One month post op - sorry, but it is long

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone!!!! I am one month post op today!!!! I am doing pretty

good. I am still struggling with nausea. I feel nauseated most of

the time. Sometimes it is better, sometimes worse. I have vomitted

about 4 times. Twice I had ate something, twice I had not. The two

things that did not stay down was an egg and about 2 ounces of milk.

I have since ate eggs and drank milk and they both stayed down. I do

however feel nauseated most of the time after I eat. It doesn't

really seem to matter what I eat, I feel nauseated. Most of the time

I can only get three or four bites down. I also get nauseated if I

go too long without eating. Eating is still very much trial and

error for me. Some days I can eat something and later that same day

I may not be able to eat it anymore. I am on an estrogen patch

also. I hate to think how I would be if I was not on a patch. I

still do soup quite a bit. I drink a carnation instant breakfast

most mornings. I try to drink a couple glasses of juice throughout

the day. For some reason OJ seems to go down the best for me as far

as juice. I also do gatorade and juicy juices. I don't think I have

been getting enough to drink. I just don't think about it. I think

about it about time to go to bed. I think, well, it is time to go to

bed and you have only had a couple of glasses of liquid today. I

have got to find a way to remind myself to drink more. My PCP still

has me on the meds I was one before surgery. Hopefully I will be

able to go off them soon. I am now taking zoloft, levoxyl (thyroid

med), glyburide (diabetic med), three multi-vitamins a day, two

potassium pills a day, zocar (cholesterol),prevacid, actigall and

citrucel. I still struggle with the citrucel quite a bit. I think I

am leaving something out but I don't know what. I always get

nauseated after I take all my meds too. I was not very good about

taking my meds for a while. I am really working hard at getting them

all taken. Hopefully some of the nausea will get better as time goes

on and I keep taking my meds like I am suppose too. Pre ops take

note here please.....so far I have not sounded too positive about my

experience thus far. I have had a lot of nausea but I am still very

glad that I had the MGB. I have lost 23 pounds in the first month.

I know I have not done things strictly as Dr. R. told me too. The

citrucel has been a pretty big struggle for me. There was a few

times that I took it and threw it right back up. I took it for a

while and then realized I was putting two teaspoons in the water and

Dr. R's instructions said to use one. It is a little better since I

have been putting one teaspoon in. Back to the positive. I have

already noticed that simple things that use to be hard for me to do

are getting easier, i.e., putting my socks and shoes on, going

shopping, taking a shower, etc. I am so grateful that God allowed me

to find out about Dr. R. I am grateful that God put it on Dr. R's

heart to care about people like me. I am grateful to Dr. R. for

seeing that we are people that really hurt and need help. For the

first time in 20 years, I feel like I will really take the weight off

and KEEP IT OFF. I am both excited and scared about the changes

taking place in my body and mind. I will continue to go to

counseling while losing the weight. I strongly believe for me it is

imperative that I continue to counsel. I know why I used food in the

past and I will have to now learn how to cope with my life without

sedating myself when I don't want to feel. That is scary. One of my

reasons for staying fat has involved sexual abuse and some of the

things I chose to do as a teenager to bury the abuse. I am working

hard on these issues in counseling right now....without food to bury

my feelings!!!!!I could go on and on. This is one reason I don't

post real often. I have a problem with posting short things. I

always end up writing a short novel when I post. My counselor says

that I am a whole lot better at putting my feelings on paper than I

am talking about them. Anyway I wanted to let everyone know how I am

doing. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!! THANK YOU DR. R.!!!!!!

Bonded by our experience, strength and hope

Rhonda from Indiana

MGB - November 30, 2000

Down 23 pounds!!!!!