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mishi
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Post Surgery
I am doing ok. My tummy hurts
feels like it's gonna fall off!!! I took the bandage off today per directions and it is so sore now. There is a little upside down V right above my belly button. He said he had a hard time building me a new belly button because there was so much skin to remove (alas he didn't take the belly ). I got to take a shower after I removed the bandage which was nice. I feel so useless! My boyfriend is being wonderful about taking care of me. I am craving Teriyaki chicken bowls and he is out getting me one right now. I did jump on the scale yesterday. I couldn't resist 177.. today 176. Yesterday my belly was swollen 7 inches!! and today it is swollen 5. Crazy. I am not upset about the weighing... mostly because it isn't my fault I was just curious. I am resting and making sure to walk every two hours and taking my pain pills... working on getting better now.
Thank you for all your good thoughts M2M, Llama, and Nia and anyone else who had any The surgery went well.. I will be posting more as I feel better. Take care
I am doing ok. My tummy hurts
feels like it's gonna fall off!!! I took the bandage off today per directions and it is so sore now. There is a little upside down V right above my belly button. He said he had a hard time building me a new belly button because there was so much skin to remove (alas he didn't take the belly ). I got to take a shower after I removed the bandage which was nice. I feel so useless! My boyfriend is being wonderful about taking care of me. I am craving Teriyaki chicken bowls and he is out getting me one right now. I did jump on the scale yesterday. I couldn't resist 177.. today 176. Yesterday my belly was swollen 7 inches!! and today it is swollen 5. Crazy. I am not upset about the weighing... mostly because it isn't my fault I was just curious. I am resting and making sure to walk every two hours and taking my pain pills... working on getting better now.Thank you for all your good thoughts M2M, Llama, and Nia and anyone else who had any
The surgery went well.. I will be posting more as I feel better. Take care
mishi
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Left out
I feel like I am on my little pity parade these days. It is hard to come to the forum and not have a twinge of bitterness reading others posts. I am so happy for how well they are doing on diet/exercise/weight loss but it is hard because right now I can't do anything. There are thoughts of going to the gym and walking around my neighborhood but I can't walk a block without getting winded and my tummy starting to hurt So as everyone moves forward I feel stuck. I am stuck. I can make all the plans I want but for at least 5 more weeks I am stuck! It's something that I didn't think about when I was getting ready for surgery. Who would have known? It sucks. I am doing what I can for now and I know that but it is frusturating to want to jump onto the treadmill and not be able to. My checkup is the 6th and I will ask what I can start doing and hopfully a slow treadmill walk will be allowed Food is going fine. I am averaging 1200 calories... sometimes go up to 1300-1400. It is great for a normal day but because I am so inactive I am not sure what to do. Is my body burning calories while it's healing?? No idea. My weight is staying steady at 177. I am hating to change my ticker but it's not accurate anymore. So I will bite the bullet and do it soon... maybe next week lol.
This is really my last day of rest. There is some early easter things tommorow and then Monday I start back to work. I am a bit nervous about that. I am used to laying around all day and healing. I do things mindlessly like almost pick up my son and then I realize I can't. That has happened like 4 times already. What if I slip and lift something... and pop my stiches yikes. So I am trying to be careful and aware of what I am doing. I can't lift anything over 10lbs. Which isn't very much. Everytime I take the gallon of milk out of the fridge I wonder if it's over 10lbs.... should I get help with milk Ugh. Hate feeling useless! Ok enough pity party.. I know this will get better. It's just hard right now...
I feel like I am on my little pity parade these days. It is hard to come to the forum and not have a twinge of bitterness reading others posts. I am so happy for how well they are doing on diet/exercise/weight loss but it is hard because right now I can't do anything. There are thoughts of going to the gym and walking around my neighborhood but I can't walk a block without getting winded and my tummy starting to hurt
So as everyone moves forward I feel stuck. I am stuck. I can make all the plans I want but for at least 5 more weeks I am stuck! It's something that I didn't think about when I was getting ready for surgery. Who would have known? It sucks. I am doing what I can for now and I know that but it is frusturating to want to jump onto the treadmill and not be able to. My checkup is the 6th and I will ask what I can start doing and hopfully a slow treadmill walk will be allowed Food is going fine. I am averaging 1200 calories... sometimes go up to 1300-1400. It is great for a normal day but because I am so inactive I am not sure what to do. Is my body burning calories while it's healing?? No idea. My weight is staying steady at 177. I am hating to change my ticker but it's not accurate anymore. So I will bite the bullet and do it soon... maybe next week lol. This is really my last day of rest. There is some early easter things tommorow and then Monday I start back to work. I am a bit nervous about that. I am used to laying around all day and healing. I do things mindlessly like almost pick up my son and then I realize I can't. That has happened like 4 times already. What if I slip and lift something... and pop my stiches
yikes. So I am trying to be careful and aware of what I am doing. I can't lift anything over 10lbs. Which isn't very much. Everytime I take the gallon of milk out of the fridge I wonder if it's over 10lbs.... should I get help with milk Ugh. Hate feeling useless! Ok enough pity party.. I know this will get better. It's just hard right now...
2Skinny
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Hi Mishi; When I had my gall bladder out recently, I gained 10 pounds!! But then lost it over the next 2 weeks. I think when they pump fluids into you during surgery through the IntraVenous, you gain a lot of fluid weight. Don't worry, it will fall off you again. It has nothing to do with fat. I was actually emotional the first few days because of the anaesthetic. I would cry for no reason. Do you have someone taking care of you? I hope you do. It's nice to have some pity and compassion when you're recovering, so don't feel bad about that at all. (((Mishi))) In 3 weeks this will be behind you. Be good to yourself.
mishi
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Going down
So this morning I was pleased to see the scale at 171.2 The swelling is going down but my belly is still squishy I am back at work now. It is hard in that there is a lot of movement and though I am taking it easy I am tired. I had a horrible nightmare about my scar opening up and it woke me up at 4:30!! and I couldn't get back to sleep. But it's not too bad... just have to deal until I heal..lol
Nia- I hope your issues are being resolved!!!! thank you
2skinny- thank you so much for all your support and sharing your expeirence!! It has really helped. I was really emo too after the surgery.. but most of that is normal for me lol. My boyfriend was able to work from home all week last week and he took very good care of me making sure I don't lift things and that I was fed and coomfortable
One week of recovery down... 5 more to go
So this morning I was pleased to see the scale at 171.2
The swelling is going down but my belly is still squishy I am back at work now. It is hard in that there is a lot of movement and though I am taking it easy I am tired. I had a horrible nightmare about my scar opening up and it woke me up at 4:30!! and I couldn't get back to sleep. But it's not too bad... just have to deal until I heal..lol Nia- I hope your issues are being resolved!!!! thank you
2skinny- thank you so much for all your support and sharing your expeirence!! It has really helped. I was really emo too after the surgery.. but most of that is normal for me lol. My boyfriend was able to work from home all week last week and he took very good care of me making sure I don't lift things and that I was fed and coomfortable
One week of recovery down... 5 more to go
mishi
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Ho hum
It is a ho hum day. I have a headache today which sucks but I took pain meds last night so my incision doesn't hurt so much. I am antsy when I am not in pain to get back into a workout routine but I am under strict orders from my boyfriend, and my doctor, lol to not do to much to fast. I know they are right but easier said than done. When I start feeling the slight bit better I am usually raring to go but then I hurt myself. So I am being overly cautious.
My weight is holding at 171 which is fine. I really need to be ok with maintaining this month.
Thank you Llama
It is a ho hum day. I have a headache today which sucks but I took pain meds last night so my incision doesn't hurt so much. I am antsy when I am not in pain to get back into a workout routine but I am under strict orders from my boyfriend, and my doctor
, lol to not do to much to fast. I know they are right but easier said than done. When I start feeling the slight bit better I am usually raring to go but then I hurt myself. So I am being overly cautious. My weight is holding at 171 which is fine. I really need to be ok with maintaining this month.
Thank you Llama
mishi
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Calories can't be stressed enough!!
I know I am trying to be happy with just maintaining this month but most of me still wants to see that scale go down. 171.2 this morning. 172 yesterday: reason- calories. I have relaxed to some extent on my calories. I never go over 1600 but several days out of the week I am having 1400-1600 calories. That in itself isn't a terrible thing if I was working out but because I am limited on what I can do I will have to be stringent on my calories if I hope to see any difference this month. Yesterday I was right around 1100 calories and my weight went back down. I can see the direct result of higher and lower calories! Fitday is a blessing to have and everyday since December I have faithfully put my food in. It's neat to look back and see how my trends have been with food and weight. I am happy to be back where I was though. I am still squishy but I can fit into my cloths again
I have been feeling disgruntled with the forum recently. I know I get out of it what I put in it. I don't have a lot of time to peruse others journals and comment. I have my top 4 people that I read and leave comments but that makes my comment pool sort of dry. I like comments. It's nice to know someone cares/relates. I have been mad at myself for being such a grumpy person recently and am going to try not to focus on that. I want to focus on the facts and my goals. It's just hard when I don't hear from anyone *whine*
Ok I am done. Just had to get that out! lol.
I hope you are all having a great day and a great weekend. I am lucky enough to have tommorow off and my doctor's appointment is tommorow. I am going to find out if I can work some exercise into my routine We shall see. I have been overdoing it as it is and I am sore because of it. sigh. 4.5 more weeks!
I know I am trying to be happy with just maintaining this month but most of me still wants to see that scale go down. 171.2 this morning. 172 yesterday: reason- calories. I have relaxed to some extent on my calories. I never go over 1600 but several days out of the week I am having 1400-1600 calories. That in itself isn't a terrible thing if I was working out but because I am limited on what I can do I will have to be stringent on my calories if I hope to see any difference this month. Yesterday I was right around 1100 calories and my weight went back down. I can see the direct result of higher and lower calories! Fitday is a blessing to have and everyday since December I have faithfully put my food in. It's neat to look back and see how my trends have been with food and weight. I am happy to be back where I was though. I am still squishy but I can fit into my cloths again
I have been feeling disgruntled with the forum recently. I know I get out of it what I put in it. I don't have a lot of time to peruse others journals and comment. I have my top 4 people that I read and leave comments but that makes my comment pool sort of dry. I like comments. It's nice to know someone cares/relates. I have been mad at myself for being such a grumpy person recently and am going to try not to focus on that. I want to focus on the facts and my goals. It's just hard when I don't hear from anyone
*whine*Ok I am done. Just had to get that out! lol.
I hope you are all having a great day and a great weekend. I am lucky enough to have tommorow off
and my doctor's appointment is tommorow. I am going to find out if I can work some exercise into my routine We shall see. I have been overdoing it as it is and I am sore because of it. sigh. 4.5 more weeks!
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M2M
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Hey Mishi,
Hugs to you!!
This recoup period is such a hard time - but it WILL pass!
The weight gain was definitely from the surgery - it's nice to see it gone already! And know that just maintaining is a GOOD thing. Your body needs time to heal!
Don't worry about not getting to many diaries - do what you can and we're still here for you!
Remember, this time will pass!
Hugs to you!!
This recoup period is such a hard time - but it WILL pass!
The weight gain was definitely from the surgery - it's nice to see it gone already! And know that just maintaining is a GOOD thing. Your body needs time to heal!
Don't worry about not getting to many diaries - do what you can and we're still here for you!
Remember, this time will pass!
mickeytoni
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Wow you seem to have been threw a lot, what strenght you have. I hope it all gets better for you!