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Jul 01, 2010

Hi everyone and anyone who wants to read my blog,
I have lost 55lbs since my surgery on Feb 23rd and I feel pretty good. I don't say great because we have found another health issue that needs to be dealt with. Last month (May), while at work, I started to get an incredible pain in my flank area. I checked in to the ER and was worked up for a kidney stone. The CT scan came back and I did not have a kidnet stone, but the next thing I know they want to admit me to the hospital and start working me up to rule out lymphoma, as my lymph nodes are growing. Specifically, 2 of them in my back area, close to my liver and pancreas. TO make a long story short, I don't have lymphoma, but I do have whats called Carcinoid Syndrome, or neuro-endocrine tumors and I have to have surgery...again, for the 3rd time. It's slow growing, has not invaded any other organs and is in scar tissue. They may have been there for along time, as they are starting to calicify, so we have to get them out. I think I can safely say now that Gastric Bypass has truly saved my life. While one does not have anything to do with the other, we would have never found this cancer, had I not had WLS.
On the plus side, I am down 55lbs, and people are calling me skinny. ME? Skinny? no way. I fit into a size 12 the other day, another goal that I have reached. Out of the teens sizes. No more 14teen, 16teen, 18teen. I'm all done shopping in the plus size. It is such a relief to be able to shop in a normal size dept, and to pull anything off the rack and have it fit. Even my feet are thinner. My danskos that I wear to work have become too big. This is all so surreal and bizarre. I have a great tan because I think I am exposing more flesh than ever before. People tell me I look so healthy. My legs are so skinny and my arms too. I still have all this skin to work on, but these tumors release these weird compounds that make me really tired and feel sick. So I have good days and bad days. Some days I have lots of energy and feel great, other days I am exhausted and nauseous and can't eat a thing.
I am feeling really happy about the way I look. My husband has lost almost 40lbs and goes to the gym every day but Sunday. He has really taken this healthy kick and is committed to a healthier lifestyle and getting in shape. He is starting to look pretty hot. And I must say, even sex feels different. Not so much fat to get in the way and keep me from moving around. It's all really weird.
I will keep you posted on when this next surgery is going to happen. It's a pretty major abdominal surgery and I will be in the hospital for about a week. Not looking forward to it, but whatever we have to do to save my life is ok with me.
I hope everyone is doing well and feeling good and having a great summer so far.
Good luck!
leanne

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