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I upped my exercise time on the treadmill to 45 minutes - that was just good for me! When I weighed on Monday there were 6 lbs more gone!

I can finally say I feel great!  My energy level is up.  I am walking/running on the treadmill 30 minutes each day.  I just barely got into onederland and it seems that although I am following everything to the T - I did not get up on that OR table to fart around with my diet - the weight loss has slowed down.  I just posted a before and after picture a few days ago - I am down several sizes but I still have 65 more pounds to lose - all in all when I started dieting back in October, prior to my surgery to date I have lost 75 lbs.  Since surgery I have lost 43 lbs.  Well I feel like throwing the scale out of the window and I need to stop jumping on it every day but I cannot help myself.  I know I am building muscle now and that could be one of the causes but for me it gets a little frustrating because I just want the numbers to go down!!  All in all despite the agony of my complications I feel great and now I feel it was well worth it after all!!!!  I get compliments every day.

I am sooooooooooo glad I am feeling a lot better now although still on the weak/fragile side.  I still have rubber legs and get tired easily - plus my abdomen is still very sore especially in the area of the gastrostomy site however it is healing beautifully - hope I can get rid of the ugly crater someday.

On 4/5/07 it will be two months since my surgery.  I just returned to work full time today - and was very glad about it.  I have lost a lot of weight so far but am more concerned about regaining my strength right now.  I am having a terrible problem eating - everything makes me gag if I smell it - the foods I liked are not appealing anymore neither are the ones that I do not like.  Plus I am nauseous all the time and have this horrible bitter taste in my mouth that makes me gag.  Someone please tell me this is going to go away!!!!!! Sometimes I wonder if I made the right decision.  I really do not want to start regretting this.  I really want it to work for me.

Could not write sooner.  I had RNY surgery on 2/5/07 which went well only for me to suffer a major complication on 2/6/07 that landed me in the OR for a second lengthy surgery.  I thank God for Dr. Duffy for being there and right on time each time - I call him my hero.

The day after surgery my intestines bled back into my old stomach - the stapled off portion - I ended up in SICU and back in surgery.  I had to have a gastrostomy and a gastric tube which was removed a couple weeks ago but due to the amount of biliary drainage and discharge which caused horrible burns on my skin I have to wear an ileostomy bag to catch the secretions.

My recovery has been lengthy.  Have not been back to work yet and just now starting to walk around the house.  The pain is intense.  It is being managed better now with Fentanyl patches I was prescribed last week when I ended back in the hospital for another four days after having a syncope caused by dehydration and low potassium.

I came home on Saturday.  I am feeling much better although significantly weak.  I will be seeing Dr. Duffy tomorrow.

Well, I am getting very tired.  I will write some more tomorrow.

All in all, I thank God for being on my side and I prayed His anointing over Dr. Duffy and I trust both of them for looking out for me.

I HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.  I AM GOING TO START GETTING DRESSED FOR CHURCH IN A FEW.  THE GOOD THING IS THAT MY NERVES HAVE SETTLED DOWN - I WAS FREAKING OUT UP UNTIL THE TIME I WENT TO BED LAST NIGHT.  I HAD TAKEN OUT MY BRAIDS MONTHS AGO AND A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I CUT OFF ALL MY HAIR REAL SHORT!!!! LAST NIGHT I COLORED IT AND I LIKE IT.  MARTITA IS LOOKING GOOD!!!!!

SO I AM NOT NERVOUS NOW ONLY ANXIOUS ABOUT THE LEVEL OF PAIN - I AM BRACING MYSELF FOR THE WORST HOPING TO WAKE UP AND FIND OUT IT IS NOT ALL THAT BAD - THANK GOD MY PROCEDURE IS LAPAROSCOPIC.

I AM GOING TO GET UP AT 5:30 AM, HOP IN THE SHOWER AND AL AND CANDI WILL TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL - HAVE TO BE THERE AT 6:30.  STILL HAVE NOT PACKED MY BAG.  I WAS TOLD TO COME WITH THE CLOTHES ON MY BACK ONLY.  I TOOK OFF MY DIAMONDS - NO PROBLEMS THEY WERE ALREADY DANCING AROUND ON MY FINGER, I TOOK OFF MY NAILS - THAT WAS A PROBLEM AND NOW I HATE PARTING WITH MY PANDORA BRACELET AND MY QUEEN BEE.  OOOPS! I BETTER PUT THOSE RINGS BACK ON AND TAKE THEM OFF WHEN I COME BACK HOME FROM CHURCH.  MY FINGERS LOOK AWFUL WITHOUT MY SILK WRAP.  BUT I CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS AFTER I COME HOME.

OKAY WHY AM I JUST STARTING TO GET NERVOUS AGAIN - THIS NEEDS TO STOP.

WISH ME BLESSING GUYS - THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER!

I work at this very busy Recovery Care Center - we have tons of postop patients coming in today along with several hospital admissions.  My day started at 6:30 a.m. and it is getting busier by the minute - time is just flying - and that is not all - I have all these manuals to finish up and edit before the end of the day.  Monday is coming faster than I can imagine!!! Hardly had time to think about it the last hour or so and when I do I have these butterflies in my stomach.

I have to call Yale at 3:00 p.m. to ask them what time they want me to arrive Monday morning.  I am the first case - scheduled for 7:30 a.m. I am sooooooooooo happy and at the same time I am freakin' outttttttttttt! what a combination of emotions - I am drinking water - I am so nervous I can't even eat.

I AM SOOOOO EXITED AND SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SCARED.  I THINK I AM GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK BEFORE MONDAY - I HAVE TO GET A GRIP.  BUT I AM ON MY WAY - TO LIVE LONGER AND BETTER