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on August 19, 2008 6:09 am
Today marks the sixth month that I have officially been out since WLS in February. I started out on the morning of my surgery at 371, and as of last friday I am 279. The scale at my pcp said I only lost 1 pound since last month, but I'll know for certain tomorrow when I go for my official update with my bariatric chief nurse. Either way it seems like a stall, but she explained it this way - in those months that it seems like you've lost nothing, your body is simply trying to catch up with the way it (the body) is changing - resculpting itself as the weight comes off.
I started wearing a 5 - 6x in shirts, and am now in loose fitting 3x shirts (I still prefer shirts that fit loose on me until the tummy is completely gone). I also started wearing 58 pants and yesterday bought jeans that are a 46 and fit great.
Went from being a type 2 diabetic taking 300 units of insulin daily to no longer being a diabetic altogether. At the highest point, medically, I was taking as many as 12 different types of prescriptions daily. From diuretics to high blood meds, to heart meds, to treatment for gout (which I never believed I had), to cholesterol meds...you name it.
In 2001 I was diagnosed as having congestive heart failure - the cardiologist stated at that time that my heart was performing at 20%. I was healed of congestive heart failure months before the surgery even took place. When I saw the anesthesiologist that examined me a week b4 surgery they were astounded that my heart was performing very well above normal and they commended me.
Now the only prescribed meds I take are one to prevent gallstones (which I will be done next month taking those) and a half a pill for blood pressure (which I will be done with those when I see my pcp in november).
It feels soo great to see such accomplishment in my health and wellness as a result of this wonderful tool. To look on my list of goals b4 surgery and see so many things checked off that list. And to know that my journey has just begun and even greater wow moments await me.
I echo the words I heard others say b4 I was a post op'er - My only regret is that I didn't have the surgery sooner :)
*Edit: As of my 6th month visit, I'm down 104 pounds !!!
1 comment | Click here to leave a comment.I started wearing a 5 - 6x in shirts, and am now in loose fitting 3x shirts (I still prefer shirts that fit loose on me until the tummy is completely gone). I also started wearing 58 pants and yesterday bought jeans that are a 46 and fit great.
Went from being a type 2 diabetic taking 300 units of insulin daily to no longer being a diabetic altogether. At the highest point, medically, I was taking as many as 12 different types of prescriptions daily. From diuretics to high blood meds, to heart meds, to treatment for gout (which I never believed I had), to cholesterol meds...you name it.
In 2001 I was diagnosed as having congestive heart failure - the cardiologist stated at that time that my heart was performing at 20%. I was healed of congestive heart failure months before the surgery even took place. When I saw the anesthesiologist that examined me a week b4 surgery they were astounded that my heart was performing very well above normal and they commended me.
Now the only prescribed meds I take are one to prevent gallstones (which I will be done next month taking those) and a half a pill for blood pressure (which I will be done with those when I see my pcp in november).
It feels soo great to see such accomplishment in my health and wellness as a result of this wonderful tool. To look on my list of goals b4 surgery and see so many things checked off that list. And to know that my journey has just begun and even greater wow moments await me.
I echo the words I heard others say b4 I was a post op'er - My only regret is that I didn't have the surgery sooner :)
*Edit: As of my 6th month visit, I'm down 104 pounds !!!
