Wednesday's 2-week checkup

My appointment with Dr. Simon went great. He was very pleased that I had lost 14 lbs in 14 days. He said my progress was excellent. Of course I was so excited that I neglected to tell him about the pain I keep getting in my left side, right under my ribs. Last night it hurt so bad the pain shot right into my chest. I'm better today, but still tender on the left side. Has anyone else experienced this. I'm thinking I should just call the office and make sure it's normal. I had somewhat of a meltdown this morning. Not sure if it was because I was tired or what. I laid down about 9:00 and it hit me like a ton of bricks, or should I say more like a tsunami. All I could think of was "How the hell did I let myself go so much that I needed surgery to fix it?" I am not regretting my decision to have this surgery for a moment, but the fact that I had to have surgery at all really bothered me. I had an idea that this might happen from reading everyone's else stories, but since I was doing good I guess I just didn't expect it. Thank God my husband just listened to me. He told me how proud he was of my decision. I guess there is a lot of emotions to deal with after this surgery, and you just can't eat them away! I am doing much better this afternoon. Guess I just needed a good cry. I'm really concentrating on getting in all of my proteins and liquid today. I'm taking this amazing journey one day at a time. Thanks for listening to my ranting. Deb

Debra, Congrats on your weight loss.... feels good right? I have pain but mine is healing nerves that are trying to reconnect. Maybe you should call your Dr and tell him/her that you forgot to mention it. I know the feeling, you get so excited to see the loss that you forget everything else. I have a feeling I understand what you are going through, it finaly hits what we have done to ourselves and what we had to do to correct this. Mine was also a lot of head hunger and being depressed/mad at myself! Now thank goodness it passed and all is ok. Well take care hun ~hugs~ Debra P

Thanks Debra. I did get hold of my doctor's office. They told me that it is probably musculoskeletal and not uncommon. But if it gets worse and get short of breath to go the ER. They also told me to start on Prevacid (quick-melts) in case it's like indigestion. I've been waiting 3 minutes between my bites, and she told me to try going a little longer between bites and see if that helps. I really see to have a lot intestinal gas still and I think that's part of the problem. We'll see how the Prevacid does. Emotionally I'm doing fine now. Luckily I haven't really had a lot of head hunger. I just can't believe I let myself get this fat to have to have surgery to fix it. I guess this is the beginning of dealing with feelings without food . Thanks so much for your caring. ~hugs~ to you also. Deb