One week after surgery

Well today is officially one week since my surgery. Things are going pretty good. I was in alot of pain when I woke up from the surgery but the nurses quickly got it under control. My dr was extremely proud of me and told David and my mom that I was her patient of the year. She couldn't believe how well I had done on my preop diet. Made me feel really good.

The pain wasn't too bad when I got home. The worst part has to be the gas pains. Luckily they seem to be getting less and less with everyday that passes. I have been off my pain med sice Sat morning. I hated the way they made me feel. I am still having some Nausea but it seems to be getting better as well.

Last night I started running a low grade fever. Not sure what that is about cause I really don't feel bad. I have a follow up appt tomorrow at noon and hopefully she will give me a clean bill of health.

I am drinking more liquid with everyday. The first couple of days it was hard to get more than 6oz down. I am now drinking about 20-30 oz a day. Still can't drink my protein drinks as they make me full for hours and I end up drinking nothing while full.

I stepped on the scale today....I have lost 10lbs since the surgery. Brings my total to 37lbs. I am hoping to lose 50 by the new year. If I keep going at this rate it should not be a problem.
I should easily be a 100lb lost by the wedding. I know it's not going to continue coming off this quick but as long as I lose 2-4lbs a week I should be good!

David and I have to go Christmas shopping this weekend. We haven't even begun. Hopefully we can get it all done this weekend so we don't have to worry about it anymore.

Well I guess I should get back to work.

48 hours till surgery

So it's officially 48 hours until my surgery. I must say I am feeling EXTREMELY anxious and nervous. Yesterday the hospital called and asked me a million questions (that they have to) before my surgery. When I hung up that is when I started getting anxious. Up until then I was perfectly calm, cool, and collected! :) The biggest fear for me is waking up with no band. I know that shouldn't because I have stuck to the diet to the T but I guess it's something I'm preparing myself for. (Keep your fingers crossed that it does not happen).

I also had to go get my pre-op testing done (AGAIN) yesterday. My original pre-op testing had expired (stupid dr for making me weight 3 months for my surgery). They had to prick me 4 different times to get blood. That has NEVER happened to me before. I've always been told I have really good and easy veins. Maybe this guy didn't know what he was doing though he swore that if they had trouble finding the vein they always called him. I don't know if I believe that or not. Everyone else was EXTREMELY nice at the hospital. Everyone has been since I've started this whole process.

So to the scales! :) The last post I had reached the 15lbs she wanted me to lose and one more. Since the last post I have lost another 5lbs. I have lost a total of 27lbs. 3 more to go and I will be within MY goal for surgery. I wanted to lose 30-40lbs. I know I can do it.

Today is also my last day of food for 4 weeks. I will be on clear liquids starting tomorrow. Of course after surgery I will be on clear liquids for 2 weeks and then full liquids for another 2 after that. I have not decided what I want for dinner tonight as my "last meal". I know I could really go for a Whopper right now and some Mcd's french fries. I will not of course I will have a meal that fits into the guidelines of the diet.

Anyways I guess I should go for now. I will post again the day of my surgery (Thursday Dec 4th) or the day after. Please keep me in your prayers!

My wedding Dress

I told you I would post pictures of my wedding dress. Here ya go! The dress is snug b/c we ordered it a size smaller...then i got even heavier...so the dress will fit ALOT better. I will post more pics in March when I go to order the dress again in the correct size! :) My flowergirls will be wearing the same dress just smaller and in Pink. Our colors are black and pink.

Weightloss/Wedding #2

Well lets start off with the weight loss.

I previously mentioned that the dr wanted me to lose 15lbs before my surgery. I can say I have hit that mark! WOOHOO! I have lost 16lbs now since my last visit with her. All together I am now at 21lbs down! I still have 2 more weeks of the preop diet. Hopefully I can lose another 10lbs these next 2 weeks. I am going to start walking every night for about an hour to help lose some more weight. It's really coming off slow these last 2 weeks but my monthly friend was here and I had been sick. I think that messed up the scales a little bit. I really hope I do not wake up from the sugery with no band. I am so afraid of that happening. If my liver is too large she will not be able to place the band. I would have to wait a few more months and lose more weight. The only problem with that is I will have a new insurance kicking in January 1st. So I would have to go through getting approved all over again.

I have read that some dr's will fully open you up to place the band. (they would make one large 4-5 inch incision to place the band). I think I am going to schedule another apointment with my dr and discuss this option with her. I guess I need to call and make that appointment today. I dont know I might just hold off. I guess it really depends on how much I lose this week. If I loose another 3lbs by Fri I think I will be ok. I'm having a hard time now getting in my protein. I wonder if that has something to do with it. I guess I need to get back on my shakes and stuff to make sure I get my full 70g in a day. I guess enough about the weight loss I will try to update again Fri or Sat with how much I've lost this week.

The wedding:

I went to my mom's this weekend and made the "mock" invitations with the samples I recieved. I really LOVE the invitation. It's so cute. I can't wait to make the real ones and get them sent out. My mom really seemed to enjoy spending the day with me. It was non stop wedding talk.

We were talking about what type of wedding cake I wanted. I told her I just wanted some thing very simple. (kinda like me) I wanted a white frosting cake with a pink ribon around the bottom of it. Something like this:

My mom use to make amazing birthday cakes for my sister and I when we were little. I asked my mom if she thought she could make my wedding cake. She started to tear up and asked me if I really wanted her to make my cake. I said of course I do..it would be super neat to be able to tell everyone my mom made my cake. My grandmother made her cake when she got married. Why not continue the family tradition right? Hopefully I will be able to make my daughters cake if she would like. Not to mention my mom making the cake saves me about $500.

Anyways I will post some pictures of the wedding invitations soon. I keep forgetting to take pictures of them.

Where to begin

So I guess I can blog about the 2 biggest things in my life right now.

1) Planning my wedding
2) My lapband journey

I will start with the Wedding.

I am getting married Aug 1, 2009 it's 8 months away and I am already freaking out a little bit. I'm trying to wrap my head around the budget David (my fiance') and I have set. Wedding's are expensive. I know they don't have to be but I really want it a certain way. We have decided on the church and reception location. Everything is pretty much planned out just need to pay for it all..I have my wedding dress it's already paid for. (I will post some pics soon promise) Have my veil and tiara; flowers; photographer; invitations and all that jazz.

We are making our own invitations (so much cheaper then buying them). I orderd some samples of the paper and vellum we will use today. They should be here next week. I am so excited to make some "mock" invitations and see how they turn out. I will take some pictures and post them up here for everyone to see.

Ok enough about the wedding moving on to the weight loss journey.

I have been obese from the age of 6 on. I was still very athletic and into sports when I was younger but I guess I just loved stuffing my face. A lady here at work had the lapband done 2 years go and she looks AMAZING. I started reaserching into it about the time she had surgery done. I researched and researched but really didn't care about it. I was me and people should love me and accept me the way I am.

Then I meet David. He changed everything...he doesn't even know he did. I fell in love and wanted to marry this guy. He was going to be my family and I wanted to raise a family with this man. I know I couldn't get pregnant at my current weight. So it was set...I was going to see the dr to see about the lap band. We want children and I am willing to do whatever it takes to do it.

Dr told me I was prime candidate, I was young and healthy (except for my weight). We started all the preop testing. I had to get a psy eval done (this was not fun) but I passed with flying colors. Also had to get blood work and an EKG both tured out normal except for the liver function was a little elevated. I also had to have an excercise consult and a nutritional consult. I had my final appt with my surgeon to set my surgery date. She asked me to start my preop diet that day because of my liver function. I will be on the diet for 5 weeks.

Week 1 of the preop diet is over. I weighed my self this morning and I am down 9lbs. She wanted me to lose 15 before surgery so I only have another 6 left for her standards. My standards on the other hand are set alot higher. I want to lose 30-40lbs in these 5 weeks before my surgery. I am well on my way.

Well I guess I should close for now. I know i'm rambling. Check back in a few days for more updates.