Darrell D.

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Ok, so it's been 10 months since my surgery.....as with most folks, life gets in the way of this blog deal.

I'm down 135 from my starting weight, I'm off 8 of my meds, I don't have diabetes anymore, or high blood pressure, or any of the other crap that I had wrong with me when this started. I pretty much have been in a stall since September, partly cause I lost my job then, and with all the stress, of course I've been snacking too much. Thankfully working out most days has kept any weight gain away which is good.

Eating is no issue...I'm able to eat most anything, good stuff only of course! Had chicken get stuck on my 3 different times and haven't had the nerve to try that again.....gotta work on that....

Hopefully things will level out sometime soon as far as losing a few more pounds, as well as life itself. We have some big changes coming due to my job loss which isn't going to be pleasant, but it is what it is. I only have a 20 pounds to go to my original goal, and still deciding on whether to go for more or not. We'll see I suppose.

All for now. And of course I'll try to be better with my blogging. lol

Monday was my 6 week checkup with Dr. Nelson. i absolutely owe this lady my life! I am down 49 pounds from my surgery and 79 from my seminar weight in January. My life is amazing now! I am walking at least 3 miles a day, I don't hurt like I used to, and since getting my full release on Monday, have started back with weight training to try to fill out some of this loose skin with muscle.

It amazes me with this weight loss, all of the clothes I was wearing prior to surgery are gone to the resale store. I'm hitting those type of stores a lot now......really don't want to buy new clothes just yet! I fit into chairs that I didn't before. Went to a baseball game the other night, and actually fit in the chairs and sat like your supposed to. The last time i went my son and I had to move to the bleachers for me to be halfway comfortable. I even got bored waiting on the game to start, so I walked around the ball park twice. Would have never thought about doing that!

Had my two week checkup on Monday. Everything is okie dokie.....put me on some more vitamins and such. Got started on pureed!! It is amazing how we get excited over eating food the texture of baby food!! That is going fine, haven't had any problems so far with the different foods. Lost 23 lbs since surgery day till monday.....has slowed down, but i expected that anytime. Getting all my protein in, walking two and half miles a day so far, diabetes is a thing of the past and cutting back on blood pressure meds.

That's all for now.....

Ok, so it has just been over a week since my surgery and seem to be doing pretty good. Had to stay an extra day due to receiving 4 units of blood. Must have had a oozer somewhere This past Monday my blood count was up where the wanted it so that's good. They had a time getting my intubated, which doesn't surprise me since I have apnea and no neck. Have wanted food like crazy, but i know this will pass. I do agree with others that it is difficult getting all protein and fluids in, and damn sure getting sick of sweet already. Hopefully won't have to go to much longer till pureed kicks in. Kinda surpising....ok.....really surprising at the weight loss already. Is pretty cool, but really difficult to wrap my head around this happening. All the suffering I put myself through and am already feeling so much better!

Tomorrow is the big day! I don't know whether to be excited or scared out of my mind!! I'm so ready to get on with this stage and get it behind me, so I can move onto the other stages.

Keep me in your prayers!!

Went to my preop diet and such yesterday afternoon. Picked up more information about the diet and what goes on after surgery. 7 days of lean meat, vegetables, and protein shakes, then 3 days liquid. Then.....SURGERY!!! I am so freakin ready for this to get started. Diet doesn't look all that fun, but it is what it is. Gotta do it and go......

Had my get together with the PA today. Got all the office stuff done and and had all my preop stuff done for the hospital. That took most of the morning. Got some of my protein stuff and such. Absolutely the best bunch of people around.

All I have left now is the pre-op diet class.

Just 3 weeks to go!!

My caseworker lady is absolutely outstanding!!! She sent in my paperwork this morning and called me this afternoon telling me I got approved!! I really expected more wait time. So now I am realizing that I am really going to have this done!! HOLY CRAP!!!

I have my last nut visit on April 1st, have preop consult on the the 12th, preop diet class on the 21st, and if all goes well my surgery on the May 4th!! Dang....my new patient guide, case manager, whatever she wants to be called is outstanding!!!

Things are rolling a litle quicker now.........

Yesterday I called and requested a new case manager for various reasons I won't go into. Today she called and after visiting she thinks I should be able to have my surgery on April 20th! I am very stoked right now and going holy crap I'm really going to do this!!

I am so ready......I want to feel healthy again and hopefully quit taking some of my meds. So I go for my last meeting with my dietician on the 1st of April and then hopefully find out the where and when for the rest of my pre-op stuff.

And it goes on..........