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Well, I am 6 weeks out and feel pretty good; though I do have my bad times.

I had an appointment with my primary doctor on Friday and he is very happy with me.  I am off of 2 meds (YAH!!!). 

The only issue I am having is with the gallbladder meds.  At first I just thought I wasn't doing well after the surgery but I finally checked the side effects on the new meds and BINGO there was my problem; bad taste in my mouth, up-set stomach, nausea...  With all of these symptoms it has been hard to get all of my protein and water down.  You know you are having an issue when water tastes like crap.

I have found the secret to my some success to getting my water down is a sugar-free wintergreen lifesaver, it covers up the bad taste in my mouth and my water doesn't taste so bad.  I had tried using the Crystal Lite but that started giving me headaches (can't win for loosing).  I can do the Crystal Lite sparingly but not everyday.

I have gone to a few parties and did not have any real issues.  I ate what I could and did not touch the rest.  The only time I really had a problem was at my nephews birthday party I wanted a few M&M's but I stayed away.

Family has been great.  My husband thnks I should be 100% in all areas (sex) but like food I have no interest at this point.  I am hoping shortly that will change but I just don't know at this point.
My daughter asks questions when ever one hits her but she still forgets that sugar is no longer on my menu so she asks if I would like a sip of her drink or a bite of something I can't have.  She is such a good girl I just hope she never has to be in my shoes; but at the age of 10 how do you convince her that what you put into your mouth may stay with you for the rest of your life in fat.

I will continue to work with her but I don't think things will change until she hits puberty (YUK! :()

Well, Have to go for now hope to write again soon.

Well, I am now 4 weeks post-op and I feel good.  My surgery went well except that the doctor found I have a large liver and he nicked my intestine.  He was not real worried about my liver and the nick was slight so it shouldn't any issues. 

The worst part of the surgery was the extreme back ache.  The accounted that to the cold O.R. and the cold metal table you are on for the surgery.  It has taken the 4 weeks for the back ache to finally ease enough so that I don't pace around the office like a caged animal.

The first week home was sleeping in the living room on over sized pillows propping me up.  I was able to sleep but not comfortably.   By day 5 I wanted my own bed which made my husband and daughter happy.  My husband was sleeping on the sofa all curled up and my daughter was upstairs by herself.  Oh, and the dogs were happy again too.  I slept on the oversized pillows in bed for a few more days.  When I finally tried sleeping without the pillows it took 5 minutes of trying to get in just the right position to be able to sleep.  4 weeks out and I can now sleep on both sides without to many issues.

Now for food, not really happy with food.  I am happy problems getting all of the protein in, the taste is killing me. YUK.  I am still trying.  I find that no matter what I put in my pouch, it my tummy upset.  Drinking my water has gotten easier now that I add Crystal Lite lemonade to it.  I mix one package to 32oz of water and I am good to go.

I am now back to work and the first week of that was HELL!!!  I hurt, I was exausted and moving thru my office was very slow going.  This is now my second week I am still tired but I don't hurt any more and the back pain has eased a lot.

This weekend I plan on hitting the Salvation Army for shorts and pants.  The few pairs of shorts I have a falling off and I can't walk with my shorts on the verg of hitting my ankles.  I love the idea of getting new stuff.  I will let you all know how that works out.

Well, I am going some other things done now so I will write again after I go shopping.
Have a wonderful day.

Nerves are starting to kick in.  Less then 48 hours to go.  I am so ready for this.  Tomorrow is all clear liquids, I think this is where this will get tough for me but I will do it.

Hi,
I start my blog today on a possitive note.  I like who I am!  The reason I have started this way is due to my daughter.  We went to a self esteem class last night at her school.  She is 10 years old and is at that stage where she does not like things about herself.  The one thing we learned is that if a negative thought comes into our mind, we must quickly get rid of it and replace it with a possitive thought.

So, here I am turning 44 and getting ready for gastric bypass at the end of the month.  Like all of you I have tried many forms and styles of weight loss with no happy ending.  The one thing that I am happy to say is that with all of the many life changes I learned that I could do anything I set my mind to.  I learned this at the age of 30.  I moved out of my boyfriends house after 8 years and got my own place and was happier then I had ever been, by 33 I bought my condo and found out I was expecting my daughter, God's blessing.

Life got very hard and tough to deal with but I made it thru as we all have.  I move back to my home town so I could raise my daughter around family.  Life spiraled out of control for a while having no money, living with my mother and taking care of my girl and my weight started to rise even more.  Finally, I got a doctor that said the word diabetes.  I fought that for about 5 years with diet but by mid 2009 my weight increased and my sugar started to increase (now on meds). 

In that time frame of 5 years, I got a job, sold my condo, bought a house and got married at the age of 41.  First and last marriage.

The journey to this point has had so many ups and downs but I would never change any of them.  The new journey begins on May 28th with bypass, a great group doctors and staff, family and friends.