I decided after seeing other peoples blogs to start my own. It gives me a chance to put into words how I feel on any particular day, as well as giving other pre and post op WLS patients a chance to see they are not the only ones out there that feel like they do.
WLS can be a lonely place unless you have support from family, friends, forums and even groups which meet. Luckily I have all the above so am very fortunate. My main area of support other than home is the Hull Support Group for Weight Loss Surgery. We have a forum and also meet on a monthly basis for a chat and get together. This has proved to be invaluable to me, especially when my surgery did not go as planned and I ended up have two bowel surgeries afterwards. The folks on the forum not only visited me in hospital, but kept up a constant stream of messages online when I came home. This was my lifeline outside my home. For this I thank all those members of the forum.
11/07/07
Today has been tiring to say the least. I'm a school teacher and have just gone back to work this week and am finding it hard fitting back in with my routine.
My sleeping pattern is erratic to be honest. One night I can have a real good sleep, the next I'm shattered but cant drop off. From reading other posts I understand that this is quite normal after WLS, but it can play havoc on your working day lol. also I'm finding I can sleep during the day quite heavily and often need a 'power nap', as my friend Julie calls it, during the day or I cannot function properly. Yesterday I had two free periods before lunch and had to come home for a little sleep then go back to school - I really was sooooo tired.
Last night I was wide awake until around 2am then finally drifted off - as you can imagine this had a knock on effect at school today for me. Luckily I was free all afternoon, so managed with the morning and came home and went to bed for the afternoon.
Hair thinning - random I know - but I'm shedding my hair like a shaggy dog in malting season at the moment. I'm fortunate thank heavens in that I have an abundance of the stuff, but I dare'nt touch it for fear of leaving tell tale signs of my presence everywhere.
Kids - another random thought lol. Why is it when your overweight your kids would NEVER dream of interrupting your bath time, but now that I've lost nearly 5 stone (Yes I still cant believe it -5 STONE), my 17 year old thinks 'well mums not so bad looking now, so I'll sit on the edge of the bath and have a full scale conversation'. This mum still has her 'fat head' on as well has the whole naked issue in front of said daughter and politely asks her to vacate the little girls room, to get the reply 'oh mum dont worry about it, we've got the same things you know!!!!'. Kids eh, who would have them !!!
Well I think thats enough of that for now - cheerio - Juls xxx
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5 comments:
HiJuls,
Great idea to do a blog,loved your comments on your bathroom meetings with your daughter. I have the same problem. What with 2 daughters, 2 golden retrievers and a husband (well he can stay, someones got to scrub my back after all!!) all I need to do now is start selling tickets and chuck the goldfish in and we have got ourselves a party!! Bye for now,Julie x
Hi Juls,
What a fab idea!! I look forward to reading more of your journey.
You look great by the way!!
Saz x
Thanks girls for visiting. Incidently its free to have one of these, I would love to hear of your daily exploits too.
Julie - I'll buy one of the tickets as it should be an interesting party lol. I promise to wear my eye mask though ;)
So glad that you started this - will it be okay to link to you?
My site is www.thegeneva.com
Hi Geneva
link away dear. Are you going to the meeting on the 30th at the tigers lair. It would be nice to meet another ICT person lol. Hope this finds you well.
Juls xxx
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