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Wow it's been 6 months since my surgery!
Mar 12, 2007
I know I've been lousy at keeping my profile up to date. This is my first update. Today is 6 months since surgery and I have NEVER had a single regret. I have lost 106lbs since surgery and 136lbs since 6/2006.
I feel SOOOOOO much better. I have so much more energy, I'm able to walk again without being in terrible pain and out of breathe. I'm able to leave a restaurant and be completely full and have a doggie bag too!!!! I'm no longer considered a diabetic, my liver count is normal(2 biggest reliefs)! My cholestral is 142, I'm down to 1/2 the dosage of high blood pressure medicine I was taking, my fibromylgia seems to have eased up too which is pretty amazing since I haven't been able to take my meds for it since surgery! I'm no longer on the C-PAP, it's amazing how I couldnt sleep without it before and then after a few months the air blowing out of it was way too much for me to handle! I'm amazed how I'm continually and so quickly reaching my goals I had set for me prior to surgery. Now to be fair here's the things I can't do because of this surgery...I can't eat bread or pizza anymore (they were some of my favorite foods, uptil now I don't think I had went a week without having pizza at least twice a week and bread was definitely daily!) I haven't had cake or my Reese cups, I've never dumped but I hold onto that fear to help me stay away from the bad habits of eating I had before. I've always been a very picky eater so my variety of foods I can eat have really narrowed down but hey so have I!!! I have to take a lot of vitamins and yuk to protein drinks too. The first couple of months I had problems with nausea and moving my bowels but that all has pretty much faded away. Oh and the hair falling out, that really sucks but it will grow back. All these negative things I worried about prior to surgery, especially not being able to eat my favorite foods but you know what in time it's just not that important anymore. The positive affects of this surgery are so much more important, and being able to live your life in a healthier manner really is so much more enjoyable! My husband, kids, family and friends are so proud of me and you know what...I'm pretty proud of myself too!
I seen my surgeon today, it's the 1st time I've seen her since the surgery. She also was so impressed with my progress and how I looked and felt. I wanted was so glad that I finally was going to be able to thank her. I told her she saved my life in three ways: she made me quit smoking, she discovered my liver problems with her 1st attempt at my surgery and stopped till they tested me and I seen a liver specialist and she put me on a liquid diet for 7 weeks to take the swelling of my liver down then of course she saved my life with successfully doing this surgery! I got a little emotional as I thanked her but she told me she did the easy part and that I had the hardest part and she said I was doing a great job. She also told me I have to keep coming back so they can admire me! She is a fantastic person and obviously a superior surgeon!
I also want to thank everyone on here! Your support, questions and answers and just knowing you are here for me at anytime has been a lifesaver too. I'm also proud of ALL of you too!
I feel SOOOOOO much better. I have so much more energy, I'm able to walk again without being in terrible pain and out of breathe. I'm able to leave a restaurant and be completely full and have a doggie bag too!!!! I'm no longer considered a diabetic, my liver count is normal(2 biggest reliefs)! My cholestral is 142, I'm down to 1/2 the dosage of high blood pressure medicine I was taking, my fibromylgia seems to have eased up too which is pretty amazing since I haven't been able to take my meds for it since surgery! I'm no longer on the C-PAP, it's amazing how I couldnt sleep without it before and then after a few months the air blowing out of it was way too much for me to handle! I'm amazed how I'm continually and so quickly reaching my goals I had set for me prior to surgery. Now to be fair here's the things I can't do because of this surgery...I can't eat bread or pizza anymore (they were some of my favorite foods, uptil now I don't think I had went a week without having pizza at least twice a week and bread was definitely daily!) I haven't had cake or my Reese cups, I've never dumped but I hold onto that fear to help me stay away from the bad habits of eating I had before. I've always been a very picky eater so my variety of foods I can eat have really narrowed down but hey so have I!!! I have to take a lot of vitamins and yuk to protein drinks too. The first couple of months I had problems with nausea and moving my bowels but that all has pretty much faded away. Oh and the hair falling out, that really sucks but it will grow back. All these negative things I worried about prior to surgery, especially not being able to eat my favorite foods but you know what in time it's just not that important anymore. The positive affects of this surgery are so much more important, and being able to live your life in a healthier manner really is so much more enjoyable! My husband, kids, family and friends are so proud of me and you know what...I'm pretty proud of myself too!
I seen my surgeon today, it's the 1st time I've seen her since the surgery. She also was so impressed with my progress and how I looked and felt. I wanted was so glad that I finally was going to be able to thank her. I told her she saved my life in three ways: she made me quit smoking, she discovered my liver problems with her 1st attempt at my surgery and stopped till they tested me and I seen a liver specialist and she put me on a liquid diet for 7 weeks to take the swelling of my liver down then of course she saved my life with successfully doing this surgery! I got a little emotional as I thanked her but she told me she did the easy part and that I had the hardest part and she said I was doing a great job. She also told me I have to keep coming back so they can admire me! She is a fantastic person and obviously a superior surgeon!
I also want to thank everyone on here! Your support, questions and answers and just knowing you are here for me at anytime has been a lifesaver too. I'm also proud of ALL of you too!
