Hamida D.

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It has been 1 month since I had surgery.  The first few weeks were hard, I had lots of pain.  For the most part though I am feeling much better.  I occassionally feel discomfort but much better.

I had originally lost about 18-20lbs.  When I started mushies then progressed to reg food, I slowly gained a few lbs back.  Actually about 5 lbs back.  I go for my fist fill on the 20th so we will see.

I have been having some problems with food.  When I eat it feels like everything is stuck in my chest.  I have to wait for a little while to go down then I can eat.  I am not wating anywhere near what I usually eat so that is good.  My water intake is not where it should be, I ususally get about 48oz in a day.  I am trying to do better with that but it is not easy to get in when I am full most of the time.  The only time I am hungry is in the morning,  my stomach grumbles then after I eat my egg I am ususally good for the day,  as far as hunger goes.  One thing that I have noticed is the food that you dhouldnt eat goes down nice and easy such as cake, chips, cookies etc.  I had a tiny piece of cake for my nieces graduation and it went down very easy.  One good thing is that I could only eat a tiny piece of a corner where normally I would have had a few pieces.

All in all I am very happy I have my band.  It is a learning experience everyday.  That is what I signed up for though.  I have to learn to slow down eating and listen to my body so I will know when to stop.  I will definately post when I get my fill on the 20th to share my experiece.

Till next time.

I had my Post-Op appt.  I lost 18 lbs since my pre-op and 15 since surgery on 05/12.  I was so excited about that.  I didnt see the doc, I saw the NP.  She looked at my incisions said they are healing slower than normal.  She said I am basically healing slower than normal.  Probably due to the diabetes.  I have been having problems with low BP and still quite a bit of pain.  I see my Primary doc today so we will see.  They made me an appt for 06/20 for a fill this time with the surgeon.  She said with the realize band you can have a fill at 4 weeks but the doc wont be in any sooner than that.

They also said I could try and egg hopefully that will help with my diabetes.  I tried an egg with cheese.  Inever knew an egg tasted so good.  I was able to get it down pretty good.It is funny because I am still full this morning.  I actually wasnt hungry when I ate it, but she said I had to eat it.

I will post more after my NP visit.

I figured since I am thinking clearly again I would post my surgery experience,

I had to be at the hospital at 7.00 for a 9.00 surgery.  I registered a little early, waitied in the waiting room maybe 10 minutes.  once I went back I was weighed and a pregnancy test taken.  I put on a gown and was taken to the pre-op area.Once there my vitals was taken and my Iv inserted.  My beautiful Ted hoses were put on and I had the inflatable things on my legs to prevent blood clots.

They told me the doctor was behind about an hour but I was the second surgery.  A little less than an hour later the doc came in went over the procedure woth my husband.  Then the anesthisiologist(sp) came in and explained what he would be doing.  He said that he had some good meds and everything would be fine.

The doc and the anesthisiologist came back and got me they put something in my IV and b4 I got to the operating room I was out.  

The nest thing I remember was waking up in alot of pain.  I was given pain meds that didnt seem to last very long.  Then I was nauseaus and given something for that.  After a while I was taken to the post op room and my husband came in.  I was in a lot of pain.  The doc came in and said I had a huge hernia so I would be hurting alot.  He said that He wanted me to stay due to that.  I didnt want to stay there was someone there that had a small chiled and they screamed the whole time.  I didnt think I could get any rest so I told him If I walked and went to the bathroom could he release me.  He said yes and I was released.  

That is pretty much what I remeber about that day. 

Today is a little better.  I didnt take the poain meds last night and felt really bad this morning.  So I layed around alot.  Cant wait to start feeling better.

I tried a slimfast today and was only able to drink a few sips of it.  I felt alot of chest tightness from it for a few hours then gas.  I didnt try another for dinner after that.  I guess I will try again tomorrow.  

I think I am a slow healer because I thought I would feel better by now.  Honestly though everyday is getting a little better.

Not a lot has changes.  Still feel groggy and sluggish. I went out with my husband today to get a Magic Bullet and some Slimfast for tomorrow.  Tomorrow I start full liquids.  I am not hungry yet so we will see how that goes for me.  I had to take some pain meds when I came back.  Most of my insicions are ok except one.  It feels like someone is pulling on my stomach and kind of burns.

I am worried about the recovery time.  I never recover like everyone else, always takes me longer. Well I will post tomorrow.

I am home for the second day.  Today I feel  little worse.  I have a little bit of gas pain, not bad though.  I am taking my gas-x strips.  My belly hurts more than anything else.  I have to hold it when I walk.  It kind of feels like something is pulling inside.

I still have no appetite.  I know I am not getting in enough water.  I drank a little more than a cup yesterday.  I will try to drink a little more today.  I get up every hour or so and walk around the house.  I still dont have a lot of energy so I cant do much more than that.  I cant believe that I amnot hungry.  I know that this is just from the swelling but it is amazing to me that all i can seem to eat all day is a cup of water.  Well off to bed I go.  i will update tomorrow.

i am home/ Yay!  I am in a little pain. A littlt more than yestrday.  yesterday my shoulder was hurting now today it is more stomach pain.  The doctor wanted to keep me but I was really ready to go home.  It wasnt very comfortable in the hospital. Well i am grpggy from the meds so I will post in a few days about my experience.

I am not sure why I havent posted in so long, but a lot has happened.

I received my approval from the insurance rather quickly and was given a surgery date of 05-12-2008.  I was so excited that I wasnt watching my weight very well.

I went to my second visit with the doctor, I saw Dr. Baptista and he went over how we shoud be eating.  Protein first then veggies.   He also went over excercising to help burn fat.  He explained tp us how the low-carb diet works and asked that we keep our carb intake to below 30grams a day.

Not long after that I had my pre-op appt with Dr. Cywes.  He does his in groups so he was not happy that everyone inthe group had gained a few pounds from the last visit.  I had gained 2lbs.  He showed us how our liver should be and went over the low carb diet again.  He also told us that if the liver is too fatty once he goes in he will close us back up.  So that scared me enough, I have been sticking to my diet.  I have lost about 5 lbs in a week.

My surgery  is on Monday, I have to report to the hospital @7am.  I am starting to get a little anxious and nervous.  I start my clear liquid diet on Saturday and I am not sure what to eat.  He said crystal light, broth, low fat clear drinks.  It seems like hardly nothing but I guess I shouldnt complain.  There are people on this site that are on the liquid diet a lot longer than I am.
I will update soon. 

I called the insurance company today.  I couldnt help myself.  The first time I called the girl was kind of rude.  She hung up on me so I told myself I was not going to call back.  

Anyways, I can never help myself I called again a few hours later and was told I was approved.  She said they started the review on the 25th and approved on the 26th.  My doctors office was closed so I couldnt call them . When i got off of the phone I was so excited.  Then I started thinking that maybe she made a mistake.  So I called home and the first girl had called and left me amessage saying i was approved.

I havent been this excited about anything in a long time.

It has been a long time since I have posted anything.  Lets see, I went to my 2nd visit with my doctor.  Dr. Baptista did the visit.  That was the first time I had met him, he was absolutely wonderful.  He went over the inportance of  thrying to limit carb intake to 30grams, and how our body burns fat.  

After we spoke to him we spoke to the nutritionist.  She went over eating proteins, veggies then carbs.  Also went over how big our portions should be.  She gathere up any missing paperwork and told us that on the following Monday the insurance lady would be in to work on our packages.  She told us that at the end of the week we could call and get a status check.

So, me being inpatient called on Tuesday and spoke with the ins. coordinator.  She said she had just finished my package and she would be sending it to insurance that same day.  so I was very exscited.  She called me back about an hour later and said that she didnt have my insurance info.  Which I thought was weird since I have been going there for 6 mos. but oh well, I sent it ti her.  She called me 10 minutes later and said she sent it off.

So, me being inpatient again called the ins company yesterday evening.  Guess what, they told me that they have received my packet already it had been assigned a case# and was in review.  She said they would have a decision within 101 days.  I am so excited but I think this will be the longest 10 days I have had in a while.

Yea!!!!!! I am so excited.