HunnyBlossom

So very proud of you. The throat soreness will be gone soon. I'm excited to see your posts and watch you continue on your journey! Blessings and prayers headed your way!!!

Great news!!!

Awesome work! Woot woot!

Mascarpone, I've heard it works very well! Counting down the days til I can try it. Woot woot!

Could use a little advice please. First, I checked my discharge papers to see when to call the doc, and none of these apply. Ok. Had surgery on June 28, so I'm ten days out. Surgery went well, til later that evening I began vomiting blood. This continued for 24 hours. Two units of blood plus tons of Zofran and Pherenagan (sp?) later, I was ok. I was released on July 2nd. No pain meds since June 30. Since home, I've kept up with my liquids. Read conflicting information on whether to start Protein now or wait til two weeks had passed. So, I had my first protein yesterday and continued today. I've been getting 60-80 oz of Fluid every day. Here's where I'm worried. I've had one bowel movement. Ok. It was a bunch in one, for about two hours, on July 4th. Haven't went since, nor felt the urge to. Now, I've been farting and burping enough to make a sailor blush. More burping though. Deep burps, at least every ten minutes or so. Also, I began strained cream Soups four days ago and are only that for two days, ate one chocolate sugar free pudding (divided into two separate meals) two days ago, and yesterday only ate 1/4 cup of refried Beans that I added chicken broth to and blended to a bean Soup. Starting late last night, I felt full. Long after eating. Like, getting Water today has been a challenge, as it feels like from my belly button up I am fuller than a tick. Not painful, but uncomfortable. Today, I have had no desire to eat, and am feeling nauseous, dizzy when I stand, and feel like I could barf at any moment. I just took my first phenegran (let's see how many different ways I can spell that! Lol), in hopes it will help, but I could sure use some advice on if I really do need to call the doc with my lack of pooping and feeling so full and nauseated, or should I just go back to Clear Liquids and hope this will pass? Oh, and I've lost 20 pounds too! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

@@Cervidae, holy crap woman! Your achievements are absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing what worked with you. After the reaction of some of the people who responded, I went back and checked my paperwork, and it did say that I'm where I'm supposed to be with the food. I'm thinking because of the vomiting complication I had, things might be taking a bit longer to heal. After speaking with the doc on call today, we agreed that I should use my discharge date rather than my actual surgery date as I tiptoe into the next stages of nutrition. That, and to take Ducolax cause I'm probably plugged up. Any fever or vomiting and I will need to head to the ER. @@summerebanks, I hope you are able to find your happy medium quickly. Again, I thank you all for your responses. It's shown me that I need to get more support on the homefront when it comes to nutrition, because I will beat this. Being fat sucks.

Thank you so much for your insight. I was given three different nutritional packets along my journey, one from the doc with almost no information, one from my NUT which was really odd, and one from the hospital with my Dr.'s name on it, that said I could have the foods I've described. For now, I'll happily stick to clear liquids and hope this passes, and get an appointment with a new NUT, not one that is just passing me through for insurance requirements. If it does get any worse, I will call the doc. Thank you again. You are truly appreciated!

Wow, you are such an inspiration! Keep up the great work!

Me too!!! I dont think ill get any sleep tonight. Where are you having surgery? I'm not sure I'll sleep tonight either! Between friends calling to see how I'm doing and my own nerves, I'm sure it's going to be a late night! My surgery will be at Hermal Memorial in The Woodlands, Texas. This is so freaking exciting and scary all at the same time!

Mine is at 9am!!!! I'm sharing in your joys and your nerves. Packing the bag now, washing the sheets for my pre-op funky soap showers, and reading the boards like crazy! While I don't have any words of wisdom for you, I'm excited to be going on the journey at almost the same time as you!

Awesome news, both on the scale and your endurance!

@@gr8ful4life Would sure love to hear an update from you. Hope all is well and you are resting and healing!

@@lyssy - You can always Google BCBS Texas Bariatric Surgery Requirements. For my insurance with no co-morbidities, I have to have a BMI of 40. If yours isn't different, hopefully they find a way to get it through! Although I live in Texas, my insurance is through BCBS of MN, and has different requirements. I'm in month four of required visits, cause I screwed up in December and missed because I didn't realize my PCP visits before the surgeon visit would have counted as a part of my 6 months of required visits. Off the top of my head, I don't think BCBS of TX requires 6 months of visits though. Crazy how different it is from state to state!

@@lyssy, Your insurance didn't put the BMI requirements in their documents? I'll keep my fingers crossed with you!

@@kaitlynm, I keep finding myself staring at your stats. 85 pounds lost since October! That is simply amazing! I need to have the balls to post those numbers to my profile, in hopes that soon it will inspire someone else! Do any of you attend the support group at Memorial? Or anywhere?

Wow @@kaitlynm, thank you so much for your insight! And you guessed it, I'm BCBS. I was told I could go to Conroe Regional or Northwest, but Dr. Howard doesn't have privileges in Conroe - which doesn't make sense as one of his offices is in that hospital. I don't know, I've heard really good and bad things about Conroe also though, so I guess it's a crapshoot. There's little to no chance that I would be able to get the requirement lifted, as my employer is pretty huge. I'm just grateful to have insurance that covers batratrics, as it's been excluded from every other policy I've ever had. Thank you so much for your insight! I'm really getting nervous about this and your insight helps greatly!

Oh no! That's where I'm supposed to go, as Memorial isn't a center of excellence. What happened, and how I can prevent it!!!?

@@kaitlynm, I met him at my seminar, up already had my first appointment scheduled with Dr Howard. He was so nice and encouraging that I thought hard about switching! Where are ya'll/did ya'll have your surgery?

I'm in Conroe, about two months out though. I'm seeing Dr. Howard. Would love to chat!

Woot woot! Finally something I can post about! (I've been lurking for weeks and am waiting for a call back for my first appointment!) I purchased the book and the daily devotions. It's taken me months, but I've read most of it. It's eye opening, and makes me cry almost every time I read it. (Which is why it's taken me so long. Self reflection sucks most times.) I'd recommend it to anyone who is battling food issues and needs to know they are worthy of God's love, and to love yourself!