65 lbs less and a New Life

Wow! It's been a long time since the last time I wrote on this blog, I lost the login password and of course I couldn't access it, but I'm back.

I haven't loose much weight, I'm really taking it easy, I feel so healthy though, I have lost a total of 65 pounds, and my life is a new one.

Now I can run with my kid, I can walk again for hours on the mall without sitting down every two steps, or running out of breath, I can sleep through the night, without waking up because I couldn't breath.

Of course the relationship with my husband is a lot better, and one of the things that I like the most is that now I can sit on the floor. Yes! for some of you, this could be something simple, but for me it is a big deal, I can tie my shoes, put on my socks, etc.

I'm not in a hurry, my heart is doing really good, I feel it, my diabetes is gone, I'm eating a lot healthier and being a lot happier.


This is the new me, 65 pounds less and a long life ahead, but now it is a happy life.

This is a picture of me, I took it two weeks ago.

Thanks for Reading

The Plateau is Over--- Yippee!!!!!

Great!!

 I think at last I start loosing weight again, I was 267 lbs and now I'm 262lbs. Hopefully this will be the end of the problem.

I went yesterday to buy an outfit for a party that we have on Saturday and I was soooooo happy, because from  size 5X I went to 1X. I couldn't believe it, the lady at the big sizes clothes told me, "Yes Mrs. Kaplan, you should start believing it, you drop down almost 50 lbs, you are thinner now" 

And you know what guys, it felt so good, that I would do it again 100 times.

I push the plateau off of my life I think, I started again having cream of wheat for breakfast, and lots of water, oh and also started taking again religiously my water pills.

I think that it really was water retention, because even my face looks smaller.

Whatever it was I feel awesome, and renovated to keep going.

Wish me luck.

More soon 

Chris

p.s.  If you read my blog and are having or had a similar surgery, please let me know, I'm doing this for you guys, and the feed back is encouraging. 

My Food Diary

Hi everyone:

Oh my God. this is tuff. I don't think I'm doing anything bad, now that I have been writing how much food I'm eating I realized that I'm almost not eating.

The stomach size is so tiny tini that hardly any food fits inside. I'm not hungry at all, besides I'm drinking a lot of plain water..... Can you believe it?

Whoever knows me, knows that a few months ago, 3 to be exact I wouldn't have even try a sip of water, I couldn't even take it with lemon or something like that. The only way that I would drink it was as horchata (lots of sugar though) and now I'm drinking at least 3 bottles of water a day plus all the sugar free popsicles, OMG, I'm doing good hidratating my skin.

All the bad dryness that I used to have all over my body is gone, my legs are clear again. I'm sooo happy. Some of it is that my diabetes is all gone for good I hope, I don't check my sugar level every day, but once in a while that I do it, is always on a 100 or less, not more than 110.

I'm so happy. Besides the inches are going down, and down, and down. No the scale though, but I'll be patient, it will be sooner or later.

Thanks for reading my blog, if you want to see pictures or the links that I have posted you will need to click on the blog link click here, because the automated e-mail won't let you get into the blog.

See you soon.

Christina

My Three Month Appointment

Hello Everyone:

I went to Dr. Pehrrson for my 3 months appointment I was very concerned because I had just lost 7 pounds in a month.

Dr. Pehrrson said that I need to check closely what I am eating, I need to do a food dairy and fax it to the nutritionist to find out what is going out.

He also said that some times the body needs some time to settle down but at the same time I have been loosing some inches (a lot) so I'm less worried.

I posted these two pictures that we took on Tuesday, it's me with Ryan my 6 year old son. and one with my very best friend Nancy.

I feel a lot better as you can see on my face.

I'm starting to use skirts and hills, not very high because I'm tall and I don't need them, but my mood is getting better every day so I feel more like getting a little more girly than before.

I also need to buy some more clothes soon, because even the new ones are getting too big.


Thank you for reading

See you soon.


Christina

My Mom is Coming !!!!

Hello:

Yepeeeee!!!!! I'm so happy because finally the Doctor authorized my Mom to go on trips, and of course she picked come to visit her princesses. (Yeah right, she is coming to see her grandchildren)

Anyway I don't care what she is coming for; The time that she will spend with me in my house I will enjoy her very much because I really, really missed her.

The good thing is that now I can walk a lot more (I don't get tired as much) and we are going to be able to go shopping and stuff (yeah right again, just remember the gasoline prices)

I will post some pictures of her visit, so you can see how beautifull we are and how good all those illnesses did to us. hahahaha.

This picture of her is from last year. I can't believe that it is almost a year without seeing her.

Keep reading and I will keep writing. See you soon.

Christina

Hello

Ryan took this picture earlier today, let's see what do you think,

Love

Chris

Hello Everyone

Sorry I have been away for a while. It's a busy month for me because it is my youngest son's birthday, he is 6 years old and you know how it is to organize birthday parties. Besides I have been very busy with my scrapbook business and classes thank God.

I had my endoscopy and everything was fine, I think my nausea were because I ate some shrimps and maybe one of them wasn't so good.

Anyway it was worth to check everything out.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

I'm not doing very good with my weight loss, I'm having a hard time I don't know why, but not loosing almost anything. I don't want to be discourage, I will keep trying and doing what I have to do, next week I will see Dr. Pehrrson and he will tell me what to do.

I will post more as soon as I know.

Love you all

Chris

New Clothes

6/13/08

271.2 lbs and new clothes 4 sizes smaller the pants and 2 sizes smaller the shirt

Yuck!!! Wrong clothes Chris, you look bigger with the new ones, go back to your old huge clothes. LOL

Complications

Oh no!!!! I think I'm starting with complications. I called my doctor because I had a lot of nausea and I wasn't dumping. He asked me to go and see him. He sent me for a blood test, everything was normal, so he sent me to another upper endoscopy.

As I understood the passage between my esophagus and my pouch is too tight and the solid food can't go through, that is why I'm having nausea, so they need to get in and open it with the endoscope.

I'm not vomiting or anything so I think that the food does go through, but hardly. so they programed it for Wednesday 18th I'm not scared or anything, but I was feeling so good.

Chris

I'm back in track !!!!!

Hello Everyone:

Finally, I'm back on the loosers side, from 282 I went to 271.2 lbs, for a total since the surgery of 42.8 lbs, that is a lot. I don't know how did it happened but it did. I was on the same weight for more than a week and I was really sad, but now I'm back and happy.

Chris

I Dumped and very bad

Hello everyone:

Today was my first day on solid food. I had a little bit of grounded beef and I was just starting to eat, and I started with a bad pain in my stomach, I thought I was having a heart attack, and trust me, I know how that feels.

I was ready to call 911, I thought it was my heart, but I drank a sip of water and then I had to run to the bathroom to through up, and I started to feel better.

I realized that I was dumping, I never did so bad before. I learned my lesson, no more beef.

Happy Memorial Day to all

Chris

My Grandparents

Hello:

This is a very special blog, it is dedicated to my Grandparents, specially to my Grandma because she fighted against my weight for a long time. I remember her saying "Chris I'm going to die and you will never let me see you thin" And she did, now I feel bad, but I know that wherever she is, she will be happy for me.

Grandma, this is for you, enjoy it as much as I am.

I love you guys and I miss you .

Chris

It was nothing

Hello:

I went to the doctor and he said it is ok, the wound is not draining pus anymore, he gave me antibiotic and just took off the scab, cleaned it and put a bandate on.

We talked about the tumor he founded on one of my ovaries and he said that it looks like it is not malign but we need to check it out.

He also said that we will need to wait a little more until I loose some more weight and then he can remove it laparoscopicly.

Let's see what happens. He also was happy for all the weight I've lost, it looks that I'm loosing it very fast. It made me feel so happy.

Chris

Wow! 3.8 lbs.

Even without ending my period the scale showed 3.8 lbs less. Yipeeeee!!!!!!! I can't wait to finish my period to see how much I lost.

Chris

Too Good To Be True

Hello:

This morning I discovered that one of my wounds is infected, and pus is coming out of it. I called the doctor's office and they said to apply warm compresses, and they might give me some antibiotics.

I'm not sure how it will work, I was diabetic, and I'm so afraid of infections.

Let's see what happens, they should call me today.

Chris

New Pictures

Hello:

Today for the first time I'm wearing my old smaller clothes, the ones that I had stored in the closet and couldn't wear for obvious reasons, now I can and I think that with them I look a lot smaller, you can compare from the green outfit that were taken the day of the surgery and the pink ones that were taken today.

What do you think, you can post your comments.

Thanks for Reading

Chris

I'm Going Down Again!!!!!

280.6 lbs Yippee!!!! that is a lot of pounds that I've lost. I cant believe it! This surgery is the best.

I'm so sorry they didn't invented it a few years ago when my Granny was still here. I'm sure she would have loved to see this.

Well wherever she and Grandpa are, I'm sure they are enjoying it with me too.

Keep coming to see this, I will be posting more.

Chris

I'm retaining so much water

Today is my Surgery 1st Month anniversary, and I'm so upset, I'm retaining water again, even with my water pills my feet are getting like bricks.

This doesn't have to do anything with the surgery, I was like that before, but the water retention gets in the middle of my weight loss, or at least it doesn't let the scale give me the right weight.

Oh well, I'm about to have my monthly visitor again so I guess the scale will be stuck for a while. I won't even going to get on it now, until my visitor is gone.

Chris

My Monthly Pictures

I will post the pictures that I'll take every month so you can see the difference.

4/15/08, 314 lbs The Morning of the Surgery
5/12/08 283.8 Lbs 3 days before a Month After the Surgery

6/1/08 at 280.2 I'm in a plateau













6/13/08
271.2 lbs and new clothes 4 sizes smaller the pants and 2 sizes smaller the shirt

My Mother's Day Celebration

Hello Everyone:

I had a fantastic Mother's Day. I thought it was going to be hard with all that food around me, but it really wasn't.

We had a BBQ at my Mother in Law's and I even was able to sit with my family and chat while they ate and I drank my protein drink.

I took my small Tupperwares with the things that I could eat. I started pureed foods today, so this morning I made a yummy soup with chicken and veggies, then I blended it and that was it.

I also took some mashed potatoes, just in case, but I didn't even try it.

My Mother in Law made a jell-o that is a real blast, and I had a little tiny bit, I couldn't even had a table spoon of it, but it helped me with the cravings. It's full of sugar.

So I had fun, I saw my family. (The first time after the surgery) everyone said that you can tell that I'm loosing weight and that my face looks hydrated, and that made me happy.

I even liked the pictures that they took of me, this never happened before. LOL

Anyway. Thanks for reading my blog, and see you soon

Happy Mother's Day again.

Chris

I'm still loosing inches

I have been loosing inches because my clothes are getting bigger and bigger. And some clothes that I stored in the closet because I didn't fit on them, now I'm wearing them.

So even if the scale says that I'm in the same weight, I'm happy because the mirror shows something different.

Love to all and thanks for stopping by

Chris

At Last!

Hi:

Something happened with my blog that I couldn't log on for a few days, but I'm back now. I have been struggling with my water. I'm retaining some water since I started drinking the V8 juice (I add lemon juice and salt) I know it's my fault, so the scale is been stuck in the same weight, sometimes it goes a few ounces higher.

I know I'm still loosing weight, but in the mornings when I jump on the scale it's a little discouraging to see that it hasn't change or what is worse, that it changed to go up.

Anyway, I'm still doing my diet and looking forward to my pureed food, I will start with them on Wednesday, next week.

Now I have been using my time preparing my son's birthday party and doing the cards that I need for my business for Mother's Day and Graduations, so I haven't been thinking about food.

I have finally taking all my vitamins, I ended putting them in the same box that I have my heart medications, that way I won't forget them.

I will be posting so more soon. Wish me luck with the salt and the water retention.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Mother's Day to all.

Christina

I'm Stuck

Hi:

I'm stuck on my weight. I go up a few ounces and go down again, I know it is the water that I'm retaining but even with my water pill I can't get it off my body.

Today I'll buy the thing to take measures of my body, I know I'm loosing inches, because the sizes of my clothes are going down. So I'm not going to cry yet LOL

I'll be back soon.

Chris

Support Group Meetings

The next Support Group Reunion in my area would be on May 5th at 7:30 p.m. at the Methodist Hospital of Arcadia, Ca.

Then on June 3rd, we will have the reunion of Corner Bakery at 3807 Foothill Blvd. Pasadena 91107 between Michillinda and Rosemead at 6:00 p.m.

I hope to see you all there.

Chris

Not Every Day

Hi:

I decided to check my weight every day but not register daily, instead I will register every two or three days because the last three days have been pretty scary for me.

I was in 288.8, the next morning and after a day of effort following my diet I was 289.6, (I freaked out) and the following one I was on 291 lbs, so after trying to analyze what has been happening with me, I realized that it is that I put some salt on my vegetables juice and that made me retain water, Dr. Soldo, my cardiologist, reduced the amount of water pills that I have been taking for a few years so my body started retaining water, and that was the extra weight that my scale registered.

Now I'm back on my water pills and the weight started to go down, I'm on 289.2.

That is nice. I'm happy again.

Chris

I Have New Friends

Hi guys:

I feel so good! Did you see my weight? 288.8 WOW!

I'm feeling great. Besides yesterday I went to my first OH support group, my first one in life and I enjoyed it very much.

All the members of the group were awesome, very nice people, and all of them had an amazing weight loss, and a lot of advices for me. I'm so happy I went, Thanks Little Michele for telling me. I will go to the following ones for sure.


Christina

My First Visit to Dr, Pehrsson's Office After the Surgery

Today it's been two weeks since my surgery

I feel great! and I'm very happy because Dr. Pehrsson told me that I'm doing great, that almost all the patients loose 30 lbs in the first month and I lost 20 in two weeks.

I hope I can keep this pace because if I slow down I'll get frustrated.

Dr. Pehrsson said that everything is good, Pam his nurse, said that it is very important to drink all the proteins because the weight loss depends on it, maybe that is why two days ago I didn't loose an ounce, because I didn't drink all my proteins.

Now I am into the proteins mood, LOL I'll drink all of them instead of all that water.

Today I'm going to my first support group reunion, I'm excited, I can't wait to meet new people with my same problem.

Wish me luck


Christina

I Got the Flu

Oh my.. I feel terrible.. My son got the flu last week and I have been taking care of him with high fever etc. two nights in a row without having a good night sleep, so I guess my defenses or something got me, and I got the flu too.

Now I feel terrible, soar throat, stuff nose, coughing a lot... I haven't get any fever yet, but I just started feeling bad this early morning.

I lost another pound though. Wish me luck going through it.

On Tuesday I'll see Dr. Pherrson. and on Wednesday I'll start "Phase III"
that means vegetable cream soups, yogurt, and something else that I can't remember now, but I'm looking forward to the soups, those are my favorites.

I'm getting to the point that I hate the shakes, I don't know if that happens to everyone, or it's just me. I re-order them and this time I'll try the chocolate one, let's see if that helps a little bit.

I'll be back soon.

Christina

How I Feel

Today is the 9th day after the surgery and I'm 292.6 lbs, I'm still wearing my same clothes, they are not looser or anything, they might be a little, but not much.

I can see a small difference on my belly and also on my face, and my friends at Ryan's school said that you can see the difference in my face. It's also my mood, now I feel happy and fine, but most of all healthy.

Every day is easier to follow the diet, it's like I'm getting used to it, the last two days I haven't had any cravings.

My son Ryan is right here sitting on my lap and reading what I type, now he is laughing out loud. LOL

I'm back to my full day activities, they are not that many though, but I'll start going out on walks with my friend Maria and I'm back at my scrapbook classes.

I already finished one container of the protein drink, I re-order them, that will be a little too expensive because I finished one and a quarter container in 9 days and they are not cheap $54.95 each plus tax plush Shipping, so you can imagine.

I hope I won't need them for the rest of my life. I don't know. I have a bunch of doubts, I hope to clarify them on Tuesday that I'm seeing my surgeon.

My stomach is fine, still some cramps but not very many. I think most of the air is out because it doesn't look bloated anymore. My wounds are still licking a little bit of fluid, it's a pain on the neck to go out because I need to put a small towel on top of the wound that is dripping, otherwise I will get soaked.

That is another thing that I want to ask Dr. Pherrson, Is this stopping soon? I can't wait for June, on June 11th my 5 phases would be over and I hope a lot of my weight gone, and then the summer, swimming suits, pool, etc. etc. I can't wait to see myself thinner. I dream with it every night. I will keep dreaming until the day is finally here.

Thanks for Reading!

Chris

I'm Driving !!!!!

Hi:

I decided to call Dr. Pherrson's office to ask about driving and I'm happy I did, I talked to Shannon, one of the girls in charge of the patients and she said that if I'm not taking my Vicodin anymore and I'm feeling good, there is no reason to refrain from driving.

So guess what... Yes I went out, shopping of course (hey I'm a girl) and I drove straight to Mitchael's. I don't want to buy new clothes yet, besides I still can wear mines, so I went to get some glitter that I needed and a few other things that got on my way LOL.

I walk through the store twice, (that was my daily walk) and to be honest when I got out I was feeling really tired, besides the walking inside the store, I parked the car the fardest I could from the entrance, that way I force myself to walk (before I tried to park right in front of the door).

This are some of the old habits that I want to break, I need to start living a new life in all senses, and I'm willing to do it.

Today I'm 293.6 and I feel great, next Tuesday I'll start with phase 3, and that is a little less hard, they incorporate vegetable cream soups, yogurt, custard, and thing like that, some new flavours, everything will still be blended and strained but it's ok.

I need to order new protein supplements already, it's amazing how fast the containers got empty.

If you keep reading, I'll keep posting so see you soon.

Christina

Wow!

It's been a while since the last time I was in the two hundreds!!!! I'm so happy, and it hasn't been so hard. Not at all. It's really worth it.

Let me clarify that I didn't lost 5 pounds in one day (I don't think I did) What happened is that I finished with my monthly girls issue, and I'm not retaining that water, besides the air that they pumped in for the surgery, is almost all out.

Today the Nutritionist from Dr. Pherrson's Office called me for the first week check up and guess what, I'm taking only half of my protein, (it is complicated) I supposed to drink 80 to 90 grams of proteins a day that will make 36 ounces of the protein shake, and I was only taking hardly 16 oz. a day. Now I will be drinking that most of the day, no wonder why I had head aches all day.


Next week on the 29th I will be seeing Dr. Pherrson, and I hope he will let me drive, my poor David (my husband) has been working really hard. He goes to work at 7, comes back at 11 to take Ryan to school, comes back at 3 to pick the kids from school, and he goes back to work. Besides he has been working really hard in the house and with the kids.

Now I feel a lot better. The licking of my wounds almost gone for good, they just itch a lot, I guess they are healing. I need to start doing some exercise, I wish the weather were a little hotter, and I'll be swimming all day LOL.

I'm trying to walk, keep forgetting though, it's hard to break with old habits, I used to spend my days on the computer, or doing cards, always sitting down, I WAS (Oh God it sound so good) so heavy that it was hard to walk. Now only 18.6 lbs less, I feel a lot better.

I wonder how would I feel after loosing all the weight. Would I feel like flying?? LOL

Thanks for reading my blog!
See you soon!!!


Christina

Yepeee !

Oh my God. I can't believe it, it's happening, I'm already in 300.4 lbs. On the date of my endoscopy I was 314. I'm so happy and excited.

Something scary happened yesterday; I went out to my scrapbook class, my friend Nancy came to pick me up, because I can't drive, it was necessary to take my car because hers was too low for me to get in. I was so happy of going back to my activities, doing my cards is what I like the best.

So I finished my class and to be honest I was feeling very tired of being sitting down for almost 3 hours. Before leaving home, I noticed that one of my wounds was liking fluid, it was like water with a little bit of blood, nothing to be scared about I thought. I went to the class, and when we came back I noticed that my pants were a little wet, I call the doctor's office and the nurse was busy, I was really freaking out, I didn't know if it was because it was getting infected or what. I call the nurse again and finally she answer, she told me not to worry that the fluid supposed to come out like that. She just asked me to take it easy and not overdue, and put some hot compress on top of the wounds.

This morning when I woke up, I was soaked, all wet, I guess from 3 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. it was dripping all the time. I'm not worried anymore, but it's nothing comfortable.

I'm getting a little tired of not having anything to chew, sometimes I need something crunchy to chew. I'm not hungry but it's just the necessity of chewing. LOL

Keep coming to read my progress, I'm proud of what I've accomplished already.

Chris

A good Day

Hi everyone:

Today is my 5 day post-op and I'm feeling better every day. I just can't get rid of this head ache. It's not that strong but it bothers me.

After going out yesterday, I slept like a baby, still on the couch because my bed is not as comfortable as it used to be before the surgery.

Today my friend Donna and her kids came to visit me and I was great, we chat for hours and while we were talking I got to finish almost all my protein drinks, today for the first day I could drink them all....

After Donna left, I went out to the pool and walk around it 6 laps, it's a regular size pool so I think that it was a good walk. And after the good walk I went to my scrapbook room and made two cards. It was a productive day don't you think? LOL

Tomorrow I'm going out again to one of my scrapbook classes. My friend Nancy is picking me up because I still can't drive, I hope that I feel good enough all the time. I'll see you guys tomorrow.

Did you see my weight meter? I will check my weight every 3 or 4 days because with an every day, it's not enough to make me scream....

Christina

I Went Out for the First Time

I did go to my kid's game. I took a hot shower first to feel better, I wore loose clothes and I went out, decided to have a great time...

It was good, I got to see my friends and that helped me with my mood, after being sitting down on the grades for more than an hour, my belly wounds started to hurt a little, and my back was sore, other than that I even drank two ounces of water.

I passed my first test. Everyone was chowing goodies that I love and I was ok. I can't tell that I didn't wanted to try them like they told me on the first seminar I went to. (per the surgeon) but I was ok, cuz my stomach was full of liquids.

I don't know how hard would it be in the future, but I know that I will survive.

I Miss my Mom

I slept last night on the couch, I went to bed around 11 p.m. and woke up at 6:30 to go to the bathroom. I was comfortable most of the night. I have other Lady issues (your now my monthly visitor) so I'm a little more sore but I will survive.

Oh God I miss my Mom so much! She couldn't help me this time because the poor thing broke her ankle and she is on crotches.

I'm taking my shake (protein) now and I will have a jell-o. Dr. Phersson's Office gave me a schedule for the way to drink my liquids and I discover that it's easier if I just take most of the proteins together, then the jell-o then some water, etc. instead of one ounce of protein, one of water, one of jell-o, etc.

I want to go out, I think I can. I have to walk to be able to release the gasses so I think I'll be going to my son's t-ball game and I'll write my experience later today.

Bye for now
Christina

The Second Day at Home

The first picture is before the surgery and the other one is today

In some aspects, today was a little better, I woke up with the same problem on my back and so upset because all night long I had to sit down every hour to relax my back or my side, and I hardly slept. Oh my God! I miss so much the hospital bed.


After waking up and starting to take my medications one by one (I mixed half pill with one zip of protein drink that was less awful) I went to sit down on the family room, I had a bad head ache and nothing works to get rid of it.



I started registering every sip that I take because I have to drink still 2 oz of liquid every half an hour. That is hard! you can't stop, you have to be drinking all the time in little sips.

Thanks God now I have a little more variety; The protein drink (banana or vanilla), jello (sugar free in all the flavours I could find) chicken bouillon, juice (apple and cranberry) and water. So I can't complaint that much.

I weighted myself yesterday. Before the hospital I think I was 311 lbs, now I am 304 lbs and I still have all that air inside, I hope that the air is giving me some extra weight.

My belly is still very bloated, and the bruces are worse, it hurts inside when I don't have my medicine on (vicodin) but I can survive without it. Yesterday I took it until around 9 p.m. to go to sleep and I was fine all day.

I'll be right back

Christina

Finally At Home

Yes Yes Yes! I'm at home!

And I'm not sure if that is better or not. At the hospital I was feeling good, of course I was on Morfin all the time, but since I got here I have had pain and I feel so weird. I was ready and waiting for my husband at the hospital and when he got to my room we started taking and he showed me a picture that Dr. Pherrson gave him right after the surgery. It's a picture of one of my ovaries that has a big "huge" tumor. Dr. Pherrson told David that it can be benign, but that we need to check with my gynecologist.

Dr. Soldo said the same, but he said that whatever it is we will need to

wait for a while to have any procedure.

My Time at home hasn't been very good, at night my bed seems to be harder than what I thought (it is a soft matres) and I have to be all night in one position (facing up) because if a turn to one side my stomach hurts, so I stayed facing up and then my back hurts a lot. Of course I have the problem of my broken ribs during the Heart Surgery, maybe that is why I am so uncomfortable. You have to consider that I also had the Heart Bypass only three years ago, and believe it or not, I'm still recovering, so it's harder for me, but for any of you will only be the gastric bypass, so it'll be easier.

I just woke up from my first night at home and I'm all sore, taking my medications (for my heart) has been a pain, because I think that with the breathing tube they hurted my through and it's been really hard to swallow the pills. I smash them but they taste terrible, I will need to find another way to take them.

I feel bad, I don't know what I need to do, I want to go to bed and at the same time I want to drink something, I'm so uncomfortable. I think I will go to the rest room, I'll write more later, I'm not good now.

The pictures are nurse Valerie, and the Volunteers that took me to the car.

Starting Phase Two

I'm so much better now, even when I didn't sleep very much because my sleep apnea was bad last night, (usually I don't even notice it at home, I know I have it because I was diagnosed when I visited the pulmonologist for the pre-surgery tests) but they took out the blather catheter that by the way wasn't painful at all (I was afraid of it), and believe it or not the best part is to be able to wear my underwear again.

I'm also starting phase two, I'm drinking 4 ounces of clear liquids an hour; that means JUICES!

and after 24 hours of drinking only water they taste great.

I have to dilute it with water, but still it has a great flavour.

One of Dr. Pherrson's Staff Doctors came to see me and she said I might be going home today. I thought I will need to have a bowel movement, but they told me is not always like that, anyway I took a second walk around, and that made me feel like going, so I'm waiting...

The pain has been mild, of course I'm on "Morfin" and as soon as it wears off the pain gets bad.

I took a picture of my wounds, they are not bad, don't freak out ! and the best part is that they don't hurt at all.

The only pain is the one inside, it's like the feeling that you have when you are bloated, just like that; It is just a little harder but that's it.

Of course this is with the pain killer medicine. I really haven't try it without the meds.

Thanks For Reading

Christina

I Made It !

It's 6:58 p.m. on the surgery day. I made it!! I'm feeling good a little stomach soreness though.

We got to the hospital at 4:40 a.m. and after registering in the admission department, they sent me to a room where they put the IV and made me sign a few papers. My husband and my poor babies (5 and 13) were there with us because I couldn't get there a baby sitter because of the hour.
My stomach is really sore, it feels like full of gas, and I can't pass it. It is because of all the air that they pumped in during surgery to be able to work in the stomach.


Today wasn't that bad, I didn't eat again, after the surgery they started giving me water. One ounce every hour, and I had to drink it with little zips, I needed to take a pill and I had too much water, my stomach feels like if I ate a hole big dinner, and it's not a pleasant feeling, and I only drank one ounce and a half because I also needed to take the potassium (half ounce).

So I think I will succeed this time. Now I'm going to go to sleep, I'm tired.
Christina