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Charles A. Svendsen, M.D.
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  • Comment by Lori Pool on 4/20/07 4:30 pm
    Hey! By now you should be post-op. My thoughts and prayers are with you as you recover. How cool is it that you and Sabrinna are there together. Well, rest up and heal fast. Lori
  • Comment by Heather L. on 4/20/07 6:19 am
    Amy! Good luck today, will be thinking of you! :) Heather
  • Comment by calgal on 4/19/07 7:30 am
    hi, best wishes for a smooth surgery and a good recovery. see you soon on the losing side of life.... hugs, sally
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A Year and Half
on October 15, 2008 1:41 pm
I cannot believe it has been 18 months since I had this amazing, life changing surgery.  My life has been so profoundly impacted by my decision to go ahead a "just do it".  I have never been healthier.  I have never had more energy.  I enjoy my children more than ever.  It is fun to be with them as a participant in their lives, rather than a spectator. 

I havent been very good at updating this blog.  Regular life seems to get in the way.  Today I had my 18 month check up.  The dr asked me how much protein I eat a day and how much was I supposed to eat.  OMG...I dont even know.  At one time that was the most important number in my head.  I guess the further away from surgery the harder it gets.  A person begins concentrating on other things than eating.  Maybe it's because it is becoming second nature and not that much thinking has to go into it anymore.   I know if I am doing something I shouldn't be doing and how to make a better choice when necessary.  Like anything else, it is just a matter of doing it.

I am no longer morbidly obese, or even obese at all.  My dr told me I am just like all the other americans out there...overweight with a BMI of 29.  I would like to lose a few more pounds, but not much more.  I feel good where I am.  I am having some trouble with iron absorbtion which is making me very tired and sluggish.  I have to triple my iron intake (which means I  will never poop again...haha) and see if it helps.  I have been so tired that it has impacted my walking.  I was walking 4 miles a day this summer and somehow that has stopped.  I just want to take a nap after work instead of walking.  Monday (two days ago) I decided to push through the tired and walk...and you know what?   I feel better for it.  Might just be psychological benefit, but it works nonetheless, so what the heck.   And I haven't been attending my group therapy meetings.   Life is so busy.  I decided to get back into the meetings.  I love going to them and I need to take time for me.  So tonight I am going to a coffee group.  I don't like coffee but I love the peeps.

So, I had like a quart of blood drawn today at the doc and will wait to see how my labs come out.  I know the iron is low...I wonder if anything else is.   My doc told me it was okay if I don't know how much protein I eat as long as I eat protien at every meal.  That is easier to remember, anyway.  And I have to add 1000 IU of Vitamin D.  (Apparently everyone is supposed to do this, not just bariatric patients.)

So here are my stats:

Highest:               350
@ surgery:          315
Today:                  167 (fully dressed)
Lowest:                160 (naked)

Peace.


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Where does time go?
on July 22, 2008 7:09 am
OMG!!  I can't believe it is the middle of July already.  Summer is flying by.  Before we know it school will start again. 

I haven't posted in quite some time.  I am feeling very good now.  My depression is so much better.  The meds and the counseling have helped tremendously.  I find it also helps me alot to go to the support group meetings.  I can't encourage others enough about this fact. 

Today I weigh in at 159 lbs.  Down 156 from surgery.  That is just amazing to me.  I am walking and riding my bike and enjoying life with my family. 

One thing that never did bite me is the shopping bug...thank goodness.  A lot of people going through this process find that they like shopping for clothes for the first time in their lives.  I still hate it.  Doesn't matter if I wear a 30 or a 12...I don' like shopping.  I still have a hard time with body image.  I still gravitate toward the plus sized clothes...it's where I feel comfortable.  I find myself wandering through Lane Bryant....and now nothing in there even fits me.

Peace.
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Ups and Downs
on April 24, 2008 7:57 am
Ups and downs...we all have them.  They are part of life.  How we handle the ups and downs is what is important. 

I am feeling better this week than last...let's call it an "up".  I started taking my prozac again (why the heck did I ever stop) so life seems a little better already just with that.  And I look forward to my appt with the psycho-therapist coming up.  I have stepped up my exercise and my water intake and that makes me feel better physically, too.  At my one year appt with the bariatic team I was told I was probably settling in where I will be with my weight.  I didnt like hearing that because I don't think I am done yet....so I got a little fire lit under me.  Since then I have lost 7 more pounds.  

My stats:

Start: 315
Now: 170
Loss: 145
Start BMI:  54 (super morbidly obese)
Now BMI:  29 (overweight)
Starting Size: 4X, 30-32
Now Size: L, 12-14

Peace.
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Realities of Life
on April 14, 2008 11:44 am
Here it is, the middle of April already.  Next week is my one year surgeriversary.  Can't believe it has gone so fast.  A lot physically.  I have lost 140 pounds since surgery.  At my doctors goal for me.  So why doesnt that make me happy?  I feel like I am getting into a funk...I don't really know what else to call it.  I have made an appointment with a therapist.  I guess it all boils down to getting the physical stuff better but now dealing with the head stuff.   I didnt get to be over 300 pounds because I had it all together upstairs, ya know?  I feel like I have tears waiting to spill over all the time.  I guess maybe I am getting/have become a bit depressed.  And I don't want to be one of those WLS statistics that end up in a whole new mess.  I don't drink, I don't gamble, I don't shop, I don't cheat on my husband....and I dont want to do ANY of those things.  I guess I am just dealing with a lot of stress right now, and the way I used to deal with stress (if you can call it dealing with it) was to eat...and  can't/don't want to do that anymore.   I think I am figuring out that I blamed a lot of my issues on being overweight and now that that is better, my life feels like it is falling apart at the seams.  I know that this is probably "just" a speed bump in my road on this journey, it just feels so overwhelming right now.  So now I feel like I have done a bit of whining/rambling.. maybe it helps to think out loud for everyone to see.  I am looking forward to seeing the therapist.  

So here are the stats:

Start 315
Today 175
Down 140

Peace.
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Home from Jamaica
on February 20, 2008 12:24 pm
I just spent a lovely week in Jamaica with my family escaping the cold Minnesota winter.  The weather was fabulous.  Food...not so great...for me anyway.  Had a really hard time finding what I could eat.  There was not much fruit on the island due to the last hurricane that went through.  I'm not a huge fan of jerk...and everything is jerk.  I did find some pretty good fish to eat.  The kids ate at Burger King everyday...real healthy, right? 

We took Brady home the meet the family for the first time.  I swear that little pumpkin has Jamaica in his soul...he had a fabulous time...and LOVED all the jamaican food...which of course made his dad happy as a clam in the sand.  Billy had a wonderful time reuniting with his cousins and playing in the sun, sea and sand.  He got so brown.  I lathered on the sun screen so I don't really have much of a tan at all.  When I was younger it was all about the tan...somehow that has switched to all about the wrinkles (or avoiding getting more).

Kevin's family was very surprised with my appearance.  I received much praise on my weight loss which made me very proud.  

Stats:

Todays weight:  182
Start weight:       315
Loss since surgery:  133 (OMG!!!!)
Start BMI: 54
Today BMI:  31
Difference:  -23

PEACE!!!
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