3 Month Post OP

Sep 28, 2009

So in 3 months I have lost 29 pounds 20 inches from body and have dropped my BMI by 5.3 points. I am very happy with the results. My result is slower than most, unfortunately I cannot exercise since I have bad leg. More on that to come.

When I started this journey I was wearing size 16/20 pants and some shirts 18/22 all of my clothes came from Lane Bryant. I felt fat, short, and miserable to name a few. I was sicker than I have ever been in my life. I did not think I was going to make it to 36 to tell you the truth. Today it is a different day. I am  not bursting with energy but I feel better. I don't need to take nap all the time or want to take naps. I still have my nap on Sundays because this is my Hispanic thing to do. Sunday afternoon naps are part of my culture.

This month I lost 7 pounds. I am very happy with this. Last month it was only 2 I was deflated in spirits to say the least.  I have noticed that at work I want to eat more than when I am hope for the day. This is strange since I do nothing at home and at work I am mostly busy. I have to eat better snacks. I have been eating granola bars which are not really good. High in carbs, high in sugar and calories what is the points?

This past weekend I ate more vegetables and I lost 3 pounds maybe I should add more veggies to my diet. I am getting about 800-1000 calories. Since I don't exercise I am wondering if I should lower it.

So now to the leg. So I went in for my leg stent on Sept 23rd and came back depressed, upset, inconsolable, and black and blue. Where to start?

The blockage is 100% and a stent cannot be put in that area because the leg would eventually break it. So get this I have to get a bypass yep you read right a bypass in my leg. They are going to get a vein from my stomach and bypass it to the leg. It is a 3 hour operation and I have to stay in a military hospital for 3 days ooh the horror.

So after the doctor tells me that he cannot put a stent in, he tells me this procedure. I thought we was going to go in and do it right there but because it is military and they only have the paperwork for a stent and not a bypass they did not do it.

So that is my new sad case. So I have decided that in the meantime I am going to take swimming classes. I can't walk or do any aerobics then swimming maybe the ticket.

If I have survived 11 years of diabetes, heart attack with 3 different stents procedures and a gastric sleeve then I can sure a hell take a leg bypass right? I hope.

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