Terry_W.
First blog
Mar 29, 2009
Well, I will give this blog thing a shot I guess.
I was at 325 lbs before I started my pre surgery diet.I had RNY surgery on March 24, 2009 and so far things are going very well. I am 5 days after surgery and feel great with almost no pain. I feel pain and a "stretching" feeling when I try to lay in bed but otherwise not any real pain. I understand that I am very fortunate as I have had no real pain or complications. My Dr. did the surgery around noon and I was up walking with my wife’s help around 7 that night. When I was asked to step on the scales at midnight by the nurse as I was walking the hall I weighed 305, I did ask for some pain meds that night and went to sleep. The next day was good, no real pain and lots of walking the halls, I was pretty much asleep or walking or doing my deep breathing exercises. At midnight when I stepped on the scale again I was 302lbs. I was pretty sore from all the walking but it was not too bad. Dr. told me I was doing great and to just continue walking when I got home. Told me my blood test showed I had a high risk of gout so prescribe a med for me and kicked me out of the hospital. Now 5 days later I feel great and think I will go back to work tomorrow. I can work from home and its all computer and phone work so I should have no issues. I figure that I have been talking on the phone and playing on the computer anyway lol… I am a little sad that the surgery did not cure my diabetes right away; I really hoped to be in the 85% that was able to throw away their meds. I tried to not get my hopes up, but it was hard not to. My sugar is 150% better but not cured. I hope that as I lose weight it will get even better and I will only need oral meds instead of insulin. I have not had any issues with nausea or drinking. The worst thing so far is the gas and the aftertaste it puts in my mouth. I gave up on plain broth today; the taste was just to nasty and opened a can of chicken and rice soup strained and heated the broth and ate that, dang it was good. That was an hour ago and so far the spices have not caused an issue. Guess this is enough for now Terry
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About Me
San Antonio, TX
Location
35.9
BMI
Surgery
03/24/2009
Surgery Date
Jan 19, 2006
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