onemeanmom
Starting Over
Oct 23, 2014
With RNY I lost a total of 110 pounds and did not reach goal weight. Several life events happened, and in 2011 began gaining weight. Hard to see my previous post about that since my crazy mind is saying it's been over the last three years and I guess that would be 2011 but for some reason the two didn't match up for me. Anyway, I developed an auto-immune disease and started on major doses of prednisone and am still taking it! Darn stuff is notorious for causing weight gain BUT I will take equal blame for making bad food choices and getting hooked on Pepsi! The bain of my existence! Unfortunately at some point I realized that I could eat/drink things that I couldn't before with little or no adverse reactions other than weight gain! HELLOOOOOOO!!!
My auto-immune disease caused my muscles to be affected as well as causing great fatigue. So along with improper eating, the obsession to chew (from the prednisone, that's what I'm going with) and being unable to do anything other than sleep - I'm still working but some days it was barely working and some days it was calling in sick because I could not move. I have a rare condition that much is unknown about and even trying to find doctors who are familiar is difficult. It took a year to diagnose me and now two more years of playing with poisons (otherwise known as medications) to find a good combination that works for me. I am finally feeling mostly normal! It's a wonderful thing! But now being 60 years old this year, having a body full of arthritis and muscles that I am concerned with losing, I am ready and willing and able to get back on track. I need to loose this weight to protect my joints and to have a smaller body to move around. I need to feel better, I need to feel healthy again. I've been suffering with depression as well due again to all the meds and to being able to find a doctor and or treatment that would and could help me. You can imagine living alone, having a rare disease that we didn't even know what it was for a year. Then I can barely stay awake, I'm gaining weight, on so many meds it's crazy so depression reared it's ugly head. But that is much better now too. So I'M READY! TIME TO GET THIS LIFE AND BODY UNDER CONTROL! I've had my first consult with surgeon. I have my psych appt on Tuesday. Then just need insurance approval and I'll be off to the races.
Apparently after an RNY a person must have an DS as a revision. It worries me just because it's different and new. The known is better. Also I've been reading posts about DS'ers having to eat so many calories each day! 3-4000?? Yikes! That seems like constant eating. And it's scary. Well, that's it for now. More later!
