Day 6 Post-Op
Today saw the removal of 4 of the 6 gauges. Surgeon said I am healing well and asked me to go next week to have the stitches removed. He normally uses absorbable stitches, but because I am so big, he felt it was better to be safe than sorry. Fair enough! Also he told me that in two weeks' time I should go to have my first fill. He warned me that as the days go by, my appetite will increase and I should not let that worry me as it is natural.
His scales showed me to be 167.4 kgs which means I have lost 6.2 kgs from Saturday or 5.4 kgs from 4th July. (Post surgical weight goes up due to swelling.) I don't know why I was disappointed with the weight loss. I felt like I had lost closer to 10 but thinking about it 5 kgs is not bad, is it? And the loss shows on my face: my cheeks have become less puffy and the same can noted all over my body; it looks more contoured instead of angled - smoother.
Bad news is that cellulitis has struck my lower belly and that is why it has been so swollen and painful. Damn cellulitis! For those who don't know what it is, it is an inflammation of the skin cells that makes them retain water and swell. It is caused by staphylococcus or streptococcus bacteria entering the skin through a cut and antibiotics are not very good at treating it (as I have painfully found out since last year when the problem with my sheens became an issue). But I am not going to cry or give up! God is great and with His help everything will be alright.
This picture was taken yesterday morning when my two good friends came to visit me. Angela is the one holding my daughter. The older lady is Val. She is in her 90s and has been very famous in Athens as an amateur singer/performer. We had many years of fun as members of the same musical society and I was privileged to have been not only a co-performer with them, but their director as well.
His scales showed me to be 167.4 kgs which means I have lost 6.2 kgs from Saturday or 5.4 kgs from 4th July. (Post surgical weight goes up due to swelling.) I don't know why I was disappointed with the weight loss. I felt like I had lost closer to 10 but thinking about it 5 kgs is not bad, is it? And the loss shows on my face: my cheeks have become less puffy and the same can noted all over my body; it looks more contoured instead of angled - smoother.
Bad news is that cellulitis has struck my lower belly and that is why it has been so swollen and painful. Damn cellulitis! For those who don't know what it is, it is an inflammation of the skin cells that makes them retain water and swell. It is caused by staphylococcus or streptococcus bacteria entering the skin through a cut and antibiotics are not very good at treating it (as I have painfully found out since last year when the problem with my sheens became an issue). But I am not going to cry or give up! God is great and with His help everything will be alright.
This picture was taken yesterday morning when my two good friends came to visit me. Angela is the one holding my daughter. The older lady is Val. She is in her 90s and has been very famous in Athens as an amateur singer/performer. We had many years of fun as members of the same musical society and I was privileged to have been not only a co-performer with them, but their director as well.
posted by Tania at 11:11 AM
2 Comments:
6kgs is brilliant well done!!!!!!
Thank you, Lisa. :) You can't help losing weight when you are not eating. LOL
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