36.something kilos to go :)

Waiting to get under 100kg! Should happen very soon :)

I still can't work out what I look like, but I guess that will take some more time.

Picture is of dinner when out, that's what's left after I ate!
But that's ok most places let you take away the left overs.

Yay

Under 105kg !!!!!!

Breakfast

Yay!

110 Kg :)

20 kilos down!!!!!

and still going!

Food Photos Update

Fish- barramundi eaten over hours
Zucchini slice muffin
Cruskits with Philly and sundries tomatoes - only ate two
Two angus beef mini patties
One angus beef pattie with Chinese cabbage salad - before and after.

About A Month Out

Well we have established that  i am not very good at keeping a blog, i do think about posting often, but i never seem to get around to it.

Anyway I am just per a month out from surgery, and i think i am doing really well, i have lost 14kg and drop a few sizes, i am buying Mediums from city chic and not XL, and i can fit into a size 18 dress at target, but it would still be too tight for me to wear in public, but some would.

I am really really hoping that early October that i fit into a designer size 12-14, but i will have to wait and see.

I am still debating if an when to cut my hair, maybe August lol.

As far as eating is going,  i am really just eating anything, but still trying to keep to softer things.

My normal day goes a bit like:

• 90g of Yogurt - these are little baby sized ones, i can't seem to eat more than that in the morning.
• 2 light cruskits with tuna - I like the flavoured ones or i have little light philadelphia cheese with sun dried tomatoes or mersey valley spreadable cheese. I have also been trying out sayo crackers as well can just eat 2.
• small handful of trail mix - has raisins, cranberries, almonds, mango, pawpaw, etc
• I use a rice bowl for dinner, and I've been having stew or something pot cooked where everything goes soft.
• If i don't have that i have soup, and i have 1 large coffee mug full.
• i normally have 1 cup of tea or ovaltine before bed and 2 prunes.

I've also been eating:

•  1 boiled egg with half a piece of helgas thins bread or half a bit of normal toast with no crust.
• Sushi roll- soft middles, i normal can eat half of one and then over time i slowly eat the other half - i have managed 2 in one day, but it took most of the day.
• avocado & ham sandwich - no crust or butter - cut into 4 strips i can eat 2 strips.
• ice blocks - if i can't get anything in or can't rink i have a ice block that I've made from fruit or yogurt, i also keep hydratlite ones for when I'm really thirsty.
• fish cakes 1 can eat one.
• omelettes - very small amount.
• zucchini slice muffins - i hade heaps and froze them - used a mini muffin try and one is enough to keep me going - good way to get veggies down.
• KFC potato and gravy - sometimes your out and about and you need to eat something and there might not be anything else suitable.
• Porridge - can eat most of a serve
• fish
• i nibble on ham sometimes

I can not eat chicken, I've tried 3 times and have vomited it back up, i think its too dry and when it hits the stomach, it produces too much stuff to break it down which overfill it and hence it comes back up.

Vomiting wasn't as bad as i though it would be, i tried to hold it down but there was no way, if you think your going to vomit, you are. and you better get to a bathroom fast because its like you mouth fills with saliva and its just yuk, but you do feel much better after.

I am must more sensitive to smells and tastes now, i can drink apple juice, but i can't stand to eat apples in any form.

I have moment where everything smell horrid and i can't eat, i don't know why this happens and its something i am going to talk to my surgeon about when i see him next week.

I did have a infection in one of my cuts, and had puss, it wasn't healing because a internal stitch was poking thru, and i tried to get it out but couldn't, so it got infected. but the stitch broke down and i pulled it out, and now the cut has healed up - so maybe keep a eye on that, if your newly sleeved.

I still get very tired and sometimes i just have to lay down and rest, i also find that sometimes i need to have some sugar, so a boiled lolly here and there can help.

I haven't started exercising yet, but its something i do intend to do, i will start off with the wii fit and xbox dance games, and then move on to maybe going to classes or something, i will be walking a lot more when i start study in a couple of months.

I highly recommend meeting up with out people who have had this operation, its great to be able to talk about and see how everyones going, they understand when you say that your tired or that you think you ate too much. 

I find it good because very few people know that i have had this operation and i want it too stay that way.

I had attempted previously to talk about it with friends, however they just did not understand as they mostly thin, i did tell a very overweight friend - who is at least twice the size of me and got told i was doing something too extreme - go figure.

I would not change my decision to do this at all, i wish i had it done sooner.

Yes I've had days where I've thought "what the hell have i done?" or i can't believe I've had most of my stomach removed, however i need to get my active lifestyle back and stop missing out on things because of my weight.

At home - about the op

I got to go home last night - one night early, as i was unable to be picked up until late afternoon and the hospital didn't want me to be waiting in the lounge area and being uncomfortable.

The ride home took forever, due to heavy rain and traffic and it made me feel quite tense and sick, but i had a pillow on my tummy and that helped with road bumps.

Waiting for surgery seemed to take forever as i have to be at the hospital at 6:30am but didn't have the op until 11am.
The waiting room was freezing and being fasting i felt really thirsty.
At about 10am  i was taken to be weighted and had to put on a gown and paper knickers, some horrible socks, and a hat. The best part was being given a warm blanket.
I then had to say goodbye to my hubby and was wheeled into a room that led on to the op theatre, and it was still cold, i was thinking at one stage, that i didn't care what they did just as long as i could feel warmer it didn't matter.

I then had to drink a shot of some stuff that makes the acid in your tummy settle, and my surgeon ( dr greenslade) came to visit and went over what was going on and then the anaesthetist ( Dr peter Cook) came to visit and get me ready, i didn't even feel the needle in my arm and he did it first try, so i was fairly calm.

When i woke up i was in the ICU and remember a lot of people gathered around me and struggling to breath, i can remember pointing at my throat and being told it was due to the gas, however i was shaking my head no and a doctor told some one to give me a mask and then i was ok.
I had no concept of time and when i woke again the nurse was still with me and explained i had been having breathing problems, but they were under control now and that it was like 4pm and did i want her to contact my husband!
My poor hubby had been waiting since 11am for me to come back, for what he thought would have been an hour op! so he was well relieved to see me be wheeled in to the ward.

I did not have a pain relief button, i was just given shots into my thighs - some for blood clots, some morphine and some anti sick medication.
my drip had panadol and fluid to keep me going.

The first night i was feeling ok and feeling like i done the right thing and even spoke to my family on the phone.

The second night however i feel extremely sick and nauseous, i couldn't get comfortable and needed to go to the toilet the all the time and did not get very much rest.

The 3rd day i had some sleep in the early hours of the morning and woke to find i had gotten my period, which i believe was the main cause for the nausea, so as if my tummy couldn't feel any more sore, i now am also dealing with that.

Today i have been by myself and not too bad, muscle are stiff and i have done a few laps of the house to keep my blood flowing.

I have had some apple juice and some protein shake, and then some Banana drinking yogurt and about 60gs of heinz organic baby food - which contains 1/2 cup of veg and 3 teaspoons of beef - all very pureed.

I didn't mind the taste and aim to have some more later, while trying to continue to keep sipping juice all day.

overall i think I'm doing ok, and I'm still very tired and will try to have afternoon nap.