Home Sweet Home
Day of Surgery 7/17/17
I am finally home after an overnight stay at the hospital. My doctor Stanley Hoehn, and nurse staff at The Bariatric Center of Kansas City were first class all the way. I am in pain but tolerable pain right now. Suprisingly there is no complications and water ais going down easily and so are the sf popsicles. I dont feel any different but I know ive changed on the inside for the better. I look forward to dropping as much weight as I can in the next few months. Starting Weight 415. Weight at Surgery 375. Goal weight 250.
Current weight is 380. Gained 5lbs while in hospital, but from what I read on this site that is typical. I will continue to walk and sip my water and eat popsicles for the next week, then on to pureed foods.
I'd be very leery about tossing out arbitrary predictions for a new post op. I know it would mess with my head Terribly if I wasn't 365 in a week. (But Scott said...)
Everyone loses at different rates, everyone. I was one of those higher starting BMI's where weight was supposed to fall off like magic initially. I lost 9# that first week, nice, but hardly magical IMO
5'6.5" High weight:337 Lowest weight:193/31 BMI: Goal: 195-205/31-32 BMI
Yes, "Home Sweet Home" but I liked "Hospital Sweet Hospital" better. I gleaned the nurses for as much insight as I could asking question after question. I was a patient from a Monday to a Thursday; hearing their voices at the nurse's station was like hearing angels seeing me through to a better life. I still walk the WLS wing to see their faces, hear their voices, and leave an updated note of never-ending gratitude. It's a small facility in a small region with the same 'ol employees that stay on and on and on. Angels---no other way to describe them. Glad you feel the same.
