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Today marks 3 months since surgery. Yesterdays appointment showed that I have lost 46 ½ pounds. I am thrilled.

 

My nutritionist thinks things are moving too fast and would like to see me lose a little slower. They consider me a light weight. We have different opinions about how much I should lose as well. I have set my goal for 125 and she seems to think it should be 20 to 30 pounds higher. Since I am only 5 feet tall I don’t want to be 140/150 that is still in the over weight area. I did not go through all the internal rearranging to still be overweight!

 

My labs all look pretty good. They still would like to see me getting 80 grams of protein. I struggle with the protein thing. I continue to try and get as much as possible. It does get somewhat better but still a struggle.

 

I still have no appetite which is a good thing. I don’t have a lot during meals but always have the protein first. I have found chicken to be hit or miss. I can eat steak and roast with no problem and shrimp grilled goes down smoothly too.

 

At this point in time I am avoiding starch although the NUT said I can try adding them. I will probably delay this since: ‘My name is Jan and I am a carb a holic’. I have added fruits and veggies. Salad was always a favorite for me and was happy to be able to add that back into my diet.

 

Now I don’t have to return until April for my next appointment. It’s hard to believe that will be 6 months out. Can’t wait to see what changes will come. At least the weather should be nicer. Dang Michigan winters…LOL.

Got the staples and stitches out yesterday. What a relief. They said I've lost 22 pounds since I started the liquid diet and had my surgery. Not too bad!
I stopped to Meijer on the way home from my appointment and picked up a few things and was totally exhausted when I got home.

I begged them to let me go back to work. I think they would have liked me to wait another week but I am going stir crazy. I have an office job so I don't have a ton of physical work. I go back with a 5# lifting limit. I'm sure by boss won't have issues with me not moving too fast. I have a great boss.

I now have a list of foods that can be added. I am struggling to get in any amount of liquids and protiens in but have a new plan to try. Maybe I just need to be more disciplined!

I'll update after my next appointment in Dec.

Wow. It has been a while since I updated.

 
I was scheduled for surgery at Hurley on October 24,2007. It was the first surgery of the day so I needed to be there at 5:15 am. From what I hear everything went as scheduled. It took about 3 hours and that I should have been out of recovery in another 2 to 2.5 hours. It was closer to 3 hours before they had me somewhat awake and in a room.

I don’t come out of general anesthetics well so I really don’t remember much about the first two days. On Thursday I got the nose tube pulled what a funky feeling. Friday, I got the catheter pulled since I could seem to walk that day and was actually feeing human. They told me I would be staying till Saturday. My delayed reaction to waking up apparently concerned them. Saturday morning the JP tube went and I was turned loose.

 

The day I got home was tiring. It’s only an hour away from home but we stopped and had prescriptions filled since I was unsure if anyone would be available over the weekend. By Sunday I was feeling pretty good.

We had decent weather over the weekend right through the 31^st so I could do some outside walking. Not running marathons but nice walks.

Struggling to get water and protein based liquids down but find it a little easier every day.

I’ll update after my 2-week appointment. Happy November everyone.

Today I went to see Dr Williams again. It had been over a year since my first psych evaluation so I had to do it again.

Everything went well and he said I'm good for surgery. That office is always so busy. My appointment was for 11:45. I saw him for a couple of minutes and was told to go have lunch and come back an hour later. Once I got back it was probably a half hour wait to do the computer portion of the test. Then it flew.

He will fax the results to Hurley today. Yipee!

I now have to do my psych exam again. Because of my postponement for a heart cath my last eval was over a year old. I was hoping they could do an adendment but that was not to be. Hopefully I am no more psychotic than I was last time...LOL We'll find out on the 29th of August.

I then have my Pre-op appointment on the 26th of September. When I get back from my Florida vacation I will do my Nutrition class. I get back into town late on the 3rd of October and still have Thursday as a vacation day. The classes are offered on Thursday so I won't have to miss another day of work.

They said something about a 15 day protein diet prior to surgery. I guess I will find out more during my pre-op appointment.

It's back to being real again.

June 7, 2007 had my heart cath at Bay Medical Center. All went well and I did not need to have stents. I will call my cardiac Dr and see about clearance for WLS. Hopefully I will not have long to wait.

What a last couple of weeks. After a year of Dr Appointments and then arguing with him for not documenting my efforts correctly...I was approved! Yeah, I got a date. We would be going the day after my 50th birthday! Woo hoo June 18th was the day.

Unfortunately there was to be another twist in my plans. I had a stress test the first of May. Looks like there is some blockage. Now I get to have a heart catheterization. Do I know how to have a good time or what?

So, my June date is being postponed. Although I am totally bummed it is better to know this and have it taken care of before my really big day. June 7th we get to see my cardiac care Dr and if necessary get 'unplugged'. Once I get his clearance I will reschedule. 

Life goes on...