chell1957
1 year Surgery- Anniversary reflection
Oct 25, 2009
As of 10-27-09 I will be 1 year out from my VSG and I have not doubted my decision at all. Ya sure there was "ouch it hurts, why did I do this again" which lasted about 2 minutes as I quickly reminded myself why I chose to have surgery. To be healthy, to live long enough to at least see my grand children graduate High School. Well I can honestly say its been an eventful year on many levels. I have dropped from a size 18/20 in pants to a size 14 or medium! I am completely ecstatic. I still have a hard time realizing this is my clothing size. I have gone from a weight of 220 lbs all time high the day I walked into my surgeons office to 149 as of today! I am off all my blood pressure meds. That happened about 4 months if that long after surgery. I am almost off my diabetic meds. My family doctor wants to see how the holidays will go. My last A1C blood test (used to check a 3 month average of my blood sugar) was 5.5! I need to be under 6! My cholesterol has dropped from 285 to 88! If it stays stable I will be off it soon also I hope. I do have to admit that a part of me is afraid that the 'numbers" are so good because I am taking the medication. It's like a part of me still is afraid to dream or realize that I can and have really done all this. To add to all the events of the last year, I have gained a new grand daughter who will be 1 year old just prior to Christmas. Finally a girl after 2 grandsons, wink, LOL! I have recently moved form a cramped 1 bedroom to a 2 bedroom so now all the office stuff has its own space. Also a tense event this last year has been a illness for my hubby. Its been 2 rounds of IV antibiotics and 2 hospital stays all since April. Not to mention all the doctors and testing he has has to undergo. Yes I have to admit it was stressful on me and at times I did do stress eating and fall back into some old bad eating habits. But I quickly remind myself to get back on track and it has helped. Coming here to read the boards is very helpful for me. I know I will be understood. That alone has be a great help also. In the last year I have made new friends and have seen my local support group evolve into a great new support system. Full of newsletters, happenings and so much more. We are even on Facebook now. OMG! 1 year ago I could not imagine any of this. 1 year ago I would never have read an issue of Prevention magazine or Web MD. Now its such a regular common part of my life. Life is good. Wink.
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About Me
Woodbury, NJ
Location
26.4
BMI
Surgery
10/27/2008
Surgery Date
Mar 16, 2008
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