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Well I'm 6 weeks post op now and I am feeling pretty good.  I have lost 37 lbs and 8 inces off of my waist.  I have been back to the bariatric clinic in Windsor and last week I went for my follow up appointment with Dr. Foute-Nelong.  Both are very happy with me.  I have started a second job and for the most part am handling it quite well.  The other day though my son was here and we were dealing with a very stressful situation and suddenly I started to feel nauseous.  I asked him to stop talking to me about what we were discussing and then dumping syndrome hit.  It lasted for about 2 hours, I'm sat on the toilet for what seemed forever and there was nothing left!  I asked my support group it stress can do this to you and they said yes.  I had not eaten anything different that day so I am inclined to think the stress was the cause.  I was told to go lock myself in a room and lie down and zone out.  Wow, this is a totally different experience for me....I handle stress pretty good most times.  I wonder if this is temporary or will last for a long time. 

Well I had my surgery on June 21st and came home June 24th.  My hemoglobin was low so the doctor put me on iron and made me promise to go have more bloodwork done on Monday.  On Sunday I started bleeding quite profusly from one of my inscions right above the belly button so I went to emerg and they told me this was normal and that because I was so badly bruised it was just drainage.  That scared the heck out of me.  I have been tolerating everything so far. I was awake at 4 this morning with a bit of a achiness on top of my skin on my belly where it is bruised.  I think its just part of the healing but 2 regular tylenol seemed to relieve it.  No more leaking thank god!  I see my family doctor on Monday and when I was at emerg on Sunday they did my blood work for the surgeon and hemoglobin is up! Yeah!

The most amazing thing to me is that I no longer have arthritis pain, it seemed to go away right after surgery, I find this so weird.  Anyway I'm hanging in there! xo Deb

Well I've made it through the first week of optifast and I only have until next Monday to go.   My surgery is booked for June 21st  at 11:45 in Guelph.  We are going down the night before and have a motel room booked for three days.  I am finally at the point where I am not so hungry anymore, the first week was a killer.  Part of me is excited for this surgery and another part is nervous.   I am just trying to figure out what I can do to have everything around the house ready for when I get home.  I've been cleaning and organizing things for the past two weeks.  It helps to stay busy and that way you don't think about food.  I have bought some new loose fitting pj's and a robe for the hospital and home.  I will have a  2 hour drive home from the hospital so I think I will invest in one of those neck pillows for the car.  If anyone has any suggestions that helped them after surgery, please feel free to send them to me. 

On the 7th of June I start the Optifast.  It really started to hit me yesterday when I was having lunch with my daughter and I said to her...after Tuesday, I will never eat the same again.  It has been such a long journey for me, almost  2 years and my surgery is scheduled for June 21st.   I am very excited to begin this new chapter in my life and to be able to enjoy it, but it is also a bit scarey too.  As they always say familiar is comfortable and I am about to step out of my comfort zone and totally change my life. My husband has planned a birthday party for me this saturday so that I can eat birthday cake...one more time.  My actual birthday is June 11, right in the middle of my optifast time.   If anyone has any ideas of things to do with the optifast to make it more enjoyable, I would love to hear from you. 

As I said to my husband the other day, I will never be this size again, its all downhill from here!