On to a brand new me

Well, surgery went well, uneventful. I stayed overnight for one night for dehydration and pain control but all in all was ok. I took off one weekend for work and went back last weekend. I feel great. As an added result, I lost another 6 pounds since surgery and have now met my bariatric surgeons weight loss goal so now I just have to make it to my next 2 weigh ins with them to get them documented for insurance and then I move along to the next step which will be insurance approval....hoping and… Continue

So...I had yet another gallbladder attack in the middle of my shift Sunday (Thankfully we only had 4 patients!), so I went down to the ER, got iv hydration and some pain meds and was as good as new!. The ER doc called my bariatric surgeon, pinned down with him what was going on and the bariatric surgeon asked to see me no later than this morning. So I went yesterday at 1pm and 5 minutes after he examined me, he told me the best thing to do right now is to take the gallbladder out as it would jus… Continue

Well....I haven't blogged lately. More because I have gotten busy with the holidays and all, but also because things have changed majorly for me in the way of weight loss. I started looking into weight loss surgery. I attended a informational seminar here in Indianapolis December 11th and after hearing all of the risks/benefits of the surgery and researching all of the pros/cons personally, I decided to go forward with having the surgery. So, I had a consult with a surgeon (Samer Mattar,MD) last… Continue

ok...finally got into my primary care doc this afternoon after all that happened this week and his assessment was that I was having a migraine that was triggering everything else to go haywire. He ordered a thyroid test just to make sure but after having that measured 2 or 3 times already in the past I am sure that is fine. Anyway, for the migraine he gave me a shot of Toradol and had me wait 30 min.....that did nothing, no change in headache or my blood pressure. So then, we moved along to Imit… Continue

ok...so I wake up at 715 yesterday morning with a headache and my normal sicky achy self and take 2 ibuprofen and then promptly go back to bed. Wake back up at 815 and have this god awful unbelieveable pressure in my chest. I get up thinking that I have slept wrong somehow and a muscle is hurting and so I try walking it off, bending, etc whatever I could do to get it to ease....no luck...it is by then bringing me to tears and am now breaking out in a clammy sweat and feel like I am gonna vomit.… Continue