Yayyy! One week! 7 Days!
Ok, as of today, I've lost a total of 12 pounds from the day of surgery!
My hypoglycemia hasn't scorned me as much as I thought it was going to this past week, which is really good.
One of the things that has really helped me this week is sugar free popsicles! I like them a lot and they keep me hydrated. I don't have a problem getting in water, but when I don't want to drink water and I need some hydration, I'll just get a SF popsicle. I've also been drinking my water with Crystal Light. My favorite flavor is Strawberry Kiwi and at WalMart, they only have that flavor in the newer "Crystal Light Pure" which is like less calories or something. I'm not sure. Anyway, it's still good.
For this next week I'll be starting the full liquid/mushy stage of eating and I'm excited! I had some low-fat creamy tomato soup and it was really good. It actually gave me a jump start of energy! I'm not really that tired at all today and I think that I can finally start a walking regimen pretty soon, which is good.
Can anyone give me any ideas on how to get more protein in at this stage? I've been getting some, but not nearly enough. I've gotten some ideas about how to get protein in from a lot of the youtube videos I watch, but anything helps. Let me know!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Just a quick post-op update.
Still awake. It's 2:22am. I made a wish just now that I would go to sleep.
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It didn't work. I'm still awake. BUT I did learn something new today! I'm intolerant to V8 VFusion Lite juice right now. It's like the newer version of V8 Splash I think. It gave me diarrhea. (I know that was tmi, but if I had to experience it then you do too :D
That was all.
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It didn't work. I'm still awake. BUT I did learn something new today! I'm intolerant to V8 VFusion Lite juice right now. It's like the newer version of V8 Splash I think. It gave me diarrhea. (I know that was tmi, but if I had to experience it then you do too :D
That was all.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Post Surgery Update!
Hey, everyone! Ok, so I got home from the hospital last night and I meant to update the blog, but I was so tired I couldn't even type lol.
I feel better today. The nurse gave me a pneumonia vaccine before I left the hospital and I think my arm hurts more than my stomach lol. Anyway, the liquid diet is going pretty well; I've figured out that if I drink apple juice I have to dilute it half and half with water because it's too strong or something. Not sure. All I know is that it gives me more gas than I already have, and that's not fun at all.
Speaking of gas, I've been living off of Gas-X since I had my surgery, and I think that it's helped a lot. (was that too much information? lol).
I'll keep you guys updated on everything, but as of now, I'm really tired. I'm probably going to go ahead and take a nap. Again. lol
I feel better today. The nurse gave me a pneumonia vaccine before I left the hospital and I think my arm hurts more than my stomach lol. Anyway, the liquid diet is going pretty well; I've figured out that if I drink apple juice I have to dilute it half and half with water because it's too strong or something. Not sure. All I know is that it gives me more gas than I already have, and that's not fun at all.
Speaking of gas, I've been living off of Gas-X since I had my surgery, and I think that it's helped a lot. (was that too much information? lol).
I'll keep you guys updated on everything, but as of now, I'm really tired. I'm probably going to go ahead and take a nap. Again. lol
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
HAVE A SURGERY DATE!
Yayyyyy!! I've been waiting so long for this!!
And who says you can't make the insurance company comply with your every whim?? MUAHHAHAHHHAH. ahem.
Anyway, it was going to take a while (ok, so "a while" in my book is anything longer than what I'm willing to wait for. It was going to take about a week) for in my insurance company to go over my file - I have Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal - but I called them 2 days after my paperwork was submitted and they called me back the next day and said I was approved!
Yay! My surgery is tomorrow afternoon at 4p. I'll be getting Roux en Y gastric bypass surgery, as well as getting my lap band removed. I'm so ready for this, it's not even funny. I haven't updated in a while, but that's because I really didn't know what to write about. BUT NOW I have something write about!
I be sure to keep you guys updated on what's going on with the surgery. I think I'll have to stay in the hospital for a night, but I'm not really that worried about it. I'm just ready to get this over with and get my weight loss back on track!
I've been thinking about what I eat, and I think that I'll post like a daily meal plan on here of what I ate that day like one day per week or something. Just so you guys don't get bored with what I'm eating if I post it too much lol.
And who says you can't make the insurance company comply with your every whim?? MUAHHAHAHHHAH. ahem.
Anyway, it was going to take a while (ok, so "a while" in my book is anything longer than what I'm willing to wait for. It was going to take about a week) for in my insurance company to go over my file - I have Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal - but I called them 2 days after my paperwork was submitted and they called me back the next day and said I was approved!
Yay! My surgery is tomorrow afternoon at 4p. I'll be getting Roux en Y gastric bypass surgery, as well as getting my lap band removed. I'm so ready for this, it's not even funny. I haven't updated in a while, but that's because I really didn't know what to write about. BUT NOW I have something write about!
I be sure to keep you guys updated on what's going on with the surgery. I think I'll have to stay in the hospital for a night, but I'm not really that worried about it. I'm just ready to get this over with and get my weight loss back on track!
I've been thinking about what I eat, and I think that I'll post like a daily meal plan on here of what I ate that day like one day per week or something. Just so you guys don't get bored with what I'm eating if I post it too much lol.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Making Progress
Ok, yes, this a semi-rant. I'm in the middle of watching old episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (with Melissa Joan Hart) and I'm waiting for the video to load, lamenting the fact that my new hookah hose hasn't arrived in the mail yet, and denying the fact that I have to go to work in an hour.
I've been thinking about this for a while now. On the journey to acceptance of myself, I need to periodically examine why I do certain things when I know that every time I do these things, they don't turn out well for me.
Right now, I'm at a job where I'm not being promoted because I'm too good at the current job I'm doing. It's really unfair. To give myself credit, I've just applied to different places this week, so I'm making progress :) I work on my university's campus and I applied to work at the library. My current job involves calling alumni for money for the university - I'm really good at it, I even have my name on a plaque, but I've been passed up for supervisor three times now.
I've made a promise to myself. School is about to start, and they have 3 new openings for supervisor because 3 people are leaving. I've lined up this other job at the library, and if I don't get promoted for this time, I won't be staying around and wasting my time at this job. I'll take the job at the library, and the Call Center can lose all of the revenue I bring in for the university, AND the experience that I have.
I've talked to my bosses about it before, and I got a straight answer from one of them at least. He said that as soon as they can get people to bridge the gap of revenue from the money they raised before I started working and the revenue that I bring in by calling, I'll be moved up to a higher position. I got so angry when he told me that. IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT THE OTHERS DON'T BRING IN AS MUCH AS I DO. I shouldn't be punished for others not doing their job as well as my bosses want them to. It's not fair.
I'm so done with this job. ugh. BUT like I said, if I'm not promoted this time - they announce promotions before the start of the semester at a back to school party/ceremony - then I'm going to go work at the library. It doesn't pay as much starting, but there are mandatory raises that go by how well you perform - which is what I was told would happen at the Call Center, but OBVIOUSLY that's not how it works. I can also do homework while I'm at the library, which is good for me.
One of the things that bothers me about leaving is that I don't want to leave because I really have made good connections with some of the people I work with. That is what I'm talking about when I talk about acceptance. I think that the old me would've stayed in this dead end job, not being promoted, so that I could still hang out with the people I've made a connection with.
I'm not sure if there even IS a new me or anything, but I know for sure that no matter what, I deserve more respect than what I'm getting right now, and I'm not going to stay around at this job waiting for my bosses to give it to me, when I know they're never going to. At the end of the summer, at the welcome back party, if they don't promote me, I'm quitting this job and I'm going to work at the library. This is a promise I've made to myself because I deserve better than what I'm getting at this job right now, and I know it for a fact.
Yay for confidence in myself and believing that I deserve better! I think I'm making progress :)
I've been thinking about this for a while now. On the journey to acceptance of myself, I need to periodically examine why I do certain things when I know that every time I do these things, they don't turn out well for me.
Right now, I'm at a job where I'm not being promoted because I'm too good at the current job I'm doing. It's really unfair. To give myself credit, I've just applied to different places this week, so I'm making progress :) I work on my university's campus and I applied to work at the library. My current job involves calling alumni for money for the university - I'm really good at it, I even have my name on a plaque, but I've been passed up for supervisor three times now.
I've made a promise to myself. School is about to start, and they have 3 new openings for supervisor because 3 people are leaving. I've lined up this other job at the library, and if I don't get promoted for this time, I won't be staying around and wasting my time at this job. I'll take the job at the library, and the Call Center can lose all of the revenue I bring in for the university, AND the experience that I have.
I've talked to my bosses about it before, and I got a straight answer from one of them at least. He said that as soon as they can get people to bridge the gap of revenue from the money they raised before I started working and the revenue that I bring in by calling, I'll be moved up to a higher position. I got so angry when he told me that. IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT THE OTHERS DON'T BRING IN AS MUCH AS I DO. I shouldn't be punished for others not doing their job as well as my bosses want them to. It's not fair.
I'm so done with this job. ugh. BUT like I said, if I'm not promoted this time - they announce promotions before the start of the semester at a back to school party/ceremony - then I'm going to go work at the library. It doesn't pay as much starting, but there are mandatory raises that go by how well you perform - which is what I was told would happen at the Call Center, but OBVIOUSLY that's not how it works. I can also do homework while I'm at the library, which is good for me.
One of the things that bothers me about leaving is that I don't want to leave because I really have made good connections with some of the people I work with. That is what I'm talking about when I talk about acceptance. I think that the old me would've stayed in this dead end job, not being promoted, so that I could still hang out with the people I've made a connection with.
I'm not sure if there even IS a new me or anything, but I know for sure that no matter what, I deserve more respect than what I'm getting right now, and I'm not going to stay around at this job waiting for my bosses to give it to me, when I know they're never going to. At the end of the summer, at the welcome back party, if they don't promote me, I'm quitting this job and I'm going to work at the library. This is a promise I've made to myself because I deserve better than what I'm getting at this job right now, and I know it for a fact.
Yay for confidence in myself and believing that I deserve better! I think I'm making progress :)
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Hypoglycemia
Ok, so I have had hypoglycemia for a while now. I was diagnosed when I was in high school and I've been dealing with it ever since.
If you've read my blog, you know that I've got a tentative surgery date to revise from lap band to Roux en Y on 4 Aug (yayyyyy 2 weeks!) and I'm really excited, but I've got a few worries about it as well.
I've read around about gastric bypass, and I'm a little worried because there are some people who develop reactive hypoglycemia after their surgery. Should I be worried? I mean I check my blood glucose regularly and I've been able to keep it under control with changing certain things about my diet and the things I eat, but I don't know what will happen with the RnY.
With the lap band, my hypoglycemia got a lot worse at first because I started not being able to eat many things on random days - which is also why I'm getting a revision. I can't get all the nutrition in that I need to because on some days, the lap band doesn't let me get anything down, no matter how much I've had it adjusted over the past year and a half. This is also why I've had to try to change what I'm doing - many times to no avail - in order to keep my hypoglycemia in check.
One of the other things I've heard from some of the forums I've been on say that even though the lap band may not have allowed me to eat certain things at all, the VSG or RnY WILL allow me to eat what I need to, so maybe I won't have to worry about the hypoglycemia getting worse? I don't know.
If anyone has any suggestions or advice, definitely tell me, but as usual, I'll keep you updated!
If you've read my blog, you know that I've got a tentative surgery date to revise from lap band to Roux en Y on 4 Aug (yayyyyy 2 weeks!) and I'm really excited, but I've got a few worries about it as well.
I've read around about gastric bypass, and I'm a little worried because there are some people who develop reactive hypoglycemia after their surgery. Should I be worried? I mean I check my blood glucose regularly and I've been able to keep it under control with changing certain things about my diet and the things I eat, but I don't know what will happen with the RnY.
With the lap band, my hypoglycemia got a lot worse at first because I started not being able to eat many things on random days - which is also why I'm getting a revision. I can't get all the nutrition in that I need to because on some days, the lap band doesn't let me get anything down, no matter how much I've had it adjusted over the past year and a half. This is also why I've had to try to change what I'm doing - many times to no avail - in order to keep my hypoglycemia in check.
One of the other things I've heard from some of the forums I've been on say that even though the lap band may not have allowed me to eat certain things at all, the VSG or RnY WILL allow me to eat what I need to, so maybe I won't have to worry about the hypoglycemia getting worse? I don't know.
If anyone has any suggestions or advice, definitely tell me, but as usual, I'll keep you updated!
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
New Updating Software
Ok, so I just downloaded a new software on my mac for updating my blogs. It's called Qumana.
Aside from telling you guys about this software, this post is actually also a test post to see if it works! :)
Two birds with one stone.
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