rolmar
Doing well...
May 21, 2011
I figured I should write an update since it has been over a year. I am doing very well. I had another surgery 7 months ago. This time my thyroid was removed. It seems the nodules I had wanted to grow a bit more. They had doubled in size in 9 months. I needed another biopsy at the very least. I had met with a surgeon 2 years prior when I was first told my thyroid needed to be removed. We both agreed to monitor it with ultrasounds and go from there. On the same day that I found out my thyroid nodules had doubled in size, a suspicious breast lesion was found. Luckily, the breast biopsy was benign. If that wasn't scary enough, 5 days ago I had another breast biopsy. Lucky again, it was benign. In 2 days, I will be seeing a Breast Specialist. I guess there is a specialist for everything.As far as my weight, I had weight-gain as soon as my thyroid was removed. I was not on thyroid medication prior to my surgery but, of course, needed thyroid replacement medication afterwards. After many months and doctor's visits, I started to lose weight 4 months after my thyroid was removed, and gaining almost 20 lbs in the process. I know my medication is still not correct because the doctor told me my Synthroid dosage is now too high. Probably why I'm losing weight? I'm not sure. The thyroid is very confusing to me. She dropped the dose a bit and so far, so good.
I have found a website called fatsecret.com It is an amazing site. I find it so easy to document my food intake and exercise. There are recipes and support from others who struggle with weight loss. I wish I had found that site many years ago.
I weigh 144 lbs currently. I would like to lose 5-10 more pounds. Anything after that would be a bonus. All of this sure beats the 250 lbs that I used to weigh. I still get my Obesity Help Magazine at home and read it. I will probably subscribe to that forever. I do occasionally revisit this website, but not often. I had so many tools to help me lose weight and without them, it would not have happened.
I love my Sleeve....Really!
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About Me
Greenacres, FL
Location
26.3
BMI
Surgery
12/06/2007
Surgery Date
Aug 05, 2007
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