My 2-Week Visit

Hi, all! This afternoon I had my 2-week visit (15 days after surgery) with Dr. A. Unfortunately, due to the snow storm, I was wearing boots instead of shoes, which added a little to my weight. Normally that wouldn't have mattered to me so much, but when I saw the display on the scale read "300.0", I realized that with shoes I would have weighed less than 300 lbs. for the 1st time in about 8 or 10 yrs. Oh, well... I'll be there by my next appointment on the 28th. My highest weight ever was 366 about 2 yrs. ago. At my 1st visit to Dr. A. in Oct. I weighed 340 and by Nov. was down to 330. At the hospital, just before surgery, I weighed 318 1/2. So I've lost 18.5 lbs. since surgery and 40 lbs. since I started with Dr. A. Dr. A. said that everything looked fine and told me that the longer the steri-strips stay in place, the better my scar will look. That's fine with me; they don't bother me and only a few of them are a little loose on one side. I'm sitting here now without a binder for the 1st time since surgery. It's nice to have it off, but I feel somewhat unprotected. Dr. A. advanced me to Stage 4 (purees) and I mentioned that I was looking forward to having a scrambled egg. He responded that eggs and chicken are the hardest foods to deal with at first and said that the egg might just sit like a lump in my pouch. He suggested that I start with tuna instead. So that's what I'm about to do as soon as I get off the computer. Why so late you wonder? Partly because Dr. A. ran late and my 4 p.m. appointment started at close to 5 p.m., which then put me into rush hour on top of the storm. So instead of getting home in 35-40 mins., it took me 1 1/2 hrs.! If I hadn't wanted to advance to Stage 4 so badly, I would have rescheduled my appointment. Then once I was home, I received several phone calls from friends and family checking on how my appointment went and making sure that I had arrived home safely. Then I had some pills to take, so that required drinking and then I had to wait before eating. So I thought I'd get online and post this message, but I also checked e-mail and got another phone call and before I knew it, it was 11 p.m. I'm going to have to learn to schedule eating and drinking better in the future if I'm going to manage to get all my fluids and protein in and still have time for anything else. So I'm off to my tuna... Debby

Hi Debby Congrats for 18.5 pounds!!! Remember It is more important that you feel better from your health and more happier. Are you planning to take treadmill for walking? I am looking forward to see you again on Feb 1 at Post op meeting. Kathy K

Hi Debby, You sound like you are doing great and very upbeat and enegetic! Congratulations on your weight loss. It is a great feeling isn't it? I personally never had a problem with eggs, but everyone is different and I don't like tuna so I used to have 1/2 egg every day. Keep up the great work! Sandy

Hi angelette Just had to read this before I left for work! I am so proud of you! What a great job. Its hard to time all the food drinking..but it will all work itself out! Keep up the good work! 40lbs is fantastic!! Love, Joanie

Hi Deb! I'm so happy to hear that everything is going well. You've been in my thoughts! Keep us posted, I'm so proud of you! Tammy

Debby, You are doing great, what a wonderful achievement!! As far as the eggs, I didn't realize they were hard to eat at first. I know I had a hard time with them for quite a while..... Enjoy stage 4!!! Carmen

Great job Debby with the 18.5 pounds. Darn those boots anyways. Just think, like you said, that will be more weight next time. Super, Super job and you should be proud. Hugs, Maggie