I had my third pre-bypass surgery life skills class tonight. Like the other two classes, this one was divided into two parts. In the first part, the dietician did a review of post-surgery nutrition, then gave us our “final exams” (it was 24 ridiculously easy questions!). In the second part, the nurse case manager went [...]
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I’m heading up to my father’s house for the weekend. I’m not sure what needs to be taken care of yet, but I’ll find out when I get there. I’m not going to let him get on my nerves this weekend. And, I’m going to stick to my meal and exercise plan.
I’ve forgotten to mention [...]
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I saw this article a couple of weeks ago, then found it again this morning, so I decided to link to it. It’s about how weight loss surgery can cut the risk of cancer by as much as 80%
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Posted in back pain, weight loss, tagged bariatric, bariatric surgery, Barrett's Esophagus, diet, dietician, dieting, epidural injection, exercise, gastric bypass surgery, meal planning, nutrition, pain management, sciatica, sleep apnea, spondylolysis, weight management on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I can’t believe that half the year has already past. 2008 seems to be sailing by like the Starship Enterprise at Warp 9. For me, the year started with 2 1/2 months of physical therapy for sciatica, which as I’ve now found out after a CT scan, was being caused by spondylolysis, a [...]
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I had a pretty hard, intense day at work today. Testing for the projects I’m working on has not been going well, so I’ve had to remove both projects from this Friday’s go-live date. Fortunately, it’s not imperative that the date be met, or else I’d still be at work right now, and I’d be [...]
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Well, it’s my own fault for not sticking to the plan over the weekend. I’m up 2 pounds since Thursday. I have to find a way to stick to the plan on weekends, since they are my biggest weakness. As I’ve seen, and as anyone who’s been reading this blog has seen, sticking to the [...]
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Posted in weight loss, tagged bariatric, bariatric surgery, Barrett's Esophagus, cardiac evaluation, diet, dietician, dieting, endocrinologist, food log, gastric bypass surgery, lap band surgery, life skills, psychologist, pulmonary evaluation, weight loss surgery on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I won today’s battle with the evil little voice. I’m not going to get cocky, though. I know from long experience that that voice is powerful and can stage an uprising at any time.
I have my first appointments set up at the Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute in preparation for gastric bypass surgery (I’ve decided [...]
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Overall, this has been a really good week. I was a good boy every day except today. Today started with an allowed treat. Since I had been good all week, I treated myself to a diner breakfast this morning. For the record, I had a mushroom combination omelette, toast and hash browns. The idea was [...]
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Posted in back pain, weight loss, tagged bariatric surgery, epidural, epidural injection, gastric bybass surgery, lapband surgery, obesity, pain management, spondylolysis, weight loss surgery on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As I said in an earlier post, I had my first epidural injection today for the spondylolysis. I was at work and didn’t have time to give any of the details. The procedure itself was easy. My appointment was at 9:15, but I was told to arrive at 8:45, which I did. I got called [...]
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Posted in weight loss, tagged back pain, bariatric surgery, dieting, epidural injection, gastric bypass surgery, lap band surgery, lap-band, pain management, spondylolysis, weight loss surgery on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had the appointment with the back pain management specialist this afternoon. He concurs with my family doctor that I should get an epidural injection. He told me that spondylolysis is a birth defect, which I didn’t know. I did find this article on Back.com that says it occurs mostly with young athletes. I thought [...]
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