Roger De La Torre, M.D. Dr. Roger A. DeLa Torreof Bridgeton Mo. was my surgeon, I thought he was a very good Dr., Yes he does have an aftercar program. He addressed the risks but I had confidence in an knew he was good an I knew I had to do something about my weight and I had a real calm about it, I knew I would be alright. I would rate him a number 10. Even before surgery as they were trying to get my IV started they use a numbing solution so it doesn't hurt so bad if they don't get the first time
I have not posted in a long time but I did figure out by myself how to post a picture of myself tonight I feel like I really did something now to just remember how to do it next time. I have been really having a hard time losing weight for the last year and really had not lost anything to speak of and I was getting very frustrated by it so I called my Dr. Office and the first time I called which was back in 2007 (DEC.) and they told me to write down everything I ate well you know how that goes sometimes I forgot to do it and I was not getting down three weeks of that written down as they asked so time went on til April this year 2008 and I thought enough is enough and I called back this time they made me an ap. to come see the Dr. and the he scheduled an endoscopy to look at the pouch and also to see the stoma well the stoma was enlarged way to big so he did a procedure called sclerotherapy on the stoma to cause scar tissue to develope an to make the stoma smaller well it has worked but he said with the last one that he thought we would need to do it another time and see if that would be all but it has helped a lot I dont eat near as much as what I was, the food was just going on thru and I was not staying full like I should so there are things a person can do if you are not losing or have stopped losing before you should so hang in the people there are options and I'm sure glad I found one
my friend and I have decided to try to make time to walk every day but I have to drive 11 miles to get to town to walk on a better surface so as to not walk on these ole country roads all slanted and everything uphill and downhill. well our first day we walked 2 miles, I hope to keep it up .
Well I needed some new smaller shorts but really not wanting to go buy any more this year, and I noticed my husbands denium shorts I had just washed and hung up on a hanger in the ulility room and I looked at them and thought I WONDER, well I tryed them on and sure enough they fit I could not believe it i want to wait til next summer to buy my new shorts, what you don't know he has always been tall and rather slim, but they were a size 38 waist and I never would have fit into them before I don't know when my waist has last been even that size he always wore a size 34 then a 36 and now since quitting smoking and eating more he has aquired a size 38 waist ,I can't wait now til I get out of them also, I have packed up so many clothes now its unreal but I have some good friends and family to give them to . Even my slim daughter has given me back a jacket I had given her and she was now tired of it and I can't wait to wear it and let her see just how much Mom really has lost, Oh to wear my kids clothes.
tonight I fixed my husband and I buffalo burgers, on mine I had cheese (more protein) and I had dill pickles on that too, I don't know why but I can eat the buffalo better than regular hamburger, just a little bit of hamburger and I'm full, but I was able to eat all of the buffalo burger and it was so good too, I got them frozen at Trader Joes, I am getting rid of more clothes, I wash them and put them in a tote, to be never more. I need to buy more shorts but not going to this year I will pack these away too, shortly because they are too big now but maybe get the rest of the summer out of these, my closet is getting smaller but I will wait to buy the stuff I really want when I get to goal.
Well here we are, it is Feb. 11 2007 I am losing but it is slow sometimes, but I thank God every day for this tool, WLS, with out it I could not even think about going back to work, my back doesn't hurt to the point that I can only stand for 15 to 20 min. at a time . I am thinking about looking for another job, part time though I want to be able to go to my grandkids softball games this summer, and I can't hardly wait for some of the people that saw me for the last several years to notice how different I am going to be, it is just wonderful to be able to feel this way about yourself. tonight at church I was talking to this guy that is always kidding me, he always says I am always going to call you skinney now I said I'M not yet skinney, we were talking about things, he and my husband too, and he said boy when they lose weight they get a little different attitude, I was telling him about my husband was not driving fast enough for me I wanted to get there faster so he said I will let you drive I said OK he said when I got out to get around the van he thought I better hurry she might just take off and leave me here I said I thought about scaring you and move up a bit,