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I had my post-op dr's visit today too. I am down over 20 pounds since my last dr's visit in December and down over 63 pounds since September.
I have to be at least another week.
I graduate to pureed foods starting today. We stopped at Whole Foods to get some Greek yogurt, some kefir, some organic soups, cage-free eggs, and some V8 type of juice. We also stopped at Wendy's and got an order of chili. I pureed some and feasted on 4 oz of that an hour ago.
Take care and keep up the good work!
5'6" 380(HW)/316(First visit)230.2(Current)/154(goal)
What an awesome attitude!
Kristy (weight loss below does not include 16lbs lost during pre WLS diet)
START: 325 Day of Surgery :309 GOAL: 180
Hope you feel better soon!
Kristy (weight loss below does not include 16lbs lost during pre WLS diet)
START: 325 Day of Surgery :309 GOAL: 180
I am two weeks out (as of yesterday) and have virtually no pain. I went back to work yesterday and did fine. I had no drains at all, thank goodness, those are awful things! Have had them before, I was miserable with them.
Hugs,
Marsha
34 lbs. lost before surgery on December 22, 2008. 105 lbs. lost prior to signing up for WLS.
The pancreatitis is, they believe, just from the surgery. They said that letting the pancreas "rest" should do the trick. Though, my bariatric doctor put me back on the purees when I saw him for the follow up yesterday. Boy was I glad too because I have just started, in the past two days, to experience hunger again. Though that does make it hard to avoid the stuff I know I"m not allowed to have just yet!
Other than this stuff, I feel great! The only pain i have is from the hematoma and it's not constant though it is severe when it flares up. I'd have LOVED to go back to work. But when I went to the ER follow up they said two more weeks. So... now I'm really missing my students and feeling like I've abandoned them. I was told two weeks otherwise I would've waited until summer to do the surgery!! C'est la vie!
I can't see the hematoma but the doctor says he can feel it under the skin near the incision. The pain I have is very, very near to the surface feeling. It doesn't feel muscular... it feels like it is a knife in the fatty tissue that someone puts acid on and causes an intense burning feeling. That's the best way I can describe it. My is right, almost exactly on, near the lower left incision from the lap surgery.
Hope that helps! Keep us posted with what the nurses tell you! If it continues I'd make an appt with your surgeon's office to have it checked just to be on the safe side.
Kristy (weight loss below does not include 16lbs lost during pre WLS diet)
START: 325 Day of Surgery :309 GOAL: 180
