Re: It's been one week since you looked at me.../lorelei

[Guest guest]

lorelei,

sounds like you are doing pretty good, girl! except for that scary

part of throwing up blood, sounds like things are going ok. that is

a terrific wt. loss already. aren't you glad that nurse didn't

say " what spider? " . lol would have made you wonder what drugs they

were giving you, huh? i hope you continue to feel better and

better. keep us posted on your progress!

hugs,

mary y st. louis

itchin to be switchin

> Good Morning -

>

> For those of you with no patience to read the long post (hey, I am

> one of ya! so I know how you feel) here is the short and basic

report

> for you:

>

> As of May 14th - 380

> Sleeve Only May 15th

> As of May 22 - 349

> 31 pounds gone

> Feeling great!

>

> For those of you who are pre-op or like to hear the whole shebang..

> here it is:

>

> Hellllooooo everyone...

>

> Well it has been one week since surgery and I thought that this

would

> be a good time to finally post.

>

> Monday May 14th -

> I had my Magnesium Citrate cocktail at 4p - took me 30 minutes to

> drink both bottles, I chose the lemon flavored over the cherry. I

> got my Cottenelle rolls ready in the bathroom and waited for the

> magic to begin. At 5p it started. 12 hours and 1.5 rolls of

toilet

> paper later, and a few tears from the rawness, picks me up to

> take me to the hospital.

>

> Tuesday May 15th -

> Bri and I arrive at the hospital quite early (5:30a) and hang out

> outside the surgery admissions door until they open it at which

time

> we go in to have a seat. By 6:30a I am in a gown on a gurney and

> flirting pretty hard with any hot looking doc that comes into my

> little waiting area. The anesthesiologist comes in and is talking

to

> me about how they are gonna knock me out and he says, " blah blah

blah

> hiatal hernia blah blah.. " I say, " WHOA! Do you have the right

> chart.. what hiatal hernia?? " . He explains that during one of my

> tests they found a hiatal hernia. I ask if that is going to be cut

> off and never really get a straight answer - so I will ask Dr. E on

> my follow up. I drink some nasty nasty tasting antacid which I

have

> lovely photos of my scrunched up face after tasting that stuff.

>

> By 7:30a I have IV in and say goodbye to while they wheel me

> into the operating room. They get me to slide over onto the

> operating table and put my arms out like I am making a snow angel

on

> these boards that come off of the operating table. I help adjust

my

> fat to the center of the table, then I look over at one of the

> monitor screens and I see a big fake tarantula taped to the screen.

> I say, " Is he scrubbed up? "

> Nurse says, " No, the surgeon is scrubbing up now "

> I say, " No.. is the spider scrubbed up for my surgery "

> Nurse laughs..

> That is all I remember.

>

> 11am I wake up in recovery, not really disoriented, but tired as

all

> get out as I did not really sleep the night before. I continue to

> sleep off and on until 2p when they finally wake me up to take me

to

> my room. At one point during this time they give me something to

> take and I throw up blood a good few CC's of it. I say, " That's

not

> good " - then she tells me that it is dark blood from the inside of

my

> stomach from surgery and it is ok - only if it is light red should

I

> be concerned.

>

> 2p I am in my room and I just remember my roommate and her husband

> watching wrestling on TV and talking really loudly. Out again for

> while.

>

> 4p finally shows up, they forgot to tell him that they were

> taking me to my room.

>

> 6p leaves, I am pretty sure that I slept quite a bit while

he

> was there but I don't really remember.

>

> 8p Nurse tries to give me painkillers in sherbet. Puke again,

> little more blood. Decide sleep will make this pass sooner.

>

> Thank god for catheters and IV's.

>

> I wake up every hour or so through the night to do the breathing

> thing. For you pre-ops - make that thing your best friend, I

cannot

> tell you the difference that it made for me.

>

> Wednesday May 16th

>

> By mid-afternoon I am up walking, catheter out, IV gone and they

tell

> me that they want me to go home that evening. I have a breakdown

and

> cry to the nurse and tell her that I can't imagine going home at

this

> point as I can hardly make it to the bathroom or anything. She

tells

> me that I have not had pain medication since the day before, so if

> she gives me the percoset, then I will be ok. She gives me a dose

> and by 5p I am on a 2-lap walk around the floor of the hospital on

my

> own.

>

> 7p and I leave the hospital to take me home. gets me

> home and into bed, makes sure I can get out of bed if I have to go

> potty, then he heads off to get my drugs. Actigall, painkillers

and

> Prevasid along with a thermometer and a pill crusher. My friend

> Dharmesh comes over to take care of me for a few days,

returns,

> they drug me up and heads home for a much needed rest.

>

> Thursday May 17th - Saturday May 19th

> Dharmesh stays with me. All in all I feel good, it is just slow

> moving, and a little difficult to get around. No real pain, just a

> series of cramping here and there in my abdomen. It is not really

> the pain that kicks you in the rear, it is the fatigue. Naps in

the

> afternoon, walks in the hallway of my apartment building every

day.

> I have been going 1/4 mile from Thursday on.

>

> Sunday May 20th - Monday May 21st

> On my own at home - bending is a bit of a strain, eating has been

> interesting trying to come up with new, yet safe things to eat. On

> Sunday night I accidentally overeat. I had 1/2 jar of baby food

> (Banana Cream Pie - MMMMMM), 1/2 espresso cup of pudding and an

hour

> later I feel hunger pangs again. So I have 3 imitation crab legs,

> and whoa daddy.. bad move. I suffer for the next few hours while

the

> feeling of total " Thanksgiving Day I Wanna Throw Up " passes over

me.

> I put the bucket next to me and continue to burp for 2 hours until

> the feeling finally subsides. I tried really hard not to throw up,

> as I did not want to cause my stomach that kind of discomfort.

>

> Tuesday - May 22nd

> I am going to hit the shower in about 10 minutes then I am going to

> head out of the house for the first time. I am gonna take a trip

to

> the bank, and then to the grocery store as I have a craving for

earl

> gray tea and the commercials for Special K's Red Berries have been

> calling my name for a few days now.

>

> Overall

>

> I feel great. Later on Tuesday May 15th after surgery I certainly

> had my regrets.. thinking, I electively chose to do this - what was

I

> possibly thinking?! However, by the next day I regained my

composure

> and knew that I had totally done the right thing. As of last night

I

> have lost 31 pounds since Monday May 14th. I can see it in my

face,

> I can feel it in my lose housedresses that I wear around the

house.

> A friend came over who had not seen me since last Wednesday and he

> freaked out as he could totally see the difference.

>

> That is my report... over and out!

>

> Lorelei

> As of May 14th - 380

> Sleeve Only May 15th

> As of May 22 - 349

> 31 pounds gone

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have been thinking about posting a minor correction to my post, and

your comment about the throwing up is going to make me do it - hehehe

I have to say, that you know when you have that feeling of something

rotting in your stomach after you have eaten something bad? That is

what it felt like to me, and so to throw up the blood was really a

relief to me, as I felt like I had a rotting raw steak in my belly

that just needed to get out.

I could have waited for it all to pass, but I am kinda glad that I

threw up when they gave me the meds, just to get that yucky stuff out

of there. So as much as my post may have sounded as though I was not

happy about throwing up, I really was quite relieved.

Thanks for your kind words - this group has been an amazing resource

and a big daily bear hug for me since I started researching this in

late November. =)

Lorelei

> > Good Morning -

> >

> > For those of you with no patience to read the long post (hey, I

am

> > one of ya! so I know how you feel) here is the short and basic

> report

> > for you:

> >

> > As of May 14th - 380

> > Sleeve Only May 15th

> > As of May 22 - 349

> > 31 pounds gone

> > Feeling great!

> >

> > For those of you who are pre-op or like to hear the whole

shebang..

> > here it is:

> >

> > Hellllooooo everyone...

> >

> > Well it has been one week since surgery and I thought that this

> would

> > be a good time to finally post.

> >

> > Monday May 14th -

> > I had my Magnesium Citrate cocktail at 4p - took me 30 minutes to

> > drink both bottles, I chose the lemon flavored over the cherry.

I

> > got my Cottenelle rolls ready in the bathroom and waited for the

> > magic to begin. At 5p it started. 12 hours and 1.5 rolls of

> toilet

> > paper later, and a few tears from the rawness, picks me up

to

> > take me to the hospital.

> >

> > Tuesday May 15th -

> > Bri and I arrive at the hospital quite early (5:30a) and hang out

> > outside the surgery admissions door until they open it at which

> time

> > we go in to have a seat. By 6:30a I am in a gown on a gurney and

> > flirting pretty hard with any hot looking doc that comes into my

> > little waiting area. The anesthesiologist comes in and is

talking

> to

> > me about how they are gonna knock me out and he says, " blah blah

> blah

> > hiatal hernia blah blah.. " I say, " WHOA! Do you have the right

> > chart.. what hiatal hernia?? " . He explains that during one of my

> > tests they found a hiatal hernia. I ask if that is going to be

cut

> > off and never really get a straight answer - so I will ask Dr. E

on

> > my follow up. I drink some nasty nasty tasting antacid which I

> have

> > lovely photos of my scrunched up face after tasting that stuff.

> >

> > By 7:30a I have IV in and say goodbye to while they wheel

me

> > into the operating room. They get me to slide over onto the

> > operating table and put my arms out like I am making a snow angel

> on

> > these boards that come off of the operating table. I help adjust

> my

> > fat to the center of the table, then I look over at one of the

> > monitor screens and I see a big fake tarantula taped to the

screen.

> > I say, " Is he scrubbed up? "

> > Nurse says, " No, the surgeon is scrubbing up now "

> > I say, " No.. is the spider scrubbed up for my surgery "

> > Nurse laughs..

> > That is all I remember.

> >

> > 11am I wake up in recovery, not really disoriented, but tired as

> all

> > get out as I did not really sleep the night before. I continue

to

> > sleep off and on until 2p when they finally wake me up to take me

> to

> > my room. At one point during this time they give me something to

> > take and I throw up blood a good few CC's of it. I say, " That's

> not

> > good " - then she tells me that it is dark blood from the inside

of

> my

> > stomach from surgery and it is ok - only if it is light red

should

> I

> > be concerned.

> >

> > 2p I am in my room and I just remember my roommate and her

husband

> > watching wrestling on TV and talking really loudly. Out again

for

> > while.

> >

> > 4p finally shows up, they forgot to tell him that they

were

> > taking me to my room.

> >

> > 6p leaves, I am pretty sure that I slept quite a bit while

> he

> > was there but I don't really remember.

> >

> > 8p Nurse tries to give me painkillers in sherbet. Puke again,

> > little more blood. Decide sleep will make this pass sooner.

> >

> > Thank god for catheters and IV's.

> >

> > I wake up every hour or so through the night to do the breathing

> > thing. For you pre-ops - make that thing your best friend, I

> cannot

> > tell you the difference that it made for me.

> >

> > Wednesday May 16th

> >

> > By mid-afternoon I am up walking, catheter out, IV gone and they

> tell

> > me that they want me to go home that evening. I have a breakdown

> and

> > cry to the nurse and tell her that I can't imagine going home at

> this

> > point as I can hardly make it to the bathroom or anything. She

> tells

> > me that I have not had pain medication since the day before, so

if

> > she gives me the percoset, then I will be ok. She gives me a

dose

> > and by 5p I am on a 2-lap walk around the floor of the hospital

on

> my

> > own.

> >

> > 7p and I leave the hospital to take me home. gets me

> > home and into bed, makes sure I can get out of bed if I have to

go

> > potty, then he heads off to get my drugs. Actigall, painkillers

> and

> > Prevasid along with a thermometer and a pill crusher. My friend

> > Dharmesh comes over to take care of me for a few days,

> returns,

> > they drug me up and heads home for a much needed rest.

> >

> > Thursday May 17th - Saturday May 19th

> > Dharmesh stays with me. All in all I feel good, it is just slow

> > moving, and a little difficult to get around. No real pain, just

a

> > series of cramping here and there in my abdomen. It is not

really

> > the pain that kicks you in the rear, it is the fatigue. Naps in

> the

> > afternoon, walks in the hallway of my apartment building every

> day.

> > I have been going 1/4 mile from Thursday on.

> >

> > Sunday May 20th - Monday May 21st

> > On my own at home - bending is a bit of a strain, eating has been

> > interesting trying to come up with new, yet safe things to eat.

On

> > Sunday night I accidentally overeat. I had 1/2 jar of baby food

> > (Banana Cream Pie - MMMMMM), 1/2 espresso cup of pudding and an

> hour

> > later I feel hunger pangs again. So I have 3 imitation crab

legs,

> > and whoa daddy.. bad move. I suffer for the next few hours while

> the

> > feeling of total " Thanksgiving Day I Wanna Throw Up " passes over

> me.

> > I put the bucket next to me and continue to burp for 2 hours

until

> > the feeling finally subsides. I tried really hard not to throw

up,

> > as I did not want to cause my stomach that kind of discomfort.

> >

> > Tuesday - May 22nd

> > I am going to hit the shower in about 10 minutes then I am going

to

> > head out of the house for the first time. I am gonna take a trip

> to

> > the bank, and then to the grocery store as I have a craving for

> earl

> > gray tea and the commercials for Special K's Red Berries have

been

> > calling my name for a few days now.

> >

> > Overall

> >

> > I feel great. Later on Tuesday May 15th after surgery I

certainly

> > had my regrets.. thinking, I electively chose to do this - what

was

> I

> > possibly thinking?! However, by the next day I regained my

> composure

> > and knew that I had totally done the right thing. As of last

night

> I

> > have lost 31 pounds since Monday May 14th. I can see it in my

> face,

> > I can feel it in my lose housedresses that I wear around the

> house.

> > A friend came over who had not seen me since last Wednesday and

he

> > freaked out as he could totally see the difference.

> >

> > That is my report... over and out!

> >

> > Lorelei

> > As of May 14th - 380

> > Sleeve Only May 15th

> > As of May 22 - 349

> > 31 pounds gone

[Guest guest]

Ok, here goes the question queen again.

So, if you can do this whole thing with just the

stomach portion of the surgery and not the switch,

what is the likelihood of gaining the weight back?

And isnt that basically the same thing as simply a

stomach reduction? Is there something else that they

do? I was just curious.

--- dreanika@... wrote:

> Hi ,

>

> I have been thinking about posting a minor

> correction to my post, and

> your comment about the throwing up is going to make

> me do it - hehehe

>

> I have to say, that you know when you have that

> feeling of something

> rotting in your stomach after you have eaten

> something bad? That is

> what it felt like to me, and so to throw up the

> blood was really a

> relief to me, as I felt like I had a rotting raw

> steak in my belly

> that just needed to get out.

>

> I could have waited for it all to pass, but I am

> kinda glad that I

> threw up when they gave me the meds, just to get

> that yucky stuff out

> of there. So as much as my post may have sounded as

> though I was not

> happy about throwing up, I really was quite

> relieved.

>

> Thanks for your kind words - this group has been an

> amazing resource

> and a big daily bear hug for me since I started

> researching this in

> late November. =)

>

> Lorelei

>

> > > Good Morning -

> > >

> > > For those of you with no patience to read the

> long post (hey, I

> am

> > > one of ya! so I know how you feel) here is the

> short and basic

> > report

> > > for you:

> > >

> > > As of May 14th - 380

> > > Sleeve Only May 15th

> > > As of May 22 - 349

> > > 31 pounds gone

> > > Feeling great!

> > >

> > > For those of you who are pre-op or like to hear

> the whole

> shebang..

> > > here it is:

> > >

> > > Hellllooooo everyone...

> > >

> > > Well it has been one week since surgery and I

> thought that this

> > would

> > > be a good time to finally post.

> > >

> > > Monday May 14th -

> > > I had my Magnesium Citrate cocktail at 4p - took

> me 30 minutes to

> > > drink both bottles, I chose the lemon flavored

> over the cherry.

> I

> > > got my Cottenelle rolls ready in the bathroom

> and waited for the

> > > magic to begin. At 5p it started. 12 hours and

> 1.5 rolls of

> > toilet

> > > paper later, and a few tears from the rawness,

> picks me up

> to

> > > take me to the hospital.

> > >

> > > Tuesday May 15th -

> > > Bri and I arrive at the hospital quite early

> (5:30a) and hang out

> > > outside the surgery admissions door until they

> open it at which

> > time

> > > we go in to have a seat. By 6:30a I am in a

> gown on a gurney and

> > > flirting pretty hard with any hot looking doc

> that comes into my

> > > little waiting area. The anesthesiologist comes

> in and is

> talking

> > to

> > > me about how they are gonna knock me out and he

> says, " blah blah

> > blah

> > > hiatal hernia blah blah.. " I say, " WHOA! Do you

> have the right

> > > chart.. what hiatal hernia?? " . He explains that

> during one of my

> > > tests they found a hiatal hernia. I ask if that

> is going to be

> cut

> > > off and never really get a straight answer - so

> I will ask Dr. E

> on

> > > my follow up. I drink some nasty nasty tasting

> antacid which I

> > have

> > > lovely photos of my scrunched up face after

> tasting that stuff.

> > >

> > > By 7:30a I have IV in and say goodbye to

> while they wheel

> me

> > > into the operating room. They get me to slide

> over onto the

> > > operating table and put my arms out like I am

> making a snow angel

> > on

> > > these boards that come off of the operating

> table. I help adjust

> > my

> > > fat to the center of the table, then I look over

> at one of the

> > > monitor screens and I see a big fake tarantula

> taped to the

> screen.

> > > I say, " Is he scrubbed up? "

> > > Nurse says, " No, the surgeon is scrubbing up

> now "

> > > I say, " No.. is the spider scrubbed up for my

> surgery "

> > > Nurse laughs..

> > > That is all I remember.

> > >

> > > 11am I wake up in recovery, not really

> disoriented, but tired as

> > all

> > > get out as I did not really sleep the night

> before. I continue

> to

> > > sleep off and on until 2p when they finally wake

> me up to take me

> > to

> > > my room. At one point during this time they

> give me something to

> > > take and I throw up blood a good few CC's of it.

> I say, " That's

> > not

> > > good " - then she tells me that it is dark blood

> from the inside

> of

> > my

> > > stomach from surgery and it is ok - only if it

> is light red

> should

> > I

> > > be concerned.

> > >

> > > 2p I am in my room and I just remember my

> roommate and her

> husband

> > > watching wrestling on TV and talking really

> loudly. Out again

> for

> > > while.

> > >

> > > 4p finally shows up, they forgot to tell

> him that they

> were

> > > taking me to my room.

> > >

> > > 6p leaves, I am pretty sure that I slept

> quite a bit while

> > he

> > > was there but I don't really remember.

> > >

> > > 8p Nurse tries to give me painkillers in

> sherbet. Puke again,

>

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[Guest guest]

Lorelei,

I am quite fascinated with this new approach to the DS-- dancing the

two-step. I hope you will stay and post about your progress and feelings as

you get closer to the second step. I'm curious to know how the delayed

intestinal step will work-- if it will prolong the " window of opportunity "

etc.

Please keep posting your experiences

in Seattle

----- Original Message -----

> Hi ,

>

> I don't know what the statistical probability of gaining the weight

> back is if I were to not have the second part of the surgery done.

>

> However, I did not do this first part with the hope that I will not

> have to have the second part done. I fully recognize that for my

> personal situation, I have been overweight since the age of 8, have

> an entire family of overweight/obesity, and years of metabolism

> abuse - I would be blowing smoke up my own youknowwhat if I thought

> that I could keep the weight off with the stomach part of the surgery

> alone.