Mylifeaffirmingbaristory

Tag: weight loss surgery

  • Food Nom Nom Nom

    I wasn’t 100% sure about sharing this part of my journey but meh – I have been open about everything else so here goes.  Food has been a bit of a friend to me, albeit a bad friend. Food was something that I turned to in times of stress or anxiety. Most of us now…

  • Progress and other things!

    Dinner tonight was 4 teaspoons of yoghurt 😕 I might try to have another 1/3 of a cup of protein shake in a little while – struggling to get the food down today and I think it is that the texture is a little thicker as set out in my info from the dietitian. I…

  • Day 10 Post Op

    Day 10 post op – today was very cold here and thankfully it was a beautiful, slow day for us. I am still having problems with one of my surgical wounds – it doesn’t want to stay shut and keeps bleeding so I didn’t go for a walk yesterday. Today the wound hasn’t actively bled…

  • Tummy Scars

    My amazing surgeon Mr. Darrin Goodall Wilson, looked at me before I went under and he said “Tash I’ll try to use some of your current scars” and he patted me on the shoulder. You know something – I never even thought about my scars for a second! I made peace with having well over…

  • UUuugh! PAIN

    This morning has been tough. I woke up feeling nauseous and the bruising on my tummy is coming out in force, so that seems to hurt more today. The surgeon did not just do gastric bypass, he also went and looked at the mesh and dealt with some adheasions and I have bruising coming out…

  • Thoughts Before Surgery!

    These were my thoughts right before I went under – I am sitting in the surgical waiting room. Ted stockings are on, my blood pressure and weight have been taken (OMG 12.6 kilos down from my pre surgery diet starting weight and 26 kilos down from my heaviest weight) I am wondering if the hospital…

  • Do Your Research

    One thing that I have learned is that documentation and research matter when it comes to making a huge decision like the one to undergo a surgery like this one. Knowing what you want to achieve and why makes it so much easier. We upgraded our private health insurance 14 months ago so that we…

  • Grateful!

    June 10th 2018 – I’ve been sitting in bed (it’s cold in Geelong this morning) thinking about how grateful I am to the amazing people that have been so supportive towards me. 9 years ago, when I had lap band surgery and the mesh hernia repairs, I ended up in and out of hospital for…

  • The Cyst in my Face

    May 17th 2018 – What a week it has been! And this photo is 5 minutes old – I am trying to decide if I should plaster myself in make up to try and cover the bruises or just leave them out. One week ago was surgery for the cyst above my front tooth. It…

  • The Beginning

    May 6th – 2018 I have decided to be honest with myself. Honest about where I am at and why I am where I am. It’s nearly impossible to change if you aren’t honest with yourself. So here I am – 50 kilos over my ideal weight. I have tried everything to bring my weight…