belinda y.
Yikes!!
Sep 06, 2009
Everything else has been ok.. the incisions look good according to my friend who is an RN and i think its healing as it should im just really a wimp for pain lol
Tonight will be short n sweet ill write more soon.. smiles
surgery done now :)
Sep 05, 2009
hey everyone surgery was sept second first thing in the morning had to be there by 7 am so was up at 430 for the drive then we got pulled in at the border for a security check which ate up our early time but we did arrive at five min to 7 ... then a bit of waiting but not too bad the iv went in smoothly but hurt like heck oh by the way im a big wimp with pain or what i think will hurt lol ... Dr Pesta came in around 730 and told me he was ready to start a lil early so they would take me at 830.. they started to roll me to the OR and that was all i remember dont even remember arriving at the OR
the next thing i remember was waking to dry heaves and i kept asking did you do it? did you do it? then more heaves as they said yes they did do it.. then gave me something for nausea and i kept asking did you do the surgery? cuz i didnt remember anything lol then the pain hit.. i was out of it for most of the day.. my mom was with me and she was an excellent support .. then around 7 that night they finally got me up for my walk and i was all for it as i just wanted out of the bed so bad .. i hated the bed it made my back hurt lol .. so i walked everytime my back got hurt and in the morning i stayed out of bed as long as i could by sitting in a chair by my bed
the doctors and nurses were all so kind and caring.. very encouraging to me telling me how good i was doing.. encouraging me to walk as much as i did.. i had no complications and am truly thankful for their care of me
came home yesterday (friday the 5th) and slept in my own bed last night -- wooot and moved on to full liquids today tasting food for first time its the weirdest feeling not to be hungry... and ive kept up my walking.. doing laps of the parking lot at my apartment so far... will venture to the sidewalks tomorrow maybe lol never the less ill be walking
amina's journey
Aug 23, 2009
my journey started at the beginning of this year.. i started 2009 feeling disgusted with my weight and how heavy my body felt to me... my every day tasks took much effort and i was getting winded very easily .. yanno i never thought id get that bad... but there i was having no idea what i weighed as my doctors scale didnt go as high as i did in the numbers....
i remembered that a friend of mine that i grew up with had recently got gastric bypass surgery so i finally messaged her and asked her about the surgery.. from there my journey started including my stressful (on my side) doctors visit where i had to ask him about helping me to get the surgery -- to my surprise he was very supportive and thought id be a good candidate
soooo.. off to warren i went to have several appointments needed in order to get surgical clearance from the team there.. everyone i met there was so nice and kind and encouraging... my first appointment there was may 26 and my weight was 369 a high for me and i decided that was the last day i would weigh that --- while waiting for my surgery date and now the surgery i have lost 24 pounds to date.. it pleases me and i cant wait for sept 2 when things for me change again and i start living the new hope i found with the tools that bariatric surgery will give me
