Alisa D.

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6 Month Surgiversary! - Wow! So much to be thankful for :-) Positives: My six month labs are solid - with the exception of Vitamin D - which was lower than the doc would like to see. I am starting extr...

5 Month Surgiversary (+ 1 Week) - The past month has given me a great opportunity to practice my patience. Slow and steady wins the race, right? Heh. 5 lbs in about 5 weeks. I am stepping up the exercise plan a...

4 Month Surgiversary - Celebrating my 4 month today! Positives: I am off of my blood pressure meds!!! All of my obesity related co-morbidities have been eliminated! No more: High blood pressure H...

3 Month Surgiversary - Celebrated my 3 month on August 25 this week! Positives: The weight and inches continue to come off - I have the clearance to eat things with seeds, nuts and skins - my overall...

Esophagitis - Well, I am home from a 3 day hospital stay. Early Wednesday morning I woke up to major pressure and pain in my chest. I muscled through getting ready for work and hit the road for ...

2 Month Surgiversary - What a ride! Emotional and physical ups and downs for 2 months - you would think a person would be exhausted! Instead, I am full of energy and feeling great. I have had some sm...

Food Aversions & Midol - For lunch today I rolled up 2 slices of roasted deli turkey breast around some low-fat co-jack cheese slices. This is something I have tolerated quite well - until now. I took one ...

6 Weeks Post Op - I am feeling good! Just stepped on the scale and could not believe I had dropped another 6 lbs! 37 lbs in 6 weeks. Wow. We spent the 4th of July weekend with family at my paren...

First Restaurant Outing - My husband and I met friends for dinner last night. We ate at Sunsets, a higher end restaurant near our home. Yesterday morning, I researched their menu online and picked out a few...

1 Month Surgiversary Today! - I am feeling much better today. Pain is minimal...just managing some nausea still. The doc had me double my Pepcid dose. I am going to play around with my vitamin and medication sc...

Pain & Nausea - It started on Tuesday and woke me up early Wednesday morning. Dull, achey pain in my mid right back that eventually moved to my upper right abdomen. This was accompanied by nausea....

4 Weeks Post Op - Oh, it feels good to be here. I am back to work - this is my 4th full day back - and I am doing well. I am on my lunch break and eating scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon bits - ...

23 Days Post Op - I returned to work, full time, yesterday - 23 days out from surgery. I expected to be tired, but was truly surprised at how wiped I was when I got home last night. I slept hard for...

Primary Doctor Appointment - I saw my primary doc this afternoon - as a follow-up on my meds, blood pressure and blood sugar testing. Great news! My blood pressure was the best it has been in years! My doc hal...

19 Days Post Op - Aunt Flo came to visit on my 15th day post op. Uhg. My weigh loss stalled at 21 lbs for several days. Today is my 19th day post op and the scale finally moved again today :-) I pos...

2 Weeks Post Op - It feels great to be here. I have lost 20 lbs since the morning of surgery and I am feeling good. I had my post-op appointment with Dr. Rupp this morning. He feels I am healing nic...

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9 Days Post Op - All is good. Still spiking a low grade temp in the late afternoon/evening. Jr. Tylenol brings it to normal, but I am still not sure why I am getting the fever. I am still using my ...

1 Week Post Op - My new Avatar pic is a self portrait I took with my iphone while resting this morning. 1 week out - lost 5 lbs from my pre-op weight the morning of my surgery. Although, if you inc...

4 Days Post-op - Well, I made it! My surgery took place on Tuesday, May 25 at United Hospital in St. Paul, MN. I do not remember much of Tuesday after the surgery. Dr. Rupp did run into a few minor...