Linda T.
Christmas Cold
Dec 20, 2006
I am not talking about snow! Once again I have a small cold. Not full blown but still yukky. This is the 2nd one since surgery. I am taking more vitimans than ever and doing better but oops. Someone gave me a Christmas gift I was unaware of.
Today I will stay home and finish wrapping gifts and rest and push fluids. This morning the scales were good to me. Still down 25 lbs. BMI at 34! My face is showing a difference, the cheeks are not completely round, the side of my face has shadows? I got to spend some time cleaning out the closet. I am tired of looking for something to wear and trying on everything till I find an outfit that fits. (I have clothes all over the chair that needs to be boxed up) I can tell a big difference in my body. I need to measure again and post the results here. Not the actual numbers but the inches lost. LOL.
Today I will stay home and finish wrapping gifts and rest and push fluids. This morning the scales were good to me. Still down 25 lbs. BMI at 34! My face is showing a difference, the cheeks are not completely round, the side of my face has shadows? I got to spend some time cleaning out the closet. I am tired of looking for something to wear and trying on everything till I find an outfit that fits. (I have clothes all over the chair that needs to be boxed up) I can tell a big difference in my body. I need to measure again and post the results here. Not the actual numbers but the inches lost. LOL.
Clothing Issues
Dec 20, 2006
I started off the day yesterday by getting something smaller out of the closet (I have all sizes). I had not worn it in a long time because it was too small. I worked all day and when I got home my husband wanted to Christmas shop. I know that is strange. We shopped and then went out to eat. I went to the restroom to wash my hands and saw myself in a different mirror. You know the ones at home lie. I looked so frumpy, pittiful, and sloppy. My pants had stretch out or something and were looking baggy and big. My top was hanging off the shoulder line and looked stretched out at the hem line. Who knew that morning when it felt like it fit that by night It would be a never wear again outfit. LOL. I am now down 25 lbs. 6 weeks and 2 days. 1st fill is doing great.
Busy Season of Christmas
Dec 18, 2006
I have a love hate relationship with this time of year! I love the busyness but I hate the overwhelmed feeling that I get. So much to do and so little time to do it. Maybe I am trying to do too much, HUMMMM.
I have been doing really well the last few weeks. I was able to eat more and more just like I had read here on the boards so I knew it was time for a fill. I went to Dr. Houstons office on the 15th to get a fill. According to his scales I had lost 13 lb since surgery. Doesn't sound like much but for me it is one sixth of my extra weight. I have lost a whopping 13 inches!!!! Most of it is from my waist down. Butt is soooo much smaller. The fill went very easy, but I knew all the things that could go wrong. One small sting and ta da. It was done and I walked a way with a pitcure to prove it. Friday was also our company party. I sat as food was brought out and place in front of everyone, talked while everyone ate. I had protein in my water and a couple bites of cheesecake that melted in my mouth. I still had fun and did not hurt my new stomach. Sunday night was our family Christmas party. A themed Christmas with country cooking. I drank the "juice" from Pinto Beans with ham. It was unbelieveable good. I had decaf coffee with flavoring. These were my major parties so I am only left with one and I will be eating real food by then.
Now talking about coffee flavoring!!!! WOW WOW. I ordered online from DaVinci. They have so many Sugar Free Syrup Flavorings. My kitchen now looks like a bar with all these bottles. I have and love English Toffee, Egg Nog, Spice, Gingerbread, Hazelnut, Peppermint, Chai, Vanilla and several others. I use them in protein drinks with astounding results, it makes them tasty. I use in Coffee, Milk, Soy Milk, on pudding, and hot cereal. It help when I crave sugar or sweets. They are made with Splenda.
I have been doing really well the last few weeks. I was able to eat more and more just like I had read here on the boards so I knew it was time for a fill. I went to Dr. Houstons office on the 15th to get a fill. According to his scales I had lost 13 lb since surgery. Doesn't sound like much but for me it is one sixth of my extra weight. I have lost a whopping 13 inches!!!! Most of it is from my waist down. Butt is soooo much smaller. The fill went very easy, but I knew all the things that could go wrong. One small sting and ta da. It was done and I walked a way with a pitcure to prove it. Friday was also our company party. I sat as food was brought out and place in front of everyone, talked while everyone ate. I had protein in my water and a couple bites of cheesecake that melted in my mouth. I still had fun and did not hurt my new stomach. Sunday night was our family Christmas party. A themed Christmas with country cooking. I drank the "juice" from Pinto Beans with ham. It was unbelieveable good. I had decaf coffee with flavoring. These were my major parties so I am only left with one and I will be eating real food by then.
Now talking about coffee flavoring!!!! WOW WOW. I ordered online from DaVinci. They have so many Sugar Free Syrup Flavorings. My kitchen now looks like a bar with all these bottles. I have and love English Toffee, Egg Nog, Spice, Gingerbread, Hazelnut, Peppermint, Chai, Vanilla and several others. I use them in protein drinks with astounding results, it makes them tasty. I use in Coffee, Milk, Soy Milk, on pudding, and hot cereal. It help when I crave sugar or sweets. They are made with Splenda.
Things I won't be able to do after Weight Loss
Nov 27, 2006
Set my plate or drink on my stomach.
Start a fire with my thighs.
Look pregnant.
Feel soft and pfluffy.
Play tic tac toe with my pills.
Use my blood pressure as an excuse for not doing something.
Have one choice in clothing. Tent.
Limp around on sore feet after walking
Start a fire with my thighs.
Look pregnant.
Feel soft and pfluffy.
Play tic tac toe with my pills.
Use my blood pressure as an excuse for not doing something.
Have one choice in clothing. Tent.
Limp around on sore feet after walking
My Reasons for WLS
Nov 22, 2006
Back when I first started checking out Lap Band I made a list of things that would change if I lost weight and kept it off. It's serious and funny at the same time. It is MY list not anyone elses.
*To have NO Blood Pressure problems.
*To have No Reflux or have to take drugs for it.
*No Asthma
*No pain meds for arthritis
*To be depression free
*Not to feel cut in half by jeans
*To stop wearing granny panties
*To be able to find sexy panties in my size
*To have more room in our 2 seater Z
*To tighten the safety belt down.
*To have my wedding band and rings fit
*To buy clothing in regular Petite Dept.
*To go upstairs without being out of breath.
*To wipe and wash my behind easy
*To walk with comfort.
*To have a bra with underwire that does not poke my underarm.
*To feel like I look good
*To run with my dogs
*To be known as Charlies good looking wife
*To have someone ask Charlie who I am.
*To buy clothes that fit for years
*To wear heels without killing my feet
*To influence my grand daughters and daughter to keep weight in control the healthy way
*To live to be 103
*To have good panties that don't roll down below my belly
*To fit better in my Hockey seat
*To want to exercise
*To not sleep on 4 pillows at night
*To be able to paint my own toe nails without stopping to breath
*To eat and not feel guilty
*To run up stairs to catch a phone, and be able to talk
*To help Charlie become healthier
*To be able to go to the bottom of the pool. Fat floats.
*To keep a promise my father to get healthier. He passed away in 2003
*To be an active senior citizen
*To garden and be able to get up without rolling over.
*To be able to sneak up on people
*To have my husbands arms wrap around me
*To not fear when he tries to pick me up
*To see myself in the mirror as others see me.
*To play with my grand Daughters and go to Disney World and ride with them.
*To be the me God intended me to be
*To have unlimited energy
*To have smaller boobs to mammogram
*To be able to stand and paint
*To be recognized as the same woman in my daughters wedding pictures (lowest weight for her wedding)
*To enjoy people I eat with more than the food
There are others that I will not list.
*To have NO Blood Pressure problems.
*To have No Reflux or have to take drugs for it.
*No Asthma
*No pain meds for arthritis
*To be depression free
*Not to feel cut in half by jeans
*To stop wearing granny panties
*To be able to find sexy panties in my size
*To have more room in our 2 seater Z
*To tighten the safety belt down.
*To have my wedding band and rings fit
*To buy clothing in regular Petite Dept.
*To go upstairs without being out of breath.
*To wipe and wash my behind easy
*To walk with comfort.
*To have a bra with underwire that does not poke my underarm.
*To feel like I look good
*To run with my dogs
*To be known as Charlies good looking wife
*To have someone ask Charlie who I am.
*To buy clothes that fit for years
*To wear heels without killing my feet
*To influence my grand daughters and daughter to keep weight in control the healthy way
*To live to be 103
*To have good panties that don't roll down below my belly
*To fit better in my Hockey seat
*To want to exercise
*To not sleep on 4 pillows at night
*To be able to paint my own toe nails without stopping to breath
*To eat and not feel guilty
*To run up stairs to catch a phone, and be able to talk
*To help Charlie become healthier
*To be able to go to the bottom of the pool. Fat floats.
*To keep a promise my father to get healthier. He passed away in 2003
*To be an active senior citizen
*To garden and be able to get up without rolling over.
*To be able to sneak up on people
*To have my husbands arms wrap around me
*To not fear when he tries to pick me up
*To see myself in the mirror as others see me.
*To play with my grand Daughters and go to Disney World and ride with them.
*To be the me God intended me to be
*To have unlimited energy
*To have smaller boobs to mammogram
*To be able to stand and paint
*To be recognized as the same woman in my daughters wedding pictures (lowest weight for her wedding)
*To enjoy people I eat with more than the food
There are others that I will not list.
Karma
Nov 19, 2006
Just when things are going good things go bad. I picked up a cold somewhere in the last week. Yuk! Running a temp, feeling just plain crummy. Spent the whole day today in my PJ's. Feed a cold starve a fever the old saying is working. Lots of fluids and high protein. My band is doing really well, just the body around it is stinky. I have heard that people name their bands. Well, to day I named mine. My Gardian Angel. When I can't do as good as I should my Gardian Angel does.
I am getting in the Christmas mood and have a lot to do. It all seems to have something to do with lifting. I am ready to decorate and go shopping. Thats what its about this year not the food. I am ready to start an exercise program too as soon as this bug runs it course.
I am getting in the Christmas mood and have a lot to do. It all seems to have something to do with lifting. I am ready to decorate and go shopping. Thats what its about this year not the food. I am ready to start an exercise program too as soon as this bug runs it course.
1st Post Op Doctor Visit
Nov 17, 2006
Went to Dr Houston's today. Weighed in 195.3 a 9 lb weight loss. I was happy as can be. All my sites look okay, and he said to keep on following the rules that I was doing just fine. I did speak to the NUT. Yep! that's all I got to say about that. I could have a degree in Nutrition too if you count the 30 years I've been dieting. So much for that. Everytime I see the Dr. it is raining. It even rained the day of my surgery. I have a date for my for my 1st fill. December 15. Just in time to be tight for Christmas. Could be good or bad. But I am bad at Christmas picking and eating. Company Christmas party is that night so I will be drinking liquids. Rough but worth it. I am eating regular food!!!! Tuna is sooooo good. Life is good, energy has returned, nothing to slow me down now.
First Week Post-Op
Nov 13, 2006
My surgery was November 6 a good day for me. I had the pre surgery jitters but not the questioning or worry that I have heard people talk about. I got up got my bag and was off. Things at the hospital went smoothly. Almost like an assembly line. I was carried back at 9:30 dressed in the most unappealing hospital gown. Hello hospitals, make these things happy, colorful, up beat, anything but not grey drab. I understand that they get washed, bleached and abused but material all cost the same regardless of the pattern! Back to my story. Stripped and ready on the gurney. This is the hardest part of the whole hospital stay. This gurney was hard and not comfortable. My upper back was hurting within minutes. After 30 minutes they took me to the surgery holding area. Cold. At first there was a fury of people, checking my name and surgery, my Dr's name, reading my chart asking questions about drug allergies, previous surgerys, and previous test. Anesthesia Dr. about 3 of them came to do the same mental testing as the previous nurse. They were funnier. I mentioned my tape allergy and was assured that I wouldn't have a reaction to this clear tape. The one putting the IV is was a good one. One pick and he was in. Now I was hooked up and ready for some sleepy juice, I had been on my back on this gurney over 1 1/2 hours. My back was really uncomfortable. Well, I laid there long enought to start to dose (still no sleepy meds). Another turn with the nurse and those questions and then someone to move me to surgery also with questions. I found out after getting to the surgery room (sure smaller than I ever imagined) the reason no pre meds. I had to get from that gurney to the surgery table. A nurse brought me a warm blanket for my legs as they put the heart EKG leads on my chest and I was gone.
I started waking up in recovery. Didn't want to but started. The only pain was a burning or sting in the upper surgery sites. They gave me pain med and I was asleep again. They woke me several times before taking me to my room. My husband was waiting and helpless. He looked like he want to do something to help me but didn't know what. If he only knew that just his being there was such a comfort and pleasant sight. Of course I was so droggy I couldn't let him know. They did let me have ice chips that he gave me. A nurse came in often checking my stats and asking if I needed to pee. I had excaped the dreaded cathater. Nope the day before had dhydrated me. By 4 they gave me my first meal full liquid. My husband mixed the protein with the chicken broth and spooned it to me sips at a time. I couldn't eat much, just didn't want it. I did want the crystal lite berry drink it felt so good on my dry raw throat. Eating woke me up. Also to the pain. They brought me pain meds and after about 1/2 hour they were ready to walk me. It was a short walk, but I did have to pee. That is a thing they are waiting for. My husband went home soon after that and the process of taking my stats, walking and peeing went on all night long. I could have got up and done everything for myself except for those pressure booties, I couldn't bend to get them off. So I didn't get much sleep. Each time I went to sleep the oxgyen sat machine went off. The finally put oxgyen on me and I did sleep between checks and bathroom visits. The next morning my Dr Houston was in early to tell me I could go home when I wanted. !!! I had another meal same as before. I couldn't go the protein in the broth again. So I put it in the crystal lite and made it go down. I was drinking lots of water. My husband picked me up at 11:00 and I went home and to bed. The rest of the day I drank and slept.
By Wednesday all the sites were not sore except port site. I didn't need any meds aftward. By Friday all the swelling in belly was down and most of gas was gone. I worked 1/2 a day. By Saturday I went to a movie an a hockey game and walked around the arena 2 whole times besides walking 4 blocks back to the car. That was a little too much. My port site was sore probably from sitting so long. Sunday went to another movie and sitting was not as bad. Now to the food stuff. I have not been hungry. I have had head hunger one time. I think I just wanted to chew and needed a little salt. Getting my protein and fluid has not been a problem, I am now getting thirsty a lot, or just now realizing when I am thirsty. Port site is still sore and I can feel the port. All in all the first week has been easy. I hear all this stuff about PB, sliming, foaming, nausea and other strange things happening. So far with me nothing. I have been following my Dr. orders to the letter.
Count Down Begins
Nov 03, 2006
Today starts my two days of liquids pre-op. First thing this morning I made a large drink container (62 oz) of crystal light and protein powder. I had 1/3 of it for breakfast. I am put the balance in the freezer to get good and cold or partially frozen. My husband wants to make a road trip today and I want my drink to stay cold during that time. My spirits are still up, I am sure of my decision. Today. I will get my message today and that in itself will boost me along. I set an appointment up for every other week to help remove the garbage from my system.
I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but I get the strangest feeling from my daughter about this procedure. She has not said one thing. Good or Bad. She has sat and listened but now I get the feeling she does not want to hear it anymore. I consider us close but this feels bad. I need to ask her about her true feelings. I don't know if she is with me all the way or not. My grandaughter requested prayer for me in Sunday School last Sunday. She said I was having the Weight cut off. That is her take on Weight Loss Surgery. I am glad that is not what is really happening!
I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but I get the strangest feeling from my daughter about this procedure. She has not said one thing. Good or Bad. She has sat and listened but now I get the feeling she does not want to hear it anymore. I consider us close but this feels bad. I need to ask her about her true feelings. I don't know if she is with me all the way or not. My grandaughter requested prayer for me in Sunday School last Sunday. She said I was having the Weight cut off. That is her take on Weight Loss Surgery. I am glad that is not what is really happening!
Last Day of Pig Food
Nov 02, 2006
I woke up this morning in the most wonderful mood. Like Christmas eve with out the presents and the tree. It is a very cold day outside but the sun is shinning and all is right in my world. In this month before surgery I have lost appox. 5 lbs. (depending on which scales you believe) I have not been "dieting" but trying to sip, eat small bites, and drink large quanities of water. I have deserts! I am 5'2" highest weight was 210lbs.
I had my birthday desert last night and shared it with my husband. My birthday is 3 days after my surgery and I will be 59. I think under normal conditions I would be a little down with the thought that I am almost 60. This surgery may help me lose weight but I am not focused on that. I am more concerned on how long it will take to get my blood pressure down. When will I be able to stop the pills. When can I sleep flat and get rid of all four of my prop up pillows. When will my blood work come back all within normal levels. Yes, if I said I don't care about losing weight I would be lying. It does matter but not like it did years ago. Yes, I want my husband to be proud of the way I look but health is so much better.
I have read so much on these boards. I am glad I understand that most of the postings are problems because the ones without problems are out living their life. I could have problems and I may be back on the boards to find out to why or what to do. I am also going to try to be one of the good posters with what is going right. At least all the problem post I know what to expect and what not to do and how to avoid those common problems.
Now on to a day of my normal food or my pig food. I have decided on my last meal. I am going to Outback for a chicken and pasta dish. Tomorrow starts my liquid pre-op. I have a message in the morning and then I am going to bath all 4 of my dogs, a trip to the grocery, preparing food for church sunday, and getting bills paid, and generally putting things in it place. I am soooo ready.
I had my birthday desert last night and shared it with my husband. My birthday is 3 days after my surgery and I will be 59. I think under normal conditions I would be a little down with the thought that I am almost 60. This surgery may help me lose weight but I am not focused on that. I am more concerned on how long it will take to get my blood pressure down. When will I be able to stop the pills. When can I sleep flat and get rid of all four of my prop up pillows. When will my blood work come back all within normal levels. Yes, if I said I don't care about losing weight I would be lying. It does matter but not like it did years ago. Yes, I want my husband to be proud of the way I look but health is so much better.
I have read so much on these boards. I am glad I understand that most of the postings are problems because the ones without problems are out living their life. I could have problems and I may be back on the boards to find out to why or what to do. I am also going to try to be one of the good posters with what is going right. At least all the problem post I know what to expect and what not to do and how to avoid those common problems.
Now on to a day of my normal food or my pig food. I have decided on my last meal. I am going to Outback for a chicken and pasta dish. Tomorrow starts my liquid pre-op. I have a message in the morning and then I am going to bath all 4 of my dogs, a trip to the grocery, preparing food for church sunday, and getting bills paid, and generally putting things in it place. I am soooo ready.
About Me
Mt. Juliet, TN
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32.9
BMI
Feb 16, 2004
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