Feeling Good at One Month

[DesertGal]

So yesterday was 4 week's since surgery , BUT tomorrow will be exactly 1 month out. I ate one whole scrambled egg last night for dinner and am very happy about that. Doesn't sound like a BIG deal, but it is! I have only been able to get in 1/2 of a scrambled egg, no matter how hard I try. And if I could ingest almost 2 tbs of soup I was lucky. Nothing tastes right, not even sugar free pudding but I am hoping that will change.

I have lost 60 pounds to date, and 18 pounds of that since surgery. My BMI was 40.3 starting out in December and it is down to 31.2 I have NO pains in the abdomen (but then I never did after surgery) and my incisions are healing nicely. My clothing size has decreased and I now think I need to go down to a lower size in my athletic shorts I wear (started at 22, now in 12/14 and they are loose.) I am a shorts- wearing kind of gal.

I noticed a couple months back that my rheumatoid arthritis joint pains (and I had totally jacked up fingers and knuckles), the pain was gone. Between the weight I lost PRE surgery and my meds I have taken for the RA over the last 18 months, it all meshed together. I also have sacroilliac joint disease in my pelvis (that mimics sciatica) and the pains I experienced are gone too.

I am increasing my walking outdoors to 2 1/2 miles a day instead of the 2 and pushing for 3 miles in the next couple weeks. I am still working on getting that water in me, it's been a chore. But the worst time of the day for me is the first thing when I get up and have to sit down and take ALL my vitamins and supplements and my RA meds: it begins my day of being nauseated from the pills. (Even with the liquids I bought, but can not use, it stays with me for hours. ) It's so weird to me that each and every pill has a distinct bad taste and odor... never noticed it before. As much as it ruins the start of my day, I blow it off and march on.

[Ann2]

YOU ARE DOING AWESOME!

Respect!

[DesertGal]

Thank You Ann.

[Luna354]

You're rocking this!
Keep up the great job!

[Pattimelt]

So yesterday was 4 week's since surgery , BUT tomorrow will be exactly 1 month out. I ate one whole scrambled egg last night for dinner and am very happy about that. Doesn't sound like a BIG deal, but it is! I have only been able to get in 1/2 of a scrambled egg, no matter how hard I try. And if I could ingest almost 2 tbs of soup I was lucky. Nothing tastes right, not even sugar free pudding but I am hoping that will change.

I have lost 60 pounds to date, and 18 pounds of that since surgery. My BMI was 40.3 starting out in December and it is down to 31.2 I have NO pains in the abdomen (but then I never did after surgery) and my incisions are healing nicely. My clothing size has decreased and I now think I need to go down to a lower size in my athletic shorts I wear (started at 22, now in 12/14 and they are loose.) I am a shorts- wearing kind of gal.

I noticed a couple months back that my rheumatoid arthritis joint pains (and I had totally jacked up fingers and knuckles), the pain was gone. Between the weight I lost PRE surgery and my meds I have taken for the RA over the last 18 months, it all meshed together. I also have sacroilliac joint disease in my pelvis (that mimics sciatica) and the pains I experienced are gone too.

I am increasing my walking outdoors to 2 1/2 miles a day instead of the 2 and pushing for 3 miles in the next couple weeks. I am still working on getting that water in me, it's been a chore. But the worst time of the day for me is the first thing when I get up and have to sit down and take ALL my vitamins and supplements and my RA meds: it begins my day of being nauseated from the pills. (Even with the liquids I bought, but can not use, it stays with me for hours. ) It's so weird to me that each and every pill has a distinct bad taste and odor... never noticed it before. As much as it ruins the start of my day, I blow it off and march on.

Having to crush all meds is absolutely hideous! I almost can't handle it! And for two more weeks I have to do it! Heaven help me!

Good job on losing so much weight Lori. I have no doubt you'll reach goal in no time. You're doing so well! You're an inspiration to me Lori. I can't wait until I get my stitches out and can start having protein shakes next week. I don't have any physical hunger, but my hubby eats in front of me and it wakes up my head hunger. One day at a time I guess! I'm only four days out, but it seems like much longer. I need to live in the moment and stop thinking about tomorrow! Take care!

[DesertGal]

Hey Patti, thanks for the nice words. This is a new life, isn't it?
My surgeon's office said we (patients of his) would have to crush pills forever. I don't think so, and I don't. I cut them if they're bigger and they slide on down. I hate swallowing them now more than ever before, but I do it because I know I have to.

I drank a large glass full today, of ocean spray Diet cranberry juice. I don't care to use artificial sweeteners at all, but I need help drinking more fluids. It worked. I drank it down with no problems.

I can now sit with my family at dinner without wanting to attack them and steal their food! Weird thing is, I wasnt hungry - still not- but that first week was ugly. (Any "The Walking Dead" viewers here?) On day 3 or 4 after surgery, I sat at the table with my husband and daughters and they had pizza. If I had had Negan's barb wired bat, Lucille, on hand, I could have clubbed them all and run off with their slices. (Big exaggeration here, but I was a mess. And I wasn't hungry...it was all mental hunger.)

I see the surgeon this Wednesday and want to find out if I can go back to the gym.

[Christie13]

You are doing an amazing job Lori! That is a huge difference in the clothing sizes that you have dropped. Keep it up! You are killing it!