joetta70
2 yrs out
Jan 04, 2011
Well I am now 2 days from being a full 2 yrs out and all in all it has been great. Have had a couple of bumps in the road (2 small bowel obstructions and 1 ulcer) but was able to have them fixed by laperscopey so that was good, total lost is 128.6 Pd's WOO HOO!! I have maintained this lost now for about the past yr give or take a 5-7 pd flux and that depends on how much salt i had the day before i weigh my self, yeah to much will make you retain water weight. Over all my health is 100% better then it was. Have had a few problems with my sugar dropping but come to find out that is it because I ate something that was to much in carbs or simply sugars, so now only 100% whole wheat items now in the house, the more complexed I can buy the better. I still have alot of energy and living life full throttle. I am a sz 6 misses now was a sz 20-22 women's, I only wish that my insurance would help pay some for a tummy tuck and thighs done, if it were not for the extra skin I could easy be in a sz 2 !!, I have about 15 Pd's of skin I think, but I am at goal been there for several months now and to be honest the plastics would just be for vanity's sake I look great other wise and with clothes i look great it is me that is not happy with the skin, hubby is not really for plastics he said it is to much of an unnecessary risk, he loves the new me skin and all LOL, and of course he is the only one besides me that sees it anyway hahaha. My only regret is that I wish i would of done this 10 yrs ago, but at least now I will be around to see my 2 lovely granddaughter grow and have a much better quality of life, what more could i ask for than that. I think the best advice my Dr gave me was no carbonation drinks (pop beer) because it blows up the pouch like a balloon and will stretch it out so I don't do any of that and in truth I don't really miss my diet pop any longer, I do drink alot of Iced teas and coffee. I am only on 2 meds now one for my heart stent (plavix) and prilosec to protect it from the plavix to help prevent another ulcer but considering i was on 11 pre-op i can live with that.Funny thing is that last 6 mos the scales haven't moved much by i am still losing inches in places and I am OK with that. All in all through the good and the not so good at times I am finally happy with myself and life, and so glad I did this journey, if I never get the plastics that will be OK too I am just happy to finally have great health!! and looking forward to the rest of my new life.
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24.0
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Surgery
01/07/2009
Surgery Date
Oct 29, 2006
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