aemusevi
1 Month Post Op
Nov 06, 2009
Man oh man.... That's pretty much all I can say about this first month.Let's start with the good news.
1) I'm alive!
2) I'm blessed!
3) The day of my surgery, I weighed in at a whopping 314 pounds. As of today, the scale says 278.5. I can't help but be excited about a 35 pound weight loss in a month (even if a good portion of it is water weight, I will take what I can get!)
Now... the bad news... or bad things.. however you wanna look at...
1) Ended up staying in the Hospital one day extra after surgery because of nausea and unable to keep water down.
2) 2 days of dumping... not a good time..
3) Ended up back in the ER.. DEFINITELY not a good time..
4) Still extremely dehydrated... ( I had soft pretty skin once.. lol)
5) No energy.. all I do is sleep... and go to work.. I feel like my kids are seriously getting neglected.
6) After being post op for 4 weeks.... was still unable to keep food down...
7) Good and Bad.... Found out that I had a stricture (which would explain why I wasn't able to keep food down) but my surgeon did an endoscopy and corrected the stricture yesterday... so I "should" be able to eat now and get some energy and get hydrated.
Now... my bads list is longer than my goods... but.. I am still alive.. I'm still blessed and I'm still down 35 pounds... Which means I'm still happy..
Moral of the story... Don't let the bad things get you down... It's a process and no one ever said it would be easy! You are still alive.. and you are still blessed... and you are still however many pounds lighter then what you were the day of your surgery. Be thankful and give God praise for all that he has done and everything that he intends to do for you!
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About Me
MN
Location
26.6
BMI
Surgery
10/05/2009
Surgery Date
Jun 12, 2009
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