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    Day 30

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    Day 30 and it has gotten hard to maintain a positive attitude. I am so hungry, but with just today and tomorrow left it would be a great disservice to myself to go off liquids now. So I guess now I will start shopping around for meal ideas. Are family reunion is 4 weeks from today and I have always been the cook, be it stove oven grill or whatever so we will see what which is happens. I got my first compliment yesterday. Someone told me I was thinner in the face. That was pretty cool. I told my boss about it yesterday too and he was amazed at all I told him. He is also a big guy(ex power lifter)and we are the same age so it's easy to relate to him. planned all this stuff to do in the yard and went out and bought the stuff I needed to help me stay busy and wouldn't you know its suppose to rain all week. Oh well maybe I can work in the Garage or basement who knows. That's it for today. TC RCR
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    Well here I am at the Lucerna. It's 6:40 am I leave for the OCC in about 2o minutes. Went down to Revelution Ave and shopped a bit On Sunday. We maet avery nice woman and her daughter at the hotel and they went with us. They are from Canada and seem to have some of the same problems that we have and their taxes really suck. Gotta go I can't type fast enough to say all I need to.Thanx tc all see you soon.
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    Well the first day is here. This is also my first blog. I really don't know where to start. So I guess I 'll start with me. I'm 50 years old and weigh 350#.For years I had no trouble maintaining my weight. To the point that I never even thought about it. I used to be very active with hiking, mountain biking,weight lifting etc. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest which I believe to be the best place in America to live. Anyhoo I usually had jobs that were physical or where I needed to stay in shape to do them.I was a bouncer in Portland for many years. I was a commercial fisherman in Alaska. Casino security in Reno and Vegas. Cook, bartender, and about every job in a restaurant.So I guess these kept me from getting fat because you are always moving about. Now I work at a prison in Wisconsin and contrary to what you see on TV I sit around alot and watch TV or shoot the breeze with my officer's. The best description I can give you about working at a prison is that it is hours of boredom followed by seconds of terror. So I went down the slippery slope, 5lbs here 5lbs there etc.
    I first started looking into weight loss surgery about two years ago. It was then I found out that my "CADILLAC" insurance would not pay for anything. It's strange they will pay for treatment of any weight related disease you may get but not prevention. So I went on another diet and lost 45lbs and promptly gained it back plus some. I went to my doctor and she suggested that I go to a seminar on Lap-band surgery. I did go and was given some pretty cool info on the procedure. There was a rep there from my insurance company and I asked her why they would not pay for this. Her reply was this. Are you ready, There is no guarantee that you will lose weight. I told her that there is no guarantee that you can cure diabetes or heart disease, but you'll pay for that. Needlees to say she probably won't be adding me as a friend anytime soon. The cost was over 25,000 and that did not include everything. They wanted me to jump through all these hoops. Psych eval, weight loss therapy etc for 18 months (more greed)before I could even have surgery.Isaid to myself they want me me to do all this and I'm footing the bill KMA to that. With this I got on the net and began exploring my options. Like most of you I found several, but always seemed to come back to Dr. Ortiz. At first I saw they were in Cancun and TJ. Having spent time in Cancun I thought wow surgery, beach, sun, what could be better. I contacted several places and I was very impressed by Dr. Ortiz's credentials. So I got hold of Lori,went to my Dr. who filled out my heath form, got a physical,a stress test,and a home equity line of credit. So here we go.
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    Day 28

    By ripcityrenegade,

    Wow it finally worked. Well here I am on day 28 and the last three days are going to be the hardest I think. I have had very few episodes where I have felt these cravings. Maybe it's because I have been planning some things to eat once I start back on solids. I think if it was not for my band and not wanting to go against the advice I was given, I would be trying to eat now. I am still doing protein shakes, soup,smoothies and water. I now weigh 307lbs down from 353lbs pre-op. I feel ok but, my energy has kind of been up and down the last two days. So I hope when I get back to solids I can get back on track and feel a little better. Well that's about it for today I willtry to post in here more as it helps to write it down.TC RCR
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    I kind of gave up writing in here because the site keeps telling me that I'm forbidden or not authorized to write in my own blog. So I'm just going to try to post this to it and see what happens.
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    Day 20

    By ripcityrenegade,

    Sorry I neglected this. Today is my 20th day since I started this journey, adventure or whatever. Today I can start my Muscle milk again . Yesterday I had my first soup. I was having serious doubts on my 7th or 8th day post-op. I guess I should tell you what happened on the 19th. I got to the Clinic about 7:20am and proceeded to fill out all the paper work and give up the money. I then got my IV put in. I then saw Dr. Miranda and she told me her part, and weighed me 334lbs and set a goal of 260lbs. I then went and saw Dr Jimenez and he did his part with heart and lungs etc. Back out to the waiting room and then taken back and given our rooms. There I met my nurse (Carmelita), and she got me all sorted out and in bed. I remember that I was just figuring out the remote and all of a sudden this guy walks in, smiles at me and turns down the TV and sits in the love seat at the end of my bed. He appears to be in his late 30's or early 40's. This is Dr. Ortiz, he is full of energy and is telling me what's going to happen and how good I'm going to do.
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    Eight, wow count em, eight. Day eight began with my coffee and figuring out the day. I had my shake about 9:30 after going to get milk. I moved my old chair into the basement and made room for the treadmill I bought. I put down a mat and power strip and ended my participation in this. Drank another shake around 2:30 and the guys delivering the treadmill called. They wanted to know if I was home. I said Yes and went outside and they were across the street. Trying to deliver it to my neighbors. Any way we got it inside and setup. It seems to work good. I ran it through a couple of programs and did about a mile on it. I had my Chicken Club Panini for supper I still don't have a clue what I weigh, but I am sticking to their diet so they can't complain. I have even been writing it down so I can show them back-up if I have to. Thanx TC all.
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    Day 7 Wow What can I say. Still doing the usual, 2 cups of coffee and a shake in the morning, A shake for lunch and a bowl of steamed broccoli later in the afternoon. Chicken club panini for supper and 11/2 liters of water. I'm pretty pumped I bought a Wii fit plus and when I hooked it up it said get off you are over 330lbs. So I thought I would try again today and was able to get it all setup because it said I weighed 325lbs. I am suppose to lose 17lbs by Monday. I don't know if I will lose that much,but I hope so. I refuse to weigh myself until Monday. Well I should go and my some milk for my shakes today. As usual TC all.
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    The fifth day

    By ripcityrenegade,

    What up, What up. Well let's see day five is done. This was my first tough day. Hunger kind of crept up on me a lot today. I did not do that bad though. I did my usual for the day with 2 cups of coffee, and a shake in the am oh yeah and a Metamucil capsule. For lunch I had a bag of celery with Wishbone Spritzer and a shake. I came home and had a lean cuisine angel-hair pasts and shrimp + a lean cuisine steak, mushroom and cheese panini and a bowl of steamed broccoli. I guess I can't watch Food Wars for a while
    I'm going to go up to the dells and open up our camp Thursday and Friday. Hopefully I can get the leaf blower to blow or I'm going to have to do it the hard way. Put up the gazebo, chairs, table, chimes and our various wolf type creatures. Maybe go down to the river and see if there are any walleye below the dam. So days seven and eight will be delayed, Not that it matters ,but it's still fun. I can't believe I leave in four days.
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    My 4th day

    By ripcityrenegade,

    Day #4 over with, gone, done, history. Today I got up at 5:30 am. I had 2 cups of coffee and a shake at 9:00. I then walked about a mile and a half. We went over to my Mother in laws and got some games loaded onto the laptop (slots and such)and my golf game. Came home had a shake and a bowl of steamed broccoli. For supper I had a lean cuisine shrimp and angel hair pasta with a cup of steamed broccoli.Still not to bad for the fat guy having major doubts about doing this. Pre-op is 1/2 over (woohoo).I can say this because it's 5:30 in the morning on Tuesday. I'm having some coffee and writing in here. I kinda like writing in here cause it doesn't matter who sees it. I'm just trying to have something to do and get better typing, I still have my moments. I wonder if I lost any weight? Oh well as long as I stick to what I'm doing I will be ok. Another day in the hopper.
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    My third day.

    By ripcityrenegade,

    Day 3 was pretty easy. I had a shake for breakfast , some celery , another shake for lunch , and a lean cuisine chicken club. I mowed the yard , cleaned out the fridge and cleaned the house toady. Not much else to tell. I'm still kinda weirded out that I not climbing the walls yet. Oh yeah I vacuumed and washed my truck some wher along the line.
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    My Second Day

    By ripcityrenegade,

    Hi all it's day 2 and so far so good. I can't believe it I'm sitting here drinking a shake and I'm doing pretty fair. Yesterday I started my pre-op diet. I had a shake for breakfast and lunch. I had a Lean Cuisine Chicken Club Panini and 2 celery stalks. Today I have had 2 cups of cowith spinach leaves a shake, 2celery stalks, and a shake. I'm going to have a salad with Spritzer(ranch)with spinach leaves and another Chicken Club. I was sure I was going to have problems. You know I think if you think the worst before you start.Then the real thing isn't so bad. I did the same thing when I quit smoking a few years ago. I'm going to try to write in here every day. It's kinda fun and it helps my crappy typing. Gotta go take care all.
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