susan in sugar land
Update: August 2009
Aug 13, 2009
Well, it's about time to catch up with my "so called" life. It's now 4 plus years since my RNY and so many things have changed. I've gone from a size 26/28 to a 0/2 that's one major change...my marriage is falling apart...nothing new, I guess....my health is great...my labs are that of a 16 year old! Great news!I quit drinking a year and a half ago as it had become unmanageable as AA says. I could "successfully" drink for the first 3 years after RNY but then it started to effect me so negatively that it had to go. I don't think that the RNY is what caused my addiction to alcohol, it was there to start with, but losing all that weight (and body fat) not to mention, liver function, made it to where I couldn't handle alcohol at all. That is a good thing that has come out of all this...I've quit drinking for many years at a time but always gone back to it. Now I know that I don't have that option. I can not drink like a "normal" person...wish that I could, but I can't. Same as with smoking (quit 8 yrs. ago) if I have one, I might as well go buy the carton. Like I said, good things have come out of this surgery.
I also have had my back fused, my left knee replaced, my left foot fused, my left knee repaired again, all my cartilage was gone due to Osteo arthritis and the fact that I carried an extra person (130+ lbs) on my body!
That being said, it's been an extremely PAINFUL (body & mind) journey at times but am a firm believer that it was all meant to happen anyway. Going with the flow and the mantra "you do what you know, UNTIL you know better".
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About Me
SUGAR LAND, TX
Location
25.4
BMI
Surgery
04/28/2005
Surgery Date
Aug 19, 2004
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