one week out

One week… just one week ago today I was on my way to Chicago to get the duodenal switch procedure… It has been a great week… I feel great, a little sore but nothing horrible… the great thing is as I’ve said before starting out in November I weighed 395 (way to close to 400). And then after the first of the year I stopped drinking Pop just so it would be one less thing to give up post op… as the result of that I weighed 371 10 days prior to surgery… and then due to the 10 day 800-1000 calorie diet I weighed 357 the morning of the surgery… this morning, one week post op I weighed and I weighed 347…. That is a grand total of 48 pounds!!!!! I know that this is just the first 48 of a lot… but it’s still awesome to me! I’m still wearing the same clothes but they are not tight at all (and that is going from me not feeling comfortable sitting in them)…. Last night I was at my Mom’s and she pulled out some pictures of me when I was in High School… (Thin)… My son didn’t know it was me I can’t wait till the day that he looks at those pictures and he just see’s a younger version of his Daddy… and then there is the whole Blood Sugar thing… the highest number I’ve seen since I got home was 99… I take nothing for it now… I felt like I was about to get a second chance before the surgery…. Now I feel like I’m in that second chance… And I love it… anyway; I’m going to get off here.

Cabin fever

Today my Sister-in-law is coming over to see me… I REALLY like company right now… I’m just not meant for this taking it easy stuff… but I am. Yesterday I went over and spent the day with my Grandma Baldridge… it was a good time… she was telling me about when she was young and they didn’t have a phone to call her cousins that just lived on the other side of the mountain… and how much she would have liked to keep in touch with them more but it just wasn’t possible. It made me appreciate the technology we have now. You can keep in contact with people either through phone, e-mail, Facebook, and I even use Myfamily.com…. I think Technology can be abused, but it can also be a great tool for keeping the doors of communication open with people you care about but just don’t have the time to go visit like you would like… not that I’m saying computers should replace actual communication, because I have people I talked to on here at least once a week, but I would still like to see their face once in a while… well anyway, that’s what I’m thinking about today… those I love!!!!

Communication

Today my Sister-in-law is coming over to see me… I REALLY like company right now… I’m just not meant for this taking it easy stuff… but I am. Yesterday I went over and spent the day with my Grandma Baldridge… it was a good time… she was telling me about when she was young and they didn’t have a phone to call her cousins that just lived on the other side of the mountain… and how much she would have liked to keep in touch with them more but it just wasn’t possible. It made me appreciate the technology we have now. You can keep in contact with people either through phone, e-mail, Facebook, and I even use Myfamily.com…. I think Technology can be abused, but it can also be a great tool for keeping the doors of communication open with people you care about but just don’t have the time to go visit like you would like… not that I’m saying computers should replace actual communication, because I have people I talked to on here at least once a week, but I would still like to see their face once in a while… well anyway, that’s what I’m thinking about today… those I love!!!!

just rambling

Today I ate a whole egg scrambled… I measured it before hand and it is 4oz… that’s the most I’ve eaten since the op…. that means the swelling is going down VERY good sign!!!! That’s enough about the surgery today… same old stuff.
Next week is spring break, and I will be home with Corbyn all day every day!!! I’m hoping we will have fun... and if its nice enouph maybe we can go to the park… I know I won’t be able to really play around with him but I can find a bench to sit and he can play… maybe I will get a hold of one of my cousins to go with me… then we can visit while the kids play!!!! Don’t know, but what I do know is I will definitely be ready to get out of the house, even if it’s just for an hour or two… I might not feel good, but I’m not a home body… I need people!!!!
O.k., I don’t really have anything else to say today so I’m going to get off here and find something else to do…

I'm going Home

Today I’m going home, I started on pureed food yesterday (not nearly as bad as I expected) had my first BM (bowel Movement) at 5:30 this morning… which is a big deal, they want that to happen before I leave… sort of to make sure everything is plumbed correctly… I feel good today… this has all been much easier than I expected… the power of Prayer!!!!
Speaking of prayer… Today is Sunday, church tonight is not promising… but I haven’t marked it out yet... the problem is that where one of the incisions is where my pants rest… So I don’t know if I will be able to… I will probably try on my church clothes when I get home and see if it’s a possibility... I know “you need to stay home and get rest” but I have rested for 3 days straight... and even if I’m just there sitting, I can sit at church the same as sit at home…
O.k., I just saw the Doctor walk by so I’m going to get off here… I’m so pumped about leaving!!!!!

Day 2 and feeling better

Its Saturday…. Two days post op… there are scales out in the hall that I see every time I walk (which has been quite a bit) and I want to get on them so bad!!!! Even though I know I haven’t lost weight yet… and I keep telling I... don’t be a slave to the scales!!!! I feel pretty good today though, granted its only twenty till seven… but I’ve walked, I’ve drank, I’ve gone pee... and today I will start pureed food… which on one hand… I can tell I haven’t had any food in a while… but on the other hand… I dread eating real food….I’ve heard to many horror stories… so it will be small bites with lots of time in between them… as far as second thoughts… no, even when I was the most uncomfortable… I prayed a lot about this decision… and I feel I am in the will of God… Even the day of surgery they approached me and informed me that my sugar had been 320 at my pre-op visit and if it were over 250 they couldn’t do surgery… I thought for sure I was going home when they went to test it, because it’s always HI, 250 is like a low norm… anyway I just prayed when he left that if It was God’s will the blood sugar come back below 250… it was 95… I haven’t seen 95 since I found out I was diabetic… it’s amazing how God works when that happened I was definitely at ease… I knew It would all be o.k.… and so far in the hospital they keep telling me I’m doing great… and while I’m sore, I’m a little tired, I’m scared of food right now… I am happy, I thank God for another chance at life… it’s so humbling to me, I took what God gave me and abused it… and here he gives me a second chance… how can people not adore a God like that.

first day of the rest of my life

Hey, I'm alive!!! a little sore (o.k. a lot sore) but feeling pretty good, haven't eaten yet so don't know how thats going to go... will get to start drinking soon... as far as my stats.. here goes ( I really hate this) back in November when I had my first consultation I weighed 395 pounds... see why surgery was necessary!!!!! now yesterday morning after stopping pop in January and thne the ten day 1000 calorie diet, and then the one day all liquid I weighed 357... so my surgery weight was 357... This is a picture in time... and will be changing... but now you know... and I will be able to look back and remember... well Im going to get off of here... probably write tomorrow.