stacey b.
Cut and pasted from my old profile:
Starting BMI: 46.1
Feb 4, 2008
I am now 21months 1week post op and have been maintain at about -100 to -106 it varies with what time of the month and other factors :)
so I have lost 15 BMI points.I made my Surgeon's goal :)
but I am still 20 lbs from my personal goal.
Am I satisfied? Yes and No.. But I honestly don't think I will ever be satisfied...
Things I am satisfied with:
-my health, I feel great
-how I look
-how I can move and play with my kids
-how my husband look at me
-people who didn't know I had WLS has no clue
things I am not satisfied with
-the number on the scale. I have no idea why I am so stuck on it
things I am okay with
-pants size
-the extra skin
but I still have a long path to go before I know my true loss/gain..
update more later..
My post op baby arrived June 12, 2007 6 weeks early. nothing to do with the WLS.. other complications
she was 4lbs 18.5"
here is Layna Jacelynne
first time I held her 8 days old
a proud big sister
Alot of people have asked me how my weight loss has been since pregnancy started. I made a ticker to show that you can compair it to how far along I am above. I took this weight from where I was at teh friday weigh in on my live journal..
4/4/07
25w belly- still no weight gain
2/19/07
Weight is maintaining and has been for a month I go between 184-188 depending on how swollen I am.. if I have to poop.. what time of day etc.
Most often first time in the morning I am 186 :)
here is my about 19 week belly pics! almost half way can you believe it?
BTW The look on my kiddo's face is PRICELESS
1/24/07
the expanding belly
9/27
5 months round up!
feeling great down 83 lbs!!
now pics
8/1
hey Jenn!
this is for you!
my dress for the wedding!!
7/27/2006
So here I am 3 months out!
I have just under a week untill we go and just over a week untill we land in NL.
I am feeling bloated and nasty. I am having fat day.
I look at these pics and I am like WOW.. look at that but now I am sitting here feeling just HUGE like a house.
I am dehydrated. YUCK
But any way here is my new pics.
I got my hair done today
clothes that fit
Y has the talent of taking god aweful pics of me
7/23/2006
My hubby rocks. he went and sat at the hosp with me for like 3 hours. My procedure was suppose to start at 11:30am we had to be there at 10. I was finally rolled in at 2pm.
My doctor rocks. If anyone ever needs an great urologist in the sac metro. Hit me up this guy gets 2 thumbs up.. and I hate docs so.
He came in before and we talked. we asked him how big it was an he explained that usually 4-5mm stones will pass on their own. This one was meassured 8mm. So it was VERY doubtful even if it was trying to pass on it's own it couldn't.
We asked him how long it would take it for the procedure. he told us it would be as fast as 20 min to an hour.
well it was closer to 2 hours. Things can never be easy can they? First he had to dialate my ureter with a balloon so that he could even get to the stone. apparently I had some scar tissue. Not sure why. Undiagnosed stones? or maybe this one moving all around in there?
Then I guess the little bugger was wedged in such a way that it was hard to break up. Plus I guess it was just a tough bugger anyway.
He ended up nicking my ureter so I have a stint or shunt in enabling the tube to be used and give it time to heal.
It needs to be in for at least 2-3 weeks so when I get home from NL we'll make an apt and have it removed.
But let me tell you I am peeing some serious blood.. It's kinda scary, but I guess it's to be expected.
I came out with a prescription for an antibiotic and detrol LA for bladder spasms. come to find out neither are covered by my insurance and was goint o be $160.00 Ummm no. I called the oncall doc and he's getting me a different version that my insurance should cover.
My Percocet was cover though
7/20/2006
nothing much to report other then I have a kidney stone. I want to have it resolved before we goto NL. I don't want it acting up at 40k feet over the atlantic.
6/29/2006
2 month surgeiversity!
here are some pics
clothes that fit
286/234.4/160
6/16/06
So I did end up with problems with the pills. One of the more unusual side effects.. Bloody urine.. and then a bladder infection *sigh*
suck ass. Oh and I hit a platue. Only one lbs last week and that was the day after I last weighed nothing since. but my period is due so
6/6/06
SO I went and saw the surgeon for my 1 month post op LAST wednesday. I'm a little behind.
Everything is wonderful!
He putme on a gallstone med. People with this surgery havea 20% chance of developig gallstones naturally this med drops it to 5% :)
the pills are huge but so far no problems with them!!
here is night before.. 1 month and 1 month in clothes that fit
5/23/2006
well I am about 1 month out!
I was 286 when I met The surgeon on new years. 277 the day of surgery and 252.2 this morning
thats 34 lbs since new years and 25 since surgery!
Recovery has gone very well.
it's been hard explaining to my daughter that mommy can't pick her up.
No regrets!
I decided to make Virtual models for how I look
Here we go from L->R Starting weight 286!!!! Next Nutritionalist Goal 180 My personal Goal 160 and What I would look like if I hit a normal acceptable weight of 130
and of course here we go.
the night before surgery and then at 2 weeks 277-257
So I am 4 weeks post op!
As of yesterday I was 26 lbs in 28 days! How cool is that? I lost 20 of it the first week. Then I went on a plateau for a week because my period came I actually gained 2.5 lbs back. Then I lost those 2.5 and 6 more in the last week!
I had lost 9 lbs before surgery so that is 35 lbs since Jan1 :)
I am VERY happy with the results!
Most people want to know what eating is like now. Over all its easier then I thought it would be. I don't crave sugar at all anymore, but I am sure that is bound to change. 2-4 Tablespoons fill me up.
It's truly amazing. I am just now really resuming a semi normal diet. I was on a full liquid diet for 2 weeks then on a pureed diet (gross btw) for 2 weeks. I couldn't bring myself to puree. I ate a lot of yogurt, cottage cheese, tuna salad, chicken salad, scrambled eggs and the like.
I have only had 2 problems with eating so far, and after talking to my surgeon's office at my last follow up that pretty good. One problem came when I drank too soon after eating. Dinner didn't leave but the fluid I drank did. The other time it was when I ate something my stomach wasn't ready for. That what I get for rushing.
The hardest part of the diet is getting in all the protein. Protein shakes are gross.. I am learning to mix them so they are okay at best.
The hardest part of all this is getting a new view on food. I am a foodie. I LOVE good food. There is a big social aspect I am kind of missing right now. I know that will change as I get further post op and more on a regular diet.
I did have a good WOW moment a couple days ago. In the next two weeks I have an interview to get into the nursing program. A professional interview. I came home and dug through my wardrobe. I had 2 piles.. one piles clothes that don't fit (too big) and one pile of clothes that don't fit (too small). So I decided I needed to start looking for something cheap to wear to my interview. I'll be damned if I was spending a fortune on an out fit that hopefully won't fit me in a month.
I hit a few consignment shops. I could probably pull together an outfit but I wouldn't feel confident in it. I finally hit a dress barn. Since I had lost weight and my pants were loose, I grabbed the size I had on (because different brands fit different) and the size smaller. I headed off to the dressing room. My size fell off me.. O-F-F OFF! I put on the size smaller and it too was WAY too big.. SO I went even a size smaller and it was loose but comfy. So for shits and giggles I tried on the size below that. Nope not yet I looked like a stuffed sausage! But 2 sizes are GONE! I also walked out with a very nice black skirt for $10 :) I can handle spending $10 on something I may only wear once. I have a nice shirt that will go with it. Shirts still fit because unfortunately the only thing not shrinking is my boobs. (TMI? get over it thats why this is MY journal and YOU all wanted the update! besides I have some fans of my boobs who would be VERY disappointed if they went away..)
SO after that positive shopping experience, I am BEYOND excited for 2 months to pass so I can shop for Eric and Melissa's wedding. Not to mention our trip to NL. OOOOHHHHH I am so excited! If it keeps up the way it's going.. I -might- not have to shop in the fat girl's department. Although Lane Bryant will always have a special place in my heart, and they will fit me for a long time since they go to 14's, the point is I can look for the funkier clothes too soon!
My goal is to look nice.. NOT the sloppy fat chick, and NOT the fat chick who thinks she's skinny.
So now some goals..
-to weight what I weighed at my wedding.. HOPEFULLY by august 1. That is 24 lbs in that is about 2.5 lbs a week! I don't know if I am aiming high or low
-to fit comfortably in a rollercoaster.
-to fit comfortably in an airplane seat
-to get my IL's to back off and show them this wasn't a bad decision. That I am healthier and happier
-to see my collar bones again.
Now onto the actual surgery/recovery.
April 26 I went for all my preop labs. Then I came back to Sacramento, I met up with my Mother Yaron and sterling, and went for my 'last supper' we chose leatherby's. So I had ice cream for my last meal. It was damn good too!
I let it digest for a while then I had my magnesium citrate. Now if you have never had it, I hope you never have too. If you have had it.. I feel your pain. truly.
That shit is nasty but works..
I was clear liquids after I had it and NPO after midnight.
I had to be in Oakland at 6 am. We got up at 3:30 to shower and everything and got on the road. There was no accident so we were there at 5:45. They got me admitted weighed in and hooked dup to my IV by 8. My surgery was at 9.
thats when it hit me what I was doing and I just started crying. I was scared. Not just of dying but what the future held.
8:55 rolled around they came and got me. I kissed my hubby goodbye cover my butt hanging out and walked to the OR. I got up on the table and talked to the anesthesiologist. He was very nice he told me everything he was going to give me and do during surgery. It was all going so fast they were tying me down He was talking. Next thing I know he touched my forehead told me it was okay (I had started crying) he told me it was okay to be scared, they he told me it was time for my nap. Next thing I know I am waking up in recovery. I was in unbelievable pain. The staff was great. I wasn't really awake but I was semi aware. I remember seeing my surgeon checking on me. I remember them shoving my button for my morphine pump in my hand and pushing the button when I wasn't awake/aware enough to do it myself. They also gave me something in my IV to help me.
According to everything I saw the average OR time is 2 hours. They had blocked 4 hours for me and it wasn't till around 1 till Y met with the surgeon to see how it went.
I made it to my room around 2:30 to see Yaron waiting for me. HE was awesome through out it all just sitting with me. Walking with me.. getting me chap stick.
I got out of bed and stood and walked for the first time around 3pm. I only made it like 20 feet and headed back.
Yaron traveled home every day. My mom was home with sterling. He put 600 miles on his car traveling between his girls.
Late on day two they took away my morphine pump. (after I passed my swallow eval). I started to get pain meds by mouth. Let me tell you liquid Vicodine is AWESOME. Holy crap it's instantaneous!
By sat morning I was up and walking laps on my own. Still VERY sore but getting out of bed was nice.
Saturday afternoon they sent me home.
I think this was one of the hardest parts. Sitting upright with the vibrations and the bumps for just over 100 miles.
When I got home I got a big hug from sterling. She couldn't understand why I couldn't pick her up. She understood I had "booboo's" on my belly. She finally put 2+2 and understood. She was great.
I was very very very sore for about a week. I was then sore for a few days. By the end of week 2 when I saw my doc I felt GREAT.
It's now 2 weeks past that and some days I wonder if it should be this easy.
I am not hungry I loose weight, and not many things taste very good.
I have 6 small incisions on my stomach they range from .75-1" The worst one is the one over my navel I think that is the one the scope was in. It's still healing; it itches a lot some days.
One thing I noticed that week I wasn't loosing, is that I was still shrinking.. The scale may not have moved but my fat did.
So I am excited to see where this journey takes me.
4/10/2006
sorry about the long pause!
I have a date april 27.
so in about 2 weeks!
OMG OMG OMG
1/24/2006 my last testis friday i go for my EGD!
11/18/05
I got the approval to get my surgical consult!
wow it's starting to go fast now.
otherwise life is okay
here is a bad pic of me way to early in the morning
6/6/05- going in for my 3 weigh in in about 1.5-2 weeks! Try to figure out the next step.. I am going to try and doccument as much as I can here. however right now it's just very confusing.
I know I want this surgery. there has been so much that has hapened in my personal life that re-enforced this being the correct desion for me.
I know I want to be healthy
