Scarlettsgrandma

I think I posted something Saturday evening but honestly most of my stay was a blur. My surgery was on 6/12/19- @ 08:00 am- I was discharged home from the hospital yesterday in the evening. I don’t want to bore you all repeating what I most likely posted but I just cannot find it 😓 my BP dropped I remember the room spinning and I felt drenched in sweat. I had two blood transfusions over 2 days, I have seen so many posts/videos of people @ 5,6 days post op and they are dancing and laughing. Y’all I feel like I got hit by a truck and today I feel worse than yesterday. Well thank you for letting me vent and I really do sound like a big baby 😊 I just realized as I am typing this how different we all are and we heal differently. I am grateful to be alive and have been given this chance to live again!!

Hello lovelies- I am post op day 4 almost 5 and still In the hospital. Probably will be a few days before I can go home. The first night I was here, I wanted to sit up in the chair and when they helped me my bp bottomed at 85/40 and my hgb went down to 7.5 and my hct went down to 21. Needless to say they have spent the last 3 days trying to get my levels stable before they will send me home. My drain kept filling up and I just felt horrid. Today was the first day I felt anything remotely towards normal. I was watching the food network earlier and I NEVER watch that channel and everything looked so yummy, but I was not the least bit hungry. I have been drinking my water, tea, juice and today I had a popsicle. I am OVER orange jello though 😊I am typing this at 11:30 pm- I am so excited to be back in my own bed to resume this journey. I hope all of my June surgeries peeps are faring well ❤️

I haven’t told many people at my work that I was having surgery. I have been an MA 20 years and currently work in a dr’s office and get along well with everyone (most of the time) I have seen and heard very judgmental things be said before about overweight people and subsequently WLS. Today one of the RN’s walked in on a conversation that I was having with the person who will be covering for me. She looked at me like I had two heads and I said to her “that is exactly why I have not told people”. She said fine, I want to lecture but I won’t, I will just say I hope it goes well for you!! My surgery is tomorrow morning and now I am having such anxiety, why do people think that we take this decision lightly. I have been doing research on this issue since 2015. I was in my last month of supervised diet in April of 2015 when my mom was diagnosed with cancer and died on May 5, 2015. I am so glad I didn’t go through with it then, I wasn’t ready. I have let 3 years pass and have done some serious work on “me” and I am ready now! I just wanted to vent, to not hold this negativity in when I go for my surgery tomorrow morning. Thank you for listening ❤️

Hi all- I have a surgery date of June 12th. I am 46 years old and have spent most of my life overweight. I have done every diet known and was fortunate one time with WW I was successful- 130 pounds in 2 years. I remember the joy I felt, how attractive I felt, I didn’t mind taking pictures and then I quit smoking (9 years ago on June 10). I lost my sister, my children’s father and my mother in that time, I have had surgery on one foot and have developed an issue with the other. I have gained 85 lbs back (down 25 since this journey began last summer). I am just done just watching life happen while others live it. That is all on me I know, I do not blame anyone for the situation I am in, I love food and have a giant sweet tooth. I am going to be a Grandma for the first time in july (she is due on my Moms birthday) I want to be the kind of grandma she was to my boys. My husband and children are so dedicated and excited for me, I am so lucky to have them. I noticed the other day I said to myself I like you, lol some people may not get the humor in that but I sure did. I know that it will be a long road and I will have setbacks and bad days. No hope to meet some others who are like me ❤️