I'm super excited to start this journey of becoming a healthier - happier person. I'm 14 days post op and things are finally smoothing out. But it wasn't always that way....

7:30 AM 12/30/10 On the day of the op I weighed in at my stagnet 246.5 (which I seemed to never get below) went through talking to everyone & then was wheeled in to the room. I remember thinking .... something as they moved me... oh yes how many ppl did it just take to move me from the gurney to the op table...... then fuzzy blackness.

When I woke I thought oh this isn't so bad .... then I tried to scoot up. YIKES!!! Better to just stay where I'm at, kinda crooked but on my back. When I woke up next it was to glance at my loving Husband sitting in the chair next to me. After a few nurses came & went I got a visit from my doc who said everything went perfectly... oh and that I had a very pretty liver lol. Nurses changed & this next group were mean they actually thought it was a good idea for me to walk the halls WHAT!!! 20 steps out I'm so nauseous that all I can think about is getting back in the bed. Hell if I'm doing that again! So, after my 3rd trip down the hall it wasn't so bad but I always felt real sick after. I'm starting to question if I'd ever feel better & it's still only the first day. I can't have morphine so they gave me Demerol which in turn made me throw up well dry heave is more like it. Ya I'm done with this day! I sleep through the night pretty much with only 2 pain med given.

12/31/10 I get to go home today! I'm walking the halls & able to handle the 2oz of juice, water, broth they gave me. But there is this sound coming from my tummy like inner farts & waterfalls.....strange. Anyways the family comes to take me home YAY! I get everything I need and off we go. After getting settled I again think oh this isn't so bad. About an hour later the nausea hits so bad I end up calling the doc & he gives me meds which help. Then the headache starts. It's so bad I can't sleep. Well if no one's told you about this let me be the first. There is a group of nerves that the band sits on that links to your brain and until it calms down you will have a headache. I take the pain meds & that's it for New Years for me!

1/1/11 Day 3 This is the day the diarrhea started. How is the hell is all this coming out if I'm still eating ice chips & some juice. Anyways just keep hydrated. I find sleeping a chore because I'm a tummy sleeper so I find my self tossing & turning.

1/3-1/7 I'm back at work and still walking like an old lady. I'm finding it hard to stand all the way straight but all it took was my nurse friend to tell me "if you don't stand up straight you are going to heal crooked" I'm straight now lol This is also the day I stopped taking the pain meds & the nausea stopped.... hmmm maybe they were linked. Now I'm drinking water freely and chicken broth 2 oz every hour. I'm doing ok until Tues night I was like GIVE ME SOME FOOD!!! it passed tho.

Finally Friday comes & it's my first Docs appt. I dread jumping on the scale but I do and WOW I lost 16lbs my first week. So, now I guess you can call me 230lbs... It's crazy too because you can actually tell I've lost weight.

I get my first adj. on Jan 24th!

So that's it for my first entry.

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