Back in the land of the living

 Before surgery

Unfortunately I seem to be one of the one who suffered after surgery. Monday I was in loads of pain and nauseas plus the pain in my shoulder was excruciating– I pretty much slept though so did escape the pain. Tues not much better – nausea got worse as the day went on and I started vomiting up blood (after just dry heaving). The girls and Kevin came to visit but I wasn’t really up to it. (Amy bought in stack of cards from her friends at school – which I thought was so sweet). They tried 3 different anti-nausea drugs before one actually worked. This was about 9pm on Tues night and I was in tears cause I just wanted a break. Did manage to drink a half glass of cordial during the day and sometime during the day the shoulder pain went away. Wed feeling better. Mum, Dad and Granny came to visit which was very nice and helped fill in the morning, then Kevin came in the afternoon. Had trouble finding a comfy position to sit/lie. Managed a bit of soup at lunch and dinner plus more cordial. The lady beside me was a given an icy pole which I would almost have killed for. Last night I had a really bad head/neck ache. But eventually got off to sleep and got a reasonable nights rest. Still feeling nauseous this morning but didn’t convince my nurse I still could take my nausea tablets until around 10.30am, hence the drive home from Sydney was not too comfortable. On the way home I made Kevin stop and get me that icy pole and boy was it nice. I ate half , then the rest later on. It really hit the spot and was easy to get down. I’ve been vegging out on the couch watching TV and cuddling with my pup and feel so much better this afternoon. Now I’m sipping on a choc optifast shake and will try some pumpkin soup for dinner. Oh, I did hop on the scales and am down 3kg from Monday morning – not surprising with how little I’ve eaten – so that’s 9kg in 2.5 weeks. Not too shabby . Hmm, just realized I’m the lowest weight I’ve been in about 10 years. Anyway, it’s good to be back in the land of the living.

Libby made it – by Kevin

Libby came out of surgery yesterday at about 4pm.

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Heres a really crappy photo taken with my phone while she sleept (I will get in trouble for this). She was in pain (the black cord is the Pethidine button) and has a normal saline drip in. I will be visiting today so will let you know how its all going. If she is anything like me, day 2 will be better but still not up to phone calls or concentrating on anything more than daytime television (Which is suprisingly watchable while on serious opiates)

Hopefully by tomorrow, she should be feeling closer to normal again and ready to come home on Thursday.

— Kevin

No going back

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Todays the day when I head to hospital and have much of my stomach removed. There is no going back – not that I’d want to. I desperately want to be a slim, fit, energetic person and as far as I can see it WLS is the only way to make it a reality. I’m actually feeling excited this morning. Got up around 5am so I could have my last shake before fasting for the operation. My Mum and Dad are taking me to the hospital after we drop the girls at school and I should be in surgery around 11am-12pm. Kevin is going to come be with me when I awaken – though based on his experience I won’t be that awake until tomorrow. I only lost 1.5kg this week which isn’t as much as I’d expected but still gives me 6kg for the last two weeks. I should know by now my body behaves quite as it should when it comes to losing weight. Anyway, hopefully I’ll be back home and blogging by Thurs/Fri.

After just one week on pre-op diet

I’m VERY excited to report I lost 4.5kg (10lbs), which is what I lost on the 12 weeks I did the Body for Life program. Now I do realize if went back to eating “normally” it would all go straight back on but since I’m not going to’ it’s weight lost forever. I’m now under 120kg and feeling a lot better. It’s not been too bad a week, though yesterday was HARD – I really wanted to eat- like a normal person or even cook dinner for my family- like a normal person. I did have some rice paper rolls while we were out for lunch instead of a bar, which I think balanced itself out. But it was a LONG afternoon. Feeling better today (though rather hungry). The fantastic shift on the scales certainly helps :-). And this time next week I’ll be getting ready for the op.

The current highlight of my day is dinner – low-startch veggies stir-fried in chicken stock and soy sauce – YUM!!!

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