My Weightloss Profile

I joined a weightloss group on Facebook for a YouTuber that I like to follow named Kelsi Danielle. The Facebook group got started right around my surgery date, so I was able to make my introduction post a few days after recovering. Basically, I had said:

When I first saw my surgeon, I was at the highest I've ever been. I just had my surgery Thursday (June 24, 2021), and by the time I had to go on the liquid diet and I left the hospital Saturday, I was 24 pounds down! I got the loop duodenal switch. My surgeon told me I have an enormous liver, but he still managed to get it done. I woke up with 8 large incisions and 3 little ones (instead of the 5 they tell you that you will usually get). I also woke up with numb fingers on my left hand and not really any gas pain. It did NOT go how I expected it would, but so far, so good!

It's now Monday, and there's been slight improvement to the feeling in my fingers, and I'm celebrating my first bowel movement today! lol (It's the little things, right? ) I keep having bad headaches though. I'm still scared I might tear something or there might end up being a leak, or a blood clot, but I try to stay positive.

Yesterday I had a regret breakdown and kept apologizing to my stomach because I was personifying it and my intestines, like - you were a living thing, a part of me, and I just had you cut off and thrown away like I killed you, or as if I killed a part of myself. It's been emotional for me but once I realized what I was doing, it's a little easier to straighten up, accept it, and move on.

Today, I am doing much better. The only pain I feel is when I cough or move around, like I've done too many sit-ups. I do find it a little hard to breathe as deep as I could at the moment, and I feel a bit winded if I talk too much right now, but I keep using the little device they gave me to prevent pneumonia. I think that's about all I've got to say about it at the moment. Any questions, feel free to ask. I share just about everything