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Diary of cheryls gastric band. Mon 20th october,dolan park

cheryl

cheryl

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well this is it .
nervous,excited and ready.

i fly out today,with my mum and stay in the ladybird lodge tonight.
have to be at hospital by 7, although they havent rang me yet.thats not very good.

i want this weight of forever.since i was 18 i have controlled my weight, partially,by vomiting how bad is that!
i need this band to be my control.
i stopped vomitting and put on3st7 in 2 years.and want it to stop before i have even more to loose.i know i havent got self control and have choose the band for that reason.
i have even stopped going to local shops in case any one sees me and thinks 'that i have really let myself go'.
my self esteme is really low since my husband left.
i do have someone else so i am not doing this for a man,in fact paul doesnt want me too have it done.no one does,(mum,dad,brother) they all think i am mad.maybe i am, a little, i must be!
everyone else in my life is unaware of what i am doing,they all think i am on a detox diet! hopefully i can continue to pull it of.its no one business only mine.


i am on day 7 of the milk diet.i had a mug of milk breakfast and dinner and a yougurt for lunch, with water inbetween.
i could of choose the 1000 calorie a day but choose this for 3 reasons
1.. so i dont have to think about what i can and cant have
2.. to have my liver in best shape and make sugery as easy as possible
3.. so that the post op liquid phase will seem like a treat (i long for soup)

i have lost alot already, long may that continue.

must go and get my kids uniforms ready for tomorrow. and finish packing for my flight later. i will be taking my little laptop so will try and continue thoughout the whole process.
:D
 
Oooh Cheryl it's exciting! I'll be keeping everything crossed for you tomorrow, hope you have a good journey and if the nerves hit you later, just shout, there's nearly always someone on here to talk to!

good luck :)
 
Good luck Cheryl, look forward to hearing about your experience and following your progress. I'm soooooo excited for you xx
 
Good luck Cheryl,
It's exciting. Just think, from tomorrow the weight lost should be off forever. Had my band at dolan park on 9th september with Mr Paul Super and all was fine.
Best wishes
Amanda
 
well girls,
just arrived in our booked taxi(that collected us 20 mins late!) and
here i am lying on a hard double bed,with my mum(it was supposed to be twin) in the ladybird lodge, bloody extractor fan from bathroom droning on still. this is not what i expected, i should of booked hilton, except co ordinator told me to book here. she said it was small and friendly, she did not mention dirty carpet and hair on pillow! yeuk. sorry about rant its just i feel sorry for my mum who will be here another night...

well i decided on way over that i am maybe not too fat at all and should of been happy with the way i was, after all i am 41. mum thinks i have body morphic disorder. haha . is this normal nerves? i am not sure at all now. this is scary. going to get some sleep now have to be up early to go down with mum and watch her eat breakfast! is this the shape of things to come...... help ,i sure hope not.
 
of course it's normal to get the last minute 'change of heart' nerves. I told my husband to take me home :D Luckily he didn't listen.

Hope you slept ok, and good luck today :hug99:
 
i am at dolan park! i feel alot brighter this morning. hips are killing me because of the hard bed lol. we went down for breakfast at 6.30 and i watched mum polish off some lovely sausages,bacon and egg. we even made her a bacon bap for her her lunch in case there is no food. what a shame!
taxi arrived at 6.50am to collect us. took about 5 mins to get here.
got here lobby was full of people.

at 7.20 got taken upstairs to room, its a really nice,very clean hospital.my room is spacious. nurse was lovely and explained what would happen next. dr sigurdsson is operating this afternoon, so i am on list 3rd and that means about 3pm.
so its a day of watching tv for mum and i.
a dr came in and took my blood ,i felt nothing, he was lovely and smelt great.
i will keep you informed.
oh and mum has already eaten her bacon bap!
 
Well she did have her breakfast early!!! hows yr nerves now. Good luck with the op and look forward to following yr story.
take care
HC
 
Good luck for today,hope everything goes well and grats on joining the losing side :)

Hope ye mum finds something to occupy her lol

Maxine
xx
 
Glad you're feeling brighter :) you can keep phil and fern company all morning!
 
Good luck chick! I'll be joinin ya next week, looking forward to reading your updates this week!xxx
 
still here in room 30.i have now had an e.c.g and the anesthesist just been round. gave me the once over, explained what will happen before,during and after theatre.
mum and i sat smiling like idiots.
they will be back soon to give me a blood thinning injection. they give a mixture of 6 different anti sickness drugs and pain relief in theatre. so he said i should be comfortable when i return to the room.
however if i do require any more pain relief they will be given by injection.
oh my goodness, pain relief........that means i will be in pain! how nervous am i!!!!!!
i have been told dr sigurdsson will be here soon to see me. and operated on approx 3.30pm.
mum and i are bored to tears, we did go for a walk to look for some food for mum to buy but got lost and had to get escorted back towards the right direction.
the nursing staff are lovely and i still think i have made a good decision. will keep you all up to date.
thanks so much for all your encouraging messages.
 
Good luck Cheryl - you will be so happy when its over with and your new journey begins. In the meantime lets hope Mum finds some food!!
 
hi all.
its all over, barr the wind!
pm.
they came and got me at 3.15pm and i was returned to my room at 5.15.
all went smooth. surgeons technician came out to me before entering theatre and reconfirmed all my details. then he took me into theatre,and put me on bed.he attached various monitors and blood pressure band.the anestestist came in,put canular in left hand and asked me breath 3 mins of oxygen through a mask before he would pop me off to sleep. he then administered a cocktail of drugs through the canular.
i woke up in recovery with a nurse repeating my name,she was lovely and sat by my side until i came round.they then returned me to ward.i was quite bright. discomfort but not alot of pain.
they brought me a drink of water which i can report i can sip at no problem at all! mum left about 9.30pm.
i needed pain relief via injection about 1.30am. dozed on and off most of night. mum cma eback in morning and i was discharged about 2pm.i was a late discharge because of my flight home not leaving until 4.45pm.
the trapped wind is really terrible,so be prepared for that.my tummy feels rock hard and is uncomfortable but its not as half as bad as i expected. i feel really pleased with myself. my bmi was only 28 to start with but when i loose this weight i know it cant return. how brilliant is that.....
i am airport now waiting on my flight. i cant wait to get home.
i have been told the wind is bad for apprx 4 days. my advice to anyone is keep dosed up on medication.. i intend to
will post again tomorrow
 
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