I had my one month follow up with my surgeon on 6/10….He says I am ahead of the curve for my loss! I have lost 29# since surgery!! He says usually patients lose 15-18 in the first month, so he was impressed!! Now I need to start really hitting the cardio, aerobic, and resistance training!
Let the Cleanup begin!
Later Tuesday morning, Disaster Pros came and had a tree service come to remove the tree off of the porch/roof/house. They brought a dump-truck, a bucket-truck, and a bobcat! Luke-Luke thought that was the coolest thing ever. They had to tear out our fence at the driveway to be able to get these vehicles in the yard. It was funny, every time they would go by and see Luke watching, they’d wave, or give him a thumbs up. Lizzy was at school, so she missed a bunch of the action. She got home right as they were finishing up. They made sure to wave and give her thumbs up too.
Once the tree was gone, they put a nice, huge, big ole blue tarp over our roof. It’s beautiful….well. Maybe not. But, it does the job of keeping rain and other stuff out.
We have shut the door to our room. Mike and I aren’t so sure we want to sleep in there, so, Mike and I are now using the living room as our bedroom….not the most ideal sleeping arrangements, but it works for now.
Tuesday morning, at 3 am, we were woken up by what sounded like the biggest thunder clap ever. Well…that, or an earthquake, freight train rolling thru, or a plane hitting the house. Turns out….it was a HUGE pine tree. Across our deck, in our bathroom, and all over the roof. OMG…they should make an alarm clock that makes that noise, all 4 of us were up in an instant.
There are “nail-pops” all over the ceiling upstairs. Literally, the nails have popped out of the sheetrock/plaster. Our bathroom now has a nice skylight in it, along with sticks, insulation, and lots of busted plaster and glass. The globe on the bathroom light shattered, and the window blinds were knocked out of the window, but the light bulb is intact, and the window still works perfectly. Our siding on 2 sides of the house is buckled. Gutters are torn off….it’s a disaster zone!
The men from Disaster Pros said that there are 4 holes in the roof directly above our bed. They were shocked that they did not come down thru the ceiling and onto us in the bed. Thank GOD it didn’t, or we’d be in a very scary situation!
The back deck is crashed….looks like we had one heck of a party out there! Our grill was flipped upside down, and the top of it is crushed.
And apparently….a branch/log rolled off of the roof, and broke the driver’s side mirror off of my van, and another put a dent in the hood. DANG.
All of this is replaceable/fixable. We are safe, and unhurt. All the animals are ok. God is good.
I had vertical sleeve gastrectomy on May 12th!! I want to blog about my experiences and encourage others. I am 24 days post op, and 27# down!!
This picture is from surgery day....right before they wheeled me onto the OR.
Luke-Luke fell during set up at church yesterday and broke his arm. Right now he's in a temporary cast until we can get an appointment with orthopedics this week. :-(
