2012 Surgery Sisters
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Hey Hey Surgery Sisters. I am new to this site and to this group. I am so glad to be here and happy I found you.
My name is Susan, I am 40 years old. I am married to my first love and college sweetheart (16 years) and we have two wonderful girls (9 and 7). I live in Austin Texas where I work in the semiconductor industry as a circuit designer.
I just scheduled my surgery date for September 4th.!!!!! Close enough to be excited but far away not to be worried yet.
I started my WLS journey about a year ago. I have always been a 'big" girl, but as a "soul sister" it was never a huge issue. I was blessed with reverse body image issues - I think i look better than I do. In my head I was always 6 feet tall and fabulous. But in reality I a obese with chronic hypertention since I was young. I am currently on 7 different blood pressure medications and my BP normally runs 140/100 on a good day. Like lots of us, I have tried several diets that never kept my weight down for very long. I think the lowest adult weight was 210. I do love to work out, actually completed a sprint triathalon in 2011. I have a really stressful job ( 60 hours+) and use food to manage my stress. This year I started working with a therapist to help minimize my stress eating. I have come a long way and I am ready for WLS/VSG.
I'm 3 days post op and starting to feel the hunger pains. I can't have full fluids until Monday and I want them now LOL. ANYTHING but broth and jello. Yogurt sounds so good. I'm on full fluids for 3 days and then I go to pureed food. Not sure I want to puree any meat (can't imagine that tastes good) but I look forward to more of a variety. I'm making sure I walk and sip ALL the time. That's probably the most important part - walk walk walk and sip sip sip water. They emphasize walking so much and I see why - it also helps healing go a lot faster. Even helps with pain, believe it or not!
Keep us updated post op! Love to hear how things are going :-)
and went to Dr. and found out I have a upper respiratory infection and it's really affecting the things I eat on this diet. I can barely stand the taste of the protein shakes or meal replacement drinks. Starting to get a little nervous with my protein intake because I haven't hit the mark quite yet and I don't want to make myself sicker. Well just wanted to vent for a moment hope everything is going good with all y'all. GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES
Jenn D.
More later.
Jen
Yes, please let us know how it goes Tuesday. I know you will do great. WE are all so strong on this site, we have put up with a lot of things in life so this is something we can all do. :)
