Its Been A Year!
· EllyDonlon · 08/07/2012 14:17
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Heyyy Everyone wow its been a while since ive been on here! Lets see Things have been crazy this past year. I hit my goal weight of 135lbs back in February and now im 128 lbs as of this morning. I feel like i have so much more energy than i did in the beginning of this amazing journey! I want to stay healthy and keep up on my exercise routine. I noticed that exercising and the use of a corset have helped me keep from having a lot of excess skin i mean i still have a bit but it helps alot! -
Post Op
· EllyDonlon · 08/05/2011 14:41
Hi everyone its elly,
I had my surgery on the 3rd and i was discharged from the hospital yesterday. Im not quite sure where to begin my stomach hurts Alot but thats pretty normal. I couldnt keep anything down untill just a few minutes ago and i was sipping on water and luigi's italian ices.
The surgery day was crazy most of it is fuzzy because of the pain meds and anti nasea meds they give you. When you are in the hospital make sure they give you the antinasea medicine first!! i spent alot of time dry heaving and trying not to throw up because i dint wanna open my stitches.
im very tired and thirsty but i cant drink too much or i get sick and trying not to throw up is Harrrddd
The excitement of the surgery has worn off and been replaced with a sense of shock not just to my body but to my mind. Things that used to be easy like putting on a shirt or going to the bathroom is harder to do with so many stitches. I was lucky because my doctor used existing laproscopic scars to get in. The scarriest part for me was the drain. Seeing them empty stuff and when they took it out Good Goddsss does it hurt. I closed my eyes tight as i could n hung onto my mothers hand like a lifeline its easier when you dont look at it.
I was incredibly stubborn about using a bed pan which they tried to make me use instead i got up and walked to the bathroom I believe that really helped my recovery time. Who says vanity is a bad thing ? I found that if i could do it once i could do it again and instead of spending a number of nights in the hospital getting woken up pricked and proded i only had to stay over 1 night and got to go home after my drink test in the morning. And can i just warn you all that stuff is Disgustingggg make sure they give you something for nasea before they make you drink it. I was very sick afterwards.
well im getting really sleepy ill blog more later
Good Luck Advice welcome !!
~Elly
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Surgery Tomorrow
· EllyDonlon · 08/02/2011 16:42
Hey Everyone!
Starting Weight: 230lbs
Current weight: 222.3 lbs
Latest Meal: Bottle of water
Tomorrow is my big day and I'm packing right now for the hospital Im going to be having the gastric sleeve My mother had it and so shes been really helpful in getting stuff together that wont irritate my stomach. I have my pre admission testing today and im scared as all hell theyre gunna say i didnt lose enough and not do the surgery. Ive been on the liquid diet for 2.5 weeks now and have lost 7 lbs
My nerves are shot and the excitement is filling me up i havent slept in 2 days because im so nervous and excited its making me crazy but hey my apartments never been cleaner nothing like nerves to send you on a mad cleaning spree. I went into the chat for the gastric sleeve last night for the first time the ppl in there are amazing and so supportive! I hope i get to meet more of them.
My surgery is at 6:30 tomorrow morning so if any of you are awake at that time send a prayer up to whoevers listening for me! If you have any questions on anything or advice to give Im all for it! comment away ! well theres a pile of clothes i need to find a bag for so good bye for now ! ill prolly do one last blog before i leave for the hospital.
Elly
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Shakes, Nerves and Loss of Sleep . . .
· EllyDonlon · 08/02/2011 03:20
Hello again everyone!
Im Elly for those of you that didnt read my intro blog im still new to this whole thing so sorry if my posts are too long.
Current weight: 222lbs.
Latest Meal: Chocolate Protein Shake
So im a day away from my surgery for Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 and i was lucky and able to get my appointment for first thing in the morning. I dont think my nerves could handle waiting til the middle of the afternoon. I had only two shakes today because i dont think my stomach could handle much more of running back n forth to the bathroom. If only werent so damn yummy! If any of you are having a hard time finding shakes that you like try your local vitamin shoppe they have tons of variety or even the gym for those of you unlike myself that have joined one im sure they can tell you how to make those delicious after work out shakes that help boost your muscle growth and all that jazz.
Currently im packing for the hospital trying to remember everything im going to need and i find the more i pack the more nervous i get. Right now my greatest fear is that ill get to the hospital and the doctor will tell me i didnt lose enough weight on the protein diet. I know most people are supposed to loose 15-20 lbs but ive only lost 7 Nothing like seeing the finish line and tripping a foot before you reach it. I also attained my first scale Ever i normally avoid them like the plague but lets face it im gunna need one luckily my very supportive mother got me a weight watchers one which is fairly cool looking and is currently set in front of my frig so that i feel guilty every time i have a week i neeeed to eat somethinggg moment you all know what i mean. Ive tried crash diets ive tried everything thats out there pills all natrual remedies you name it trying to lose weight so when i found this worked for my mother and one of her friends i had to give it a shot. only my immediate family knows im having this surgery cause i find people tend to think its "the easy way out" or " cheating" I know its not a miracle cure ive seen my mother go through it first hand. Im not looking for a miracle cure im looking for a leg up.
I havent slept in 2 days and i know i wont sleep tomorrow night knowing that this is the start of a new journey a journey i hope to a newer healthier better me. I hope ive helped some of you with my blogs so far. We arent alone and i hope i get comments and advice soon! Til tomorrow when im really freaking out haha have a good night fellow Journiers (i know thats not a real word but hey this is my blog right )
Elly
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Post Op Week 2
· EllyDonlon · 08/16/2011 19:23
Hi everyone its elly i know i havent been on in a while ive was recovering in LBI gotta say if youre gunna be recovering the beach is a nice place to do it fresh air relaxation everyones active so it helps you be active too.
My surgery went really well i was up and using the bathroom on my own only a few hours after surgery who says vanity is a bad thing? No bedpans for me Thank You very much. I had a great recovery i drank lots of fat free broths with the good stuff drained out and tons of jello Woo! go Jello! Now im on soft foods eggs n tuna outta the can n stuff but my stomach isnt ready for it yet so im making due with babyfood bananas and plums and some low fat spagettos my stitches are looking great ive been putting neosporin on them like crazy and i think its really helping it to heal nice instead of ugly. well i dunno wat else to say so any advice on good stuff to eat thats soft give a hollar any questions too
til next time
Elly
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Nice to meet you . . .
· EllyDonlon · 08/02/2011 02:48
Hello everyone!
My names Danielle I prefer being called Elly if you don't mind makes us seem like we're already friends and I'd like to think we are, Friends, Comrades, Support system. Ive never blogged anything before so bare with me if i seem a bit long winded. I guess the first place to start is to tell you all a bit about myself and my journey so far.
Like most of you i don't know where or when or how i started to gain so much weight. I look back at pictures and i think to myself was i ever That small? What happened? Where did it all go wrong? Sound familiar? haha i knew it would I've been browsing this site for months learning about other peoples experiences and i figured hey I'm a day away from having the Gastric Sleeve now's prolly a good time to sign up. Haha, I'm twenty three years old and im 230 pounds and to top it all off I'm vertically challenged soo at my whopping 5 foot nil its hard to hide how much weight I've gained. Its pretty awful when a perfect stranger comes up to you and asks " ohh whens the baby due" and for you women out there you know how devastating that can be and you cant exactly tell them oh no im just fat.
Im going to be a second generation gastric sleever if that makes any sense. My mother had the lap band and lost most of her weight on it before it slipped. That was a really scary phone call to get. She now has the gastric sleeve and says its much easier on her body even though it was a harder recovery time. Shes had it for over a year now and her weight has pretty much stayed constant at her goal weight.
The process for me to get approved for the gastric sleeve has been a very long and challenging one. I first started trying to get the lap band almost 3 1/2 years ago but got denied 3 times. So if you get denied i know how you feel but don't give up! I had to go to 6 months of nutritional classes and about 9 thousand different doctors and specialists to get everything together for this surgery and finally last week i got approved! The letter is currently hanging on my mothers frig and soon i plan on framing it since it took soooo long to achieve and even longer for the shock to wear off that it was finally happening! I started my liquid diet right away. Which of course is all exciting until you realize that those lovely shakes they make taste like chocolate actually has you running back n forth to the bathroom non stop. Not pleasant.
My starting weight was 230lbs
on the liquid diet ive lost 7lbs leaving me at a starting weight of 222lbs.
My last meal was given to me by my mother in celebration for this all finally happening and was a delicious motzah ball soup and chicken alfredo at the local dinner down the street. Ive been on the liquid diet for 2 1/2 weeks now and nothing would make me happier than tackling the domino's delivery boy that just walked by and eating my fill of pizza. Its Hard to control yourself when you realize how much of your time has been spent revolving around food. And if youre like me i eat All the time. Whether im happy sad excited upset any reason to eat and i did.
Well thanks for reading my first blog i hope you all leave some comments its Nice to meet you!
Elly
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