TamaraB
almost 3 months out
Jun 27, 2007
I feel like I am slowing down to a halt and its getting frustrating. I am down about 45 pounds at this point which I should be happy with but I see others down more than that and I cant help but be jealous!
I have so much more energy and I feel like I am being so much more active but its not coming off.
I have been at the same size and weight now for about a month. I have a dr appt tomorrow so I will talk to him, but I talked to him last week when I had a pain and he didnt seem to think I had a leak or anything.
I tried running last week...I just felt like I had the energy to do it and it felt good to be able to say I ran!!! But my ribs hurt so bad for the next 3 days, I couldnt even stand up straight! Dr said my ribs are probably still pretty swollen and bruised....no more running for me.
I am wanting to snack all the time again too. I need to go to a support group....and I keep putting it off. I have to stop that.
I need someone else who is having or has had struggles to help me! I want to lose more....i want to be successful!!!!!
Give me advice!!!
I have so much more energy and I feel like I am being so much more active but its not coming off.
I have been at the same size and weight now for about a month. I have a dr appt tomorrow so I will talk to him, but I talked to him last week when I had a pain and he didnt seem to think I had a leak or anything.
I tried running last week...I just felt like I had the energy to do it and it felt good to be able to say I ran!!! But my ribs hurt so bad for the next 3 days, I couldnt even stand up straight! Dr said my ribs are probably still pretty swollen and bruised....no more running for me.
I am wanting to snack all the time again too. I need to go to a support group....and I keep putting it off. I have to stop that.
I need someone else who is having or has had struggles to help me! I want to lose more....i want to be successful!!!!!
Give me advice!!!
2 weeks post op
Apr 17, 2007
My surgery was 2 weeks ago yesterday. It has been quite the adventure.
I had hiatal hernia surgery about 7 years ago and it seems when Dr Weber went in to do the RNY this time, he found some of my organs stuck together with scarr tissue. So not only did he have to reverse the HH surgery in order to do the gastric, he had to also un-attach my organs from each other. He said by the time he was done with that, he wasnt comfortable leaving that unused part of stoma in there so he cut it out, which he normally doesnt do.
The surgery that normally lasts 1.5 hours took 5 hours to do.
I woke up in the hospital to a bunch of very worried family members needless to say. I was so miserable. It was worse than I ever could have imagined.
It has been a very slow recovery. I am so lethargic and light headed most of the time and I cant stand it. I need to know if anyone out there has been thru this and tell me what to do!
I am a go-getter. I am not one to sit still or lay still as the case may be. To lay on the couch for 2 weeks is killing me! Im suppose to go back to work Monday this next week but I just cant see it.
I am not sleeping at night because this last week, its like my incision is hurting again when I sleep on my side. Im a side sleeper so you can see, that causes a problem. I just toss and turn all night.
It takes everything I have to get up. All my energy and then Im so light headed and dizzy when I do, its like what the heck was I thinking!
Im still not getting in what I should be getting at this point. Yesterday was a really good day for me and I think I got in 8 oz's of Boost and about 16 oz's of water. I cant do anymore. It feels like im going to throw up if I try to do more.
This last Sunday I thought, ok, this week I am just going to try and push myself to get up and do more and see what happens. So yesterday, I did some light cleaning around the house. Did 1 hour up and then 1 hour laying down. 1 hour up, 1 hour laying down....all day. By 5 I was so tired but I got in more food than normal and actually felt way better than I have.
Today, I was so tired and it really took me a while to get going but I feel ok now.
Has anyone out there gone thru this to this extent??? Please help me with any suggestions you might have. I want to feel normal again!!!!
I had hiatal hernia surgery about 7 years ago and it seems when Dr Weber went in to do the RNY this time, he found some of my organs stuck together with scarr tissue. So not only did he have to reverse the HH surgery in order to do the gastric, he had to also un-attach my organs from each other. He said by the time he was done with that, he wasnt comfortable leaving that unused part of stoma in there so he cut it out, which he normally doesnt do.
The surgery that normally lasts 1.5 hours took 5 hours to do.
I woke up in the hospital to a bunch of very worried family members needless to say. I was so miserable. It was worse than I ever could have imagined.
It has been a very slow recovery. I am so lethargic and light headed most of the time and I cant stand it. I need to know if anyone out there has been thru this and tell me what to do!
I am a go-getter. I am not one to sit still or lay still as the case may be. To lay on the couch for 2 weeks is killing me! Im suppose to go back to work Monday this next week but I just cant see it.
I am not sleeping at night because this last week, its like my incision is hurting again when I sleep on my side. Im a side sleeper so you can see, that causes a problem. I just toss and turn all night.
It takes everything I have to get up. All my energy and then Im so light headed and dizzy when I do, its like what the heck was I thinking!
Im still not getting in what I should be getting at this point. Yesterday was a really good day for me and I think I got in 8 oz's of Boost and about 16 oz's of water. I cant do anymore. It feels like im going to throw up if I try to do more.
This last Sunday I thought, ok, this week I am just going to try and push myself to get up and do more and see what happens. So yesterday, I did some light cleaning around the house. Did 1 hour up and then 1 hour laying down. 1 hour up, 1 hour laying down....all day. By 5 I was so tired but I got in more food than normal and actually felt way better than I have.
Today, I was so tired and it really took me a while to get going but I feel ok now.
Has anyone out there gone thru this to this extent??? Please help me with any suggestions you might have. I want to feel normal again!!!!
