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I can't believe it's been over a year since my last post and almost 2 years since my surgery.  I'm weigh between 160 - 170 and feel great.  My blood sugars aren't quite what they need to be but I'm working em...I can't eat and drink anything...I mean anything I want which is not really good.

But I'm really happy that I'm maintaining my weight.  Marriage is blessed and husband is a blessing...kids and grandkids are blessed also!!!

God is Good and greatly to be praised!!!!!

I AM FINALLY
IN ONDERLAND....BARELY 199LBS....AND HAPPY!!!

Body Part	Oct 28, 2008     One week before VGS Surgery	Nov 30 2008 One month after surgery	Dec 28, 2008 Two months after surgery
Weight	252 lbs	224 lbs	214 lbs
Waist	47 inches	44 1/2 inches	42 inches
Right Arm	14 inches	15 inches	13 inches
Right Thigh	29.5 inches	26.5 inches	26 1/4inches
Breast	52 inches	49 inches	46 inches
Hips	50 inches	46.5 inches	44 1/2 inches
Neck	15 inches	14.5 inches	14 1/2 inches
Total Inches Lost		14.5 Inches Lost	10 1/4 Inches Lost

Today is my Honey's (husband) 47th birthday...I'm sooo blessed to have him..we've been married almost 25 years.

Well I don't know where to begin....I feel sooo good.  The inches and weight is going away.   I couldn't believe it but I got in a size 13 blue jeans!!!   I started out a size 24.   One thing I was praying against was not to have my bottom drop super fast....I'm top heavy.  I'm actually in a size 18 or 16 because of my top half.

I still can't believe how fast I've dropped.  I'm not sure how much I weigh because I'm not home...we are in Florida on business.  .I usually try to weigh every Sunday.  I weighed 225....I think last Sunday tho.  That's about 20 lbs since surgery and 40 lbs since I began my journey.
It was an awesome feeling having to go shopping because I didn't have nothing that fit....
I still have not started exercising....prayerfully the next time I write I will be faithfullly working out....
Until next time....be blessed!!!

Well, it's almost been a month since my surgery and I feel great.  NO REGRETS!!!!
 
For anyone wondering about the laparoscopic sleeve, imma attempt to explain my experience in detail.
Well the day before surgery I ate my last meal about 630pm and drank water til bout 1130pm...I was not suppose to have nothing after 12 midnight....food nor liquids.  I was also instructed not to take any of my meds....which consisted of lantus for diabetes and lisiniprol for high blood pressure.

I arrived at the hospital at 6am.  They checked my blood pressure and blood sugar but didn't weigh me...oh yeah and I brought in my urine (I was giving a specimen cup at my pre-op and was instructed to get the first urine in the morning of surgery).  Oh I weighed 249 that morning before I left home.

In the pre-op area I was given two hospital gowns (that were too small) and told to strip off everything and put the two gowns on. I asked for the big mama gowns and thank God they had them….I don’t know why the nurse gave me….someone coming in for weight loss surgery regular gowns??? Anyway, don’t be afraid to ask for stuff.   OK my doc comes down talks to me and lets me know that they will be sending for me in about 30 minutes. The nurse comes to get me. I’m taken to, I guess another pre-op room….i’m talking to the anesthesiologist and she notices that I had an abnormal stress test with no details about what was abnormal. She talks to my doctor and they decide that THEY AREN’T GOING TO OPERATE!!!! Talking about somebody bout to loose their mind!!! And cry like a baby.   Make sure your records are in order.

Anyway to make a long story short, they get in contact with the stress test doc and she faxes the finished paperwork over and the surgery goes on as scheduled. Now I get in the surgery room and they start two IV’s and I’ve already been told that I will get a catheter and have a breathing tube down my throat. Anyway I’m laying there and they put an oxygen mask on my face. All I remember is the mask was uncomfortable and I was getting ready to pull it off…..the next thing I knew I was waking up from surgery….LOL….no count backwards, no “OK were gonna put you to sleep” nothing…they just knocked my butt out cold.   Before I went to sleep I told them I wanted the catheter out before they woke me up, cause I wanted to get up and walk to the bathroom and I was just believing God that everything went well and the breathing tube would be out to. Praise God everything was out. Now I had no pain after surgery…they took me to my room after they made sure I was awake and stable. When I got to my room they showed me the button that I need to push for my pain meds….that’s all I needed to know…haa-haa.   Well, my plan was to stay ahead of the pain so I made sure I pushed the button every chance I could…if I remember correctly I could push the button every 20 minutes. And I did…well when I finished off my first bag of pain med the nurse came in and said I was pushing it too much….i didn’t have a good hospital staff. So I tried not pushing the button till I felt pain and guess what I never felt pain??? I was real nauseated but I had no pain. 
I was up walking bout 5 hours after surgery….i would have been up sooner but my nurse kept putting me off….so I got my two daughters to walk with me….and I did fine….went to the bathroom fine….i was sore but I felt good. The worst part was the nausea. They don’t let you drink until you have your leak test which is the next day….so I was really thirsty.  The next morning they gave me something really nasty to drink while I stood in front of an xray machine and praise God NO LEAKS!!!! Then I started sipping water and broth. I went in the hospital on Monday November 3, 2008 and was released Wednesday November 5, 2008. I left the hospital and went to the mall (GNC for some protein) before I went home. I was super busy after leaving the hospital and did a lot of traveling by car. I don’t suggest this activity for you after surgery but don’t lay around. The more you move the better you will feel and the quicker you will heal.
I lost 14lbs one week after surgery at my 1st week check up.

Well I got about 8 hours to go...I can't wait....I'm soooo ready to do this....it's 11pm and I can't sleep.  I know I should be sleep but what can I say.  I think I'm stocked for post op.  I found some boullion soup - no sodium.  That was the hardest....trying to find something with no or low sodium.  I'm praying that I can get off blood pressure meds and diabetic meds.  In Jesus Name, November 1, 2008 was the last time that I will have to take insulin.

I feel like I'm missing something in my overnight bag...but I'm taking 2 sets of PJs, one outfit (that I'm wearing to and from the hospital), some socks, underwear, my houseshoes, my suppliments (not sure if I will be able to take them) and basic toilettries. I've never packed this light.....
For suppliments, I have chewable Vit C, Chewable and regular iron, liquid multivitamin/minerals, and thats all I'm taking.   I also have subliminal B12, and Omega3.

Well I guess I'll try to get some sleep.  Prayfully I will internet at the hospital...

OK, I had my post op today.  It took about 4 hours...wow...they did blood work, an EKG, and chest xray...plus an interview with a nurse and the anethesi....I'll have to find the correct spelling for that word.  I did my measurements today...I am hugh...
Chest 52
waist 47
hips 50
right arm 14
thigh 29 1/2
neck 15
my bp was 156/89
weight 251

Well I'm about a week out from surgery on Nov 3, 2008.  I am soooo pumped.   I have my pre-op on Tuesday Oct 28, 2008 and a nutrician appointment on Thursday Oct 30,2008 to make sure I understand everything about protein intake and suppliments.  I think I have found some pretty good suppliments and protein products..I will talk about those after surgery.  The only thing I hate is that my husband (my angel) won't be here to support and take care of me. He has a contract in Mississippi on the 3rd for one day and he might have another starting on the same day that will last for a week.  So all I can say is that God is in control!!!

Well, I got my date!!!  I'm happy and sad.  I'll be getting the sleeve on November 3, 2008.  But unfortunately my husband won't be here to take care of me.  As I said, our business calls for a lot of traveling and of course he has to do a contract starting on November 3rd...

I seriously thought about asking for another date later in November but the last two months of this year is gonna be crazy busy...so I'm go for it.  My daughter who is a nurse will be here to take care of me.  I'm believing God for NO complications and a speedy recoverery.

I've already lost some weight and I've started walking...not consistantly yet but I'm walking....i'm getting ready to start on some type of pre-surgery diet...got find one first...so I'll be doing my research.

Well it's been a long time since I wrote....been super busy.  I've had second thoughts about doing the surgery....they only last for a short time tho. 
I finally got a Doctor assigned to me...Dr. Frizzi at Eisenhower.  I have my 1st appointment with him on October 8, 2008.  I should get my surgery date on that day. 
I've completed all my pre-op requirements: I've seen the nutricianist, the psyc, and had my ultrasound and EGD.  So i'm ready.  I'm hoping my date is in October because I have a lot to do in November and December and January.

I've already started working on my weight....I just gotta start walking.  I've started drinking protein shakes, and stopped drinking sodas and eating sweets....I had 8 M&Ms in the last two weeks.  I know I can't even have that after my surgery but I'm not even stressing not being able to eat sweets.