MollyWobbles

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I had surgery Monday 10/7/13. I was in the surgery room at noon. My surgery time was 11:15. So 45 minutes late. The time flew by with 2 of my best friends there with me cracking jokes and what not. my anesthesiologist "Dr Carson" was pretty cool. He chatted and cracked some jokes as well. Apparently all anesthesiologists must go through every surgery before they graduate. Even C-section and hysterectomies lol.

I was prepared for excruciating pain after surgery but my pain was minimal. Mostly, I'm sure, was due to the overwhelming nausea I had which was so bad it overshadowed the pain. I threw up 3 times in the hospital. 2 of those three had a little bit of brown (old) blood. however after the last time I threw up I felt so much better. Once I was home I threw up once but I pretty much expected it this time as I took 10cc (2 tsp) of liquid lortab. The stuff makes me have nausea and vomiting on a normal day so my hopes were not high that it would stay down this time. I didn't count on it coming back up so quickly tho. Oh well, it was worth a shot. I'm having left shoulder pain, some pain when breathing deeply but it's bearable. I pretty much just feel blah today. I just want to stay in my bed and sleep a little. My body is refusing to sleep so I guess I have to wait until tonight.

Probably the weirdest thing that has happened is my vision is off. I'm sure it has something to do with all the drugs I was given in the hospital so I hope it gets better soon.

I can't wait to have some "real" food. I can go on the pureed stage Monday so I'm counting down the days.

It's officially Saturday. I have 2 more days to surgery. I am nervous. That's par for the course though. I am 39 y/o right now and 5'3. According to my scales my starting weight was 235. Today I was 218. My goal is to be in the normal weight range so I am thinking 140 although that is still considered overweight but close enough to normal for me. I figure once I make it there I can reevaluate and change that goal if need be.

I am currently doing the preop diet. I had to do 2 weeks. At first everything tasted like powdered vomit. My doctors office provides the foods/drinks for the preop diet. Mostly liquids some soups, eggs, and bars. The first thing I tried was oatmeal and not only did it look like vomit it also smelled like it. Thankfully they allowed me to swap the 2 boxes I purchased. I think my aversion to the foods is the protein that's added in. It's been almost 2 weeks eating this stuff and to be honest I am to the point where I look forward to coming home from work and having a powdered microwaved egg chock full of protein for dinner. I do not have a lot of cravings. Usually when I do its for something salty like potato chips. I have not cheated and had junk food! I have cheated and had a piece or 2 of turkey lunch meat. It was yummy and so far I don't regret it. If I am unable to have laparoscopic surgery then I will definitely regret that turkey. For the record I don't feel sliced turkey is going to keep me from laparoscopy or I would not have touched the stuff.

We have not told anyone other than our closest friends that I am going through wls. We just feel like some people are too judgmental and think this is the easy way out. So far, this has not been easy! I can't eat anything I want! I definitely will not be able to eat anything after surgery and still lose. I will always have to make sure I am eating right, more so than someone one w/o wls. So how in the heck to people think this is the easy way out?! I have taken the easy way out for 39 years and I can say... it doesn't make you thin or healthy by any means!