Staples are removed. I’m released into the wild (additional follow-up in 1 month and I’m receiving a referral for out-patient PT). Doctor was impressed that I was using a cane instead of a walker and says my recovery is going well. The incision looks great (even better without 30 staples on it) and I’m supposed to ice the swelling that’s…
Hip
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 7 months and one week post Bariatric Sleeve surgery and 2 week post hip replacement surgery. Not much changed this week. My hip pain lingers at maybe a 1 but most of that pain is tendon soreness and itching on the incision.…
Stubborn
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 7 months post Bariatric Sleeve surgery and 1 week post hip replacement surgery. I’ve lost 64 lbs overall (40 since the actual day of the gastric sleeve surgery). I have a couple of precautions I need to pay careful attention to so…
September check-in
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 6 and a half months post Bariatric Sleeve surgery. I’ve lost 60 lbs overall. I’m still 8 lbs above the weight set by my orthopedic surgeon for getting my hip surgery. For those keeping track I’ve been stuck here since July. At…
Happy Birthday to me
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 4 months + 8 days post Bariatric Sleeve surgery. Overall since I started back with the Bariatric program, including the loss before surgery, I’ve lost 60 lbs (started at “B” on the graph). Since right after surgery I’ve lost 35.6 lbs (surgery…
Stalled
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 8 weeks + 3 day out from Bariatric Sleeve surgery. I’m officially a free-range human. There are no limits placed on what I can eat.. aside from what my body can tolerate. Normal day: B: 1 egg, 1 piece of whole wheat…
NSAIDs FTW
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 6 weeks + 2 day out from Bariatric Sleeve surgery. NSAIDs are glorious. I started back on diclofenac on Friday night. It made the event on Saturday much more bearable. Sadly I think my hip has actually gotten worse than it was…
Learning process
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 5 weeks + 1 day out from Bariatric Sleeve surgery. The stall ended and I’m back on a downward trend. “How much have you lost?” It really depends on when you start counting… From the day after surgery 2/21/2024 (‘A’ on the…
Same old same old
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 4 weeks + 1 days out from Bariatric Sleeve surgery. I had kind of a stall this week. I’ve lost just over 19 lbs which is pretty much where I was last week. I blame female hormones.. or the moon or the…
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Them: so.. *head tilt* how are you doing? LOL. Anyway. I’ll save y’all from having to ask. I’m 3 weeks + 2 days out from Bariatric Sleeve surgery. So far I’ve lost almost 19 lbs. So slightly less than 1 lb a day.. but still respectable. Four of my five incisions have healed cleanly. The last one looked like a…