Gloria's Blog

Maintaining my Weight

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:18:00 -0700

I had my 1 year follow up appointment on 9/10 and was down 3 lbs from my 9 month appointment. So I have been able to maintain my weight without much problem. I can eat pretty much anything so I just have to make sure I make healthy choices and ...

At Goal?????

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:47:00 -0700

6/24/08

I felt happy with my weight loss at 86 pounds and my surgeon agreed with me at my 9 month check up. So I left that appointment with a goal of now working on maintaining my weight. Even though my original goal for myself had been 11 pounds lighter, my ...

Exercise & the YMCA

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:29:00 -0800

Things had been going slow weight loss wise and it was discouraging. One week I only lost a pound and then no weight loss at all the next week. I kept having negative talks with myself about exercise. About 5 weeks ago I took a tour of my local YMCA, it looked like ...

Surgery Done!

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:24:00 -0700

Well I had my surgery on Monday Sept 17th and everything went well no complications. I had a private room which was a nice surprise I was not sure what to expect. I was grateful for my pain medicine pump/button, they did take it away the day after surgery though. ...

Night before surgery

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:39:00 -0700

Ok, I have made it through the weekend before surgery. 2 days of clear liquids only, phospho soda ordeal (yucky yucky taste), antibiotics today no problem so far with the antibiotics guess it is common to thow up when taking them on an empty stomach. I have one more dosing ...

Pre-Op visit done

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:42:00 -0700

Ok my weight was fine I was 7.5 pounds heavier from when I originally weighed in 1 year and 3 months ago. My surgeons office said a 5 to 10 pound weight gain is okay and that my surgeon is just making sure that people getting the surgery are not ...

PCP surgery clearance

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:48:00 -0700

I saw my pcp for surgery clearance today. He said everything is fine and he will fax a copy of the clearance over to my surgeon. I was dissappointed I wanted to take it with me... his assistant said that it will probably be faxed over tomorrow so I am ...

Letter from my surgeons office

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:44:00 -0700

Okay I am really nervous. When I came home frome work today there was a letter from my surgeons office saying congratulations your surgery has been scheduled for September 17th! I already knew that but it was nice too see it confirmed in writing. But... when I read more of ...

On my way ...

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:30:00 -0700

Okay, I still need my PCP's clearance for surgery I see him on September 6th. I do not forsee any problems with the clearance he supports my decision to have the surgery. But just to be safe I called his office a few days ago and asked if he would ...