mandie175lbs

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm going to need ALL the help I can get! This was some painful stuff to go through. lol! The first day was unreal, while I was sitting on the table, I seriously thought I was going to have a heart attack! I was scare to death! My anesthetist gave me some anxiety meds through the IV. (Thank Goodness!) How have things been with you so far?

Do I have to copy and paste the ticker every time I want to post a weight change, or is there a place I can go in the settings to make it come up automatically? And again, what is PERMALINK?

Sorry Guys, this is a long one! lol! Start reading from the bottom up. I know that the time is listed, but I numbered them for people like me who see little notations/guides like that after the fact! lol!

4.And because MY grandmother can tell if something is wrong, I also lied by saying that I was having back pain and that I wasn't feeling well today! lol! (I didn't tell my grandmother either about the surgery!) But now I have back pains for real:(

Oh well friends, I really don't have much more to report. I guess I will be alright and I apologize if I scared anyone in the beginning, but this is truly how I am feeling.... I guess, I'm just having mixed feelings about the whole thing. Tomorrow is another day so hopefully I'll have something more positive to report. Until next time.... Please take care of your selves and if any of you are experiencing the same problems that I am and know some quick remedies, please let me know. Oh! Before I go, what are y'all drinking on the liquid diet. I'm just doing water and vanilla/chocolate boost. Please send me some suggestions! Thanks Guys! Keep in touch

3.On the flip side of things.... maybe it isn't as bad as I'm making it out to be! lol! Maybe it was the one incision technique that made it that much more painful. I am enjoying the fact that I'm drinking 2oz of fluids every 15 minutes and I have not gotten hungry. I am also enjoying the fact that I'm not craving anything. My town is having a carnival today and my mother stopped by to see if I wanted to have a few hot dogs! (remember guys, I didn't tell her about the surgery!) I just told her that I didn't want any because I had a huge breakfast! lol! My grandmother stopped by to offer me some grapes (my entire family loves grapes- she had a CASE of them!) my daughter took several bags, but I told her that I was dieting and I wasn't at the grape eating stage yet.

2.My stomach is so swollen (I look like I am pregnant and the left side close to the belly button is sore to the touch!) I am constantly popping pain pills and I hate that! Last complaint guys, but surely not the least complaint, I think my cycle is on! Either it is my cycle or I'm having internal bleeding! My cycle don't usually come on until around the 6th or 7th of each month! I am seriously shocked that it is early! Guys, I am no surgery virgin! I've had several surgeries recently! AND I must say that this one takes the cake! From beginning to end, I've done everything that I'm suppose to do , so I hope this is just a phase! lol! I can't imagine several weeks of this. My surgery was this pass Thursday August 25th, I hope that by next Thursday September 4th, I'll be walking around enjoying the freedom of my weight decreasing.

1.Maybe I shouldn't be posting just yet because I am really struggling with having something positive to say right now! You Guys, OH! MY! GOODNESS! I am in soooo much pain! I have to say that this is one surgery that I wouldn't push on anyone unless it was a do or die situation!. My shoulder, side, stomach, chest .... everything is in this crazy, sort of dull, nagging pain!

Well Guys, Looks like I made it through the CLEAR liquid phase with flying colors. I only got hungry a few times but I was very focused. I have about 30 minutes left so I'm probably going to have one last sugar free popsicle and maybe some boullion(?) soup. Tomorrow is the day! I have to be at the hospital at 5:45am! I am so glad that my appointment is early! Well, wish me luck and I will try to get back in contact with you guys before the weekend is over. Take care!

You look so much taller in the picture! Well, I guess your feet are not big after all! LOL! I hope you get your surgery soon. I played the wait game for several months. When it was time for me to go in for my initial meet with my doctor, I changed my mind. When I changed my mind, it's like it took them 3 months to get me back in there! Once I got back in to see the doctors, they told me that I didn't weigh enough! I was soooo upset! I paid a $60 co-pay just for them to tell me to go gain more weight! Because I didn't weigh enough when I saw the doctor, it's like it took them 4 more months just to get me to this point. Tomorow is the day and I am as ready as I'll ever be! It's been a long journey and just to think that this is just the beginning.... I'm so freaked out!

My daughter, sister and fiance' are the only people that knows about this! I

don't plan on telling ANYONE! I don't like it when I am the topic of people

conversation.I feel that if they are not going through this, and if they are not

one of my love ones or a close friend of mine, then they would be talking just

for gossip sake! I wouldn't want them to even waste their time gossiping about

me.... I'm just not worth the conversation! lol!

Take care and keep the posting coming because for a lot of us, this is our main

source of support.

Well Guys,

I am officially on the "clear liquid diet!" I'm not in a panic yet, but I know

that I will be turning in very early 2night! My stomach is going to start

growling, I'm going to feel nausea and then I'm going to start vomiting. I can

pretty much see all of this happening to me over the next few hours. lol!

Tomorrow is surgery day and I am on the edge of my seat! I can hardly wait! My

fiance' and my sister will be there. I haven't told my mother because I tried

talking to her about it last year and she wasn't supportive at all. Sooo, I

decided to leave her out of the loop.

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Hi and thanks for the comment. You look great in the above photo. How have you been since the surgery? I'm 5'9 too and I too want to be around 175lbs. What are you studying? I am so impressed with you going to school. Once I get this weight thing under control, I am going back to school too. Good luck to to with your weight loss and your studies! Keep in touch.

Thanks for your beautiful words of encouragement. I will be on clear liquids tomorrow. I just hope and pray that I can get through that without vomiting. When I'm hungry, I get sick to the point of vomiting and I hate to vomit. Since I was a little girl and every time I've vomited in my life, for some reason I urinate on myself. lol! I know this is too much information, but it's crazy that I can't control this! lol! Anyway, I know you can't wait to have your surgery. My feet, back and side started to kill me from the extra weight! lol! How tall are you? Are you the person in the black or pink? Take care and I will certainly be praying for you and all of us here who are trying to make that change in our lives. We can do this! Keep in touch and I will do the same.

Hope you are doing well Jamie!

Thanks for the well wishes guys. I am really struggling with this low carb diet especially when I read that other people on here are eating up to their surgery date. My doctor said that eating low carb /low fat will shrink my liver.... I sure hope it works! They are planning to do the one incision through the belly button and for them to do this successfully the liver has to be smaller in size... I don't know, we'll see though. I lost a few more pounds and I am super excited about that, because it's suppose to help them pull this new technique off! Anyway wish me luck guys. I'm getting ready to fix me some low carb/low fat foods. lol!