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Debs ramblings about her NHS sleeve...
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Debs!
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Hello everyone
The loo issue has been a battle in the last few days and my irritability and bad temper never got any better! I have been a moody old cow for 3 weeks now!!!!
I had a stall in weigh lots during the pre op for 8 days - nothing moved - literally - I tried over the counter solutions to no avail. I started at 18 stones 10/11 and I am now 17 stones 11/12.
Called hospital about my loo issues and they insisted I spoke to the GP as 6 days without a visit was not ideal pre op preparation.
Yesterday was prescribed Picolax - usually used as a pre op treatment for bowel surgery. Well I have lost 3lbs now and have no fear that I have anything left to cause an issue. Quite a spectacular experience I have to say!!!
So it is tomorrow. My stomach - well at least 2/3rds of it, is being cut out of me tomorrow as I cannot sustain any good relationship with food. Said that bluntly, it is most incredulous that this is what I have come to. If my leg ached would I realistically consider chopping it off?
Don't get me wrong - I am not seeing any other solution but this, so I am resolute. I am just so very sad that I could do so many things - have a baby, work for years, fight for good causes, be a kind person - but I was never able, without help, to be kind enough to me to be able to beat my destructive relationship with my drug of choice - food.
So damn you food obsession - I will cut your source and see how you like that!!!
If all goes well I will be out by Friday at the very latest. If it doesn't, I am convinved that it remained my only option and such was life.
Hope everyone has a great day and for my online buddies a big thank you for your care and consideration of a complete stranger.
The loo issue has been a battle in the last few days and my irritability and bad temper never got any better! I have been a moody old cow for 3 weeks now!!!!
I had a stall in weigh lots during the pre op for 8 days - nothing moved - literally - I tried over the counter solutions to no avail. I started at 18 stones 10/11 and I am now 17 stones 11/12.
Called hospital about my loo issues and they insisted I spoke to the GP as 6 days without a visit was not ideal pre op preparation.
Yesterday was prescribed Picolax - usually used as a pre op treatment for bowel surgery. Well I have lost 3lbs now and have no fear that I have anything left to cause an issue. Quite a spectacular experience I have to say!!!
So it is tomorrow. My stomach - well at least 2/3rds of it, is being cut out of me tomorrow as I cannot sustain any good relationship with food. Said that bluntly, it is most incredulous that this is what I have come to. If my leg ached would I realistically consider chopping it off?
Don't get me wrong - I am not seeing any other solution but this, so I am resolute. I am just so very sad that I could do so many things - have a baby, work for years, fight for good causes, be a kind person - but I was never able, without help, to be kind enough to me to be able to beat my destructive relationship with my drug of choice - food.
So damn you food obsession - I will cut your source and see how you like that!!!
If all goes well I will be out by Friday at the very latest. If it doesn't, I am convinved that it remained my only option and such was life.
Hope everyone has a great day and for my online buddies a big thank you for your care and consideration of a complete stranger.
Jacwat
Member
Good luck Debs! Glad you got hints sorted in the bowel department. I am just over a week into LSD and it's ok but can't wait until it's over.
I think your nerves are natural but think of it another way, if you had cardiac problems you would seek appropriate help, if you are diabetic, you would take insulin, obesity is no different. We are all here because we have tried all sorts in the past, we didn't just wake up one day thinking oh I will have surgery!. It's a difficult move but the right one! I will be 2 weeks behind you having the same procedure so you will be my role model!
You have offered a great deal of support to a lot of people on here and hopefully we can give you support now when you need it.
Take care and save me a space!
Good luck
Jackie
Xx
Venture
New Member
That post spoke to me quite a lot too.
It's sad in a way that we are capable of so much, like you said, but not of managing this on our own. Well of course you don't have to do something like this, most people don't, but you've decided THAT life is not the one for you and you're going to strive for better. Even if you have to go through hell to get there. I think that shows great strength in its own way and what is keeping me on track when I have a wobble - this isn't failure, this is taking a stand, this is saying "I refuse to live this way any longer" and using whatever tool necessary to help you.
Best of luck tomorrow. Sure it'll all be fine!
It's sad in a way that we are capable of so much, like you said, but not of managing this on our own. Well of course you don't have to do something like this, most people don't, but you've decided THAT life is not the one for you and you're going to strive for better. Even if you have to go through hell to get there. I think that shows great strength in its own way and what is keeping me on track when I have a wobble - this isn't failure, this is taking a stand, this is saying "I refuse to live this way any longer" and using whatever tool necessary to help you.
Best of luck tomorrow. Sure it'll all be fine!
Debs!
Active Member
Well - an awful afternoon
Hospital called me about 2 hours ago. Back on 9th March I had my pre op and everything was fine with the swabs and stuff.
By the time my surgery was scheduled my pre op swabs/bloods had expired so they were repeated on Friday 15th May.
They called me at 3pm today to say I have MRSA in my nose.
Operation is cancelled.
Have to have MRSA treatment now and then have 3 clear pre op swabs before they will then look to reschedule the op.
They will not schedule date yet until I am clear and booking are running at around 6-8 weeks.
I cannot describe quite how I feel. Tears are streaming and I am fighting the self destruct button.
All the pre op work and all my summer plans are now in disarray.
I am sorry to sound so self piteous.
Hospital called me about 2 hours ago. Back on 9th March I had my pre op and everything was fine with the swabs and stuff.
By the time my surgery was scheduled my pre op swabs/bloods had expired so they were repeated on Friday 15th May.
They called me at 3pm today to say I have MRSA in my nose.
Operation is cancelled.
Have to have MRSA treatment now and then have 3 clear pre op swabs before they will then look to reschedule the op.
They will not schedule date yet until I am clear and booking are running at around 6-8 weeks.
I cannot describe quite how I feel. Tears are streaming and I am fighting the self destruct button.
All the pre op work and all my summer plans are now in disarray.
I am sorry to sound so self piteous.
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kimw
New Member
Oh Debs what a dreadful thing to have happen, my thoughts are with you. I have no words that will magically make you bounce back, but please try to remember how far you have come and you will get the result you want in the end. On the plus side no more LSD for a few weeks.
If I was you I'd have a good tea followed by a large G&T . I'm sure the MRSA will soon get sorted and then you'll be back on schedule. Love and hugs x
Jacwat
Member
Oh Debs
I am so so sorry, how disappointing. Fingers crossed it goes ahead quickly for you.
Take care
Xxx
Debs!
Active Member
So I now have something to coat the inside of my nose with 3 times a day and a bottle of pink hibiscrub type stuff to shower with for the next 5 days. Hopefully this will deal with the apparent colony of MRSA who chose recently to live in my nose.
A tearful breakdown at the hospital was gently dealt with by the staff who have said if I get the treatment, 3 clear swabs afterwards and stay on the liver shrinking diet then they have provisionally kept me a slot on the 10th of June. So a glimmer of hope.
So many other plans are wrecked but in the overall scheme of things it's a much more positive outcome than it could have been. The booking lady went out on a limb which, when you consider how stressful working in that dept is, she didn't have to. I am feeling calmer and trying to pick self up as the diet for a further 3 weeks has overwhelmed me a bit but will be ok. Have no choice!
A tearful breakdown at the hospital was gently dealt with by the staff who have said if I get the treatment, 3 clear swabs afterwards and stay on the liver shrinking diet then they have provisionally kept me a slot on the 10th of June. So a glimmer of hope.
So many other plans are wrecked but in the overall scheme of things it's a much more positive outcome than it could have been. The booking lady went out on a limb which, when you consider how stressful working in that dept is, she didn't have to. I am feeling calmer and trying to pick self up as the diet for a further 3 weeks has overwhelmed me a bit but will be ok. Have no choice!
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Jacwat
Member
Oh glad your feeling more positive Debs! 3 more weeks, you can do it! Good luck, I am here if you ever need to sound off!
Take care
Jackie
Xx
clairemp
Member
I read your 'bad' post and thought oh no! That's bloody awful. Then I carried on and read your most recent and thought 'yay, not so bad'.
It was a roller coaster for me, it must have been awful for you..!?
So glad the delay isn't quite as soul destroying as it might have been.
Here's to an MRSA free nose soon..! X
It was a roller coaster for me, it must have been awful for you..!?
So glad the delay isn't quite as soul destroying as it might have been.
Here's to an MRSA free nose soon..! X
kimw
New Member
Well that's better news, I am at the hospital on the 5th June and I have another appt on the 10th, so you never know we might bump into each other. The nurse did say when I go on the 5th they might cancel the appt on the 10th, but as I'm only 20 mins away I would still be happy to pop in and see you in the evening. This road is never easy and this is just one of those little twists that happen, for some reason it wasn't the right time this week, I'm sure it will all be good in the end. Hugs x
Debs!
Active Member
Well I religiously followed the MRSA treatment - cream up nose 3 times a day and daily washing in a hospital strength anti bacterial wash that has a feint odour of bleach!!! My hair hated the stuff - it stripped the colour and made it dry - but if it deals with the apparent MRSA colony that invaded me sometimes after my pre op in March but before was there by my May pre op - I will be grateful!
My first swab was Wednesday 27th to see if I am clear. This needs to be clear for me to have surgery on 10th June. Result of that and the 2nd swab is Friday 29th. Don't think I will cope well with a second cancellation!
I think I am now just creeping into week 5 of the liver shrinking diet. Extended my miles as both started early and the ended up having op cancelled. Good news is no headaches. Not as hungry but still feel hunger for sure. Toilet issues seem less apparent. Grumpy and bad mood hasn't changed. I definitely use food as an emotional crutch it's so clear now!
Anyhow. Let's hope the colony up my proboscis have died!
Debs x
My first swab was Wednesday 27th to see if I am clear. This needs to be clear for me to have surgery on 10th June. Result of that and the 2nd swab is Friday 29th. Don't think I will cope well with a second cancellation!
I think I am now just creeping into week 5 of the liver shrinking diet. Extended my miles as both started early and the ended up having op cancelled. Good news is no headaches. Not as hungry but still feel hunger for sure. Toilet issues seem less apparent. Grumpy and bad mood hasn't changed. I definitely use food as an emotional crutch it's so clear now!
Anyhow. Let's hope the colony up my proboscis have died!
Debs x
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Jacwat
Member
Aw good luck Debs, I hope its all clear and you can go ahead on the 10th June. Keep us posted xxx
