its been toooo long.. time to catch up!

First off I'm sorry its been so long.... but it has now been a couples days over 8 weeks... I haven't weighed in since my 6 week check up with the Dr. but my weight then was 248! that is 38lbs before surgery and 38 lbs after! a grand total of 76lbs!!! I am feeling good and so much more active! i try to workout everyday.. but if i am running out of time i at least do my walking everyday! but like i said i am way more active! i guess that's why i haven't been updating! before i use to just love to sit in front of the computer but now i want to be up and doing things! lol I'm not complaining! I'm loving it! the one thing that stinks is that i am running out of clothes! i have just a couple pairs of pants i can wear and my some of my old tops are still fitting they are just probably fitting how they should now! one sad thing is that I'm getting to the point of having no boobs! lol i didn't have much to start with but now its getting sad! oh well i guess i will take being healthier and full of energy over boobs! i joke with my husband telling him.. you know I'm going to need a boob job for Christmas! hahaha he just laughs! but anyhow.... I'm to the point now that i can eat regular foods.. its just about making good choices! lots of lean meats with alot of protein! chicken has become my best friend and fish! i love the feeling of being full.. and not wanting to eat all the time! its great!! In having more energy i started selling Scentsy now!! so far I'm loving it!  feel free to let me know if i can help you with anything and if you are wanting or order my website is http://katelynndavis.scentsy.us/ . Well this is all i have time for today but I'm going to put some pics below in the order of my weight.... so u can see...

I still have a long way to go but I'm loving the ride and gaining so much more self confidence in everything i do! if there is anything specific you'd like to ask me feel free and i will answer honestly!! thanks y'all for staying interested although i haven't been doing my part! lol talk to u soon!

6 Days Post-Op

Thursday Feb 17th, 2011, I had the gastric sleeve procedure! I am on my 6th day of post-op and doing well!
Surgery Day- after the surgery i had a very hard time waking up and slept most of the day! i had some amazing people in my life come visit me but they left shortly after so i could rest! My wonderful husband stayed in the hospital with me that night! I felt a little nauseous  and they game me something for that. It was just a weird feeling being there and know that things are going on around you but not knowing exactly what it was! I did as i was told and i couldn't have any liquids until the next day, but i got up and started walking that night!....

day 1- I was woke up with breakfast, which consisted of broth, water and diet jello. I could only have 1oz every hour. The bought me down very early to do the swallow test and i had to drink this nasty medicine and they watch it go down into your new stomach. I SAW IT GO DOWN AND SAW MY NEW LITTLE STOMACH!!! it was weird and very cool! They said everything looked great and when i got up to the room the Dt. came in and said it looked like i was going home everything looked good! They unhooked me from everything and i was just waiting for them to tell me i was being released and we waited all day. I walked alot that day hoping it would better my chances of going home then i ended up getting nauseous  again so they decided for me to stay another night.. i slept like a rock and my dad stayed with me and helped me out with everything!

Day  2- I finally got to go home  that  afternoon! I was so excited but the ride home was a killer! lots of bumps and pot holes.i felt very blah when i got home and just sat down and relaxed and it wasn't too long before i fell asleep... that day i was drinking water and having sugar-free pudding and chicken broth. and was up and walking around when i could.

Day 3- I was just so happy to be home and doing things in my house! I was starting to have a hard time getting 4 oz. an hour.. broth has been my best friend! and crystal light. I was trying my hardest to get some protein in. It is very hard!!!!! I walked alot in my yard.. and have been feeling so bad because my puppy just wants to be around me and i cant let her.. she just looks at me with those puppy eyes and breaks my heart! luckily it been beautiful weather outside so i have been getting out!

Day 4- doing all of this above and the pain was getting a little better! so my husband ad i went for a walk down the street. it felt like forever but i did it and was so happy although i had to come back home and sit down.... just so happy i did it!

Day 5- I introduced some cream of soups and just strained the chunks out! it made me fuller alot faster i couldn't even eat 2 oz of it. Its just crazy to me now how much i can't eat or drink.. and im not hungry i just know i have to.

Day 6- I got out of the house today but it was to go to the Dr.'s office just to double check on one of my incisions because It was still pulling. He looked everything over and explained to me that the reason it hurt was because they had to put a whole in my muscle in order tog er the stomach out and  then had to stich it back up so it will be tender for a little while until its heals inside. makes since to me but he said everything was looking great and they weighed me in and i love 15lbs.!!! amazing or what?!?!?!?!? down to 271 now! that's a long what from 324!!!


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324lbs



324lbs

Surgery is TOMORROW!

WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE SURGERY IS TOMORROW!!! I am ready to do this! I am so anxious/nervous/excited! i hope that's normal! but anyways the last couple days I've been just doing a liquid diet to make sure everything is good! makes me feel better about it, although the protein drinks got me a little gassy!(sorry for those that grosses out) I'm just drinking alot of water to help with that! i think yesterday i had about 240 oz. of water!!! i drank it ALL day!  but i felt really good!!!!! and wasn't really hungry!

But anyways I go in tomorrow at 7:15 and they will get me all set witht he IV and the Doctor will come in and talk everything over with me. Then i guess they will take me back whenever they are ready!  They also said they would give me something for me being anxious if i wanted it! i am sure i will!

I will be back on tonight with some before pictures! Stay tuned!

HAPPY VALENTFINES DAY!!

First off... Happy Valentines Day everyone! I get to spend my whole day with my valentine and i hope you get to do the same!!!!

So today is the countdown is really on! the Surgery is only 3 days away!!!!!!!! I cant believe it! Today Matt and i are going to College station and I am going to pay everything up and do all of the hospital paperwork so i dont have to do it the day of! I thought it was a pretty good idea! I'm still tryign to get use to the protien drinks... its getting better! I might just have to get creative with them and please let me know if you have any tips on that! I'm ready to go I have my protien drinks and my chewable vitamins! My Dad will be arriving tonight and will be stay until the end of the month! Matt is taking off thursday and frienday and then he has the weekend off! i'm excited about that too!

 Well thats all i have for today! I'll post right before my surgery! :-)

results & prep!

Things are moving so fast now! I'm loving it!  Getting very excited!  I've found out some results in the past few days.
First off, they got my Vitamin D results back and it is very low so they have me taking it daily now. They said it is not uncommon!
Second result is the sleep studydit is not . I've been worried that they would want me to be on the breathing machine and i honestly don't want to spend the money on it. I explained to them that my sleep doesn't affect day to day activities and the only reason i did this was because the Dr. requested I do so. When the results came back it did show i do have Sleep Apnea. Normally they will have you come back and do another sleep study, but the Dr. said since we are so close to surgery and it being such a mild case of Sleep Apnea that he doesn't see the  for a second teast. He also bevlieves that once i drop the weight it will go away. YAY!

The Prep has begun! The hospital caled and pre-registred me and I have to go in monday to do the paper work and pay what needs to be paid. Its so close! I cant believe how fast the time is flying by!

Thats all i have for now! Stay tuned and i will keep you posted!

On another note i colored my hair RED! Pic Below;

Sleep Study Nightmares!!!

Last night i had to do a sleep study at the hospital..... it was very interesting and uncomfortable! for those of you who have done one you know exactly what I'm talking about! for those of you who haven't, let me fill you in on how this works!

The sleep unit consists of several private bedrooms. you go in and get registered. they bring you to your room and they try to make it look like a hotel room, but its not the same...



all the rooms are outfitted with simple non-invasive(or so they say) monitoring equipment used to monitor brain, muscle, heart and breathing activity during sleep.



Prior to sleep, the staff will attach several monitoring leads to you,which are glued and taped all over you head, legs and face. there are 2 straps that go around your stomach and chest with wires on them as well. There is also an oxygen tubing that goes into you nostrils and mouth to monitor your airflow. Then the tech will work through the night in an adjacent room to observe the recordings.



 Some of the activities of the body monitored during a sleep study usually include the following:

Brain activity (electroencephalogram, EEG)

Muscle activity (electromyogram, EMG)
Heart activity (electrocardiogram, ECG)
Eye activity (electrooculogram, EOG)
Chest and stomach movements
Airflow at nose and/or mouth
Body oxygen level (light transmission through finger/ear-lobe)
Sleeping position


It is really hard a first to get comfortable.... I didn't get to sleep until about 11:15pm or so. Then they came in and woke me up because one of the main wires fell off. It then took me almost and hour to fall back asleep... I was then woken up at 5:30 to get everything taken off and sent on my way. All the money you pay for the sleep study they could at least let you sleep in a little! just saying! I have showered and washed my hair 3 times and there is still glue in it. I guess i will just have to shower again later!

Today I am doing some hair at home and probably going to take a nap and not be involved in Superbowl! :-)
Stay tuned in y'all! ONLY 11 DAYS TIL SURGERY!!!

Sleep Study...

Hello everyone..... Today has been a good day but for some reason i am so tired. It didn't hit me until after i was done with work.. which i suppose is good. lol. I guess its ok though because i have to go do a sleep study at the hospital tonight i hope i can stay awake til then!Oh fun fun. just another thing they want me to go before surgery. I honestly think they want me to do it to see if i have sleep aphnea( however you spell it) so they can add it to the list of things that i have going on. That way after surgery and i am loosing weight they can see if it helped it. My plan is to do whatever they want me to do to get the best results and get healthy. I cant believe it is so close! I am trying to find a protein powder that i like and they is fairly priced for after surgery! if anyone has any suggestions please tell me! well i am off for now and will let y'all know about the sleep study!!! have a great Saturday night!!!