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  Six Month Report OK, actually it has been 7 months, but I just had my 6-month check-up. All the results on my blood test were perfect! I am so happy. I have lost 55 pounds and that is 61% of my excess weight. I now weigh 156 and need to get to 122, but would like to get to 112. We will see. I am a happy, happy camper. I have no complaints. I haven’t been the best sleever. I haven’t exercised as regularly as I should. One month I am very good and the next not so much. I have also not been very good about my eating, but I have been religious about my water and protein intake and about taking my vitamins and Biotin. You can’t tell I have lost any hair! Yeah! My husband and I went to Europe on a military hop. We spent a month away from home and I was a very bad girl. I had German bread and a German pastry every day. I also had ice cream and candy 3-4 times. (I did, however, make sure I got in my water, protein, vitamins, etc.) When we got home I was delighted to find that I had only gained 3 pounds. I went right back to sensible eating and in three days those three pounds were gone. It has been three weeks since we arrived home and I am down another three as well. This sleeve is amazing! During my pre-op I asked my doc what he thought (realistically) I would weigh when all was said and done. He said "155, but you may lose much more". I plan on losing "much more". But even if I was not to lose another pound I would still be a very happy person. My PC told me today that she thinks I will be able to get off blood pressure meds in another few months. She has already reduced those meds by half and I am doing great. I still have asthma, but it is so much better as are my allergies and my drainage. I have been able to cut those meds in half as well. I still need my CPAP and always will. My family has a history of low blood oxygen levels when we sleep. I still have fibromyalgia, but it too is much less painful. I am still diagnosed with MS, but have had no significant increase in symptoms. My point for the newbies and pre-ops is that VSG is not a cure for everything that ills you, but it is the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel! The effects of surgery were a little rough for 3-4 days, but since that time it has been clear sailing. I have had absolutely no complications, no malabsorption, and I look and feel healthy. My parents died at 56 and my brother at 58, and my maternal grandmother at 38. All were obese, all have high-blood pressure as well as other co-morbidities. I have finally done what I needed to do to live longer and I couldn’t be happier. I do not regret the $14,500, or the sacrifice it took. I t was worth every penny and much more. See for yourself! Pat

Just 9 days until I have my VSG!  The VSG forum has been my greatest help.  Thanks!