So, it's been awhile since my last post and a lot has happened. On November 18th, 2008 I had gastric bypass surgery at Overlake Hospital. The surgery went well, I had the best Surgeon and Team taking care of me. It took a little over 2 hours and no complications. I spent the next few days in the brand new wing of the hospital. My room was amazing, not once did it cross my mind in all this to pray for a single room, but the Lord knew. The room overlooked the mountains in the east, I was very blessed to watch the sunrise. When I left the hospital I went to my parents house, where my Mom and my Sister-in-Law took very good care of me. In fact the care was so good, I still haven't gone home (I'm going home on Saturday).
In the last six weeks a lot has changed....the first 3 weeks I was on a soft food diet. I pray that none of you ever have to go on that. It is awful, I can't even go into what I ate cause it's making me sick right now. Moving on, at 3 weeks I went for my first check up with my Doctor. He said everything was good, and that my weight loss at this point was normal, 25 pounds gone. The best news that day was that I could start eating solid foods. For the last 3 weeks I have been trying little amounts of food. Some work, some don't. Things that don't work are Chicken, Beef, Crab, and Eggs. Most food is able to go down, unless I take to big of bite and don't chew it enough. If I take to big of bite or don't chew it enough it gets stuck in my back, the worst pain. My mom has been a big help and rubs my back for me when that happens. And sometimes it just doesn't want to stay down.
Today, I am 47 pounds lighter then when I went into Surgery 6 weeks ago. My pants are a size smaller and I'm beginning to regain energy from before surgery.
In the last six weeks a lot has changed....the first 3 weeks I was on a soft food diet. I pray that none of you ever have to go on that. It is awful, I can't even go into what I ate cause it's making me sick right now. Moving on, at 3 weeks I went for my first check up with my Doctor. He said everything was good, and that my weight loss at this point was normal, 25 pounds gone. The best news that day was that I could start eating solid foods. For the last 3 weeks I have been trying little amounts of food. Some work, some don't. Things that don't work are Chicken, Beef, Crab, and Eggs. Most food is able to go down, unless I take to big of bite and don't chew it enough. If I take to big of bite or don't chew it enough it gets stuck in my back, the worst pain. My mom has been a big help and rubs my back for me when that happens. And sometimes it just doesn't want to stay down.
Today, I am 47 pounds lighter then when I went into Surgery 6 weeks ago. My pants are a size smaller and I'm beginning to regain energy from before surgery.
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