So this is late coming since I’ve had the last 2 weeks off. But oh well, at least I got a lot of rest, done tons of reading, stayed at the “sitter’s again, been to ER again, started sorting my pictures and oh yeah, lots of practice putting pressure dressings on my incision! When this is over with, if I never see a roll of medical tape and gauze sponges ever again it will be too soon. Unlike the 1st surgery, this time I developed a seroma. After I started bleeding in Outpatient Surgery, extra blood (a lot of it too) decided to hang out in the extra tissue (from being overweight) until it was ready to come out. Of course, I didn’t know this would/could happen till after I made a visit to the ER when I couldn’t get the bleeding to stop even after putting pressure on the incision. It has been draining ever since. Then since it was still open and draining still, they wouldn’t let me go back to work until now since I work in a hospital. Ironically, Jim from work said “How long you gonna milk this one for?” as far as my time off. I think I might just say it’s his fault I wasn’t back sooner. Ok, maybe not. But I will say, Damn Deer!
Today was a good day back at work, long, but good. It was nice being back. It was good having a reason to get up in the morning. Not so early would have been nice of course.
The best part of the day? I have to say when I weighed in at tops. I came in with an 8lb loss for the last 2 weeks. I was so afraid I was going to gain again. I missed the weigh in last week because I really wasn’t feeling up to going or nearly awake enough. The week before that, and the day after surgery, I gained 4 ¼ lbs. either way, I am happy I got my last weight for 2008. So from my highest weight this year - I am ending the year with a 37.5lb loss!
I am looking forward to working toward & meeting the new, smaller Princess Jenn in 2009!
Until next time –
~ Jennifer ~
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Healing
Hi All,
I am up and awake still even though it will be pushing 3am by the time I get my butt into bed. I imagine that will be coming up soon since I gave in and took my pain medicine. I have been trying to stay away from it but today I certainly over did it a little bit with litter boxes tonight. But a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.
Anyway, I'm still healing. Slowly, but surely! I still feel like I have been carved up like a turkey and I have a bruise the size of a dvd case to prove it. My incision is looking good. Ironically the bruise is surrounding my incision and not over top of it. Thank goodness! I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried about how & when it will ever finish healing. I am starting to wonder like my dad if it will burst open. My poor dad asked my mother, the nurse, what could happen to my incision after I had the incident in the hospital (before discharge with the bleeding). My mother calmly told him that it would just bleed out. His concern was that I wouldn't wake up. Mine was that I would ruin my friends sheets & bed. Now I worry about my favorite comforter and not wanting to have to miss anymore work. I feel so bad as it is. I seen a coworker tonight when I went with my dad to get my mom from work (so I could get my prescription filled). He made sure to tell me that I was missed today on Rehab. Apparently just like when I had surgery last time, it has been nothing short of crazy there. Seems to me like I picked a good time to be off. :)
Well I have rambled on enough. This pain med is making it hard to stay awake again. Besides, my puppy dog needs outside and I need to get us tucked into bed before I fall asleep on the couch again! lol
Until next time,
Princess Jenn
I am up and awake still even though it will be pushing 3am by the time I get my butt into bed. I imagine that will be coming up soon since I gave in and took my pain medicine. I have been trying to stay away from it but today I certainly over did it a little bit with litter boxes tonight. But a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.
Anyway, I'm still healing. Slowly, but surely! I still feel like I have been carved up like a turkey and I have a bruise the size of a dvd case to prove it. My incision is looking good. Ironically the bruise is surrounding my incision and not over top of it. Thank goodness! I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried about how & when it will ever finish healing. I am starting to wonder like my dad if it will burst open. My poor dad asked my mother, the nurse, what could happen to my incision after I had the incident in the hospital (before discharge with the bleeding). My mother calmly told him that it would just bleed out. His concern was that I wouldn't wake up. Mine was that I would ruin my friends sheets & bed. Now I worry about my favorite comforter and not wanting to have to miss anymore work. I feel so bad as it is. I seen a coworker tonight when I went with my dad to get my mom from work (so I could get my prescription filled). He made sure to tell me that I was missed today on Rehab. Apparently just like when I had surgery last time, it has been nothing short of crazy there. Seems to me like I picked a good time to be off. :)
Well I have rambled on enough. This pain med is making it hard to stay awake again. Besides, my puppy dog needs outside and I need to get us tucked into bed before I fall asleep on the couch again! lol
Until next time,
Princess Jenn
Monday, December 15, 2008
Post surgery- back at the babysitters!
So I made it thru the surgery. So much for going home to my own bed to sleep it off. Because of the anesthesia and the whole stupid sleep apnea thing I am not to be alone tonight. So while I was still in recovery, Sharon drew the short straw and here I am.
Damn Deer!! My port had to be moved over about 2 inches because where my port was before didn't have enough stable tissue left after the sutures were ripped out. Again, Damn Deer! I also got my fill that I was supposed to get last week. He put in another 1.5cc's. That puts me at 3.5cc's now.
And would it be my story if something didn't go wrong?! I think not. I made it without any problems until I got to the 2nd recovery room. They took me to the 2nd floor for surgery, then to recovery then back down to outpatient surgery before I was able to go home. While I was relaxing and making out a list of the things I needed since I wasn't going to go home, I felt something on my hand. I thought maybe I had spilled some of my yummy liquid pain medicine. Nope, of course not! I was bleeding! Boy was I bleeding. I soaked my gown and 2 blankets. So my dad had to leave the room while they put pressure on my wound and cut my gown off me. Do I know how to get attention or what? lol. The doc was paged and he wasn't worried. But they still kept me about 45 minutes longer until they felt better about setting me free.
Here I am, tucked in nicely at my very good friend Sharon's house. My dad was nice enough to bring me some very important things, puter, blankets, cloths, toothbrush & toothpaste. Plus my mom bought me some juice and chai tea latte and ice cream. Yes, I am going to at least get some good stuff while I am on a full liquid diet until Wednesday.
My poor dog is gonna be so mad at me thou. But it's probably better since she would be trying to sit on my lap if I were home. But I can spend tom night with her since I get out of work tomorrow. I didn't want to have to miss work anymore. This a big ole pain in the A$$. My mother even says that if anything bad is going to happen, it will happen to me.
I am getting a little drowsy now. That liquid pain stuff knocks me on my butt.
Until next time, I'll keep on going trying not to go crazy. I can just imagine Jim thinking I am already there. Hopefully tomorrow's tops weigh in goes well. Wish me luck, I am certainly going to need it.
PS if I miss spell anything that's missing a letter G forgive me, that letter sticks.
Princess Jenn
Damn Deer!! My port had to be moved over about 2 inches because where my port was before didn't have enough stable tissue left after the sutures were ripped out. Again, Damn Deer! I also got my fill that I was supposed to get last week. He put in another 1.5cc's. That puts me at 3.5cc's now.
And would it be my story if something didn't go wrong?! I think not. I made it without any problems until I got to the 2nd recovery room. They took me to the 2nd floor for surgery, then to recovery then back down to outpatient surgery before I was able to go home. While I was relaxing and making out a list of the things I needed since I wasn't going to go home, I felt something on my hand. I thought maybe I had spilled some of my yummy liquid pain medicine. Nope, of course not! I was bleeding! Boy was I bleeding. I soaked my gown and 2 blankets. So my dad had to leave the room while they put pressure on my wound and cut my gown off me. Do I know how to get attention or what? lol. The doc was paged and he wasn't worried. But they still kept me about 45 minutes longer until they felt better about setting me free.
Here I am, tucked in nicely at my very good friend Sharon's house. My dad was nice enough to bring me some very important things, puter, blankets, cloths, toothbrush & toothpaste. Plus my mom bought me some juice and chai tea latte and ice cream. Yes, I am going to at least get some good stuff while I am on a full liquid diet until Wednesday.
My poor dog is gonna be so mad at me thou. But it's probably better since she would be trying to sit on my lap if I were home. But I can spend tom night with her since I get out of work tomorrow. I didn't want to have to miss work anymore. This a big ole pain in the A$$. My mother even says that if anything bad is going to happen, it will happen to me.
I am getting a little drowsy now. That liquid pain stuff knocks me on my butt.
Until next time, I'll keep on going trying not to go crazy. I can just imagine Jim thinking I am already there. Hopefully tomorrow's tops weigh in goes well. Wish me luck, I am certainly going to need it.
PS if I miss spell anything that's missing a letter G forgive me, that letter sticks.
Princess Jenn
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Flipped Port - Surgery Monday
I said it before and I'll say it again, Damn Deer!!
I went for my 2nd fill this past thursday and it didn't go so well. My port is deep down but my 1st fill went pretty good considering it was the 1st time, finding it and all.
I did mention the "deer incident" when I got there. Partly because I was worried about it and wanted re-assurance that it didn't bother my band. Even though they assured me in the ER it was fine. Plus since I haven't been as good with the exercise since I sprained my neck. I haven't been able to get comfortable at night, let alone doing that much exercise.
Well after about 15 mins, which felt like forever, he said he wanted to send me for an xray. He (and I ) knew that he was on top of my port with the needle. Where the needle should have been going into the port, it sounded like metal on metal. Then he said it, my port might have flipped.
So I asked how that could have happened, and how to fix it. His answer, when the seatbelt restrained me, it pulled on my sutures holding my port in place and if it was in fact flipped, it would need to be fixed surgically. Outpatient surgery, but surgery.
Tomorrow is the day. I have a 3pm surgery time. I have to be there at 1pm. After 2 more showers with that stupid soap I can't stand. But oh well. I most likely will get my next fill with my repair tomorrow. So I won't be behind that far with my next fill.
Until next time, I will be trying not to go crazy.
Jennifer
I went for my 2nd fill this past thursday and it didn't go so well. My port is deep down but my 1st fill went pretty good considering it was the 1st time, finding it and all.
I did mention the "deer incident" when I got there. Partly because I was worried about it and wanted re-assurance that it didn't bother my band. Even though they assured me in the ER it was fine. Plus since I haven't been as good with the exercise since I sprained my neck. I haven't been able to get comfortable at night, let alone doing that much exercise.
Well after about 15 mins, which felt like forever, he said he wanted to send me for an xray. He (and I ) knew that he was on top of my port with the needle. Where the needle should have been going into the port, it sounded like metal on metal. Then he said it, my port might have flipped.
So I asked how that could have happened, and how to fix it. His answer, when the seatbelt restrained me, it pulled on my sutures holding my port in place and if it was in fact flipped, it would need to be fixed surgically. Outpatient surgery, but surgery.
Tomorrow is the day. I have a 3pm surgery time. I have to be there at 1pm. After 2 more showers with that stupid soap I can't stand. But oh well. I most likely will get my next fill with my repair tomorrow. So I won't be behind that far with my next fill.
Until next time, I will be trying not to go crazy.
Jennifer
Monday, December 1, 2008
Fill updates
I guess I should also do an update about my weightloss and surgery stuff. So here goes.
The other week I was starting to get worried about how my band in place. There were about 3-4 days I was getting sick 1 or 2 times a day. I had been very careful to take small bites and chew really well and take my time with meals. Well I was still getting sick. I knew the band hadn't slipped because I was able to keep things down and it was at weird times when I was getting sick. It was always around the same time of day. Then I realized how bad my skin itched at that same time of day. Turns out I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic they put me of my sinus infection. So now I am still on an antibiotics for same sinus infection that I had back before my car accident.
I did have a bad experience with lettuce on a hamburger. The lettuce got soft and wilted and blocked off my stomach until I was able to get it outta there if you know what I mean. Since then, I have had mainly good days. I know that there are things I am able to tolerate now that won't go so well after my next fill.
Just like there are days I can eat more than others. And some things go down easily 1 day and not so easily the next. Each day is a new experience.
My next fill was scheduled for this coming Thursday Dec 4th. But I changed my appt since I am going to a big Christmas party on Sat downstate. It wasn't that I was wanting to eat more or anything like that. Ok, I want to be able to drunk off my A$$ without being sick. Not really, but it sounds good. But that I didn't want to risk being/getting sick in front of all those people or in the host/hostess' really nice house. Plus, with my luck I could just imagine having major problems while being that far from home. My next fill is now scheduled for Dec11th. Then I have the next 4 days off so I can see how I tolerate food and take my time eating and be in the privacy of my own home.
So I think I have rambled enough. I hope this enough detail. A friend, Sharon, said I haven't been using enough detail and that my last post, the one about my car, was one really long sentence.
Tomorrow night is tops so I will do an update since I will be weighing in tom. I didnt do an update last week because I skipped the meeting. Yes, I know I should have weighed in but I was on major doses of benadryl to keep me scratching my skin off. I'm still rambling. sorry.
Until next time.
Princess Jenn
The other week I was starting to get worried about how my band in place. There were about 3-4 days I was getting sick 1 or 2 times a day. I had been very careful to take small bites and chew really well and take my time with meals. Well I was still getting sick. I knew the band hadn't slipped because I was able to keep things down and it was at weird times when I was getting sick. It was always around the same time of day. Then I realized how bad my skin itched at that same time of day. Turns out I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic they put me of my sinus infection. So now I am still on an antibiotics for same sinus infection that I had back before my car accident.
I did have a bad experience with lettuce on a hamburger. The lettuce got soft and wilted and blocked off my stomach until I was able to get it outta there if you know what I mean. Since then, I have had mainly good days. I know that there are things I am able to tolerate now that won't go so well after my next fill.
Just like there are days I can eat more than others. And some things go down easily 1 day and not so easily the next. Each day is a new experience.
My next fill was scheduled for this coming Thursday Dec 4th. But I changed my appt since I am going to a big Christmas party on Sat downstate. It wasn't that I was wanting to eat more or anything like that. Ok, I want to be able to drunk off my A$$ without being sick. Not really, but it sounds good. But that I didn't want to risk being/getting sick in front of all those people or in the host/hostess' really nice house. Plus, with my luck I could just imagine having major problems while being that far from home. My next fill is now scheduled for Dec11th. Then I have the next 4 days off so I can see how I tolerate food and take my time eating and be in the privacy of my own home.
So I think I have rambled enough. I hope this enough detail. A friend, Sharon, said I haven't been using enough detail and that my last post, the one about my car, was one really long sentence.
Tomorrow night is tops so I will do an update since I will be weighing in tom. I didnt do an update last week because I skipped the meeting. Yes, I know I should have weighed in but I was on major doses of benadryl to keep me scratching my skin off. I'm still rambling. sorry.
Until next time.
Princess Jenn
Yes, I am still alive & kicking & screaming!
So I am a little behind doing a post. Ok, so I am really late in posting.
For those of you who know me well, you know that my life is crazy & full of drama. Well these past few weeks has been no exception. It all started when my sister came to visit with my very busy 3 year old niece Adrianna. It was having company but I have lived alone for 4 years and learned to love it. My niece Adrianna is a little nosypants. She was into everything! She loves cats, and I have cats. Unfortunately, my cats don't love her. By the grace of God, she only got scratched a few times. I have this one cat, Oliver, he is a big orange and white cat that weighs like 20lbs. He reminds of one of my friend Sharon's cats cuz he looks like he swallowed a basketball. Anyway, Adrianna thinks he makes a comfy bed. She has to lay on him to love him cuz he is way to heavy to pick up. LOL. I am torn in how I feel that they left to go back to Saginaw. I don't play well with others who are related to me, who are living in and hogging all my precious space. But it was really nice having Adrianna there. She was so cute. She would come to my bedroom door when I was home in my bedroom either if I was going to bed, or if it was morning. I have a hole cut in my bedroom door (like a cat door) that is there for the cats to be able to get in and out of my bedroom while I am gone and get away from Lightning (the dog) or in this case, Adrianna. Anyway, I was woken up many times by Adrianna sitting on the floor in front of my door looking in through the hole saying "Aunt Jennifer, open the door. Aunt Jennifer, let me in" It was cute. Thank goodness it was cute the whole time. It was the standing on my computer table playing with my radio saying "turn it loud" and cranking my radio really loud and turning it off when I was listening to it.
They are back home in Saginaw and I have my home back to myself. Now I just need to remember where I put all my stuff I didn't want little miss getting in to like my Tigger pillow I got for my birthday.
Yuppers, I had a birthday! I am officially 25. We had our usual Tuesday night dinner with birthday cake. Amanda made this really pretty red velvet pink & green butterfly cake and I got presents. Thats always nice getting presents. I got the cutest Tigger pillow from Amy and a new butterfly journal from Sharon and more scrapbooking stuff. Then on thursday, I had an amazing day at work on my birthday. My coworkers were so good to me. It was a really fun day. Ronda, a nurse I work with even bought Chinese for us at work & made some really yummy Shrimp linguine. Even though she ended up getting the day off. Our unit housekeeper, Cindy M, made one of her amazing Carrot cakes and brought it in on her day off too. I got a new Tiara too.
The best part about my birthday was I got the "Princess Mobile" back. The afternoon shift let me leave long enough to return my rental car and pick up my car. It felt so nice to get my car back. Hansen Collision did an amazing job on my car. They even cleaned out my trunk! I had a can a V8 juice that had gotten spilled in the trunk and dried back in October (my car jack slid into it a few too many times and finally did make it any longer in one piece.) My car looks and smells brand new. Better than it did before I bought it. Of course it should by the list of things they did to my car I'm not surprised. I don't know why, all I did was hit a deer head-on at 50 mph.
For those of you who know me well, you know that my life is crazy & full of drama. Well these past few weeks has been no exception. It all started when my sister came to visit with my very busy 3 year old niece Adrianna. It was having company but I have lived alone for 4 years and learned to love it. My niece Adrianna is a little nosypants. She was into everything! She loves cats, and I have cats. Unfortunately, my cats don't love her. By the grace of God, she only got scratched a few times. I have this one cat, Oliver, he is a big orange and white cat that weighs like 20lbs. He reminds of one of my friend Sharon's cats cuz he looks like he swallowed a basketball. Anyway, Adrianna thinks he makes a comfy bed. She has to lay on him to love him cuz he is way to heavy to pick up. LOL. I am torn in how I feel that they left to go back to Saginaw. I don't play well with others who are related to me, who are living in and hogging all my precious space. But it was really nice having Adrianna there. She was so cute. She would come to my bedroom door when I was home in my bedroom either if I was going to bed, or if it was morning. I have a hole cut in my bedroom door (like a cat door) that is there for the cats to be able to get in and out of my bedroom while I am gone and get away from Lightning (the dog) or in this case, Adrianna. Anyway, I was woken up many times by Adrianna sitting on the floor in front of my door looking in through the hole saying "Aunt Jennifer, open the door. Aunt Jennifer, let me in" It was cute. Thank goodness it was cute the whole time. It was the standing on my computer table playing with my radio saying "turn it loud" and cranking my radio really loud and turning it off when I was listening to it.
They are back home in Saginaw and I have my home back to myself. Now I just need to remember where I put all my stuff I didn't want little miss getting in to like my Tigger pillow I got for my birthday.
Yuppers, I had a birthday! I am officially 25. We had our usual Tuesday night dinner with birthday cake. Amanda made this really pretty red velvet pink & green butterfly cake and I got presents. Thats always nice getting presents. I got the cutest Tigger pillow from Amy and a new butterfly journal from Sharon and more scrapbooking stuff. Then on thursday, I had an amazing day at work on my birthday. My coworkers were so good to me. It was a really fun day. Ronda, a nurse I work with even bought Chinese for us at work & made some really yummy Shrimp linguine. Even though she ended up getting the day off. Our unit housekeeper, Cindy M, made one of her amazing Carrot cakes and brought it in on her day off too. I got a new Tiara too.
The best part about my birthday was I got the "Princess Mobile" back. The afternoon shift let me leave long enough to return my rental car and pick up my car. It felt so nice to get my car back. Hansen Collision did an amazing job on my car. They even cleaned out my trunk! I had a can a V8 juice that had gotten spilled in the trunk and dried back in October (my car jack slid into it a few too many times and finally did make it any longer in one piece.) My car looks and smells brand new. Better than it did before I bought it. Of course it should by the list of things they did to my car I'm not surprised. I don't know why, all I did was hit a deer head-on at 50 mph.
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