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  • Comment by Nahealani on 11/21/08 12:52 pm
    Good luck!! We will be swinging lizzards for you!!! Asia
  • Comment by Jenny R on 11/20/08 8:03 pm
    Wishing you all the best on your surgery tomorrow! We'll be here for you when you get back to answer anything you need! Best wishes!!!
  • Comment by janetb_skinny on 11/20/08 6:05 pm
    Hey, Dawn. Tomorrow is your day!! Still waiting to hear your surgery time, but I have all your info at work. I'll check in again in the morning. I go to work at 7:30. You could be all done by then, huh??? I wish you an easy procedure and recovery. Talk to you soon! Janet
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Weight loss stalls are NOT fun!!!
on December 26, 2008 8:29 am
Hey everyone!!!  I hope you guys had an awesome Christmas!  Mine was great as my fiance was home from Iraq for the first time in a couple of years...and will be home through New Years. 

Yesterday he and my son cooked a beef tenderloin on the grill...so I had a small piece of filet for my Christmas meal.  It was incredible!!!  Of course I was full after only a couple of bites...but it was so good!  I also found a sugar free apple pie and some no sugar added vanilla ice cream and had a tiny serving of that for dessert.  INCREDIBLE!!! 
My only complaint is that I'm not losing weight.  I've lost a total of 22 pounds...but it seems like I should be losing more considering the microscopic size meals I'm eating.  I'm trying hard to do everything right...protein first...water...we all know the drill.  But I have not lost a singe pound in like 3 weeks now.  So frustrating!    I know it will come off eventually...I'm just impatient. 

Other than that...no issues at all.  My pouch isn't a grouch...she seems to be able to tolerate almost anything.  I can eat beef, chicken, fish, shrimp...the only thing I've eaten so far that has not agreed with me is pork...I had a bite of a grilled pork chop and it gave me a stomach ache.  No foamies, vomiting, or otherwise...just a tummy ache. 

So I guess I should not complain.  So far I'm tolerating this procedure very well and feel great.  I'm already over my shortness of breath and feel more like my old self more every day. 

Anyway...hope you guys had an awesome Christmas and a wonderful New Year!!! 
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12 days post op...20 pounds already gone baby!!!
on December 2, 2008 8:24 pm
It's Day 12 post op...and so far so good.  TWENTY pounds gone forever!!!!  Other than being a little tired I really can't complain about anything.  My 2 week post op MD visit is this Friday...so I guess I'll see what he has to say. 

I honestly have to say...the surgery is the EASY part of this experience.  I know I've been told I can't feel acutal hunger at this time...but what I'm feeling is a pretty good imitation of it.  I know I'm probably not getting in all the liquids I'm supposed to...I just can't make myself drink that much.  I'm still on full liquids...but yesterday I did try some very thin grits.  THEY WERE THE BEST GRITS I'VE EVER EATEN IN MY LIFE!!!!  Seriously!!!  I did mix some unflavored protein in them...so at least they had a good bit of protein in them. 

So far my pouch as been ok with everything I've introduced to it.  I've had all kinds of soups and broths (strained) and so far it's all been good.  Not so much as a cramp.  I'm craving scrambled eggs so badly.  I know many people can't tolerate them...but I'm hoping I'm one of the exceptions.  But I'm trying to be good and stick to the rules.  I'm terrified of getting sick this early on.  I'll let you guys know how it goes Friday!
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Home from the hospital...and so far all is great!!!
on November 23, 2008 7:42 am
I had to be at the hospital Friday at 5:30 AM...they said I was the first case.  Thursday night before bed I took at Xanax...and I had a pretty good night of sleep.  I was laying in the bed at the hospital, and began to feel a little apprhensive.  The annesthesiologist was so sneaky. I guess he could tell I was getting a little antsy...so he said he was going to give me a little oxygen...and that's all I remember.  The next thing I knew, I asked the nurse when they would be taking me...and she said "Honey...you're in recovery.  You've been done for about 2 hours now.  You're doing great."  Morphine is our friend!  I didn't feel a thing and slept most of Friday.  Friday night I remember feeling a littly sick...and they gave me phentergan and that knocked me out.  The next morning I woke up and was put on a pain pump...and never used it.  There just wasn't any pain at all.  The nurses were impressed because I got up and began walking...they never had to make me get up.  So last night they said I could go home if I wanted.  So here I am!  I came home, took a shower, and went to bed and slept all night.  I can't believe how painless this surgery has been so far.  For me the hardest part is trying to get my fluids in.  I'm not hungry or thirsty...so it's hard to drink.  I'm doing my best.  I'm so happy it's finally over and I can move on to the best part...LOSING!!!

Thanks to everyone for their wonderful notes and kind thoughts...and special thanks to my wonderful angel...Janet...who checked on me and posted I was alive and well.  You guys are the greatest!  I love this site!!!
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Liquid Diet Hell!!!
on November 12, 2008 5:00 pm
This is the SECOND time I've done the dreaded liquid diet.  Back in July I was scheduled for the lap band...I did the liquid diet for over a week....then changed my mind.  So now I'm doing it again...and it's not any easier this time.  Except this time...I knew what to expect.  Luckily...the nutritionist told me that I can have "small amounts" of chicken, fish, or egg whites.  Honestly...tonight I'm not really hungry...this is head hunger.  I'm thinking of what I can't have...and that's everything I want.  A little while ago I go to the pantry to find my Splenda and I found a bag of peanut M&Ms.  I was a good girl...I pushed the bag aside and grabbed my Splenda and shut the door as quickly as I could.  This is so hard.  But I know in the end it will be sooooooo worth it!
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Getting Closer!!!
on November 10, 2008 5:58 pm
Hard to believe...but tomorrow is my pre-op appointment with my surgeon, nutritionist, and labs.  I'm 11 days from my big day.  I'm getting nervous.  I've read here enough to realize that these pre-surgery jitters are perfectly normal...yet it still bothers me. 

Last night I discovered the "Memorial" section of this site.  I had never noticed it before.  It kind of shook me up a bit.  While I realized that most of the members there did not die from complications related to WLS...it was still strange and scary to see actual names of people who did.  I'm sure every one of those people went into this surgery knowing the risks...and feeling that they were not going to be in that "small percentage" of WLS related deaths.  Yet...some of them were. 

I am a single mother of two incredible boys...ages 18 and 16.  They are my world.  I have a wonderful fiance in Iraq.  Sometimes I feel like the decision to do this is selfish.  I'm overweight...but a "lightweight" by most standards.  In fact...I don't think I've seen a single person on this site with less weight to lose than me.  I do have the comorbidities...which is why I was approved.  I'd like to discuss this with my MD tomorrow...but I'm afraid if I tell him I'm scared he won't think I'm ready and postpone the surgery.  Anyone else feel this way????
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I have not always been heavy.  Up until about 12 years ago, I was a size 4.  I think depression from going through a divorce and my mother''s death triggered this...brought on by antidepressants.  Prozac made me gain about 25 pounds.  From there, my doctor put me on diet pills.  Of course I lost the weight...only to gain it all back (and then some!) when I stopped taking them.  This began a vicious cycle...depression...diet pills...lose weight...gain weight.  I have gone from 102 lbs to 185 lbs.  I'm the heaviest I've ever been in my life.  I can't wait to get banded and begin the journey to a healthier me.  And I can't wait to make some new friends here who are going through the same thing.