Pictures

Here are two pictures of me the first was taken on sept 25. and the second one was taken just now ( ok the hair is not fix) I could never tell if I lost weight but people said that I have. You be the judge of it and let me know.

The Weeklend

Hello,

Yes I know it has been a week since I posted. Still on soft and blended foods ( baby food). Words to the wise DO NOT EAT BABY MEATS!!!! OMG I know now why they spit up!!!!! If it does not look like beef and does not smell like beef then IT IS NOT BEEF!!! Why are we feeding it to the baby's???? Will my roommate has return yesterday and he brought home fish that we are cooking up tonight. Christopher is going home today after the soccer game. Had him since Thursday night. Starting to eat more regular foods in the blender. Had 1 slice of French toast this am with SF syrup in which it took me 40 minutes to eat. Can not drink and eat at the same time yet so not worries there. plus I an still getting about 80 grams of protein. Tues I got a doctor appt with the surgeon, I will post my one month photos. one from last month and one for Tuesday. I will post a picture of my face taken on the 25 of Sept, plus one I will take today.

Remember to sip sip and get your protein in.

Oct 24

Well I made it through the weekend alone!!! Did not get much done, The weather was normal for Seattle, RAIN!!! Had a soccer game on Saturday, Law test taken, Acct homework completed. But still felt alone. This week will be Better. I can feel it in my bones. Went shopping for food yesterday, got ground chicken, tuna (in a can with water), soup, and FF milk. Today I am having a egg, 1 slice of toast (nothing on it) and a 1/4 cup of apple sauce. lunch I am having a 1/2 c of soup and a Greek 6oz yogurt. Dinner is a 1/4 c of meatloaf (BLENDED) and Brussels sprouts, ( also blended). The hardest part of all this is, that it needs to take me almost 45 minutes to eat. I know in a couple of weeks I will move to solid foods. Still have not tried coffee yet, waiting on this coming weekend (maybe) I just do not want to get into BAD HABITS! This is were I know that I will need the support group. ( SIP SIP).

Got to find a support group closer then a 40 minute drive. OA may work, but I real would prefer a Bariatric support group. People who knows the challenges and pain I am going through.

Well it is time for school. Will write more tomorrow.

HELLO MONDAY!!!!

Oct 22

Well it is a rough weekend. I am alone the hole weekend and feeling a little depressed. I like to eat when I feel like this, but I know that I can not. Up to eating blended foods. Pizza does not look like pizza in a blander. Have not weight myself in a while, waiting on Nov 1 when I see the doctor. SIP SIP!! had to get a drank of water. Scares are healing up well, ( looking more like bullet holes) each a day.

Had a soccer game where we won our 2 game, so this was my high lite forthe weekend. Will see how tomorrow will be and what it will bring.

Wednesday 10/19/11

Well what a week so far, Christopher tried his hardest to hide the scale from me. but when LAUNDRY calls and you need to hang things up the closet is not a good place to put it. So the will power failed last night and I got on it. 265 pounds. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! ( I mean DAMN). Should have never step on the scale. 35 pounds since the surgery not to bad. ( goal 150 to 180)
This is day 4 of my Blender/soft diet stage #3. Felt bloated when I started it. I think I went a little fast it first. so I cut back. I am doing half and half on the diet between stage 2 and stage 3. Creamy soups and blended foods.
Had my first egg yesterday, with apple sauce. Oat meat this morning. The hardest part is that I need to SLOW IT D O W N T O E A T. 1/2 cup of oatmeal needs to last for 30 to 45 minutes. That is slow. with 2-4oz of FF Milk. ( FF means Fat Free). They told me that I will start losing my hair and getting fever blister on my lips, (due to the change my body is going through). Well the fever blister here and I still have my hair ( ok 3 hairs). People are starting to see the weight fall off. They tell my that ( sip sip) sorry had to get a drink, any way the first place for me to lose weight is in the face. But I want it off my hips LOL. Will post later this week. remember to sip sip water every 15 minutes.

What a weekend

YES I KNOW!!! Been a little to long to up date.

So where did I leave off? HUMMMMM ok, I started stage 3 of my died plan today. " High Protein Liquid and SOFT or BLENDERIZED Solids. Will Rule START OFF SLOW When Eating, I felt blodded.

up t0 48-64 oz daily of ADEQUATE FlUIDS ( what ever that means)

Breakfast, looks like 1/4 cup of oatmeal with 2oz of FF MILK, or 1/2 cup of cottage with fruit or 1 scrambled egg with F/F yogurt.

lunch: can be mad up of 1/2 can of soup, or 1/2 cup of tuna, or cottage cheese 1/2 cup with fruit.

Dinner: a lot more chooses like 1/4 of chicken, beef, or pork (blended) cottage cheese applesauce, yogurt, sweet potatoes MASHED 1/4 c, sweet peas 1/4 cup

So I now can try to eat little food. but I am still taking my time at it.

Christopher pulled out the scale and I weight at 270. 30 pounds since the surgery. then I told him to hide the scale. felling better that I have before, looking forward to tomorrow so I can walk.

Speaking of walking, Christopher and I went to Seattle on Friday. Wanted to stop by and get his ID card at the Coast Gard Station, but found the michine down (again). So we walked, Christopher learned very quickly that when I say it s time to leave a store do not stand there and look, after about an hour my farts where ready for deployment and they did not not care where I was at or who I was with.

Well sorry of it being so short still got a lot to write but homework comes first.

Day 7

Well, today was the first day back to school, and boy I never know that I was missed by so many classmates. Where have you been? I was hoping you did not drop the class? Was all I was hearing all morning. :) Felt good to know that people do care, even the teachers asked how I was feeling. Today was a good day. No pain and I did lots of walking. Got a scale from a friend ( I think it was a bad mistake) I was stepping on it 5 or 6 times before I put it out of sight.

Got Christopher from tonight to Sunday. get school and work tomorrow Pulse, soccer Practice for the first time since I been out of the hospital.

Remember to walk ( A LOT!)!!!!

and to drink WATER.

What a DAY

Will lets start off with WOW!!! What a good day. Had a 9 am appointment with Dr. Martin to talk about what has happen over the past week. To start off, I lost 17 pounds. DAMN 17 POUNDS!!! I have not seen 280 pounds in 6 years!! We talk about my Protein, I told him that I was not getting the water intake as I hope but his concurs was my Protein intake. My daily average intake is 140 grams. He says that as long as I am getting no less then 80 grams all is good. TWO THUMBS UP!!

Now to my DRAIN :(

I had to drain this every 6 to 8 hours. You see, the tubing was around 16 inches LONG!! So when he went to pulled IT OUT IT HURTS!!!!!!!!! There was no one, two, three. Left hand was holding me down ( found out afterwards!), while his right hand was holding the drain. We were talking about my blog and Tim Allen new show " Last Man Standing". Then out of no where he PULLLLLLLLLLLLS!!!!!!!!!! I yell WTF!!!!!!!! and then he starts laughing, and says that it will sting for a little while.( THAT IS WHAT HE HAS HEARD!). So here are some things to remember:

1) Do not laugh when a surgeon is standing over you with a knife.

2) stay out of comedy clubs or watching comedy on TV. ( watch it and you will find out)

3) Sip water and get your PROTEIN IN!!!

4) WALK WALK WALK and WALK!!!!

Here are some more pictures for you!!!!

Thinks to remember

TO start with, I am now get comments from people every wear, and I want to say THANK YOU!!! I know the reason why I did this. Here are two of them,

Ashley 18; and Christopher 14. Coming from a military family, I know that a parent should not bury their kids.

So there are some of the reasons, not all; give me time and I will show you more.

While talking to a friend last night, she said about some of the does and dont's before during and after the hospital.

Rule 1: Make sure that the hospital staff have a since of humor; ADULT ESCORT to them may not mean the same to you! ( A word to the wise!).

Rule 2: Do not over pack; (i.e. no Ipod, books to read, and SCHOOL WORK) You may be Gun HO to get it done because of all the free time you (or think you have) it will not work out in your favor, (TRUST ME I KNOW!!!!!!)

Rule 3; WALK and WALK AGAIN, then WALK AGAIN!!!! The more you walk in the hospital, the better you will feel.

Rule 4; If you are on a CPAP machine take it with you. It will help you sleep. ( remember hospitals are the last place you need to be when you are sick!!!!)

Rule 5; Make sure your family has also a good sense of humor. There are going to be times where you are going to fart in public and they need to understand this, (it also helps if you are in line some were and you let one go the kids turn to the guy behind you look it them with a (WTH) look then they pull on your sleeve, look at you then back to them, like he was the one who did it.)

Rule 6: ASK FOR HELP: The first time I had to pee I could not hold the bottle, stand and balance all at the same time.

Rule 7; Make sure that you get your question across to the ward staff ( i.e. If you ask that are you test results are back make sure that the HEAR that QUESTION NOT. ARE MY TESTICLES BLACK??)

Rule 8; Make sure you are close to a bathroom with a extra pair of under wear(if you wear any, I do of course), because one time that fist poop comes it comes, you may think it is a fart but OHHHHHH NOOOOOOO it is not!!!!!! SHIT HAPPENS AND IT DOES!!! I now go to the bathroom if I need to fart just in case ( I know T.M.I. F. T.M. I...) again you will never know when shit happens!!!

As I think of more information for you I will net you know

Sunday Oct 09 2011

Well today was good until 6:30, When I walk into the apartment, and I was alone. Emotions starting to set in, I was alone for the first time since the surgery I was alone. I am scared, How will I do this? No one to confined in. I knew this was going to be hard, but never knowing it was going to be this hard.

If you are reading this and thinking about the surgery. Fond a support group. Start a blog, and put it all on the table. AND DO YOUR RESEARCH If you do not understand something, ASK!!! THE ONLY STUPID QUESTIONS ARE THE ONES THAT GO UNASKED!!!! This will help you more then you will ever known.

Taking off tomorrow from school. work on homework and try to put my mind in the correct place. Started my stage two diet on protein and creamy soups. Isopure drinks are great. 15g of protein in every 8 oz of drink. I am making sure that I am getting close to my daily limit. You have to make sure that you also get in the water.

Sweet dreams my friends.

Day 4

Sunday the 9th of Oct. and I am up more each day. starting to work on stage 2 of the diet. I believe that so far the hardest part is taking in so little. No more then 2 oz in every 15 minutes. I know that I will get a little more, but for now, that is my challenge.

I want to say having a support group through this has help me more then you can imagine. The phone calls, I received while in the hospital lifted my sprites up. today I starting on strain creamy soups, Protein liquids. and taking my vitamins. Tonight everyone will be going home, still I feel that I am not able to to go to school yet tomorrow, as much as I want too. My body as saying not on your freaking life. I go back to the surgen on Tues to get my drain looked it and hoping to get it remove. Will post later.

HOME AT LAST

Well I made t home around 1 pm. then I went to bed. I want ot say thank you for all the loving support and agd great wishes. I will up date late todae with Tammy help who remembers my actions from the bgining.

Pre surgery photos.

Here are the before surgery pictures. ( I told you that I was scary with out my shirt on) I check in at 8 am in the morning. I can not eat or drink after midnight.

24 hours to go

Saw the Anesthesia yesterday. Give more blood, pissed in a cup(FLASH BACKS), and went over what is going to happen tomorrow. I will need to call today between 1 and 3 to get a time for me to show up. I was told that I can not do "ANY STRENUOUS EXERCISE" the night before. Do they really think that I will be hitting the gym today???? Plus I will need an ESCORT, (wounder how much that is going to run me???). I was going to bring Tammy, but now I am not sure any more, the paper work says ADULT ESCORT!!!

Ok all joking a side, Tammy will be taking me tomorrow, I will not have internet there so it will be a couple of days before I can get back on to update. Later today I will take pictures of me. (before surgery) and I take pictures over the next several months.

Todays weight: 297

type of surgery

Here is a picture of the surgery I am having:

Now I need to learn how to eat different. 

Reason for surgery.

The reason for this blog was a way for me to update everyone on my status before on and after my Bariatric surgery. A lot of people have ask my why I was going through with the surgery? Here is the reason, and to me it is the right one. About a year ago Michelle, ask for a divorce. This was after I was let go of my last job and I went to school in stead of going back to work. I weight 315 at that time. I was a member of LA fitness until I could not afford it. I got very depressed, and felt alone.
Dec I was diagnose ADHD and PTSD. around that time I was starting to talk to a old friend. Augs my divorce was finial and I started dating Tammy with the permission of both of her and kids. I wanted to be there for them for a very long time so I talk it over with my doctor and got he surgery planned.
The surgery is set for Oct. 5.