Home from surgery

I GOT HOME LAST NIGHT FROM MY SURGERY THAT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY IN OKLAHOMA!!!  SURGERY WENT WELL, EXCEPT FOR COMING OUT OF THE ANESTHESIA WITH MY BREATHING.  I WILL GO FOR A SLEEP APNEA STUDY IN A FEW WEEKS.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH DR BROUSSARD, DR. WALTON, AND ALL THE STAFF WAS OVER THE TOP.  I HAD HAD SO MUCH ANXIETY ABOUT THE SURGERY THE MONTHS PRIOR, THAT I WAS SHOCKED THAT THE DAY OF SURGERY I HAD TOTAL PEACE.  EVERYTHING HAS GONE WELL SO FAR, EXCEPT A BAD CASE OF NAUSEOUSNESS LAST NIGHT AND THIS A.M.  THANK GOODNESS FOR THE PHENERGAN....  I HAVE TO SAY I THINK I'M GOING THROUGH A LITTLE MOURNING FOR FOOD.  I DID NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH I LOVED TO EAT I GUESS.  I KEEP THINKING OF ALL MY FAVORITE FOODS.  I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE MUSHIES....
THANKS TO EACH AND EVERYONE WHO SAID A PRAYER FOR MY FRIEND STACY AND I LAST WEEK.  IT IS SO EXCITING TO BE ON THE LOSERS BENCH WITH OUR FAVORITE FANS.
I WENT AHEAD AND WEIGHED THIS A.M. AND WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT I AM DOWN 7LBS. FROM THE MORNING OF SURGERY.  I  WILL NOT WEIGH AGAIN UNTIL NEXT MONDAY...
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER THAT THIS CLEAR LIQUID STAGE WILL GO QUICKLY FOR ME.  THIS HAS TO BE THE HARDEST PART.....

LOVE
CANDEE 

congrats on making it to the bench. Glad to hear all went well.
Emily

Congrats Candee!  I'm so glad to hear that all went well for you.  You are not alone in your feelings about the loss of our friend "food".  I have to say I went through some "buyer's remorse" about a week afterwards and wondered what in the heck I'd done to myself.  It didn't last long and being 154 pounds lighter feels soooo much better than any food ever tasted!!!  You're doing great and 7 pounds down is wonderful!!!  Take care and remember to walk, sip, walk, sip, walk, sip!!! 

Congratulations Candee.. You will do GREAT..  Can't wait to hear more of your progress..

Sheila

Congratulations of your surgery. Hang in there it will get easier.

Candee, 

Congrats on making the best decision you could and to Stacy as well. Welcome to the losers bench.

I'm glad you are both doing well.

Welcome home Candee. Hang in there. It's perfectly normal for you to be mourning the loss of your best friend, food. We all did it. Just hang tough and it will all work out. Rita

Candee & Stacy:

I am so glad the "hard" part is over!!  (yes I am LAUGHING) Because ANY WLS patient will tell you the hard part has just begun!  Everything you are feeling is just what you should be feeling - it is difficult - even this far out to remember all the reasons why I should't eat certain things - and I do it anyway!! 

Keep us updated on (both) your progress!!  I look forward to seeing both of you - much less of you - soon and know that you will do AWESOME!!  You have the right attitude and you have the right "support" to be successful!

Prayers for continued good news from our (other) Kansas girls!!  Let me know how the husbands are taking things!! That was a land mine you fed me at support group - I wasn't sure what I wanted to step into there!! LOL

(((HUGE HUGS)))

Ruth

congrats to u and your friend.... I am also pretty new to it all (2 weeks today).... and yes it is really hard..... I want food so bad I can now have puree foods and don't know what is good in that form...lol I can't eat baby food, my two year old daughter won't even eat that stuff lol. so if anyone has any ideas for me they are greatly appreciated..... I have also had a lot of nausea and amen to the Phenergan.... any way good luck to you and keep us posted

Lakrisha