depending on the food and it wouldn't be consistent. Now I feel more back to normal than I have since surgery. My only big issue now is that my hair is falling out at a record pace. Granted I had a ton of hair on my head but it is really alarming to me to see how much I am losing, I have no bald spots or anything like that. I keep threatening that if this keeps up I am going to go Sinead O"Connor style. No regrets for me having the surgery, I would do it all over again.

I had the same test. I was fine afterwards my only complaint because I was so heavy at the time was the length of time I had to spend laying on my back. It was excruciating to sit up afterwards. My test was fine, no ill effects afterwards.

i have worn 8.5WW and 9W whenever I can actually find something to fit the width of my foot. I am now fitting in all of the 8W and 8.5W in my closet that I haven't been able to wear in years. I am hoping to go down to at least a consistent 8 and then I can buy some nice shoes again.

I was just told to clip it close to the skin I had one poke out on two of my incisions.

I feel kinda weird going out and eating so little. The only time the waitstaff ever said anything to me is the very first time I went out. They asked me if everything was ok and I said yes without any further discussion. Any other time no one has said a word but I am sure as big as I am and as little as I am eating they must be thinking something. I do get a couple meals worth of leftovers every time. I am a pretty cheap date now.

Told my employer I was taking vacation for 2 weeks and that I was having a medical procedure. Told my co-workers I was taking 2 weeks off for vacation. Since I was on the pre-op diet for many weeks before I had surgery and it coincided with our annual healthy team competition, I was vocal about how much weight i was losing prior to even having the surgery, so when I got back everyone just thought I was still doing the same small portion, doctor supervised plan I was before I left. There is a small number of people in my office that know about the procedure but I decided I didn't want the whole world to know my business.

I bought a bunch of sobe lifewater and Vitamin Water, zero calorie, I am not a big plain water drinker. Lots of SF Popsicles, you can have Jello too but I didn't bother with it. Drank a lot of Isopure the first week although I can't stand the taste save for the pineapple orange banana. chicken broth was great, nice to have something warm going down. I was on a week of clear liquids then a week of full liquids and progressed from there. I had no restrictions on showering, my incisions were all glued. I did not have a drain so that wasn't a concern. I did have to give myself the injections for 14 days following surgery. I took Prevacid once I got home for acid reduction however now I take Prilosec. No difference for me really, just had more coupons for Prilosec. I only took the prescribed pain medicine (lortab elixir) once when I got home, I didn't need it. Also I did sleep in a recliner for a couple days once I got home. Getting in and out of bed was difficult, it was 2 weeks before I could sleep on my side again and a bit longer before I could sleep on my stomach. Make sure you get plenty of rest. I didn't have a lot of stamina and got tired out easily that first week.

My surgery was early morning, I think the second of the day for my surgeon. I was in pre-op at like 6:30am, everything was pretty calm. The nurse came in to start my IV line and for the next hour and half I had a variety of people trying to find a good vein. A couple nurses and an anesthesiologist all took turns. They even gave me a local in several places trying to minimize the pain. I believe i was stuck about 7 or 8 times in total. Luckily they got one 10 minutes before I was supposed to be wheeled in to surgery. The OR nurse came in and much to my surprise I had gone to High School with her and we were on the Pompon squad together. She offered to remove herself from my case if I felt uncomfortable but I said she was fine, no biggie. I hadn't seen her in 20 years what difference did it make. I walked to the OR took a look around at all of the equipment and sat myself up on the table. Once I was laying down I was out within seconds. I woke up in recovery, very groggy. They allowed my husband in there where he made several phone calls to family to let them know everything went well. I couldn't really look around but there was someone else in recovery, don't know what kind of surgery they had, may have been something other than bariatric and I kept hearing the nurses talk about how they were watching them and might have to take them back for another emergency surgery. I never did find out what that was all about or what happened to the person. I was catheterized while in surgery and that stayed in for all of the first day and I was allowed ice chips while still in recovery. I had the compression boots on and I kept pointing and flexing my toes just to keep things moving. I slept a lot that first day. I did get up to walk around with my IV pole and catheter, that thing is fun to walk with. My biggest pain was trying to sit up and i could not sit up unassisted and get to the side of the bed alone. Once I was up I was good but then getting back into the bed was painful yet again. I had no gas pain whatsoever and I did not have a drain. My catheter was taken out on day two.

The Fuzzy Navel nectar is like orange drink, it isn't peach flavored.

SN..............Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal Chicadee..........326..................307...........299............8 almost there.....

I would like to eventually get a bike. I am not sure what weight I should try it again. I am still 310 lbs not sure if 250 would still be too big for a bike or not, perhaps 200?

i had a lot of flats and sandals in my closet that I haven't been able to wear for several years. Over the last two weeks all of them now fit me comfortably so with 80lbs lost my foot is shrinking. I was an 8.5 extra wide, so for years now I have been wearing sneakers every day. It is really nice to actually be able to wear something else for once. I can't wait to lose more and actually go shoe shopping one day.

i was told to take them for 90 days post op. I am at the 90 mark now but plan to at least use up what I have and we will see how it goes from there.

Surgery day was May 3rd. I have lost a total of 80 lbs. Today I wore a T-shirt to work that I have never worn before because it never fit and one of the girls saw me walking down the hall and called me slim and said I was inspiring her to do something with herself. While I still have more than half of my excess weight to lose and I am not slim by any sense of the word, I felt really good today. Also, I need all new bras again, the girls are shrinking but honestly that is not a bad thing. I never measured myself before surgery so the first time I measured myself was June 6th and as of today just about 2 months later I have lost 17.5 inches all around.

My surgery was on May 3rd and so far with pre-op and post I have lost 31% of my excess weight. My total is 80 lbs so far.

I was hoping to eventually lose 260 lbs. I have lost 80lbs since March, my surgery was in May. Still quite a long way to go but only 11 lbs to my first goal of being under 300.

I was not given a specific number of pounds to lose before surgery he wanted me to lose as much as possible. That being said I lost about 27 lbs all together before surgery. My highest weight was 390. Let us know how you are doing Jenny.