One Week Later

Sep 01, 2010

 Well, It's over. I am home from the hospital with a brand new outlook, again. The surgery went extremely well, no complications at all, woke up with no drain tubes, no catheter, nothing. I did have to get a PIC line because they couldn't get an IV started, but it was no big deal. I have spent my day today cutting the grass in the front yard and watching television. I have a riding mower so it wasn't that big of a deal. It was good to get out side for awhile. My energy is great. I remember being tired constantly after the first surgery, but that has not been an issue this time, at least not yet. I am drinking a few protein shakes a day, a few Popsicles, a few Jello packs, and a lot of fluid. I can drink much more this time. I have yet to "feel" my pouch, and today I drank a 32 ounce Power aid (Sugar free and carb free) in roughly 30 minutes. I don't remember being able to do that the last time. I can not believe the weight lost in a week. I was 292.4 the morning of August 24Th before my surgery. I just weighed and the scale says 275.0. Boy does it fell great! I am looking forward to walking this afternoon, I can't get this weight gone fast enough. The first time I had the surgery I was determined, and for 5 years I made it work. This time I will never give up. I have been skinny, fat, skinny, fat, and now working hard toward skinny again. I will not lose sight of my goal ever again. As far as the health benefits, my right heel was giving me all kinds of problems before the surgery, it was so painful to walk. I'm not sure what the problem was because I never had it diagnosed. I was going to wait until after my revision in case they told me I needed my heel operated on. Well, I woke up from my revision, and believe it or not, NO heel pain.....Not sure what happened. I have been walking a good deal and have had no pain. I can barely feel a very faint memory of the problem, but evidently, my weight had an impact. I feel so good. I really didn't feel good after the first surgery, but if the way I feel today provides any insight for the future, it looks great. Well, it's time to go walk. I will update soon, at least by next week. I promised myself this time I was going to keep better track of how much weight I lost every week. I plan to keep the promise. See you later......

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