My gastric bypass

Anyway, The thing that has stayed with me the most since my surgery, is not not the surgery itself.  You see I kept feeling like I needed this surgery done.  I had the right BMI for it and I had my diabetes and my asthma to help make that happen.  However those were not what I felt was the main reason for the surgery.  My weight didn't even feel like the main reason.  I just knew I needed it.  I never had a doubt or any hesitation when it came to getting the surgery.  Kind of drove my best girl friend crazy.  She could not see why I would do this.  She was willing to support me but wanted me to make sure I knew what I was getting into.

I researched everything I could about this surgery.  Good, bad, boring. if I could find it I read it.  I even have a friend who had just about every complication possible from the surgery.  I can't remember right but I think she may have died for a few mintues too.  Hmmm.......why can't I remember if that's correct?

The time came and I was carted off to surgery.

After my surgery, the surgeon/doctor was talking to me about his findings.  He said that my liver.  Was the 3rd worse he had ever seen.  He didn't think it would have lasted 5 years.  He also said that this surgery was exactly what I needed.  Because, they would have never known about my liver until it was to late.  Apparently Livers are very forgiving.  to help my liver I need to lose a lot of weight. Start eatting right and taking care of myself.  Basicly the things this surgery and the life style changes that are a part of it entail.

I don't know why but the whole liver thing.  I can't stop dwelling on it.  I feel like the surgery just saved my life.  Not something, I'm gonna easily toss aside.

For grins and giggles here's the pic for my before.  It was taken at camp.  Oh and my starting weight before surgery 215.  Shh..............

Oh and for the record things about surgery that suck!!!

Magnesium - lemon flavored.  I thought I'd never get through the 10oz I had to drink of that stuff.  I wanted to throw up. Waking up disoriented. with a major dry mouth.  Not allowed to drink anything.  But I was allowed to have a lemon flavored swab in my mouth.  Tasted just like the magnesium. I wanted to throw up.

I like real lemon, but no more lemon magnesium flavored things for me.  Even the thought make me want to throw up.

Having 5 or 6 different people trying to get an iv in me.  I have no veins.  I had 3 different iv's in the course of my stay.

Oh and good news I might be developing an allergy to latex.  Did anyone else know that people with allergies to bananas and kiwi often end up with latex allergies?