- Name: Elaine C.
- Username: fcrisswell
- Location: Lawton, OK, USA
- Member Since: 8/31/2006
- BMI: 27.3
- Post Op
- Surgery Type: RNY (12/07/06)
- Surgeon: Kenneth M.R. Warnock
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Surgeon TestimonialKenneth M.R. WarnockI had my first consultation with Dr. Warnock on September 8, 2006. He is a very gentle and kind man. He let me know all of the risks and was very compassionate. My first appointment was scheduled for 5:00 PM on a Friday. At first I thought I would be rushed in and rushed out. (Everyone wants to go home at 5:00 PM on a Friday, rght?) I did have about an hour wait in his office but when I did get in to see him I did not feel rushed. He took his time explaining the process, the surgery, and its risks to me. I hate Doctors but I do look forward to my next visit with him and my next step towards a new life. |
June 9, 2008 on June 9, 2008 2:08 pm
Funny thing...life gets us going and we just don't update as often.
Last time I blogged I felt like I would never reach onederland. Well, did it! I can't even remember when I weighed anything that started with a one! I know when I graduated high school I had already eased into the two's but don't really know what I weighed then!
I have also lost half of me! And, then some! Anymore, when some one asks me what I have lost I just tell them "more than I now weigh!"
I also find it funny that everyone thinks it is okay to ask me what I weigh...since when is asking ANY woman what she weighs okay?
But...for the record...today I am 183 (at home, Dr. office is 4-5 pounds heavier). I am now very eager to ease into being less than 180 because then I would no longer be consedered "obese". I would then just be considered "over-weight".
Without plastic surgery, I may never see a "normal" BMI. I have A LOT of skin on my stomach and arms. The skin is very thick too, so I know I still have fat deposits in those areas to lose.
All in all...I am very happy with where I am and am now just taking it one day at a time. Heck, sometimes, just one meal at a time.
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December 6, 2007 on December 6, 2007 8:03 am
Well, as of tomorrow, it has officially been ONE YEAR! Since surgery I am down 144 pounds and overall down 179. I still want to lose 50-60 more pounds but would be happy (I think) if I could just get below the 200 mark and into Onederland.
I can wear size 18 now and XL, some 1X's, depending on the brand. I am smaller now than I remember being since my early 20's or late Teens.
Yet, I am still not satisfied! I wonder if I ever will be. I see so many posting about changing their goal weight to a lower number every time they reach a goal. I still cannot fathom even reaching the 100's much less 160 or 150. And, I know I have so much excess skin that I may never reach goal without PS to remove it all. But, then I see shows like Biggest Loser and these people had no surgery and exercised their butts off (literally) and they look great. I really need to reach deep down and find my inner athlete! | Leave a comment.
October 4, 2007 on October 4, 2007 8:37 am
So, I am sitting here, mulling over the last 10 months, and I really feel no different. Yes, I am in a smaller size. I am probably smaller than when I graduated from high school (really can't remember what size I even wore then, talk about denial). People are noticing and commenting. But, I feel no different.
Nothing in my life has changed other than my energy level and the foods I eat. I am more active and try very hard to exercise (takes everything I've got in me 'cause I absolutely hate it!). But, in general, no major epiphanies or dramatic, life-altering changes.
After losing a total of like 170 pounds (35 was pre-op), shouldn't I be feeling something? I mean, physically, I feel great. Mentally, the same ole me. Nothing to swoon about or gasp over. Just me.
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September 12, 2007 on September 12, 2007 7:17 am
It has been a while! I feel GREAT today! Went shopping for some Fall clothes and was able to buy a 20W in pants and a 1X in shirts! I don't know when I was able to wear a 1X, ever. I think I went from a 14 to a 26/28 overnight...crazy.
I am at 220 now. Kind of stuck for a couple of weeks but that is normal for me. Still not exercising like I should. I do not know what to do with myself. If I could just find something I liked to do instead of feeling like it was such a chore. Working on this, though.
I am also smaller now than when I graduated high school! Of course, back then, I wouldn't dare step on a scale for fear of knowing what it would say, so I do not have much to go by in that area. But I did see some old pictures of me when I was 20/21 and I was quite round. Still round, well, maybe oval.
I still feel like I have so far to go. In actuallity it is only 60-70 pounds. Unbelievable. There was a time I had more than 200 pounds to lose! That puts things in perspective, doesn't it?
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July 10, 2007 on July 10, 2007 9:02 am
So, I feel the need to express a little concern...
Now that I have lost 145 pounds (from my highest) and am past my 7 month mark, some days I feel like, what if this is it? I know, I know...145 pounds is tremendous, but, I still weigh 247! I still have so much more to go. I still qualify for WLS! I would like to reach 150 or 160, but would be happy with 180 or 190. Granted I will need PS to remove excess skin which will take care of a few pounds around my middle. But, Lord knows when that will ever happen.
Yes, I have come a loonnnggg way but I am still not done. But, what if my body says, "Oh, yes you are!" ? Is it just my yo-yo dieting mentallity rearing its ugly head today or what?
And the thing is, I am not in any kind of stall right now... so why the icky feelings?
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My Story To tell my story I must start with the story of My Mom. My Mom struggled her entire adult life with her weight, starting from the time she got pregnant with me (I am the first of two girls). She gained, she lost, sometimes in excess of 100 plus pounds. But, the weight always came back. When she was 47 years old I introduced my Mom to another woman I worked with at the time. This friend was getting ready to have gastric bypass surgery at the military hospital here at Ft. Sill. Mom started looking into the program that they were offering and eventually was approved and scheduled her surgery for the end of January 2001. She had a hard time recovering after surgery because she had severe headaches that prevented her from getting up and around as quickly as she should have. She was given blood thinners to prevent blood clots while in the hospital but when she was sent home...no blood thinners. After two days home she was back in the hospital. The hospital staff insisted she had pneumonia. After several days of her not getting any better my sister insisted on a test to see if, in fact, she may have a blood clot. Mom died on St. Patrick's day, March 17, 2001, three weeks after having bariatric surgery. My Mom was my best friend. We ate lunch together every day, shopped together, and a day did not go by that we did not speak on the phone. My father, my sister and her children, and I, were devestated. In spite of it all, our lives have continued. I now have a 2 year old son that I adopted through foster care in September of 2005. My sister has a third child born shortly after we lost Mom. Five years have now passed and I am on a new journey.
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