Monday Morning Weigh Ins

Monday Morning Weigh Ins [Edit Post] Had a bit of a bounce up this week..I am sure I lost those 6 pounds last week due to my tummy being so upset and not able to eat and then from drinking that magnesium citrate...boy did it clean me out!! LMAO I know that is TMI for a Monday morning but I still have a net loss of 4.2 pounds so I will not complain! HW 327 SW 322 LW 156.2 CW 158 Up And I am up 1.8 pounds.....See you next week!

Good morning!!! Steph- you are still in the glorious 150's!!! I am at 129 again- on the edge of my window again. Anyone else feeling like they need to lose more weight? I feel huge again. I guess it's cuz I'm not exercising enough lately. I'm very excited about everyone's upcoming surgeries- can't wait to see before and after pics!!! Have a good week!!! Holly

Hey Holly...I still have 18 more pounds to go to goal and I still feel huge! My bf was asking me on Saturday if I still saw myself as overweight and I was like yes...he gave me a weird look and told me Rome wasnt built in a day and not to give up and be patient. So I am working on the mental aspects of this journey right now.

Yes, Holly I can relate to the feeling huge thing. If I go up just one lb I start feeling fat again. I hope one day we'll change our way of thinking. I bounce between 123-125. I'm hoping with my upcoming PS that I'll get down to 120-123 and stay there! Stephanie, only 18 more lbs to go??? AMAZING! You are just doing awesome!

Hello, and long time no... (well, I can't say see) so let's say...Long time no write... My weight is continuing to go in the wrong direction, but there's not much I can really do about it at this point. The Dr's think maybe I have scar tissue adhering part of my bowel to the abdomen, but they can not determine for sure until I have surgery on 4/7. So, until then I just grin and bear it. Here are my stats HW 242 LW ? 125-127 possibly CW 124

I'm sorry to hear that the weight keeps dropping (did you ever think you'd hear that?) Is it that you're just not hungry, does it hurt to eat? I hope they find something out on 4/7. Please tell me again what type of surgery you're having? You'll be in my prayers. ***HUGS***

It actually hurts my tummy to eat. It's not daily, but weekly I'll go through these waves of issues. It's been going on for so long that I forget what normal feels like. About 15 minutes after I eat on random days (we've tried to narrow down foods types or other factors and nothing is consistant) but anyway, on random days about 15 minutes after I begin eating my stomach (it's actually my bowels) will begin with these awful sloshing and spitting noises...it's very water park in full action-ish...but it HURTS! Anyone within 15 feet can here the noises and with the noises comes intense pain, you can actually watch the food/ gas moving through the bowels like an alien is moving in my stomach. The only relief is had by pushing very hard into my left side (stomach area) or going into the fetal posiition. I can't sit or stand comfortably, and I break out into cold sweats, and dry heave or get foamies. This goes on in waves for 2-3 hours until the pain and noises subside (which puts me right to sleep) and then for a day or two afterward I am very nauseous. Just as I begin eating normal again for a couple of days, the episodes will return. It all began last summer when I had the small bowel obstruction, but now there is no sign of an obstruction. The general surgeon I'm working with now says that there is a possibility that scar tissue could have built up around and adhered a portion of the bowels to the wall of my abdomen to cause this or I could have bowels stuck in a herniated area in my abdomen...What we are doing on 4/7 are two surgeries. My GYN will do the hysterectomy to remove the cancer, which has only minimally invaded beyond the cervix, and a general surgeon will go in and "explore" my bowels to try to find out what is going on there. If he can't locate a problem he'll send me to a professor at Baylor who understands the risks and side effects of gastric bypass and see if he can figure out what's going on. As som eof you may know, my surgeon retired, BUT even if he hadn't my hysterctomy is being done close to home so I found a general surgeon out here who's not necessarily a gastric bypass surgeon, but can do whatever is needed to run through the bowel system. So that's what's going on.

Wow Lori, you poor thing. I'm so sorry. I hope they are able to remove all of the cancer AND figure out what's going on w/ your bowels and/or stomach. Ok, I didn't realize this, but you have 2 separate issues right? How did you find out about the cancer, did you go for an annual exam? How scary, you are in my prayers hon. God is good and we'll continue praying for a great outcome for ya!

Yes ma'am...they are seperate issues. They have run tons of tests and found nothing significant causing the problems with my bowels to this point, so this is our last option with the bowels. It's so crazy though....if they could be around when the whole thing is going on I am 100% sure they'd be able to figure out exactly what the problem is, but each time I am having tests run I'm feeling good. Isn't it always like that? As for the cancer, yes, I went in for a routine Pap in November and had an inconclusive test. Went back in for another in December which pointed to abnormal glandular activity so they brought me back in for a culposcopy (biopsy), and then a second biopsy (endomentrial), and then finally for a cone biopsy. All showed the same thing, adencarcinoma (glandular cancer) which has grown just beyond the cervical area into the uterus and will require a hysterectomy but no chemo or radiation at this point. I have been working with my GYN but will also see an ONC before my surgery for a second opinion.

Lori- Thanks for explaining this. I really hope you get some answers- it sounds totally awful. I think you should run in to the Dr's office the next time you have an episode and at least let a nurse see what's going on. Do you take anything for the pain? I'm so not about pain...ewwwww!!! Please continue to keep us posted... Holly