Forensikchic

My surgery was at 8am so I had to be there at 6. I checked in and in a few minutes, they called me back. They did a pregnancy test and then asked if i was post menopausal! I laughed. I changed into a gown and they started an iv. I am a very hard stick but it was fine. She got it the first time in my right hand. They put some kind of blanket on me that they blew hot air into to keep me warm and some fuzzy sock things. My surgeon came by and the anethesiologist. He was from my home state so I was happy. I asked him to just knock me out because seeing all those people buzzing around really got my anxiety going. I kissed my husband and was wheeled out. I dont remember a thing after turning the corner. I woke up in my hospital bed with my husband right there! It was like he never left. He was trying to feed me ice chips and spilling them on me. I bitched at him and he said "well, I see you are doing fine!" lol. I had a pain pump thing inserted near my main incision that delivered local anesthetic. I also had a button to push every 5 or 10 minutes for morphine. I was so groggy but the ice was kinda good. I just dozed. I dont remember being in pain, just sleepy. I must have slept for a few hours because I woke up that afternoon because I had to pee. I got a nurse and she helped me to pee and then I wanted to walk. She helped me get the things off my legs and into a gown (used like a robe). I walked a lap with her by my side. I got back in bed and napped again. My husband was back with my teen daughter. They visited me and walked with me about every hour. I just napped and walked. I didnt have gas pain or anything. I felt a little stiff and slow but that was about it. I used the morphine pump often and dozed, walked, sipped. I really enjoyed the beef broth they brought me. I would take it on my walks. I sipped and walked 10 to 15 laps at a time. I felt I was doing great. They came in and gave me blood thinner shots which dont hurt and took my blood once. They gave me lots of iv fluids. One nurse was a smarta$$ and said I was walking too much and it was no wonder I had heartburn. (had heartburn a little the second day) I hated her. The second night they took my pain pump out and put steristrips on my incisions and glue. They also took my IV out and gave me pain meds by mouth.. liquid lortab. I got to take a shower. I was discharge on day three and went home in the afternoon. (Wednesday) I took one dose of liquid lortab that night but I didnt need it after that. I never had a catheter or a drain. I walked a lot at home and rested and drank broth, etc. I could sleep on my side at home but I did wake up a few times having to pee and it was a little uncomfortable. By the second night in my bed, I was fine to sleep on my side. Friday, we went school supply shopping and I drove my husbands truck! I was really tired and we were only out for a couple hours but that was enough! I took it easy over the weekend and was back at work on Monday, light duty. I loved my hospital and all the staff, save one nurse. I didnt have any complications really, no gas, hardly any pain, only a little heartburn for one afternoon. My daughter stayed with me and I got much needed rest in there! I have recovered very well. HTH

I paid cash for my surgery at a private hospital. I was told by my surgeons office that if he repaired my hernia, they would file that on my insurance but nothing else. Maybe that is what happened to you. As it turned out, I had a hernia repair, however my surgeon didnt charge for it and therefore, it wasnt filed with my insurance. Cool guy.

Are you in San Antonio? If you are, so am I! We should meet sometime over water...lol. There are some mean people in the world and I have one right here at my work. She said to me that she was shocked that I had not passed her up in weightloss yet, seeing as I had surgery and she didnt. Keeps offering me her fat clothes. She is just downright evil. I was upset like you are about it at first, but then I thought... I have to consider the source...and remember that "he who angers you, controls you". I wont be controlled by my weight or some stupid Bit$# who for whatever reason they have that day, has no cooth or empathy. The nurse was clearly unproffessional and i think it deserves being reported to your surgeon. How many people is she going to insult and hurt with her callous ignorance? 94 pounds in 5 months is miraculous. Its a really good job and I am not just saying that. I think that is about average for someone with your same stats... We all loose at different rates but overall I think if you took a poll of people whos stats match yours, you would find that you are right in the range with everyone else. I started with a BMI of 40 and I have lost 49. I have had two plateaus and my dr told me that my honeymoon was about to be over But... he also said to keep doing what I am doing and although it may slow down some, it wont stop for a long time out. He has every faith that I will loose all the weight I want to. I have all the faith that you will too. You cant let someone in your head. You have to be stronger now and take charge of this situation. What the hell does she know anyway! Not much by the sound of it. Good luck on your journey and just keep doing what you are doing. Take your anger out on a treadmill! That is what I did with mine after being mistreated by my coworker.

I didnt have a drain either. Not all doctors use drains. You would have to ask your surgeon if he is going to use a drain and how long they keep it in. Good luck!

At three months out, my bloodwork came back with a Vitamin D deficiency and I was prescribed 50,000 iu weekly. I have been taking them now for about a month. I am glad you found them, they are usually by prescription only.

I keep forgetting to check in here! I lost two pounds this week after a stall for a week. I only have one more pound and I will have lost 50! I have 50 left to go, so I am half way to goal and it will be 4 months for me on the 8th. I see that most of us are around the same as far as weight lost so far goes. I am glad to see that. I stall every other week and when I do loose, its a pound or two. Happy to see this seems to be the norm. I want to see a big drop again soon but I wont hold my breath. As long as I am still loosing, I am happy with that. See you next week!

Thanks everyone! I had several NSV's this weekend. I had to give away more clothes and I was able to wear a pair of smaller jeans and a pullover windbreaker that I have not worn in nearly 5 years! It was big on me! Woooohooooo! I only have one more pound and I will be down 50!!!!! I hope to make this by Thursday, my four month surgiversary!

SN--- Forensikchic SW--194 GW---174 CW--185 lbs to goal--- 11 Lost two pounds this week! 11 more to go! Maybe the stall has really broken and I wont be back up tomorrow! I am going by Monday morning weigh in no matter what happens. I am not sure 11 pounds is doable before the 25th but I am going for it! I will take being 179.9 at this point! Come on peeps, lets get with the program!!!!

Thanks! They are not the most attractive photos, however, you can really see the weightloss difference! I will be four months out next week!

I finally took a new picture today. I started at 234 in August and the first picture was taken the morning of surgery. The "so far" picture was taken today in the same door frame. Started a size 20 and now I am 14-16 depending on the clothes. I am just so excited to finally start seeing a difference!

Im right there with you girl! Its been almost 4 months and my weight loss is nonexistant this month. I did pull out a pair of 16's from the dryer this morning and they were loose right away!!!! No doing the jig to get them on.. they just slipped right on and now I need a belt to keep them up! So happy about that. I started out in a 20. I am going bra shopping this weekend for an inbetween size. I can tie the back in a knot to get it to fit...lol. Guess, I need a new size. I am hoping to be back in a 34c when I reach goal (135). I am a 40c right now but as I said, even on the tightest notch, it just hangs in the back and I feel the girls might fall out from under the bottom at any moment! I will take slow but sure because I am 43 and dont want my skin to sag too much... its already starting!

I too have had the kidney stone and constipation problem. I guess a chosen few of us have these problems. Hope it improves for us both!

I havent really lost anything either.... I am 47 pounds down too. I am down 2 lbs for the Month of november... ughhh.... Just soooo slow. I have been bouncing between 187 and 188 for two weeks now. I dont think I am going to make my Xmas goal. I still have about 13 pounds to go for that! Dangit! My nut says keep doing what I am doing and it will come off... she promises... hmmph!

This certainly gives me hope. I havent lost much weight lately. I have been staying the same, then fluctuating a few pounds up and down all week and then finally dropping a couple pounds and then it starts over. No big drops for me at all. I dropped four pounds last week but gained two of them right back and I am still up there this week with no change. I am hoping to see a big drop by next week but I dont want to get my hopes up. It seems like it will never get going again! I am so impatient! I am trying to up my calories some and see if that helps. I have been averaging in the 600's lately. I guess I need more maybe. I feel like i eat all the time as it is!

SN--- Forensikchic SW--194 GW---174 CW--187 lbs to goal--- 13 I went backward again and weighed 187.9 this morning. This is just one big stall and its going to break one day! I hope. I am bouncing between 187.5 and 188.5 since last weekend. I am not changing my ticker because I have faith that the weight will come back off. Aunt Flo came along a few days ago so maybe when she leaves she will take 5 pounds with her. I think I set my goal too high this time but I am still going to try to reach it! It aint over yet!

I used her comments to fuel my workout tonight!

I would definately not call her a friend. She works in my building but I only occassionally have to interact with her, thank goodness. She has always been sorta nasty to me. Once I commented on needing a haircut and style and she responded with " at least its doesnt look as bad as it used to". How to respond to that one.. I still dont know. I think I will be turning down any more of her clothes offers. Thanks for understanding and making me feel better.

I had to deal with the same chic again today. Started out nice saying she had some court pants I might want but I might have lost enough now for them to be too big but she would like to give them to me. I said ok. When I got them from her she told me they were WAYYYY to big for her but maybe I could wear them. To add insult to injury, she said, I would have thought you would be giving me your clothes by now instead of the other way around. I seriously wanted to cry. I dont know how many more of these meetings with her that I can mentally handle. I am doing my best, even having surgery, and yet it seems not good enough. She is in fierce competition with me and I dont know why. I just dont want her to win so she can gloat that she lost more weight than me and I even had surgery.. I can hear it now. This is so depressing to me.

Hi. Im 43 and was sleeved August 8, 2011. At first I could drink milk okay... no problems. I thought everything tasted too sweet or too tart. I can no longer drink crystal lite lemonade! Its soooo tart! I hate it. I was also making Protein drinks with milk and I didnt have any sickness UNTIL>.....Now. I rarely drink Protein shakes anymore because they would give me the runs and make me nauseas. I bought some lactaid milk and tried that but it still happened. I hated protein shakes anyway so I stopped drinking them. I bought some special K and fixed me a small bowl this morning with 2% milk. Not ten minutes later, I was running for the bathroom with horrible cramps and diarrhea. I also had splenda in the Cereal. I have become extremely lactose intolerant. Thats what is making me sick. If you tried icecream.. that might be it. Sleevers have a tendency to become lactose intolerant and sensitive to sugar substitutes, etc. I bet that is what is happening to you also. Like I said, mine didnt start out that way, it just became that way over time. buy some lactaid tablets for when you want milk products and see if that helps you. I often wonder if I will make it to goal too. Lots of people at my work know about the surgery too and I dont want to fail. I know exactly where you are coming from. I am just plugging along, trying to eat protein first, etc. and working my sleeve the best I can and its working! Good luck to you! You can do this!

Had my surgery on 8/8/2011. I am down 47 pounds including one week preop. I have 52 pounds to go... almost half way in 3 1/2 months! Woop!

I kept thinking to myself after this incident that I would keep the "fat" clothes she gave me so I can give them back to her when I am a size 4! I can say... Oh.. guess its time for these to go back to Chrysti. I just love the speaking in 3rd person when you are talking directly to them as she did me.

I am almost halfway to goal so I dont get the too skinny comments yet but I am sure they are coming... I did have a situation the other day though that I would like to share.... I told a coworker of mine about my surgery when she told me she was doing WW back in August (surgery aug 8). I didnt see her for a few weeks. She is one inch shorter than me and we wore about the same size in October ( I had dropped from 18 to 16 and she was a 16-18 too. We both have very similar builds and body types. She asked me at the beginning of November if I wanted some of her clothes she couldnt wear. I thought she meant she had some smaller clothes she wanted to give me... I said sure! I will take whatever you have since I will be inbetween sizes for a while yet... She gave me the jeans. 4 size 16 and 2 size 14. I saw her the next week (she still looks about the same as ever) and I said thanks so much for the jeans.. the 16's a bit big but I am wearing the 14's comfortably! She said to me..." I put these jeans on this morning (while pulling the waist out on her jeans to show they were big and I dont know the size) and I said..OH, its about time these wen to Tammi". OMG> she is pretending to give me her FAT clothes... WHATEVER. I was kinda pissed and didnt know how to take that. I just shrugged and went on. She is so jealous she felt like saying that to me in front of people trying to make it seem like she was winning some imaginary race with me. All this time I thought she was just trying to be nice. She even said at the beginning that she knew i would be moving through sizes fast and thought I could use them before she could. WOW. I hope I wrote this so you can understand the situation. I am not competing with anyone and I wish I hadnt said anything to her at all. I dont want or need someone elses FAT clothes. Its quite the opposite at almost 50 pounds lost!

SN--- Forensikchic SW--194 GW---174 CW--187 lbs to goal--- 13 I usually weigh in on monday but I am so excited to report my los this week! I weighed 186.5!!! Only 12.5 to go. Yay!

I left the hospital with NO physical restrictions at all. He told me I could do anything I felt like and I needed to start exercising immediately...of course I just walked and took it kinda easy but it wasnt because I wasnt allowed too. I think you should just use common sense. You are going to be tired and sore for a while. If you are feeling up to it, then do it. I dont think you can harm anything internally but I am not a doctor. I would definately talk to the dr. before skiing because of the potential for falling when you dont have all your energy back yet. You will be very tired for several weeks after surgery.

I have been in a stall for a couple of weeks even gaining a pound or so and am so ready to see the numbers drop again. I think I finally broke it because I am back down to where I was two weeks ago, I just want to see it continue to drop and not go back up... I am a slow loser and everyone else that had surgery when I did, have far surpassed me at this point. Makes me sad...