One of your cheerleaders here, just don't ask me to do the splits!! Are you counting down the hours and minutes? Oct 2nd, start of a new and healthy phase in your life. Be thinking about you!
thanks girls,, its tomorrow at around noon and im excited and ready. not to worried cause ive had surgery before and i do better when i dont know whats going on!!! we all are different and so every body reacts different so take it as it comes is my belief.. Being a farm wife for 40 years puts the body and mind and i guess soul through lots of ordeals and i guess this will be just chalked up to another one... and im so looking forward into getting some weight off and at least moving forward with some walking pace instead of a crawl!! i can see me now, dog, camera, walking along the river at sunset breathing not panting and gasping for air and having to find a place to plunge myself down for a rest.. thats what i want to think about tonite... You girls have been a treasure of help and cant wait to get back .. i know i will be asking more and saying oh, im tired of pureed food, which i start right away with my doctor... thought hubby might at least come in and visit but didnt. did call and say hed take me tomorrow .. didnt say no, daughter could do it... so glad i have her support. were going fishen when i get better.. wish i could help her somehow, she gained her weight back from surgery and sure is mentally down from it and wont stop eating... almost like shes trying to punish herself.. dont quite understand it.. she says all these things that were going to do but sneaks around the corner and fills up on candy... Got any ideas how i can get her movtivated with me... well, for now im doing this for me and im gonna worry about her next week... im gonna mention to her to see if she can get on here and email you girls... thanks for everything and i will see you in my new life style..... carvinmom
I made it and so glad to be back home and with you all..thanks so much for the good wishes and the continuted support... im doing good. no problems so , food is handling okay . im sore of course but i knowit will get better. i have two little things going on,,, nowdont laugh but now when i put my top dentures in i gag terrible and cant wear themmm!!! never heard of that one, so jiff what yah thing
another thing is every afternoon , i sort of have an nervous or anxiety type of feelign.. my legs and whole body cant quit even my voice gets going... and its not sugar cause im behaving myself... daughter said she read about it in one of the groups but dont remember where to find it... its like my hormones or chemicals just went in high gear when i want to take a nap.. its one for the doctor friday when i go back...
surgery went real wellllllll. being prepared physicall for three months ahead is so important and being mentally is even more.. id like to put that on a board somewhere so all can understand how important that is.. i dont believe you do it without all your facts , like you have told me, and a good doctor and staff is the key... my margie, nearly died cause of things so different then w hat i had...... so im on pureed now and keeping it down..... hope you are doing good too, my daughter will be leaving next week, so nice to have her help. she she lost 140 pounds and gained it back.. being sickand meds helped but not all of it.. she is now starting over with a liquid diet and likes my protein drinkand my bullet blender..When she leaves she will have to do it on her own and its never to late to being again... tell me what youall been doing.....linda
Hi Carvinmom,Congratulations to you.Glad to hear you are home safe and are on your way now to a new beginning.Big hugs to you
take care
Kim e
pre-op ssf Kaiser
Hello,
Congratulations on the beginning of your new life. I think part of what you are experiencing is elation. I was so happy when I got home and the surgery was over and every day I would jump on the scales and see a small loss daily and it just made me so happy I could hardly stand it. I felt as if I had a permanent smile on my face. I felt full all the time and couldn't believe how little I was eating and not hungry. I think for the first time in forty-one years I had put myself in front of everyone else. I was always worried about DH or DS instead of myself. I'd get unhappy about something and feed the face. I'm for sure others know what I'm talking about. My sister once told me after she had lost a lot of weight that she did it for herself, no one else. Well, that's what we must do. My weight loss has slowed down because I'm into my 4th month, barely. But that's why I'm reading these boards real slowly and taking everything in. Protein is still hard for me to get it all in so now I've begun posting it on my fridge, every little bit that I get in my body goes on the fridge, so that I can hit that 70 mark daily.
Good luck and happy losing! We're all pulling for you.
wow linda - i'm sooo proud of you!!!!!! just can't stop saying that! as for that 'feeling' you get - that's not one i've had [nor the dentures!!!], but i can say this - as i lost weight and started moving, my body seemed to use water differently. i can't quite explain it, except that i needed more - like my body kicked up a few notches and needed it
Hi all,
so glad to get back to the putter, couildnt really be comfortable for a bit but its not been a week yet..
just wanted you to know what caused the restlessness etc so much.. it was i was going into drug withdrawal, which i never felt before.. Found out the hospital forgot to give me my cymbalta and others and by the time i got home and got back on track it was five days.. i then tried to pull capsule in half and take in pudding but found out you cant do that with a time release capsule... so there went another day... well between a few phone calls to familydoctor and surgeon nurse.. im back on track the the anxiety and tearing out the walls has stopped!! Why would you take drugs for fun,,, what a horrible feeling of withdrawal..... well, hospital said they were sorry !!!
Went out to farm for a ride, first day.. what a beautiful world , with the sun shining, antelope running, tractors seeding, and my faithful dog come to greet me... makes me want to try harder towards next spring... so i can walk with that dog etc.... i had no problems , but you have to be TOUGH.. and do what your told. No more excuses for me.... now i just need to learn the right and wrongs of eaating a different way of life.. I still go to counseling, half the help right there, this group, and put myself first in over 42 years but i am losing and when i fall , i will remember how much pain and misery i was in.... this is long winded, guess i felt like sharing my thoughts.. linda
oh linda - that dog and those scenes will keep you going. years before my surgery, i hiked a lot with two German shepherds. it was fabulous. the heavier i got, the more i realized that this wasn't going to happen ever again, and all i could do was look out at the hills through a window.
well, the surgery was in January, and by spring thaw, i was starting to walk the dog on a leash. i went up to a hiking spot, and stood there with the dog, and stood there. and took my cane, then a few steps. then a few more, and realized that this wasn't going to work right then and there. too much ice on the trail
waited a few days - ice melted. and then tried it again. in 20 minutes, with lots of resting, i'd gone about 1/4 mile. BUT I DID IT!!!! and now, i can cover the distance it took 45 minutes to do at first in about 10.
i'm not going backwards!!!!! you're well on your way - and your dog will be SOOOO happy to be at your side the whole way!!
Linda, I'm so glad to hear from you! I've been gone for a few days and not able to access a computer. Was so excited to hear things have gone well for you. In five more days you may can me "Miss Loser" also. I'm excited for the start of your new life. Went to Williamsburg, Va. for a few days, wasn't able to walk much and see things and it was 97 degrees Tuesday. We haven't been on a vacation for nine years and wished with all my heart that this one was after the surgery, but I bet the next one will be easier to walk, healthier and more fun for my husband. To be able to walk the dogs.....I've got the same dream. Have a lab, rat terrier and yorkie. I've missed that; think I'll aim for Spring also. I hope your medicine has leveled out. The dentures, can't help you there; by this time though hope you are able to wear them again. Are you getting you water in? Has your pain been tolerable? DD helping you out? Have you had any snow yet? Take care of yourself. I'll be checking in on you.
I had my surgery on 2/12/07...and am down 125 lbs. It goes really fast, the key is exercise and water. Same as if without surgery. Even if it is only walking for exercise. Eat mostly protein, veggies, once you get to.
Linda, I am so glad to hear you are feeling better & losing! God has made a beautiful world & it is good to be able to recognize & enjoy it. It looks like I am the only other person here that wears dentures (for nearly 30 years now). My guess is that the top ones weren't/aren't fitting right because your gums are a little swollen (that has happened to me). A friend of mine always had that feeling from day 1 of dentures & her dentist filed out a curve in the back of the middle so they didn't go clear back. Something on the order of the way the bottom ones are shaped. Now for the bad news--something I didn't think about. As you are losing weight, your dentures will probably become loose. I notice it in my bottom ones alot. I guess there were pockets of fat in my cheeks, throat, jaw, etc. that have disappeared & as a result, the bottoms float quite freely from time to time.
Hang in there, you off to a good start. Be sure you get your protein in and walk a little several times a day. Even if it is around your living room a couple times. My exercise coach told me that on the days that I couldn't walk very well (I have rheumatoid arthritis), to put an exercise video on & sit on a chair & do the exercises while sitting.
Hi Linda!! (sorry to be late to the party)
I'm so glad things are going well! Good that you're back on the cymbalta even better that you're walking!!! This will be your Liberation my dear!
Drink your water and eat/drink your protien and take your vities!!!
speaking of which i need to take mine.
Most of all remember you did this for you
Lowlow I haven't bought them yet but their are plenty of chair aerobics videos on amazon!
As Carvinmom has her surgery -
made it everyone
I made it and so glad to be back home and with you all..thanks so much for the good wishes and the continuted support... im doing good. no problems so , food is handling okay . im sore of course but i knowit will get better. i have two little things going on,,, nowdont laugh but now when i put my top dentures in i gag terrible and cant wear themmm!!! never heard of that one, so jiff what yah thing 
