Well, It's been a bit over 5 weeks...

Jan 18, 2010

Now, I've lost 36.5 pounds. I'm going to put up a new picture here...just of my face...I need to put on a full body shot.

My pants fall down around my ankles if I don't wear suspenders. I've already lost 2 sizes in my pants and one size in shirts.

I never thought that this amount of weight would be noticable, but, it's SOOO fun to see someone I haven't seen in a while and those are the people that really notice!

The first 2 weeks were a complete blur! Partly because it was Christmas time and partly because the surgery kicked my butt! I had bruises in places I didn't think they'd be pokin' me. I ended up with 8 incisions and after 4 weeks the last bandage was removed by me. They told me to wait until they fell off, but, 4 weeks later, I was grossed out by the bandage.

I've already had a couple times when my weight plateaud for a few days. Even tho- I stopped losing, I can tell my body still changed.

My first post-op checkup is this Friday. We'll see how that goes.

My thoughts are all over here...but, I was under the impression that the surgery was 1-2 hours and I was to get 4-5 incisions. Well, the surgery was just short of 5 hours and I got 8 incisions and there was a "robot" that did the surgery...never knew that was a part of it. I ended up with a bruised hip the size of a large melon...I think they stepped on my hoo-hah with a military boot...and they chipped my front teeth. Believe it or not, even with all of that, I'd still do it again!

But, for anyone reading this before surgery, don't let it scare you, just make sure you go to the dentist soon after surgery to check your teeth. I thought my mouth was so dry that calculus built up on the back of my teeth, turns out it was a few chips.

I'm looking forward to buying new clothes and seeing where I end up a year from now.

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