dmk6969

Sorry I haven't posted in a while but I went thru a bad bout of depression for about 2 weeks. But I am over it now and since I started in the middle of June when I was at my heaviest ever I have now lost a total of 68 lbs. I have lost 26 lbs since the surgery 3 weeks ago.

I hated it and cussed myself for doing it several times during the first 2 weeks. Threw up quite a bit from eating too fast. I am doing a little better on that now. I went and bought a little kitchen timer LoL. But I have come thru ok. Will post more later. Thanks for all the replies y'all.

Yea the egg drop is pretty much just chicken broth with bits of egg and corn in it so if I strained out the bits but it has a better flavor than just the plain chicken broth.

I am just starting week 2 after surgery and broth just doesn't taste good. I was wondering if I strain out the chunks could I have egg drop Soup or french onion soup maybe? Does anybody know?

Well it's Day 4 and I am in lots of pain. The 4 hour drive home yesterday was no picnic and I am sure that is one of the reasons I am so sore today. I have been trying to get all my Fluid and Protein in without making myself sick but it is no easy task. And I have to sleep in my recliner because we figured out too late that my bed sits up too high for me to get into right now lol. Have to go take meds now but will post again soon. Keep good thoughts for me please y'all.

Good Morning Y'all.

Day 2 after surgery and all is going well!

Was up just a couple of hours after surgery and walked quite a ways. Have had some pain but it is being managed quite nicely by the "dope on a rope" as my dietcian called it lol, a patient controlled Dilaudid pump.

They have had me attempting to eat/drink 4-6 oz. of Water, broth, or diluted cranberry juice an hour, which has been very hard to do because I feel very full. This hospital has the best broth I have ever tasted though.

In fact, including the food, the staff, and the accomodations made for both me and my family, I can easily understand why this hospital, University of Missouri Hospital, and the Bariatric Center are among the top on the list of Centers of Excellence.

I am doing my breathing exercises to prevent pnuemonia and my "feet flap" exercises to prevent blood clots every hour as directed. My blood pressure and blood sugar have both been doing good. The catheter is a little bothersome and uncomfortable as is the gas, but I was told the catheter will be removed today. YAY!

Normally they would send me home today, and the nurses kept saying I was going, but according to the surgical fellow who assists my surgeon Dr. De La Torre, even though everything went excellent and I am doing so great, because I live several hours from the hospital he is not sending me home for at least another day.

Gotta go now they just came in to take blood. But I will be back later.

And thank you all for the prayers and good wishes, they really did help!

Thank you monica for the help and advice, will post here after I come out of recovery tomorrow and am awake enough to.

Tryin' to get my Sexy back!<br />God help me and watch over me more now than ever, Amen.<br />Sent from my Galaxy tab.

Just 8 more hours to go! Surprisingly a lot of my nervousness has subsided, that may change by morning lol, we'll see. Say a little prayer for a stranger if you would please. :-)

Thanks ev1 for the comments and I will talk to y'all when I am out of recovery and awake.

Tryin' to get my Sexy back!<br />God help me and watch over me more now than ever, Amen.<br />Sent from my Galaxy tab.

Yea the up side is I have lost another 8 lbs. LoL That makes a total of 41 lbs. lost pre-op!

Tryin' to get my Sexy back!<br />God help me and watch over me more now than ever, Amen.<br />Sent from my Galaxy tab.

I am on the pre-op Liquid Protein diet for surgery on Monday and have been for almost 2 weeks. These shakes are starting to wear on my nerves, and even though I always loved popsicles before I am starting to despise the site of those little wooden sticks :-(

And I won't even discuss the broth situation. To think I have 2 more weeks of this after the surgery is distressing to say the least.

I know, I know, it's worth it in the end but still...........

Tryin' to get my Sexy back!<br />God help me and watch over me more now than ever, Amen.<br />Sent from my Galaxy tab.

I had a lot of trouble to start too. The pysch office that did my eval actually lost the results and paperwork for over a month. Then they told me I had to get new dentures and then they came back and said I had old paperwork from 2006 from the hospital that said I needed a cpap. So I started this journey last October with them saying I would probably have my surgery before Christmas 2011 and here I am finally going into the operating room on Monday, God willing and the creek don't rise, as my grandmother puts it. LoL

Good luck and stay on them, call 20 times a day if you have to. They will finally get tired of you pestering them lol and get you thru, as my granddad says, the wheel that squeaks the loudest gets greased first.

Tryin' to get my Sexy back!<br />God help me and watch over me more now than ever, Amen.<br />Sent from my Galaxy tab.

That is why I am doing it. I have a 16 year old daughter and she always wants me to go do things with her and I can't walk to go do them. When the dietian did our class she told us to set goals for 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year. After talking it over with my girl, I set my goals as, 1 month- lose enough (about 35 lbs) to be able to get on our treadmill again, 3 months- go dancing with her on New Years Eve, 6 months- take her to the amusement park without a wheelchair and actually get to ride the rides, and 1 year- go back to Hawaii without a wheelchair and hike up DiamondHead with her. The last one may be a little too optimistic but both she and I would settle for the first part of it. LoL And I would love to be able to snorkel or scuba dive there. None of these things have I been able to do in years. So I am staying positive and keeping the faith that this will be the life changing experience I am praying for.

Tryin' to get my Sexy back!<br />God help me and watch over me more now than ever, Amen.<br />Sent from my Galaxy tab.

Thank you. I don't get out much except in computerland so I was hoping to find a great support group online and I ran across this one completely by accident. Must mean I am supposed to be here :-)

Tryin' to get my Sexy back!<br />God help me and watch over me more now than ever, Amen.<br />Sent from my Galaxy tab.

Good luck! I would also like to get up with how you are doing. I have my surgery in 2 days. :-)

I had my psych eval last Nov. and I am having surgery Monday. But I had some complications that took a while to resolve.

Hello

I just joined here. I am looking for a support group. I am having my surgery on Monday and I am getting a little nervous. Not about the surgery itself, I have a wonderful surgeon, but mostly about everything after.

Is anyone in Missouri?