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Okay, I can't believe it's been a year, I've been so bad about posting on a regular basis, the last 6 months have just flown by.  Its amazing how much there is to do when your whole life doesn't revolve around food anymore.  I pretty much lost most of my weight in the first 7 months, and a 1 year our I'm below goal.  I look and feel so much better.  I can eat anything, just in much smaller portions than I've ever had before.  I did lose a lot of hair but had so much you really couldn't tell, but it's thinned out so much, that I've been experimeting with wigs lately.  Lots of fun, and easy to style, makes life a lot easier.  I'm looking into plastic surgery down in Mexico right now.  The girls have gone way south, and my tummy will never be the same again......Anyhoo, I really appreciate all the support I've received on the baord in the last several years, I couldn't have done it without y'all.  Thanks a million!!!!

Well, on the 10th of this month, it will be6 months since I had my surgery.  This has been an amazing journey so far, and I am very proud of my progress. 

I am now almost a month out of surgery, feeling good, and I get fruits and cooked vegetables added to my food plan.  Very exciting now that it's getting really hot here, and I'm craving some watermelon or cantoloupe.....Hmmmm sounds really refreshing.  othing else gets added until the 4 month mark, so I've got to make it really interesting for the next few months.  I find that everything goes down well, but I'm eating too fast.  I get the foamies quite often, and I know I need to slow down.  I sometimes forget I've had surgery until I put something in my mouth.  Crazy huh?!?!?!?!  My incisions are all healing quite well, I got my drains out the day I was released from hospital and I do feel really good.  I do miss food though, I am obsessed with the Food Network Channel!!!  I've been watching it non-stop and I just love it.  I don't have any desire to eat ony of the food, I just like watching the shows....Very strange for me not to be obsessed with food.  I used to think about it all the time from morning until night, and now I have to force myself to eat anything.  Very different for me.....

OK, I hate everything I eat and drink.......I've lost 16 lbs in 21 days, so I think I'm doing ok, but even the thought of eating make me want to vomit.  NOTHING!!! taste's good at all!!!  I was so excited to be able to have an egg or some yogurt, but nothing appeals to me anymore.  I can't stand any of the protein drinks I've tried yet, so I know I'm not getting enough protein in.  Water and vitamins and a little bit of food here and there, and that's it.  I should be losing a lot more weight if you ask me.  I feel fine, I'm not too tired at all, but am I going to hate food for the rest of my life?!?!??!?!?  I go back to class on June 4th, and I'm excited to get fruits and vegetables, or will this be a big dissappointment also.  I hate to complain, as I wanted this surgery so bad, and I've had a pretty decent recovery, but I hate trying to gag my food down....

I am 12 days out of surgery, and very excited to see what my Dr has to say about my progress :-)!!!  I left the hospital on the 13th weighing 244lbs and today I weighed in at 223lbs!!!  Yeah for me!!!  I lost the 11 lbs I gained in the hospital, and 10 lbs lost from my original weight of 233!!!  This seems to be working:-)!!!  I feel great, have no appetite or desire for food, everything seems to stay down ok, so all is well.  I haven't found a protein drink I like yet, but I'm getting my vitamins and water in, so I should be able to live off my fat stores for quite a while LOL.....I'm very excited to see where this surgery will take me :-)

Well today was my one week post-op class, has only been 5 days though, and I get to add soft proteins to my all clear liquid diet.  I was very excited about getting real food, but it wasn't all that I thought it would be.  I had a taste of refried beans and cheese, a few bits of hard boiled egg, and a few bites of cottage cheese.  Nothing taste's the same :-(   It really sucks, but I guess it's a blessing in disguise.  I ate my way to the place I'm at right now, so not having any appeal for food is probably a good thing.  I am getting better at getting my water in, as I can take more than a little sip now.  I don't have any desire for a Diet Coke, (which used to be my best friend:-).  I start and end my day with water, which is what I should have been doing all along. 

Well I found out very quickly that I'm not Superwoman!!!  I got home from the hospital on Saturday, felt great, did a whole bunch of stuff on Sunday, (cleaning, grocery shopping, walking and such).   I was in so much pain on Monday I thought I was going to die!!!!  I felt so bad, I had to take the Lortab (my new best friend) and went to bed for abut 6 hours........I felt so good, I thought I was invincible.......NOT!!!!  I have decided to really take care of myself for the next 3 weeks, concentrate on my food plan and walking, and just try to heal from surgery.  I have waited such a long time for this surgery, I'm not going to screw this up!!!

Well I thought I was getting surgery yesterday, but my sugeon ran so late, she rescheduled me for early am this morning.  I was really bummed since they already had me back in the pre-op area, with all the IV's hooked up to me and everything.  They wanted me to stay in the hospital since I was already hooked up to everything, so that made for a three day stay instead of two....So I didn't sleep Tuesday night, as my surgery was supposed to be Wednesday, and then I didn't get any sleep Wednesday night, and they woke me up every two hours to take my vitals..UGHHH.....So about 6am they get me up Thursday to take me down to surgery and I was very excited.  My husband Scott was there, and my really good friend Kerensa was there.  They were a great support team for me.  I was very giddy from lack of sleep joking around with the nurses and everyone, and then the anesthesiologist came in and gave me the happy juice, and I was feeling really good at that point.  I only have a small memory of the operating room, and the lights out for me!!!  My actual surgery only took 50mins, the surgeon told my husband I had great anatomy :-)LOL.......I woke up in a lot of pain in the recovery room, so they gave me some morphine......UGHHH......IT DIDN'T WORK!!!!  It just made me so loopy I didn't care I was in pain:-( ...Two hours later they gave me some more morphine......STILL NOT WORKING!!!!  I was about ready to cry about 6 hours after surgery as I really was in pain.  They told me as soon as I started drinking water, I could have liquid pain medicine.......I HAD BEEN DRINKING WATER SINCE 1 HOUR AFTER SURGEY!!!!  Bring on the liquid pain medicine (Lortab my new best friend).....It was all good after that.  They had me up and walking every two hours after my six hour recovery time, and I was only allowed in bed from 12 midnight to 6 am.  My Dr is very strict about walking and making sure you don't get blod clots.  They have this big rocker/lounge chair in the room that you get to sit in when you're not walking.  It was actually pretty comfortable.  So for the next 2 days, it was walking every two hours, sitting in the chair, walking every two hours.......I loved the nurses at the hospital I was in, they were amazing!!!  My surgeon has her own Bariatric wing at the hospital she operates in, and all the nurses have special training with Bariatric patients.  I weighed 233 when I checked in on the 9th, and when I was released I weighed 244!!1 WTF!!!  It was all the fluid they pumped into me...I was very happy to come home, and sleep in my own bed.  I can't believe I am on the other side!!!!

That's right folks, today is surgery day.   My surgery is in less than 12 hours and I can't sleep for the life of me.....Oh well, I'll sleep in surgery...hehehehe....This has been an amazing journey, and it's not over yet.  I did the dreaded bowel cleanse today, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.  No food or drink after midnight, so of course I'm sitting here obsessing about food......I can't wait for my new life to begin, and to get back to the healthy Alli, that I once used to be...See ya all on the losers bench!!!!!

I'm starting to get a little nervous, I only have today and tomorrow for work, and then I'm off on Tuesday so I can have all day to do my lovely bowel prep YUCK!!!!   Not looking forward to that, but am excited for surgery.  Everyone on OH has been so nice, giving advice, asking if I need any help, I appreciate it so much.  My husband will be taking some before pictures of me the day of surgery (YUCK), but I want to have some before pictures, so I can gauge my progress. .