6 months out......

Apr 20, 2011

As of April 19th I am officially 6 months out. I had my follow up with the Surgeon back on April 7th. I have lost 64 lbs since the day of surgery and my BMI is now 27.8.....Go me !!!!!!!! My bloodwork was great ! As far as my vitamin levels  go he said to keep doing what I'm doing......all levels are good. He does want me to start taking Omega 3 because my good cholesterol is a little low, Now for the diabetes.....My A1C is now 7 but he would like to see it at 5.8 or lower so I'm going to see my PCP tomorrow and see what she wants to do . After surgery I was taken off most of my meds and insulin. I only had to take 1 metformin after dinner . So a couple of days ago I got a nasty rash under my hanging belly skin and in my belly button.  My Daughter and I were watching the Blackhawks game the other night and I kept getting a whif of stinky feet so I'm blaming it on my Daughter because she does have stinky feet. Well come to find out later that night it was my belly button that was stinking ....ewwww! I did call my Dr. the next day and I have an appt for tomorrow but the nurse told me what to do. Today it is much better but I'm still seeing the Dr. because I want it documented for the insurance company when I have my tummy tuck. About that.....I have 17 more lbs until I get to goal and I see the Surgeon on June 30. I want to be at goal by then because I want to get my tummy tuck in before the end of Oct. because I'm on COBRA and my benefits run out on Oct. 31st. Yea I lost my job of 28 yrs last April and I needed 30 yrs to get my benefits. I can thank good ole AT&T for that one. So we have a situation here....my surgeon and I need to talk about this. I just hope I can get it done and it's not too soon. The hanging skin on my lower belly is making me miserable. I'm not able to wear normal pants because of it. I'm still wearing my elastic waist jeans and leggings which look horrible on me now because they're so loose in my legs and but. The size I should be wearing I can't get up over that chunk of flab. It's a bit discouraging but I keep telling myself all in all I'm healthy now and look alot better than I used to. This is a minor setback and my Dr keeps telling me " we can take care of this".  I love him ! He has given me the greatest gift of all and I can never thank him enough. Too bad he's not single.lol. Well this is my first 6 months out and I can't wait to see what the next 6 monts bring. I'm so happy I decided to have WLS !

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