2 month update

Mar 13, 2011

Well it has been a crazy ride the last 2 months.  I feel very blessed to have had such a great medical care. Thank you Dr Schwartz for being able to do a Laproscopic procedure. I went home the day after surgery at #491. (Someone forgot to mention the ride home is HELL!)  I had some pain the day after, but quit taking the pain pills on the 2nd day home.  I resumed semi-normal activities on day 3(dart tourney and poker for 15 hours, over did it a bit) and went back to work after a week.  Make sure you pay attention to your doctors offices discharge orders and not the hospitals.  I ended up doing the liquid diet for a extra 4 days...LMAO...Life really returned to normal after a week other than normal bm's.  Forgot to mention a real lack of energy

2 weeks out
Check-ups with DR and NUT everything was good and they said I was in the range of weight loss they expected.

3 weeks out
I went to the state dart tourney and finished 5th.(The wifey won her first state title going to have to hear about that 1 for a long time)  Beginning to try a few more foods, but still no appetite.  Amazing how easy I run out of gas still.

5 weeks out
  Went to a big dart tourney at Jackpot Junction and won 1 of my 3 events. Had my first experiences with eating away from home and feel I did a good job. I did throw up once because I didn't chew my food good enough.(3 times so far)  Energy levels still are nowhere near before diet levels, but the pounds continue to fall off.  Worked out a couple times on the treadmill. Still shocked at how fast I'm shrinking.

8 weeks out
Decide to stop and get some clothes that fit to go out.  I didn't know what size I was down to so I grabbed the size pants I wore 11 years ago and to my amazement they fit.  Down at least 10 waist sizes and 2 shirt sizes. Yeah i was smiling all the way home.  Joined the local gym with my wife this week and made it there 6 out of 7 days this week.  Wow I have lost some muscle my weights I'm lifting are almost laughable. BM's are more normal but still not fun. Everything else is going as planned.  I have tried more foods and still haven't had a dumping episode or fallen way off the diet track. Anybody have a good chili recipe?  Also on the jerky hunt for the best around.

Here's the numbers form the scale
541 highest on a Dr's scale
491 surgery weight
426 3/12/11 weight
50 pounds lost PreOP
65 pounds since surgery on 1/12
115 pounds total

A special thanks to my wifey for everything and Moose,Groucho,Sally S, and the people on the MN and men's message boards on OH for there stories,suggestions, and insight.

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