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Topic: Soooo ready!!
On average how long has everyone felt the pain from surgery? I am on day 2 and I am sooo ready to move out of the "what did I do stage". I figure it will Probably be well in to the 2 weeks but was curious what everyone else felt and for how long.
Thanks
JC
Thanks
JC
Topic: Support Group Saturday March 20th ~ Topic: Hair!
All:
There will be a Support Group next Saturday, March 20th at Norman Regional Hospital from 11:00am-12:00pm in the Education Center (South entrance to the hospital). The topic will be "All About Hair...Keeping it and Caring for it post WLS" Topics will include:
*Understanding the Hair growth cycle
*Why hairloss happens
*What we can do about it
*Protein /vitamins
*How to care for our hair post WLS
We will have some hair care products on hand and also have a drawing for hair care products!
Everyone is invited (pre and post surgery) and welcome regardless of where you may have had your WLS done.
Please let me know if you need directions to Norman Regional Hospital or have any questions for me!
Leah
There will be a Support Group next Saturday, March 20th at Norman Regional Hospital from 11:00am-12:00pm in the Education Center (South entrance to the hospital). The topic will be "All About Hair...Keeping it and Caring for it post WLS" Topics will include:
*Understanding the Hair growth cycle
*Why hairloss happens
*What we can do about it
*Protein /vitamins
*How to care for our hair post WLS
We will have some hair care products on hand and also have a drawing for hair care products!
Everyone is invited (pre and post surgery) and welcome regardless of where you may have had your WLS done.
Please let me know if you need directions to Norman Regional Hospital or have any questions for me!
Leah
Topic: RE: life has gone to...
But you don’t
Always
Have to hold your head
Higher than your heart
~jack johnson~
*big hugs* let me know if theres anything i can do for YOU.
luv you girl :)
luv you girl :)
But you don’t
Always
Have to hold your head
Higher than your heart
~jack johnson~
Topic: RE: One year later
But you don’t
Always
Have to hold your head
Higher than your heart
~jack johnson~
congrats girl! ! i am a year out in a few weeks, and its been a hell of a journey!!
im so glad things worked out in your relationship.. :)
its so weird to see how a relationship changes as you change thru your first year. i feel so much closer to my boyfriend and have a new found appreciation for him in a sense.
congrats again!
luv,
am
im so glad things worked out in your relationship.. :)
its so weird to see how a relationship changes as you change thru your first year. i feel so much closer to my boyfriend and have a new found appreciation for him in a sense.
congrats again!
luv,
am
But you don’t
Always
Have to hold your head
Higher than your heart
~jack johnson~
Topic: RE: One year later
COngrats!
I am so happy that things with your husband worked out.
I am so happy that things with your husband worked out.
I 
MY RNY 5-5-09 
Life is Good
Topic: One year later
HW365 day surg 345
Goal wt 175
On March 16th 2009 I had rny gastric bypass surg. I toped the scales at a whopping 365lbs. I had a hard time walking or doing anything. All though I did manage to work 5 12hr shifts as a nurses aide in a hopital. I was not able to wear jeans and I was in the largest scrubs that they made and they where really tight. I was dieing a little each day. i hated myself and took all my of the hatred I had for my self out on my husband and kids daily. I couldn't stand to look at my self in a mirror. I was loseing my husband a little each day because I was so angry at my self for getting so fat.
This past year has been one heck of a rollercoaster ride. 3 days after my wls my husband comes home from work and tells me he hates me and wants a divorce. So I was under all kinds of stress.
My surg was easy for me I had a very easy time with recovery. I was off all pain meds 1 week post op. I did have problems getting my fluids in and keeping my protein down. At my 3mth post op appt Dr pond told me I was the poster child for wls. I had lost 70lbs in just 3 mths. I did have to have a scope done to make the top of my stomach wider because of scare tissue. At 6mths post op I lost a 100lbs.
I am currently experianceing a stall but it will pass. I have 45lbs to go untill I hit my wt loss goal of 170lbs.
People ask me all the time if this was worth it and I say more than you will ever know.
Today I am wearing xlg scrubs top and bottoms. a size 18 jeans and 1x shirts. My biggest moment was when I tried on my wedding dress i wore in 1999 and it was to big. I am currently 17 lbs from the wt I was the day I got preg with my oldest child back in feb of 1997. I feel great my blood pressure befor surg was 200's over 100's and now it runs around 100/59.
Words cant explain how I feel. I have a new nickname at work and it is the diappearing lady. As for getting a divorce I am not My husband and I renewed our wedding vows on feb 12th and I was wearing a size xl dress. I am able to do all the things I had not been able to do in 8 years. I do still fight head hunger but I get threw it.
I bought a wii and got the wii fit and I love the step arobics. In dec of 2005 I had to do 3min of step arobics for my job at the hopital and I was so out of breath at the end of that 3 mins. I can do 30 min now and have no issues being out of breath...
I want to thank all my friends here at o.com u guys where such an insperation and always so helpful. I do feel guilty not posting as much as I did during the first few months of my journy but I have been enjoying my new found life...My hubby and I got a new puppy that we walk 2 miles a day when iit is not raining...I love the new me and I can look in the mirror again and I like what I see.
This past year has been one heck of a rollercoaster ride. 3 days after my wls my husband comes home from work and tells me he hates me and wants a divorce. So I was under all kinds of stress.
My surg was easy for me I had a very easy time with recovery. I was off all pain meds 1 week post op. I did have problems getting my fluids in and keeping my protein down. At my 3mth post op appt Dr pond told me I was the poster child for wls. I had lost 70lbs in just 3 mths. I did have to have a scope done to make the top of my stomach wider because of scare tissue. At 6mths post op I lost a 100lbs.
I am currently experianceing a stall but it will pass. I have 45lbs to go untill I hit my wt loss goal of 170lbs.
People ask me all the time if this was worth it and I say more than you will ever know.
Today I am wearing xlg scrubs top and bottoms. a size 18 jeans and 1x shirts. My biggest moment was when I tried on my wedding dress i wore in 1999 and it was to big. I am currently 17 lbs from the wt I was the day I got preg with my oldest child back in feb of 1997. I feel great my blood pressure befor surg was 200's over 100's and now it runs around 100/59.
Words cant explain how I feel. I have a new nickname at work and it is the diappearing lady. As for getting a divorce I am not My husband and I renewed our wedding vows on feb 12th and I was wearing a size xl dress. I am able to do all the things I had not been able to do in 8 years. I do still fight head hunger but I get threw it.
I bought a wii and got the wii fit and I love the step arobics. In dec of 2005 I had to do 3min of step arobics for my job at the hopital and I was so out of breath at the end of that 3 mins. I can do 30 min now and have no issues being out of breath...
I want to thank all my friends here at o.com u guys where such an insperation and always so helpful. I do feel guilty not posting as much as I did during the first few months of my journy but I have been enjoying my new found life...My hubby and I got a new puppy that we walk 2 miles a day when iit is not raining...I love the new me and I can look in the mirror again and I like what I see.
HW365 day surg 345
Goal wt 175
Topic: RE: Is it me???
Yep, the "cravings" were especially bad for me in the first few weeks after my surgery. Head hunger really got me!
I would agree with Debbie....things dont taste the same after surgery as before. Our tastebuds do change...but it takes a while to let our brain catch up with what our body is telling us.
Hang in there....most of us do go through exactly what you are describing. Just stick to your program and you will do well.
Topic: RE: Is it me???
I've had the "cravings"....head hunger or emotional hunger as opposed to real hunger.
I've given into them a few times and always with the same result. The things that I REALLY wanted...the things I was obsessing about....just didn't taste the same. I tried them and after a bite or a sip I tossed them out.
Prior to WLS I would drink a couple of Starbucks Frapps a day....the 12oz ones in the glass bottles. Opened one a couple of weeks ago and took 2 tiny sips. YUCK....they just tasted gross. Same thing happened Tues, the hubby and I stopped at Johnny's for a burger. I'd been craving a Theta with cheese....my pre-WLS fav. I took 3 or 4 small bites of the meat and cheese but it just wasn't the same.
For me personally the more I fight the cravings the stronger they seem to come back. But once I try a little they no longer are an obsession.
I'm not recommending this to anyone else....just relating my own experiences.
I've given into them a few times and always with the same result. The things that I REALLY wanted...the things I was obsessing about....just didn't taste the same. I tried them and after a bite or a sip I tossed them out.
Prior to WLS I would drink a couple of Starbucks Frapps a day....the 12oz ones in the glass bottles. Opened one a couple of weeks ago and took 2 tiny sips. YUCK....they just tasted gross. Same thing happened Tues, the hubby and I stopped at Johnny's for a burger. I'd been craving a Theta with cheese....my pre-WLS fav. I took 3 or 4 small bites of the meat and cheese but it just wasn't the same.
For me personally the more I fight the cravings the stronger they seem to come back. But once I try a little they no longer are an obsession.
I'm not recommending this to anyone else....just relating my own experiences.
Everything happens for a reason.
HW 252
Topic: RE: life has gone to...
So, what are you going to do about your Sister and her surgery?
If she has daughters and a husband then she has plenty of help...even if they don't want to do it.
Glad that you got help and will have the strength and courage to put yourself first.
Hugs
If she has daughters and a husband then she has plenty of help...even if they don't want to do it.
Glad that you got help and will have the strength and courage to put yourself first.
Hugs
Everything happens for a reason.
HW 252
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