Not Playing Anymore

Mar 02, 2015

I amso tired of playing games with my disobedient body. I am 5 1/2 years out from Lap-Band surgery. I initially lost 120-130 lbs. but in the last two years have gained over 64 lbs. of it back. I also developed a sever problem swallowing anything... and I do mean anything! Cold fluids didn't even go down.

November 20 2014 I saw a Bariatric surgeon here in Missouri who explained that the swallowing problem was happening because even though 4ml. of fluid was an average amount to have it was swelling my esophagus to the point of choking. Dr. Le Grand proceeded to remove all my fluid and the choking subsided. One month later he added 1/2 ml. Everything was great and I could finally eat without chasing every bite with very warm water! Another month after that we added another 1/2 ml. of fluid. All was good for about a month but today I can feel that same tightness getting worse and I'm choking on my food again. It sure was nice though, even if for just a little while, to be able to go out to a restaurant with my husband and not get an insane look from the waitress while asking for a glass of hot water to go along with my order, or running blue in the face to cough up a hunk of something that just refused to go down! It was nice to be human for a while.

For now the plan is this: Lap-Band removal and eight weeks later, Gastric Bypass. I'm done playing!

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