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In a few days I will be 2 years and 4 months post op, my husband had his rny on june 6th so is not quite 3 months post op but is doing amazing! He is off all medication, pre op he took meds for high blood pressure, diabeties, high cholesterol, high tryglisorites(sp?) a heart med, diuretics for water retention, etc.. his legs and feet were swollen and he always felt like crap. He doesnt even snore anymore, or have the night sweats from the diabeties. He feels so good already and I am so proud of him, he has dropped about 60 pounds already and looks amazing. Even our sex life has been amped way up, so yagh for me!! =)  He works a lot of hours and has a physically demanding job so on his days off he used to just want to sit in the house and watch t.v., now he wants to get out and do things and go places, even just shopping for groceries is funner now because he doesnt need to hurry home because his feet and legs are swollen and hurting. I also love having him totally onboard with healthy eating, it is so much better for our whole family.

I just had my two year surgiversary, I hover right at 156 pounds, I am happy and comfortable with myself at this weight but I know I need to work out more and loose those last 16 pounds.
My husband is having roux en y next month, I am sooo excited for him, he has a lot of health issues and this will surely give him a new lease on life.  

I still come on OH and lurk about just reading posts, havent updated in a while, I am a couple pounds below my goal, I am just under 160 so at my height I know the evil bmi scale still wants me to loose more but I feel great, have tons of energy and am loving life as well as myself. I still see myself in my own mind as the fat lady, but then I catch my reflection or see a picture of myself and I am shocked by that normal sized woman that I see. I have some loose skin but no where as bad as I had imagined, thank you God for leaving me some boobs! LOL!  I wear a size 8 to 10 in pants and a med in tops, I still hold up things while out shopping and think that will never fit me and then I am shocked when it does!
I slip a little and eat things I know I shouldnt sometimes, but sugar and milk hate me so I am thankful for that!
My husband had his second bariatric options class today with Kaiser, I had to do 6 months of classes but now it is just 3 months so he is really lucky. He has a lot of health issues that will be vastly improved or hopefully resolved with weight loss so I am sooo excited for him! Him starting classes has made me kick it in high gear again and remember to focus on my protein, I started Zumba and I love it!
 

I am 1 year post op today, hard to believe it has already been a year, time flys when your having fun! Today I weigh 172 pounds, just 12 pounds short of my goal weight. It is funny to me because people keep telling me not to loose anymore and that I sure am skinny, but 172 is not too skinny, in fact I am still obese by the bmi scale. It is fine with me even if I don't loose anymore weight and I really am not trying to loose, I will settle at a weight for a few weeks and think I will probably not loose anymore and then I will suddenly loose a few overnight. I need to work out more, I stand all day long doing hair at work and when I get home I am drained physically and mentally from talking to and intertaining people all day. I took meds for high blood pressure pre op and today my blood pressure actually runs a little on the low side, all I have to take these days are all my vitamines. I have become a thrift store junkie, as I lost weight I would find things to wear then and some smaller to look forward to wearing, now I get bummed out when things I really liked are now too big, I am wearing a size 12 pants and a med to large top, went from a 48DDD bra to a 34D, I have a little loose skin but no where as bad as I had thought it would be, I might have my boobs done and a tummy tuck eventually but for now I really am o.k. with just a good bra. I have a lot more energy than I did before, I know I am much more outgoing and never feel self concious in public, I have a cute swim suit just waiting to hit the beach this summer. I love my gastric bypass, it was the best decision I ever made for my health.

I hopped on the scale this morning, after going pee and stripping off the my birthday suit of course, and was happy to see a few more pounds gone, then as I stepped into the shower it hit me that I have lost a little over 100 pounds, a nice chunk of that was pre op and I still have a way to go but it sure made my day. I bought a cute new black skirt and top for work yesterday, it is a 18/20 from the regular ladies dept so I thought it wouldn't even fit yet because a regular ladies 20 is smaller than a women's 20 from the big mama section that has been mine for so long. I wore it to work today and underneath I wore the super cute cheetah print bra I just got, my 6 year old daughter actually picked it out for me, cute bras are one big plus to the shrinking boobage! I am down to a 40DD. I almost asked someone to take a picture of me at work today, I wish I would have, I have avoided cameras for so long that I don't have many pictures pre op.
 As soon as I can get off work tomorrow we are leaving for Pismo for a couple days, we work so much we hardly even see each other for days at a time, so I am really looking forward to it, even if the kids are going too, JK! 
My anniversary is next month, so hopefully just hubby and I can get away for a day or two. I want a Bride of Frankenstein tattoo for my anniversary, I have several tattoos and I love old scary movies, I am in the midst of reinventing myself, I am changing, I have had some parts re arranged, and lost a few parts last year with my hysterectomy, before this is all said and done, I will most likely have some scars from plastics too, so I would love a sexy little pin up Bride of Frankenstein to remind me that I might be a little different and I might bear a few scars but I am a survivor!

While  out shopping yesterday I used my bank card a couple times, they asked to see my i.d. too since I used it as credit, as I put my license back into my wallet I realized that the weight on my license is now heavier than I really am, at the time I put that weight on that license you know it was a lie and I weighed quite a bit more. I am down to 240, I know I have a long way to go but I am actually comfortable with my self right now, I feel more at ease going places, not like I know I will be the fattest person there. A few days ago I took my 6 yr old to Walmart to buy her a new swim suit, and drum rollls please..... I actualy bought one for myself too! I took 2 suits in the changing room to try on and actualy had to go back out and get a smaller size, my daughter and I had a blast trying on those suits. I had to put it on to show hubby when I got home. It is a granny suit with nice coverage, looks like a floral tank top and short skirt, but it is made so well and has nice support. I actually think I can go to the beach with my family or take my daughter to  pool and not frighten the public in my suit. I have not owned a swim suit in about 11 years.

Well, it is after midnight so today I am officially 4 weeks post op! Yipee! This last few weeks has flown by. I come home from work most days pretty wiped out and dive on the couch for a little nap, but other than that I am feeling really good. I had a 1 month post op appointment a couple days ago and he said I was doing really well and cleared me to do whatever I want to do, which does NOT include laundry or housework!
A couple days before I went out for surgery we had our monthly staff meeting at work, I had already told my staff what I was having done, but I was only taking 10 days off, some of my long time clients knew what I was doing but I told the staff to just say I was on vacation. Apparently 2 of them just couldn't contain themselves and told EVERYONE that I was out for surgery!! So, of course then the clients asked if I was o.k. so then they told them "She's having that weight loss surgery." I went to the bank to take deposits and get change for work and the bank manager told me I sure was looking shrink o licious, a nice comment, but I was really caught off guard when she went on to tell me that one staff member in particular had been in the bank taking the deposit and was blabbing to them how I was out getting "That weight loss surgery" I am proud of my decision and what I did, but it is MY decision to tell people. I made it clear to the staff that it was my personal medical information and to please stop telling the whole world my personal business. Then, I went to that 1 month post op appointment on my lunch break, when I came back in the same one who told the whole banks customer said, "Well, your back from the Dr. so how much have you lost?" This was not even a regular customer of hers, it was the very first time this lady had ever been into our salon! I just looked at her and the staff member and I said, "Oh, is she giving out my personal medical information again?" and I went about my business. WTF! What is so exciting and juicy about my business? Not a wise decision, I can tell you that for sure, not wise to keep gossiping about your boss, especially this one in particular who keeps messing up things at work and whom is within her 90 days probation period still, not wise at all! A stylist I use to work for came in today to see me and talk about a job, I don't have an opening right now but I sat down with her and did her interview right then because I think I will be hiring in the very near future! The blabber came back from lunch while I was talking to her and asked right in front of her if she was her replacement! This blabber worked in a salon with my mom when I was a teenager so I have known her forever, but work is work, I am there to run my store and do my clients, not to be friends. I am very easy to get along with but once a line is crossed I am just done, that line has been leaped over! Well, they can gossip, and they can kiss my shrinking @$$!
Including the weight I lost pre-op I have lost 75 pounds! It feels good to be a looser!

I am 2 weeks and 2 days post op, I went back to work this week,doing pretty darn well if I don't say so myself! I ended up getting to go right home when I was released on the 3rd day post op, my in laws came and drove me home. I cooked salmon and veggies for my family after I got home that night. I was driving myself the next day, doc said as long as I was off pain meds I could, I only pushed my pain pump a few times the day of surgery and that was about it. My little incisions are starting to itch like crazy, I know that means they are healing. I bought some expensive little scar stuff to treat them with today, the lower ones are o.k., but the top two were sewn kind of raised, my friend recommended the stuff I bought, it is called Scarguard MD, you brush it on twice a day, it contains silicone, cortisone, and hydrocortisone to help stop the itching. I told my staff at the salon what I was having done, and told them that some of my regular clients knew, but to please just say that I was on vacation while I was gone. It has come to my attention that two of them were telling clients, both theirs, mine and random walk ins that I was out getting that weight loss surgery, now I am not at all ashamed of my surgery, but my personal business is my choice to share or not. I have not said anything to them about it yet, but all I can say is it is not a wise choice seeing how I make their schedules! LOL!

It is 5:25 am, I have been up for an hour already, my neck is so stiff from this hospital bed that it distracts from the abdominal soreness. I have really been pleasantly surprised that this surgery was not more painful. I think having 2 c-sections and an abdominal hysterectomy made this a walk in the park compared to the pain following those. The weird part is when I take the tiniest sip I really feel it slide down and sit between my breasts and gurgle. I have been burping like a teenage boy drinking root beer. LOL!  My I.V. infiltrated last night and my nurse was soooo cool because she said she would just go ahead and leave it out since I was not using the pain meds through it anyway and I was fine sipping water. I was so excited to get rid of that darn I.V. I usually have trouble with I.V.'s and they have to move them 20 times and torture me with the digging to find a good vein, but the first one from surgery lasted almost the whole time!! I have found that sipping something warm feels a lot better that the ice water.  I went to a little post-op exercise class here at the hospital and it was pretty cool, they showed us all sorts of stuff we can do while sitting, and lots of simple stuff to do standing, they said to also do them on my long car ride home to help prevent blood clots. They have been giving me shots of blood thinners too. My sweet in-laws are on the way here to bust me outta this joint and take me to the hotel and take me home tomorrow, they say not to drive for 3 weeks, I am going back to work in 8 days, shhhhhhhh, Don't tell my doc.LOL! One of the little nurses assistant's is named Hailey, that is my daughters name, makes me sad and I want to just get home, leaving the kids for this many days has been the hardest part, well I miss my hubby too, but he works about 15 or so hours a day and I work a lot, so I am kind of use to sort of not seeing him a lot sometimes. I swear I would have felt bad if he was here trying to sleep his 6 foot 3 self on that little hard cot. My Macaws have been calling out for me, my one Julie is a big mamas girl, so she has let my hubby take her out of her cage but not pet or love on her, this spoiled parrot gets hugs, belly scratches  and kisses on the cheek from me. I am going to go and take a shower, get dressed and packed and wait for my Dr. to come by and cut me loose.

Dr. Rumsey came by this morning and told me I should be outta here in the morning!!! YIPEEEE, but then I have to stay a night in the hotel here and see him one more time Monday morning and then I can finally go home. I am trying not to be spoiled, but this hospital is old and run down and kind of slummy in my opinion! Kaiser sends us 5 hours here because it is supposed to be so good, I don't doubt that my surgeon is awesome for one second, but my after care has been hap hazard to say the least. I have had a very stuffy nose and puffy eyes ever since I awoke in this room, the vents in the ceiling above my head are dirty and rusty, the ancient linoleum on the floor is cracked all the way around the room and grime is embedded in that groove, one of the window shades is broken so it can not even be rolled up to see outside. My doc said this morning at 10 that he had ordered me to get clear liquids and wanted me to sip sip sip all day on chicken broth, water and sugar free jello, well, at 3:30 I had not seen any of this still so I rang the nurse and I was told that they just didn't have any!! WTF!! This is the only thing I am allowed to have and the whole hospital doesn't have any!! I told her that I was sorry but that really sucks, and I don't see how they can just not follow my Dr.s orders to advance my diet, and I asked if I could walk down to the cafeteria and buy some broth, and I told her I would be letting my Dr. and Kaiser know. Well, after I said that my nurse came back in about a minute with some broth, she strained the noodles out of some chicken noodle, they could have done that hours ago!! The bariatric floor is the fifth floor and I was put on the 7th where they don't have a clue, the nurses are asking me all sorts of questions about my surgery and eating afterword's. I rode the elevator up to the roof, there is a pretty view from up there, you can see the ocean. I sat up there for a while in a chair, it was nice to at least be out in the sunshine. My in-laws will be here first thing in the morning, I plan to set my alarm for early and be showered, and dressed and be ready to get the hell outta here! I might just go ahead and remove my i.v. while I'm at it, so I don't have to wait all day for them to do it. Other than being a disgruntled patient, I feel pretty darn good, just sore and a little gassy.