ramsey2008

I'm 2 weeks po bypass. I have anxiety. Theres nothing you can do to relieve any anxiety, just have to wait til its done. They give you medicine to keep your anxiety calm if you ask for it. Til then, theres nothing to stop your anxiety now. But, I will say it was a breeze and I didn't have much pain.. I was up walking in like 3 hours after surgery. Just keep walking, push yourself to walk.. the more you burp/fart the quicker the gas pain is gone.
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I'm 2 weeks po bypass. I have anxiety. Theres nothing you can do to relieve any anxiety, just have to wait til its done. They give you medicine to keep your anxiety calm if you ask for it. Til then, theres nothing to stop your anxiety now. But, I will say it was a breeze and I didn't have much pain.. I was up walking in like 3 hours after surgery. Just keep walking, push yourself to walk.. the more you burp/fart the quicker the gas pain is gone.
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Spent four hours at a Christmas party with over 200 people and waitresses kept coming up to me asking if I wanted a drink, food, Cookies... (i'm still on just liquids)
I came home and just couldn't stop crying. I laid in the shower and cried a nasty snotty cry and listed off out loud all the food I wanted to eat so bad.
While doing this and texting my friend who is 10 months PO I realized why I was so upset, why i'm obese.
I haven't ever told anyone, but I want to tell someone.. so here I am.
I grew up poor, dirt poor. We went days without eating and when there was food - you had to eat it fast before someone else did.
When I met my husband and had kids - I became a food hoarder and I buy tons of food, crazy amounts of food. $300+ a week crazy food...
I still eat fast. I still eat A LOT because I have that whole "eat it before someone else does" thing goin' on in my head.
I promised myself and my kids that I would never go without food, my family wouldn't.
So not eating brought up some really painful painful wounds.
I have a therapy appointment on the 20th.. I can't wait.
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Congrats!! I'm 1 week po
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Surgery was a breeze. I could not believe how easy it was. I thought I was going to be in PAIN but all I had was a few cramps like a period AND I was on my period.
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Spent four hours at a Christmas party with over 200 people and waitresses kept coming up to me asking if I wanted a drink, food, Cookies... (i'm still on just liquids)
I came home and just couldn't stop crying. I laid in the shower and cried a nasty snotty cry and listed off out loud all the food I wanted to eat so bad.
While doing this and texting my friend who is 10 months PO I realized why I was so upset, why i'm obese.
I haven't ever told anyone, but I want to tell someone.. so here I am.
I grew up poor, dirt poor. We went days without eating and when there was food - you had to eat it fast before someone else did.
When I met my husband and had kids - I became a food hoarder and I buy tons of food, crazy amounts of food. $300+ a week crazy food...
I still eat fast. I still eat A LOT because I have that whole "eat it before someone else does" thing goin' on in my head.
I promised myself and my kids that I would never go without food, my family wouldn't.
So not eating brought up some really painful painful wounds.
I have a therapy appointment on the 20th.. I can't wait.
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Spent four hours at a Christmas party with over 200 people and waitresses kept coming up to me asking if I wanted a drink, food, Cookies... (i'm still on just liquids)
I came home and just couldn't stop crying. I laid in the shower and cried a nasty snotty cry and listed off out loud all the food I wanted to eat so bad.
While doing this and texting my friend who is 10 months PO I realized why I was so upset, why i'm obese.
I haven't ever told anyone, but I want to tell someone.. so here I am.
I grew up poor, dirt poor. We went days without eating and when there was food - you had to eat it fast before someone else did.
When I met my husband and had kids - I became a food hoarder and I buy tons of food, crazy amounts of food. $300+ a week crazy food...
I still eat fast. I still eat A LOT because I have that whole "eat it before someone else does" thing goin' on in my head.
I promised myself and my kids that I would never go without food, my family wouldn't.
So not eating brought up some really painful painful wounds.
I have a therapy appointment on the 20th.. I can't wait.
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Thanks everyone. My surgeons pa told me before I left the hospital.. "be kind, be patient, don't take the anger out on everyone." I was like uhh what anger? That anger didn't come until day 5. :-/
Then she said "Think as if food was your boyfriend, you loved this boyfriend for a very long time and then out of no where he breaks up with you and even though you love him, you can't see him anymore."
Thats fits.
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Thanks everyone. My surgeons pa told me before I left the hospital.. "be kind, be patient, don't take the anger out on everyone." I was like uhh what anger? That anger didn't come until day 5. :-/
Then she said "Think as if food was your boyfriend, you loved this boyfriend for a very long time and then out of no where he breaks up with you and even though you love him, you can't see him anymore."
Thats fits.
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Spent four hours at a Christmas party with over 200 people and waitresses kept coming up to me asking if I wanted a drink, food, Cookies... (i'm still on just liquids)
I came home and just couldn't stop crying. I laid in the shower and cried a nasty snotty cry and listed off out loud all the food I wanted to eat so bad.
While doing this and texting my friend who is 10 months PO I realized why I was so upset, why i'm obese.
I haven't ever told anyone, but I want to tell someone.. so here I am.
I grew up poor, dirt poor. We went days without eating and when there was food - you had to eat it fast before someone else did.
When I met my husband and had kids - I became a food hoarder and I buy tons of food, crazy amounts of food. $300+ a week crazy food...
I still eat fast. I still eat A LOT because I have that whole "eat it before someone else does" thing goin' on in my head.
I promised myself and my kids that I would never go without food, my family wouldn't.
So not eating brought up some really painful painful wounds.
I have a therapy appointment on the 20th.. I can't wait.
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Spent four hours at a Christmas party with over 200 people and waitresses kept coming up to me asking if I wanted a drink, food, Cookies... (i'm still on just liquids)
I came home and just couldn't stop crying. I laid in the shower and cried a nasty snotty cry and listed off out loud all the food I wanted to eat so bad.
While doing this and texting my friend who is 10 months PO I realized why I was so upset, why i'm obese.
I haven't ever told anyone, but I want to tell someone.. so here I am.
I grew up poor, dirt poor. We went days without eating and when there was food - you had to eat it fast before someone else did.
When I met my husband and had kids - I became a food hoarder and I buy tons of food, crazy amounts of food. $300+ a week crazy food...
I still eat fast. I still eat A LOT because I have that whole "eat it before someone else does" thing goin' on in my head.
I promised myself and my kids that I would never go without food, my family wouldn't.
So not eating brought up some really painful painful wounds.
I have a therapy appointment on the 20th.. I can't wait.
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Spent four hours at a Christmas party with over 200 people and waitresses kept coming up to me asking if I wanted a drink, food, Cookies... (i'm still on just liquids)
I came home and just couldn't stop crying. I laid in the shower and cried a nasty snotty cry and listed off out loud all the food I wanted to eat so bad.
While doing this and texting my friend who is 10 months PO I realized why I was so upset, why i'm obese.
I haven't ever told anyone, but I want to tell someone.. so here I am.
I grew up poor, dirt poor. We went days without eating and when there was food - you had to eat it fast before someone else did.
When I met my husband and had kids - I became a food hoarder and I buy tons of food, crazy amounts of food. $300+ a week crazy food...
I still eat fast. I still eat A LOT because I have that whole "eat it before someone else does" thing goin' on in my head.
I promised myself and my kids that I would never go without food, my family wouldn't.
So not eating brought up some really painful painful wounds.
I have a therapy appointment on the 20th.. I can't wait.
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Spent four hours at a Christmas party with over 200 people and waitresses kept coming up to me asking if I wanted a drink, food, Cookies... (i'm still on just liquids)
I came home and just couldn't stop crying. I laid in the shower and cried a nasty snotty cry and listed off out loud all the food I wanted to eat so bad.
While doing this and texting my friend who is 10 months PO I realized why I was so upset, why i'm obese.
I haven't ever told anyone, but I want to tell someone.. so here I am.
I grew up poor, dirt poor. We went days without eating and when there was food - you had to eat it fast before someone else did.
When I met my husband and had kids - I became a food hoarder and I buy tons of food, crazy amounts of food. $300+ a week crazy food...
I still eat fast. I still eat A LOT because I have that whole "eat it before someone else does" thing goin' on in my head.
I promised myself and my kids that I would never go without food, my family wouldn't.
So not eating brought up some really painful painful wounds.
I have a therapy appointment on the 20th.. I can't wait.
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Spent four hours at a Christmas party with over 200 people and waitresses kept coming up to me asking if I wanted a drink, food, Cookies... (i'm still on just liquids)
I came home and just couldn't stop crying. I laid in the shower and cried a nasty snotty cry and listed off out loud all the food I wanted to eat so bad.
While doing this and texting my friend who is 10 months PO I realized why I was so upset, why i'm obese.
I haven't ever told anyone, but I want to tell someone.. so here I am.
I grew up poor, dirt poor. We went days without eating and when there was food - you had to eat it fast before someone else did.
When I met my husband and had kids - I became a food hoarder and I buy tons of food, crazy amounts of food. $300+ a week crazy food...
I still eat fast. I still eat A LOT because I have that whole "eat it before someone else does" thing goin' on in my head.
I promised myself and my kids that I would never go without food, my family wouldn't.
So not eating brought up some really painful painful wounds.
I have a therapy appointment on the 20th.. I can't wait.
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Really wish my husband wouldn't have made the comment "I think your boobs are getting smaller."
It wasn't to be mean and he thought it would be a compliment so I didn't bark at him but I told him I didn't want my boobs to go so if he notices the boobs getting smaller then don't tell me. Don't tell me about my boobs and butt.. but tell me about my legs, arms, face and belly.
This made me think - we should start a list of things of our husbands/wives/partners to NOT mention
My sweet husband, he tried to recover "oh but I like them I like them a lot."
Pppffttt.. yeah, sure ya do! LOL!
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Really wish my husband wouldn't have made the comment "I think your boobs are getting smaller."
It wasn't to be mean and he thought it would be a compliment so I didn't bark at him but I told him I didn't want my boobs to go so if he notices the boobs getting smaller then don't tell me. Don't tell me about my boobs and butt.. but tell me about my legs, arms, face and belly.
This made me think - we should start a list of things of our husbands/wives/partners to NOT mention
My sweet husband, he tried to recover "oh but I like them I like them a lot."
Pppffttt.. yeah, sure ya do! LOL!
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Slept decent last night, tried what you all said, it took a lot of "pull" off my stomach and was able to sleep! Thanks everyone!!
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Really wish my husband wouldn't have made the comment "I think your boobs are getting smaller."
It wasn't to be mean and he thought it would be a compliment so I didn't bark at him but I told him I didn't want my boobs to go so if he notices the boobs getting smaller then don't tell me. Don't tell me about my boobs and butt.. but tell me about my legs, arms, face and belly.
This made me think - we should start a list of things of our husbands/wives/partners to NOT mention
My sweet husband, he tried to recover "oh but I like them I like them a lot."
Pppffttt.. yeah, sure ya do! LOL!
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Slept decent last night, tried what you all said, it took a lot of "pull" off my stomach and was able to sleep! Thanks everyone!!
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Really wish my husband wouldn't have made the comment "I think your boobs are getting smaller."
It wasn't to be mean and he thought it would be a compliment so I didn't bark at him but I told him I didn't want my boobs to go so if he notices the boobs getting smaller then don't tell me. Don't tell me about my boobs and butt.. but tell me about my legs, arms, face and belly.
This made me think - we should start a list of things of our husbands/wives/partners to NOT mention
My sweet husband, he tried to recover "oh but I like them I like them a lot."
Pppffttt.. yeah, sure ya do! LOL!
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Slept decent last night, tried what you all said, it took a lot of "pull" off my stomach and was able to sleep! Thanks everyone!!
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I am a side sleeper and with my back problems, sleeping on my back sucks.
But since surgery its sooo painful to even attempt to sleep on my side which means no sleep.
Any suggestions on how I can sleep on my side?
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I am a side sleeper and with my back problems, sleeping on my back sucks.
But since surgery its sooo painful to even attempt to sleep on my side which means no sleep.
Any suggestions on how I can sleep on my side?
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Super nervous, seven days until surgery.
I'm having the full bypass on the 6th.
I feel so overwhelmed with information, I have a huge folder with tons of print outs and notes i've taken from support groups, doctor and nurse visits... but I still feel so unprepared.
I still haven't figured out what Protein Drink i'll be drinking post op. GNC had one that was supposedly tasteless. I haven't tried it yet. I've tried a bunch of others but they are just gross. I'm afraid I will have this surgery and not have a Protein shake.
Please, any advice or help?
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I'll be having the full bypass on Dec 6th...
I am so so excited but also scared.
Can anyone give me any good advice?
Start my Protein shakes tomorrow.. Only one a day.
Go back on Nov 16th for the class they have you take before surgery then my last appointment before surgery ! Ek! I'm so excited
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