One Year Update

Oct 28, 2010

Well I am a little late in posting this, but life has gotten in the way between the birth of my second grandchild (on my surgery date no less, another reason to celebrate the day) to my husband having knee surgery it has been a full week, but I am happy to say everyone is doing great.
It seems like only yesterday I was getting ready to be wheeled into surgery, with all the nerves and hope, wondering if I would be one of the few that nothing seemed to help or if this was actually going to work. I am so happy to report that it has surpassed all of my expectations, I have lost 140 pounds in that one year, 152 from my highest weight the month before.  I had a dream recovery (back to work in 2 weeks to the day), I am off my high blood pressure meds, I was going to have to start taking meds for diabetes but my blood sugar is now well within normal, my cholesterol is the 80's down from almost 200.  The only thing I really have to watch out for is that I don't get enough fat into my diet, and frankly I don't see how that is possible, so I make sure I use full fat everything and a lot of it, how bad is that to have as a problem? I am still within normal of my fat soluble vitamins but they have come down, hence the  need to monitor my fat intake and supplement a few of them, again while within normal range I now supplement with Iron because it is down as well.
Complaints can't really say I have any, everything is well worth it.  If I have gas, well I ate something I shouldn't have, if my stomach is off one day, it will be OK the next. I get to eat what I want and I thank God I was able to get my dream surgery the DS. I saw this on a health channel about 6 years ago and KNEW it was the one for me, especially after I did all of my research, boy did I do research.  I had to wait a number of years for my insurance company to cover it and a fantastic surgeon (Dr. Daryl Stewart) to come to my area, but every time I almost decided to settle for the RNY, something said don't do it, you will not be happy that you didn't get the DS, I was right I couldn't be happier with my choice, and I am so glad that I waited for the right surgery for me.
Looking forward to plastic surgery because, I would like to look like I have my shape-wear on even when I don't , but you can't be as big as I was and not have loose skin, well not at my age and being as big as I was for as long as I was.  I still have 6 months to go on my DS weight loss window and I only need to lose about 35 more pounds to be totally ecstatic with my weight, right now I am just overjoyed.
So for those of you that are thinking about WLS, this is just my 2 cents do it!  Research your options choose the best surgery for you, fight for what you want and just do it!!!

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