Brenda C.
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Slowly... - Slowly, I chewed... Bite by bite... Until, FULL! Sounds so simple, but I have to remind myself to eat slowly! Gone are the days of just wolfing down my food, eating my veggies fi...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Seventy-Three Pounds Down... - For those who know me, they would also know that I do not own a scale (yet). I actually ordered a beefy model on Amazon, just waiting for it to arrive. Upon hearing the question,...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
New Year's Resolutions... - Why is it the month of January is so packed at the municipal pool? I see runners, walkers, and people wanting to follow through with "New Year's Resolutions," but I know if I wait...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Useless Emotions... - Having just returned from a trip that tested my resolve, I had to grade myself. Sadly, I barely gave myself a passing grade.
Many of us (if not all), need to deal with stress...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Christmas Parties... - I am working on baked yams at the moment - a sugar free version & hoping they come out tasty! I have been scouring recipes the last few days for low calorie cookies - there are SO...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
My Alien Baby... Or Incisional Hernia... - I was asked how did I know I had a hernia, so I will fill you in.
In January of 2007, I was really, really sick. I had been nursing a bad gall bladder a few years at that point...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
When they say take it easy, they mean Take IT Easy - For anyone who doesn't already know, I had an abdominal hernia repair, so I had an incision from inside the upper part of my belly button going up about three - four inches. Why a...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Peanut Flour, My New Best Buddy! - I hate using text-ease, but, OMG! I just discovered peanut flour, which is left over after processing the oil out of peanuts, and it is FAB-U-LOUS! Just 100 calories per 1/4 cup,...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Easy Potassium, YUM! - One of my favorite drinks of all time is V8, but alas, the original flavor has some scary sodium levels. Walking into my Primary Doc's office, she spotted a V8 in my bag, "Have yo...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Second Phase Eating... - I had someone ask me about what I am eating - it is still soft/pureed foods, but I was also given the "okay" to well chewed chicken -- the 25 - 30 count chewing. There are many wa...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
First Mini Vacation, Since... - This last few days I spent in what could best be called a Bavarian Christmas Wonderland, Leavenworth, Washington. Last year at this time when I went, I was out of breath quite a b...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Nineteen Pounds Later... - Whoopity-Do-Dah! Great visit with both the Nutritionist & Surgeon, and of course, a nineteen pound loss since surgery on the 16th of November - 13 days ago.
Not that I am bragg...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Oh, Doctor... - Well, the waiting for my follow up is almost over. First I see the Nutritionist, to make sure I am doing all I am supposed to be - I am ;) Then, I see Dr Hunter at 2:45pm and fin...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Drip, Drip, Drip, I think I have Seroma... - On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I received a call from my Nutritionist asking how everything was going post-operatively, other than some redness around all my incisions - but...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Six Days & I FINALLY Feel Human, Again... - Sunday brought the first snow to my area, which is always a lovely thing, looking down the hill & wondering how the hell the roads are. To give a little insight, I live on a hill ...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Really?! I'm home, and enjoying most of it, so far - Having come home late Wednesday evening, November 17th, I was very surprised to have been "sprung" so quickly, I guess I just looked too happy "cruisin' the halls"! No emotional m...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
Two Days Out, I think being run over by a bus woul - Well, maybe I am being overly dramatic, but I do hurt. My surgery was a little more involved than originally planned. The surgeon knew I had an incisional hernia, but what he did...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
The Sun Will Come Out... - Amazing. Last night we had a windstorm in the Seattle, WA Area. It was ugly last night, I was awake until sometime after Midnight, then of course, worrying if the power would go ...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
Surgery Day & Time, Finally! - Check in time is 11:15 am, so I am figuring surgery sometime around 1 pm. With about three hours of surgery, another hour in case Dr Hunter needs to do an incisional hernia repair...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
To Cath, or Not To Cath... THAT is MY Question! - Good lord! With all the other things to let me obsess about, I am bothered second most with the damn thought of waking up with a catheter in me.
Three years ago I ended up in t...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
And on the Third Day... - Sorry, I hear a booming voice from Charlton Heston in my head, how about you?!?
Surgery is almost here, Tuesday isn't far, and I still have mental notes "My To Do List" making m...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
One Week To Go... - In seven days I will be having surgery. I have been going through all the thoughts that anyone has before surgery, to the point of being a little distracted. I actually have been...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
What Weighs 100 Pounds? Please add to the list! - What weighs ONE HUNDRED POUNDS???
100 pounds US equals 14 Stone, 2 pounds England
2 seven year olds
10 Average Sized Pumpkins - Five if they are on the large side!
Tw...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
Second Week Antibiotics, Kicking My Ass... - I have felt like complete and total doodoo, for lack of a more descriptive word! The icky taste in the mouth caused mostly from one of the antibiotics, clarithromycin. I have had...
Brenda C. wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
Ahhh Poopies! Positive for H Pylori Bacteria... - Took my blood test, didn't study, and failed... Ha ha ha, not really, but glad I was checked for Helicobactor Pylori to protect me in surgery & it is good to know if you have Stoma...
About Me
38.8
BMI
Surgery
11/16/2010
Surgery Date
Mar 16, 2010
Member Since
Before & After
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