Weight: 269 lbs
Notes:
Had a hard time sleeping last night due to the incisions on my stomach. Lots of gentle flip flopping ( I am a notroious flip flopper in bed) and lots of peeing. Each time I pee'd the sting would wake me up completely! I dropped about 4lbs of water weight and as you can see my weight is back down to 269. I started in on my regular pill regiment today too, I made 8oz of Carnation intant breakfast (it is on the allowed foods sheet) and slowly took my pills 1 at a time. I could not even finish the 8ox of fluid before feeling really full. The band has not even been adjusted yet, it is supposedly wide open. I think my stomach may be swollen a bit and that is causing whatever food I put in to accumulate in the little pouch. I am still feeling quite full since having that shake at 7am, I don’t even feel like eating which is an odd feeling for me. Anyhow, let’s see how the rest of the day goes I think I may go outside and do some laps around the neighborhood and them perhaps try to weed the garden if it doesn’t hurt too much.
It is now 7pm and I had a full day with my new friend. I have not been able to eat much, I had exactly 16 oz of Carnation instant breakfast and one 10 calorie diet Jello cup and I feel just fine. I feel that the few hundred calories I took in might not be enough but I have to listen to my body and it is telling me not to put anything else into it. These past two days were meant to let my stomach heal and that means not putting much into it. The morning after I had the initial 4oz of CIB I felt as if I put a 4lb steak into my stomach, it was weird. I hope that this is my experience moving forward because I literally have no desire to eat. I just put some watermelon and some ice into a blender and made about 6oz of smoothie, I will sip this until I go to bed tonight. I did a lot of walking around the neighborhood today and it felt good to stretch my legs. I also managed to lie down and nap a bit too. However, I did end up taking the care down the street a few times to meet up with the wife and the boy who were swimming at a neighbor’s pool. My staples are quite sore right now so I just took a nice swipe of my liquid Perc, hopefully this will help. I don't like to take the Perc because it makes it hard to sleep at night. Anyhow, I pretty much had nasty gas all day, nasty because it won't leave my stomach cavity. I hear all kinds of crazy noises in there and sometimes I get a mild pain right in the middle. Every now and again I manage to burp, albeit painful, and I can squeeze out a fart too. I hope this gas goes away soon rather than later.
With all that said I feel quite well, I was expecting much more in the way of down time but I have to admin I feel like I am at 75% or better.
Time to go on the couch and take in movie.
Good Night.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
6/18/2010 Day 1 With LAP-BAND
Weight: 273lbs
Notes: Let's talke about the weight first. When I walked into the hospital yesterday morning I weighed 268 lbs, this morning I weighed 273lbs. I had not eaten a thing during that time so I will attribute this weight to the i.v. drip. I got to the hospital on time yesterday, I had some papers I need to sign and within 20 min I was taken to pre-op holding where I put on the naked butt robe. My darling wife was allowed to come and sit with me while I waited for surgery. They gave me about 6 types of injections prior to the surgery, mostly to keep me from vomiting, but the nasty one was a drug that prevents blood clots. That MoFo of a shot was given to me in my stomach and it burned like hell. When they came to get me the last thing I remember kissing bobo and then seeing all those people in the surgery room. They started with an i.v. drip to put me out and that was it. When I awoke I was in post-op care and it felt like someone was sitting on my chest, lots of pressure with only minor pain to mention. They started dilaudid via i.v and it was happy times after that. Once they wheeled me back to my permanent room I was quite coherent and wanted to get up and walk around. I had to pee and tried but nothing would come out. My mum and my son came to see me and around 5:30-6pm everyone left. I tried to pee again and nothing. I told the nurse and said keep trying, turn the water on in the sink, etc. By 8pm or so I was feeling quite well but the pee was pressure was getting worse. It should be noted that I have a "non-compliant" bladder which means it holds at most (under day to day operations) about 6oz (190 ml) before I get strong urge to pee. Anyhow, the nurse called my primary weight loss surgeon and he suggested that keep walking around the hospital. I did that many times and finally at 10pm when I could not pee at all she called the doc again and said to put in the catheter. I was sorta freaked out because I did not know how much it would hurt and my nurse was a fairly young woman! How embarrassed was I! Anyhoo, when she pushed that cat it in kinda did hurt a bit, I gripped the bed rails quite hard. However, once she got into the bladder there was releif for me. I gave up approx 600 ml, I guess my bladder can stretch when it wants to stretch. From that point on I tried to sleep and I did for a few hours until my nurse came back and said they were moving me from my private room to a room with two other blokes. They had a suicide attempt coming in and this person had the mercer virus. Ummm, yes please get me as far away as possible. This was around midnight, the two blokes were nice enough, we talked, I even brought up the Celtics game (all of you know should know that I hate sports) which I took in. Anynow, by 4am I was tired of the cat and asked to have it removed. It is a weird feeling having a cat in you, I felt like I was continuously peeing and that kept me up. She did not want to take it out but I insisted. Well, when she pulled it out it hurt but not as bad as putting it in. At 7am this morning folks from imaging came to get me, they wanted to take an x-ray to ensure the band was sitting right. Dr. G said it looked perfect and then wheeled me back to my room. The nurse changed out my bandages (4 laparoscopic incision marks now residue on my belly). She then gave me another belly shot of the anti-clotting meds and then said I can leave, this was about 9am and it was at point my family came and got me. As I type this my peeing is working again although it burns like hell when I go, I guess the catheter causes major irritation inside the urethra. Also, my vision has been extremely blurred all day and I am just able to type and read the words I am typing. My appetite all day has bee non-existent but I did manage to force down some broth and ice pops, bobo made a delicious watermelon and icy smoothie and it tasted great. I have to be on a clear liquid only diet until Sunday, this is even worse than my original 10 day liquid diet which allowed me to have protein shakes and yogurt. However, as I mentioned I don’t have much of an appetite so it is all good. I just need to learn how to put my old demons to bed cuz even thought I am not hungry a part of me still wants to eat for sake of eating. My pain today is minimal if at all, I mainly feel my incisions when I get up and down or twist the wrong way. Also, I have major gas inside me which make my stomach feel like it is being twisted, I have some burps every now and again along with some flatulence but it is not that bad. I am hoping to sleep tonight, I just took a dose of the liquid Percodan and although it makes me feel goofy it does help me sleep so I am looking forward to that. With all that said please forgive any and all typos, on top of my normal bad spelling I can just barely make out what I typing.
Peace and good night. L
Notes: Let's talke about the weight first. When I walked into the hospital yesterday morning I weighed 268 lbs, this morning I weighed 273lbs. I had not eaten a thing during that time so I will attribute this weight to the i.v. drip. I got to the hospital on time yesterday, I had some papers I need to sign and within 20 min I was taken to pre-op holding where I put on the naked butt robe. My darling wife was allowed to come and sit with me while I waited for surgery. They gave me about 6 types of injections prior to the surgery, mostly to keep me from vomiting, but the nasty one was a drug that prevents blood clots. That MoFo of a shot was given to me in my stomach and it burned like hell. When they came to get me the last thing I remember kissing bobo and then seeing all those people in the surgery room. They started with an i.v. drip to put me out and that was it. When I awoke I was in post-op care and it felt like someone was sitting on my chest, lots of pressure with only minor pain to mention. They started dilaudid via i.v and it was happy times after that. Once they wheeled me back to my permanent room I was quite coherent and wanted to get up and walk around. I had to pee and tried but nothing would come out. My mum and my son came to see me and around 5:30-6pm everyone left. I tried to pee again and nothing. I told the nurse and said keep trying, turn the water on in the sink, etc. By 8pm or so I was feeling quite well but the pee was pressure was getting worse. It should be noted that I have a "non-compliant" bladder which means it holds at most (under day to day operations) about 6oz (190 ml) before I get strong urge to pee. Anyhow, the nurse called my primary weight loss surgeon and he suggested that keep walking around the hospital. I did that many times and finally at 10pm when I could not pee at all she called the doc again and said to put in the catheter. I was sorta freaked out because I did not know how much it would hurt and my nurse was a fairly young woman! How embarrassed was I! Anyhoo, when she pushed that cat it in kinda did hurt a bit, I gripped the bed rails quite hard. However, once she got into the bladder there was releif for me. I gave up approx 600 ml, I guess my bladder can stretch when it wants to stretch. From that point on I tried to sleep and I did for a few hours until my nurse came back and said they were moving me from my private room to a room with two other blokes. They had a suicide attempt coming in and this person had the mercer virus. Ummm, yes please get me as far away as possible. This was around midnight, the two blokes were nice enough, we talked, I even brought up the Celtics game (all of you know should know that I hate sports) which I took in. Anynow, by 4am I was tired of the cat and asked to have it removed. It is a weird feeling having a cat in you, I felt like I was continuously peeing and that kept me up. She did not want to take it out but I insisted. Well, when she pulled it out it hurt but not as bad as putting it in. At 7am this morning folks from imaging came to get me, they wanted to take an x-ray to ensure the band was sitting right. Dr. G said it looked perfect and then wheeled me back to my room. The nurse changed out my bandages (4 laparoscopic incision marks now residue on my belly). She then gave me another belly shot of the anti-clotting meds and then said I can leave, this was about 9am and it was at point my family came and got me. As I type this my peeing is working again although it burns like hell when I go, I guess the catheter causes major irritation inside the urethra. Also, my vision has been extremely blurred all day and I am just able to type and read the words I am typing. My appetite all day has bee non-existent but I did manage to force down some broth and ice pops, bobo made a delicious watermelon and icy smoothie and it tasted great. I have to be on a clear liquid only diet until Sunday, this is even worse than my original 10 day liquid diet which allowed me to have protein shakes and yogurt. However, as I mentioned I don’t have much of an appetite so it is all good. I just need to learn how to put my old demons to bed cuz even thought I am not hungry a part of me still wants to eat for sake of eating. My pain today is minimal if at all, I mainly feel my incisions when I get up and down or twist the wrong way. Also, I have major gas inside me which make my stomach feel like it is being twisted, I have some burps every now and again along with some flatulence but it is not that bad. I am hoping to sleep tonight, I just took a dose of the liquid Percodan and although it makes me feel goofy it does help me sleep so I am looking forward to that. With all that said please forgive any and all typos, on top of my normal bad spelling I can just barely make out what I typing.
Peace and good night. L
Thursday, June 17, 2010
6/17/2010 Day D-DAY
Weight: 265.8 lbs
Notes: Well this morning is my surgery, I am scared but I will survive I suppose :)
I am starving first thing this morning and the only thing I will be allowed to have today is a cup of water! Yikes! I will be hungry as all hell come tomorrow. Anyhoo, lot's to do to get ready.
Talk to you tomorrow. Louis.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
6/16/2010 Day 10
Weight: 268.4 lbs
Notes:
Well today had to be the most stressful day of my life. At exactly 3pm, just a few hours before going home for the day and readying myself for surgery, the production database server decides to blow up. I ended staying at work until 6pm and here I am now at 8:30pm working from home. DAMN YOU ORACLE SOFTWARE! Anyhow, I was starving all day today but thankfully the crisis and general business of work made me forget I was starving. To be honest I started to get scared of my surgery towards the end of the day, I have never been under before and I had irrational fears of my not waking up. Anyhoo, tomorrow is the big day and I will try to post notes as soon as I can.
Wish me luck. Lou.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
6/15/2010 Day 9
Weight: 269.00
Notes:
It's night time, my demons are coming out. I best go to bed before I eat something tasty.
It's night time, my demons are coming out. I best go to bed before I eat something tasty.
Monday, June 14, 2010
6/14/2010 Day 8
Weight: 269.2 lbs
Notes:
Well only two more days until the surgery, I am kinda excited and kinda scared. I have never had surgery before which means I have never been under general anesthesia before. Today was not so bad with regards to food, I am definitely done eating cottage cheese. I will live off Atkins shakes, yogurt, and sugar free Jello until Wed night. I was in the yard today and the sugar snap peas called out to me so I ate two of them, I suspect the Dr's would not mind but I have to tell you those peas tasted so damn good! Today I finally did a #2, it had been 4.5 days since that last happened and I was starting to worry. Well worry no more :)
Well there isn't much more to say except good night.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
6/13/2010 Day 7
Weight: 269.8 lbs
Notes:
Today was my son's 4th birthday party and it was a hoot. There was lots of tasty looking food but I was good. Toward mid-day I realized that I was tired of my liquid diet, the repetition, the mechanics of it, and the same old damn shite to eat. It is horrible to say but I felt that I would have rather skipped eating all day than have to bear the task of eating either: Atkins Shake, Yogurt, or Cottage Cheese. Uggh! I broke down tonigth and made my protein shake a bit different, instead of the protein powder (still had CIB) I put in a handful of blueberries. It was yummy. I also informed the rest of the folks who did not know that I am slated for surgery this coming Thursday.
Only 4 more days of this horrible liquid diet!
Notes:
Today was my son's 4th birthday party and it was a hoot. There was lots of tasty looking food but I was good. Toward mid-day I realized that I was tired of my liquid diet, the repetition, the mechanics of it, and the same old damn shite to eat. It is horrible to say but I felt that I would have rather skipped eating all day than have to bear the task of eating either: Atkins Shake, Yogurt, or Cottage Cheese. Uggh! I broke down tonigth and made my protein shake a bit different, instead of the protein powder (still had CIB) I put in a handful of blueberries. It was yummy. I also informed the rest of the folks who did not know that I am slated for surgery this coming Thursday.
Only 4 more days of this horrible liquid diet!
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