egorsgirl1

What's a Leimo?

I have been out of touch for a couple of months, several reasons, but it's good to be back and seeing new friends among the familiar ones.

At my support group last week, the general consensus was that it's caused by the shock to your system after such a dramatic lifestyle change.

PhotoEgor has been doing most of the posting from our house lately, but I want to SHOUT! Saturday, 6-7-08, THE TWO OF US WALKED the 5K Race for the Cure. We strolled along about 3mph, and did the 9000 steps in just over an hour. We are both very sedentary, usually, but this year we came home from the race, showered and dressed, then went out for lunch, a pedicure, and about four hours of shopping. He is down one shirt and two pant waist sizes since May 14, and I've slowly gone from a 22 at Thanksgiving to a 14W/16misses now. (We're 51.)

My primary care doc assumed that I'd be having regular blood tests as part of my follow-up. I've seen the surgeon once and had two fills since banding 4-09-08, but no one has mentioned doing any labs. Is this usual?

I think I have my first fill at lunchtime tomorrow. I have a follow-up visit at Dr. Marsden's Argyle office, and I just realized that I forgot to ask any questions ahead of time! Since it's been a month since I got banded, will I automatically get a fill at this appointment, or will I have to have a separate one later? Should I eat breakfast or lunch since the appointment is at 1:30? What if I haven't lost any weight? I think I'm retaining water. What should I wear? (Pants or skirt waistbands sit right on my port.) Will I have any trouble driving about 30 miles back to Plano? Advice please.

I was feeling well enough to go have my hair done this afternoon, but then I came home, fell asleep in my chair, and messed up the whole back of my head! Back to baby steps for me...

He's back to his usual self: very helpful, but somewhat clueless. He made me a 16oz mug of broth, brought me a 44 oz slush, etc. I just thank him and take my few sips of each thing he fixes!

Surgery Wednesday. Scheduled 10:30, but Dr. and OR were overbooked, so actually happened about 2:30. I was STARVING!, but that improved after Nurse Jan started the IV... on the first try. (Yay Nurse Jan!) A little pain and nausea while sitting in recovery, but the meds fixed that. After the barium swallow, I could have gone home, but I had to wait for the poor nurse, who was SWAMPED. Finally started home in the rain about 6:30. Made it safely, and George the Cat appointed himself my new nurse. He stays right with me. I was very bloated Thursday, but the winds broke that night. I blew out a hemorrhoid, which hurts worse than the surgery sites. I'm on clear liquids for a week, then full for a week, then mushy, etc. Basically broth and popsicles right now. I'm down 25 pounds since starting this journey last October.

All went well. 9.5 hours at the hospital, storms on the way home, and an insane cat who thinks he's my nurse. Daughters babysat me and took me walking around neighborhood the past 2 days. Egor took me out for "Chinese food" for our date night yesterday. I had a cup of won ton soup with no won-tons or onions. :biggrin: Naps tend to sneak up on me, though!