Can't Believe How Time Flies!

Good grief, it's been over a month since I last posted anything here on this site. My weight has just stayed the same the last two or three weeks. It's kind of discouraging to say the least but I guess that's the way it goes. Of course it didn't help that while I was stopping for a pop in the morning I was also picking up a doughnut for breakfast. Not good I know!

I have reformed though and vowed to stay away from them. I know the pop has got to stop too but somehow I just can't get past it. No matter how determined I am, I crave Diet Pepsi. I guess what I'll do is start by cutting down. Instead of two 32 oz. pops, I'll go to one. Then hopefully, I'll be able to cut down to a 20 oz. and so on until I'm down to zip, nada, nill, none! I'll give it a try, maybe I'll wait til school's out though, my diet pepsi is all that gets me through some mornings.

Next month will be a year since my surgery. I guess fifty-five pounds in a year is okay. That's just a bit over a pound a week. Dr. Davis said that's the way you should do it so I guess as long as I can keep loosing I'm okay with fifty-five pounds. My knee surgery is going to be the first part of July so hopefully I will be able to start doing a little more exercise next year. I would really like that.

Well, that's about it for now, I will at least try to get on here once a month and update my info. I see Dr. Davis sometime next month so I'll report after that. Wish me luck!

Way Too Long!

I know it's been way too long since I last wrote anything here. I had some stomach problems awhile back and ended up at the hospital once and in the doctor's office another time. I was having some kind of painful attack in my chest. At first I thought it was a heart attack becaue my jaw would go numb and I couldn't catch my breath. After several EKGs and an afternoon in the hospital having my stomack probed and tissue biopsied, the doctors have concluded that I had gastroindenitis (however that's spelled). They changed some of my medications and gave me something for the panic attacks I'd been having and I seem to be doing a lot better. If you want to know all the details you can read about it on my other blog, "Memoirs of a Gramma."

Any way, I'm still here struggling to loose a pound or two. I go down and then I seem to find my way back up. I do love the lap band though and would do it over and over again. I think it's the best decision concerning my weight that I've ever made. I feel better and better, my clothes are fitting much more comforatbly and I'm just overall happier about myself.


I seem to be over the chocolate addiction I was going through. I just couldn't get enough chocolate but finally, now, if I have more than one little piece I feel like I want to throw up (and I've done more than my share of throwing up.) If I eat too fast or don't take a breather between bites my food gets stuck and I end up in the bathroom with my head in the toilet. It was sad to see little Alie Kae last night mimicking me with her head over the toilet spitting in it like she's seen me do I guess. I didn't think she had ever seen me throw up but I guess she had. Little stinker!

Well, I guess I'd better go. I just finished ISAT testing for the day and had better head inside to get some work done. Thanks for listening. It really does give me strength to force myself onward toward that size 10. I think I'll treat myself to a new dress when I finally make it, that would be great!

Two Weeks From Last Week Whatever!

Well, here I am. My New Years Resolution to cut out the chocolate and Diet Pepsi have gone bye bye long ago but I have managed to slow down and enjoy my life a little more. I'm still having trouble keeping certain foods down and just have to eat slower and chew longer. The story of my life!


I haven't been back to the doctor because he said he didn't need to see me for three months. That was because at my last visit I had done so well and lot sixteen pounds in three weeks. I don't seem to be able to loose anymore though. It's very frustrating. I know it's the Diet Pepsi, when I through up it's usually after eating and drinking Diet Pepsi. I've just got to cut that out! It's so hard though . . . it's the highlight of most of my mornings. I wake up ready to head to the kitchen for a drink, I sound like an alcoholic, but refrain until at least 10:00. I consider that a win on my part. I'm back up to two thirty-two ounces a day. I guess my goal can be to cut back to one thirty-two ounce a day. I know I would feel better so that's what I'll work on the next two weeks. I'll let you know how that goes.

For now, I'm still at a total weight loss of fifty-two pounds. I know that's good, but not good enough. I need to loose another fifty-two pounds and then I'll be where I need to be. Wish me luck!

Week Whatever!!!

Okay, here I am. My last appt. with Dr. Davis was just the week after Thanksgiving. I had finally dropped some weight. I dropped sixteen pounds in five weeks. He was really excited but not nearly as excited as I was. I knew also though, that it would slow down and that Christmas would be a huge challenge. Dr. Davis couldn't understand why I was worried about Christmas and not Thanksgiving that had just passed. At Christmas time I bake, it's the only time of the year that I do, but I do enjoy having goodies and baked goods to have around the house to munch on. It's nice to have something when the kids stop by. It was really nice to have them around for the holidays. But . . . since I did do all that baking and what not, I have lost a very little bit of weight over the holidays. I lost about four pounds over that two week holiday vacation. I need to loose about fifty more pounds. I'm at a forty-eight pound weight loss and I feel so much better but I still have so far to go. I get discouraged at times because food is hard to keep down. I don't know if I eat too much or if I eat too fast but I have done my share of throwing up this past two weeks. I hate to throw up! Any way that's where I'm at today. Feeling better but knowing that I can still feel much, much better!

Week ????

I've lost track of the weeks and I haven't been too good at keeping up with my progress. I've had my band tightened again, I now have 8 cc of saline, which I think is quite a bit. Kelley has only ever had 4 cc and she says hers is pretty much limited out. My band is an AP Large so maybe it holds more than hers. I know they had changed many things and made lots of progress in the year between her surgery and mine. This last fill has seemed to help me be more successful. The weight loss is slow but it's coming off. I loose about one to two pounds a week. I know really slow, but I know it will take a while.

I started weighing in at school with my yo-yo sisters. I think that will help. Jeannie is keeping track of the weight and no one else ever has to see it. She also started a blog called "yes,yes we can" to uplift and encourage us on our way through these dreadful DIET years. Yes, I know it will be years, it's not something that will ever go away. It's something I will fight with for the rest of my life, but I can do it. I know that I can!

Week Seventeen

Oh my gosh, I can't believe that it is week seventeen already. I haven't written since week fourteen but not that much has happened since then. I've had my band tightened, that was fun!, but my weight seems to refuse to come off. My clothes are fitting looser which is really nice but the scales are telling me that there is very little change. My next appt with Dr. Davis is next Tuesday so we'll see what happens after that. I've been getting food stuck, especially rice, and have ended up throwing up about three times now. I hate to throw up!!!
There's nothing worse that heaving your guts out! Usually I will just get a feeling of being really full but if I start burbing or get the hick-ups I know it's coming back up. Not very pleasant I know.

My weight seems to fluctuate with a range of three of four pounds. I don't know why, but it does. I can't see a difference but the people that I work with say they can. The only place I can see it is in my face but my clothes are fitting looser so I guess it's doing something.

Today is pajama day at school and I was able to wear a pair of flannel pajamas I bought last Christmas that didn't even have a hint of fitting then. Well, they do now! That's always good. I know if I could cut out the soda pop, which is really bad for you after lap band surgery, I would do much better. My new goal is to completely cut it out of my life and never, never drink it again. I made the move to lemonade and I've been doing okay with that. I just really miss my pepsi!

Well not much else to tell you until after my appt next week. I'll fill you in more then.

Week Fourteen . . .

Well, it's been awhile since I wrote about my surgery. It's just been rather uneventful until this past week. I met the new doctor, Dr. Davis, a month ago but because he was waiting on his Idaho license he was unable to do any fills. So, I went on and on waiting for anything to happen. It was not fun and you know I'm the patient with the least amount of patience it definately wasn't fun.

He finally got his license and I finally got my first fill. I really couldn't tell any difference. The whole procedure wasn't a lot of fun either, they numbed the port site with a little tiny needle and then they inserted the saline solution with a great, big, humongous needle. He had me lift my legs up and hold them while he adjusted the amount and then I had to sit up with the needle still sticking out of me and drink a bottle of water to make sure that the water was going down without any problems. He only put 2 cc's in me and he told me that should be enough. It wasn't.

I didn't feel any restictions at all and never seemed to feel full. I worked with that for the next month and lost two pounds for the month. I went back a week ago and had another fill. I told Dr. Davis that he put in 2 cc's and he said no, that he always put in 4 cc's and then if more is needed he would do 1 cc at a time. I told him I must have been wrong but when he got the needle in and withdrew the saline, guess what? There was only 2 cc's in there. He said I wouldn't have felt like I was getting full very fast, very often. He put 4 more cc's in and had me drink a bottle of water. I told him I didn't feel any restriction and so he added a little more. I still didn't feel any different so to make a long story short, after three bottles of water and a total of 6 cc's he was done. I could finally feel the restriction I was suppossed to feel. It's not a very comfortable feeling and sorry to say, I've felt it a few times since. Rice seems to be the hardest thing to eat, it gets plugged very easily. Bread and rolls are also hard to eat and I am learning to eat slower and chew my food forever before swallowing it. The hardest part still remains the no drinking for 1/2 hour before or after eating. I have to admit, I cheat a little there. It's hard not to.

So far, I've lost a total of 39 pounds. Not too shabby but as I said before, I'm not a patient person. I know it took thirty years to put it all on so I can't expect it to all come off over night. I see him again in a week or so but I'm not decided on whether to have him fill it again or just continue with this amount for a while again. Any way, we'll see what happens in a week or so.

Week Six, Day Five

Well, here I am three weeks later. It's been a crazy three weeks (thus, the no blogging). Adam and Brittany had their baby and I spent a week in Salt Lake with them, the 4th of July came and went without too much hoopla and I am just getting slower and less ambitious as the summer goes on.

My 4th and 6th week check ups were just so-so. I did see Dr. Avila for my 4th week check up but had to make an appt. with the new doc, Dr. Davis, for my 6th week visit. Then two days before my appt. they called to say that Dr. Davis didn't have his license to practice in Idaho yet so they had to cancel and I rescheduled for the 5th of August. The bad thing about it all is that I want this band to be tightened and Dr. Avila wouldn't tighten it because you have to wait six weeks for the band to heal before they do. So now he's gone and moved to Seattle and I'm stuck here with a doctor without a license. It's very frustrating and it's hard to make any progress this way. I'm still pretty much at the same weight these past two weeks. I was on a roll for a while but now it's getting easier to eat and I find myself doing things that I shouldn't do or eating things I shouldn't be eating. I'll wait another week and then I think if I'm still waiting I'll be asking for a referral to another doctor who can tighten this thing.

Any way, solid foods are going good, a little too good I think. The hardest thing still is to not drink with my food and then to drink so much water between meals. I keep trying though, hopefully it will get easier as time goes by.

It's 3:10 in the a.m. so I think I'll close here and try to get some sleep. I'm finally tired enough that I think I can sleep. I'll try to make it back here sooner than the last time. Happy dieting!

Week Three, Day Six . . .

Well, I decided I'd better start counting by weeks and days rather than just days. I'm not sure I can count that high. I just came from my first follow-up appt. with Dr. Avila. He said everything was looking great and asked if I had been nauseated or thrown up at all. Since I haven't felt any of that, he said I was okay to move on to soft foods. I told him about eating some regular food and doing fairly well with it and I asked him why I have to go through the liquid and then puree stages. He said it is to help with the hunger issue. Easing into real food causes less hunger problems and since they don't do any fills until the sixth week visit, learning to deal with those issues is important. I guess I can understand that. He said I can eat anything I would feed to a baby. That limits me quite a bit. I guess no more chile rellano for a while. Any way everything went very well.

Yesterday I had some juice for breakfast and an ensure for lunch. We went to Treyson's last T-ball game so I put some potatoes in the oven before we left and let them bake while we were gone. When we got home I sauteed some mushrooms and we had our baked potatoes and a few baked beans that were left over from last Sunday. It was really good and I didn't feel hungry at all. I had a little ice cream before I went to bed which I could have done without but it was a nice treat to go to sleep on.

Today I had an ensure for breakfast while Bob had bacon and eggs and hashbrowns. He was nice enough to bring me an ensure though. Real nice! On our way home just now we stopped at sonic and I had a strawberry creamslush. It was cold and refreshing as todays temperature in already in the 90's.

We're going to Shirley's tomorrow for Bob's dad's birthday. It's on Saturday but since Cyndi's birthday is on Sunday and we'll be coming home on Saturday to celebrate with her on Sunday, we will celebrate grandpa's birthday on the 4th. It will be fun to visit with them all again. We'll stay with Adam and Brittany and I'm so excited to see them! I can't wait. I miss them way more than I should, but now with a new baby soon I know I'll be missing them more and more.

Anyway, not sure what we'll do for supper tonight. Maybe I'll have some soup or something like that. I know this next week of soft (puree) foods is going to continue to be hard. But hey, only eight more days of that to go and then I'll be starting on regular foods. Yeah!

Ooops! Day Seventeen . . .

Well, as you can see I missed blogging all last week. I was in McCall on my annual "teacher retreat" last week and although the cabin we stayed in said that it had wireless internet we couldn't manage to get out laptops to connect to it. I've been home a few days but am just now getting back to blogging. Maybe that's because I wasn't very good while I was gone and broke numerous rules of the diet . . .

I did really good for the first few days and the friends I was with were amazing at helping me find things that I could eat. I drank mostly apple juice but Jennifer made me garlic mashed potatoes the first night we were there and they were so good and pretty much pureed that I didn't think they would hurt me. Tell you what though, everyone else's steaks looked amazing!

The next day however, was not so good. We went into McCall to do some ceramics and because everyone was hungry for Mexican food, that's what we had. I ordered a chili rellano thinking it was mostly eggs and cheese and wouldn't be too bad on my stomach but when they say liquids and then pureed foods, I don't think they mean Mexican food. I couldn't eat but a few bites which managed to sit way high in my chest making me feel like I wanted to throw up but I knew I didn't want to! The rest of the day I had juice and a tomato soup in hand for supper. I won't be trying Mexican again for a while.

The last night we were there we went to a really nice, quiet restaurant where we sat and visited and laughed for many hours. The food there looked amazing and I was told it did not disappoint anyones tastebuds. I decided I could have a baked potato with some sauteed mushrooms and just chew the heck out of them. The baked potato was fabulous but the mushrooms, which I thought would be a few sliced ones on the side, turned out to be a huge plateful of beautiful, whole, sauteed mushrooms. There were way more than I could and should eat so I shared them with everyone at the table. The baked potato sat well and I didn't eat more than I thought I could handle. When I felt like I was full I quit eating. I left a lot of my food on my plate but oh well, I guess that's the way it's going to be for a while.

It was Kennedy's birthday party tonight here at our house but I was good and didn't have any cake or ice cream. I do think I could probably have had a little bit of ice cream but because it's probably high in sugar I refrained.

All in all, I think it was a good week. I broke some of the rules but I am now committed to be back on it, right where I should be. I had some apple juice for breakfast today, a strawberry slimfast for lunch, and some mashed potatoes and gravy for supper tonight. I promise I'm going to make this work or die trying!

Day Nine

Today has been a long, long day and I'm very tired. I should be in bed but Bob's soaking in the jacuzzi so I thought I'd write a couple of quick notes. I wasn't very hungry when I got up, I went to bed at 4:00 a.m. and woke up at 9:00 a.m. so really how hungry can you get in just five hours. Bob wanted to cut that dead tree out of the back yard so I stayed outside with him while he did that. I didn't get in the shower until about 10:00 and was finally ready to go to town at about 12:30. We got some more flowers to plant from the green house and stopped by the clinic because I'm out of Janumet, my blood sugar medicine. Guss gave me a couple of months worth. While I was in the clinic Bob gabbed a couple of burritos and I had a chocolate Slimfast when we got home. That was my lunch.

I think I might have a urinary track infection or a bladder infection. When I got up this morning it was kinda hard to pee, I think it's because I'm probably getting a little bit dehydrated. I haven't been drinking the water I should be and I know that that can cause an infection. I've tried harder to drink more water but it's hard. I feel a little better tonight but I really need to be in bed.

I ran out of plants to plant as a border so I ran back into the green house about a quarter to five and got what I needed to finish up. I went by Wendy's and got Bob and I both a Frosty. I remembered that Bob loves Frostys and something cold in this 95 degree weather tasted really good. I couldn't eat all of mine so I put it in the fridge and Cyndi's girls finished it up when they got here. That was my supper, and now I'm going to bed.

Day Eight

Well, it's way late and I just got home from the Relay for Life in at the High School Football Field. I didn't sign up to walk but I walked a couple of laps anyway. Brooke and I went in at about 10:30 after her kids were down for bed and I'm glad Kennedy woke up and wanted her mommy because I was way ready to come home.

I didn't feel too great when I got up this morning so I just had some apple juice for breakfast and then about 1:00 I had an Ensure for lunch. I poured an orange flavored mix packet in some water this afternoon and really liked it. I sat outside on the patio and read my book while I sipped it this afternoon. I wasn't really hungry until around 8:00 so I had another Ensure and called it good. If only that had remained true!

Brooke made Puppy Chow to take into the girls for a snack and I had a little bit of it and then when I got in there my school team had all sorts of goodies and I ate mostly salt and vinegar potatoe chips that were made with sea salt. They just tasted so good, I couldn't help it. I chewed them really slowly until they were almost dissolved, I know that doesn't really matter. I made Cherie move them away from me and then I stopped. Hopefully I won't feel any worse than I do now. I feel like they might never digest. Just a real heavy feeling in my stomach, but I guess I deserve it.

I'm going to have a glass of juice and hope that makes my stomach settle down and then head to bed. It will be morning before you know it and I've got a full day tomorrow.

Day Seven

Boy, what a day! I got up at 7:00 a.m. and worked on the computer for a couple of hours with a glass of apple juice. My ever faithful apple juice. Then my computer crashed (ya, again) so I took Maggie and laid down for a nap. I got up when Cyndi came after dropping Lauren off with Ms. Rhonda, her reading tutor, somewhere around 10:00, and Camryn and I made cookies. I didn't have any trouble leaving the cookies alone and just had a chocolate flavored Ensure for breakfast.

I spent the afternoon making rolls with Brooke for her ward's mother-daughter party which was tonight. I did something stupid and had a few bites of a roll, like I said, really stupid. It didn't make me nauseated, it just sat really heavy in my stomach and even made my back hurt. I won't do that again. Kelley told me that she doesn't do well with breads and pastas. They tend to plug you up and feel like crap.

I took a break from rolling rolls around 2:00 p.m. and had some more apple juice. I still can't seem to get very much water in, usually only what I take my pills with or wash my Flintstone Vitamins down with. I promise to work on that!

My energy level is holding up very well. I feel so much better than I did the few days before surgery. I'm telling you that diet will kill ya, not really but I do feel much better.

Bob got home a little after 6:00 and we headed to Lauren's ballgame. I took a strawberry flavored Ensure with me this time and drank it at the game. I even took a 20 oz. bottle of water with me and drank most of it.

I had another glass of apple juice tonight while I played a couple of games of Saduko and almost had both feet in bed before I remembered to write. Bob's gone to bed and I'm sitting here in the dark all alone so I'm going to sign off for now. Goodnight.

Day Six

It's pretty late and it's been a long day so this will be short. I got up around 9:00 and had about 6 oz. of Postum. It was alright, but not my favorite. It's Wednesday and that's the day the girls come and spend the day with their kids. I made sure the swim pool was clean and getting warm enough and then decided to go to WalMart for a smaller wadding pool for Griffen and Alie. I had some apple juice before I left and wasn't hungry at all when I headed to town. On my way home I stopped at Cyndi's and helped her finish cleaning so she could get out her sooner and I had some K2O Protein Water while I was there. I'm still not drinking much water though.

We picked up a pizza and bread sticks for everyone else to eat for lunch and I had some more apple juice. Pretty much I just sipped apple juice all day, nothing else really sounded very good to me.

They all left around 5:30 and I was supposed to go to Winger's to celebrate Jennifer's birthday but she got tied up in Pocatello and had to cancel. That was okay with me since I'm still not eating real food and Treyson had a ball game tonight. As soon as Bob got home we left for Treyson's game without eating anything.

After the game we stopped at Rupe's with Brooke and Kade and their family for something to eat and some ice cream. I tried some lemonade since that was all they had that didn't have carbonation in it, but it was too sweet so I just drank ice water. I had a child's size root beer milk shake and it did just fine on my stomach, It's weird though, I got a little dizzy after I had eaten it. I guess it was probably a little sugar high since I'm still taking my diabetic medicine and not eating very much. I guess maybe dizzy isn't the word for it. I felt a little out of it for a moment or two. It was a bit too weird but I'm sure it was just the sugar.

Anyway, we came home and Bob started to watch t.v. but there wasn't anything on and I was reading my book so he went to bed early since it's his turn to drive the car pool tomorrow. I'm headed there right now as I can't keep my eyes open and my head from hitting the top of my book. I only have seventeen pages left but they will have to wait til morning.

Day Five

It's been another good day. I was up really late last night so thought I would sleep in but noooo. 7:30 on the nose and I was awake but it wasn't so bad. I was really hungry though. I had some apple juice and decided to get up, shower, and go for my little thirty minute walk. It's not that big of a deal, up and down the street twice and I'm already over that.

Cyndi called when I was getting out of the shower and asked if I would pick Lauren up at 11:00 after her tutor session with Ms Rhonda. After I picked her up I was to drop her off at Grandma JeNene's but I was heading to town and she decided she wanted to go with me. We called her grandma to make sure it was ok with her and then headed to town. I didn't find the book I was looking for (surprise, surprise) but we found one for Lauren and Camryn and even Griffen. We had a good time and somehow Lauren came home with a book and a Hannah Montana magazine and a Jonas Brothers magazine so I think she made out ok.

I came home and had a half of a slimfast and got ready to go to Idaho Falls with Brooke. I took a Protien water with me, those things are not too bad-they are actually pretty good, and we were up and back in just a couple of hours.

I got to watch Alie when I got home while Amy had T-ball practice. She is such a great kid! I'm so impressed with her progress since they moved out on their own. I'm proud of Amy and the job she is doing with Alie. She's a great little mom. I tried feeding Alie some potatoe salad, some watermelon, some baked beans and some doritos, all left over from Sunday dinner but still really yummy, but she didn't eat very much. I had a bite or two of potatoe and some boiled eggs. They tasted so good I couldn't help it. Then I tried some doritos, man were they good! They were really baked on with spices and flavoring, and I just couldn't help it. I ate a few more of those than I should have but I chewed them really good and pretty much dissolved them before I swallowed them. Then I hurried and put all of that food away and got out some apple juice. I'll probably pay for my mistake tomorrow, I don't feel sick or plugged up or anything like that so hopefully I'll be okay. No more of that though, I promise! I'm feeling really guilty now!

It's almost 9:30 and I was up so late last night that I'm heading to bed early. Bob had to work over and just now got home so I'd better go and see if I can get him to eat something before bed. All in all, it was a pretty good day!

Day Four

Yesterday was a long day for me seeing that it was Father's Day and we had the whole family here for a barbeque. It was great fun but a lot of work. I tried really hard to not have to have Bob do anything and I think he had a pretty good day. We got up for church and I had some apple juice before we left and I did fine hunger wise but I was pretty sore after sitting through sacrament meeting so we left and came home.

Bob's folks stopped by shortly after we got home so it was probably good we left. They were on their way home from a family reunion in Island Park and were on their way back to Utah. We had a nice little visit and they left to see Bill.

I drank the rest of my strained mushroom soup while I peeled potatoes for a salad. That's when I started to feel kind of heavy in my chest and my stomach. I made a tossed salad and put some baked beans on to simmer while I fried some bacon to go in them.

The door bell rang and when Cyndi answered it there stood Shellie and Zane with Alie. Alie dove past Cyndi and the kids right into my arms and I took her not even thinking. Bob came and stood beside me and we visited with Zane and Shellie for about ten minutes. That's when I realized I was holding Alie and she weighs more than fifteen pounds and I was really hurting. Bob realized it the same time I did and grabbed Alie from me and I sat down so she could sit on my lap but from then on the rest of the night I was sore.

Amy and Stetson got there shortly after that and then Alie didn't want anyone but her mom. I cut up the watermelon and put together a condiment tray and then while everyone else ate I sat in a lawn chair and relaxed.

I finished my meal day with a cup in hand tomato soup. It was a little strong but I only drank half of it and then Lauren and Camryn finished the rest of it. They loved it and fought over the rest of it so I heated up another one and divided it into the two containers so they both had a half and sent them home happy.

I'm drinking lots of apple juice but still having a hard time getting in the water I should be drinking. I guess that's something I can ask Dr. Avila when I see him next.

Today I got up around 7:00 and had some apple juice. Then for lunch I had a half of a chocolate slimfast. It's been sitting a little heavy in my stomach but I still haven't experienced any nausea or throwing up. I've had to take pain pills on a pretty regular basis which has helped me get around and get stuff done. I have been a little concerned about constipation with taking the pain medicine but I haven't had any problems and have only had to take some laxative one night. There's not much in my stomach so why would I have problems with that, right? I plan on feeding Bob left overs from yesterday and I'll probably have some cream soup. That seems to satisfy my stomach the best and kind of calms it so I feel better. Today seems to be going pretty good.

Day Three

Father's Day!
Today is Sunday, day three of living with a lapband. I haven't been hungry at all, only when I wake up. Man, am I hungry first thing in the morning. That's not too bad though. I'm having a hard time drinking water, or at least as much water as they want me to drink.

Yesterday for meals I had a half of a chocolate royale slimfast just before going to Brittany's baby shower. When I got to the shower I had a sip of punch but it had carbonation in it so I just had water. We went through a drive-thru for the kids on the way home and I had a large ice water but didn't drink very much of it. I'm just finding water hard to get in.

Day One & Two

Well, here I am! My lapband surgery was yesterday, June 12, 2008 and things went exactly as hoped and expected. Dr. Avila told Bob that things couldn't have gone better. I was pretty worried I guess I can admit now. The diet you have to follow for two weeks prior to surgery is enough to kill you. I swear if I had to eat two more eggs or anymore tuna fish I think I would toss everything out the window. The day before surgery I was really shaky. I had diarrhea for two days and because I couldn't look at that diet anymore I was pretty hungry, which I'm sure accounted for the shakiness. Anyways, I am glad to have the surgery over with.

I'm on pretty much water and clear liquids right now. Bob is so good to me, he boiled up a chicken and made some really filling and good broth for me to eat today. Then he made homemade noodles and chicken soup for the family as Adam and Brittany came from Utah for Father's Day and Cyndi and her kids came to hang out for a little bit. Needless to say, though Amy made Bob swear he'd save her and Stetson some soup, it was gone before the dishes were cleaned up. Bob's an amazing cook and I'm lucky to have him to take care of me, not just now but all the time.

I've been pretty sore, as I'm sure is to be expected. I've been taking two Vicotin 5 mg. every five to six hours just to stay on top of any pain. I'm only going to take one when I go to bed tonight and see if that won't take care of it. I don't want to run out before I'm supposed to. I haven't had much nausea and I haven't thrown up at all so I consider myself lucky there. I guess my major complaint would have to be the heaviness in my chest and the pain in my stomach. Not so bad!

I have five little holes, as far as I can tell, in my stomach. They are small incisions and should heal rather quickly. My stomach muscles are pretty darn sore. I can't get into bed or out of bed on my own, or move over, or adjust a pillow, or do pretty much anything when I' m on my back for that matter. It's just too damn sore!

Bob just came home with some more juices so I guess I'll go see which ones I can swallow. So far, white cranberry is not a favorite and neither is plain white grape although white grape with pear is pretty good. I always come back to plain old apple juice. So far, it's been the best.