5 YEARS LATER

Oct 25, 2010

Well here I sit.  5 years post op.  It has been a roller coaster ride that is for sure.   it is nothing like getting on a Harley and just letting the wind blow all your troubles away.  Each day is different, and there can always be food trouble.  Life continues to be really good as far as my surgery.    I have had no major  or minor complications.  I have actually been healthier than I have ever been in my entire life... 

Food choices are the culprit of my day.  Some days I can eat anything, some days everything I eat makes me sick.  I am fortunate enough that the sugar bug still gets to me.  I can only do small bites of sweet stuff, or I will get the shakes, sweats and my heart will race and race.  Same with the carbs.  They make me really just sick period. 

I have learned to eat tons of veggies and meat.  Salad is still my number one choice of food with soups.  I still drink lots of water, and tea, and the little chrystal lite thingy's you drop into water.  That is my saving grace.  Other wise, I would probably be dehydrated every day.

  I still drink a ton of coffee.  I have not had to ever give up my Non fat Latte with sweet and low and no foam.  That is my highlight of my day, most days.  Now if it is good for me or not, that is a whole another story.  But in my little warped mind, it is non fat, and milk has protein, and coffee gives me energy. :)  So that is something I have not given up.

I do occasionally drink a diet coke.  I can only do small amounts at a time.  The fizz bloats me, but I love the first taste and then I am pretty much good.

Alcohol-- so many people loose weight after this surgery and turn to other addictions.  Alcohol is scary for me.  I can drink wine, but due to the absorption issues.  It hits me really fast.  I get really drunk quick, then it goes away within about 30 minutes.  I don't like that feeling, of the quickness and the drunken stupor I am in, so I really limit alcohol to home, and on a very stressful day.

Sleep is my big problem.  it gets worse.  I don't know if this had any thing to do with my surgery.  But over the past 5 years, my insominia has grown.  I have to take something, and my drug of choice is Tylenol PM.  I  worry about the Tylenol every day, but at this time, damage to my liver being a possibility, or not sleeping.  I guess I am taking the damage.  I just have to sleep...

I am faithful with my vitamins, and supplements.  I still do B12 shots 1-2 x a month, depending on how I am feeling.  I get tired easily, but I can do things I have never done before.    I find myself h aving to push the protein a little more these days. 

I have to take a hormone shot due to the absorption issues.  That is my only issue with this whole surgey.  Absorption.  I had no Hormones in my body a couple years ago, and my doc, deemed it necessary to take a shot, to keep me from driving everyone nuts, including myself.   It is amazing what your hormones control.    I can go about 30-40 days then I have to get my shot... My mood swings get worse, I start feeling all jittery, light headed, and actually become a total bitch.
(oh my gosh can you believe that?).  I usually warn everyone when we hit day 30, but I try to let it go as long as I cand due to the side effects.   I usually retain fluid a week or so after the shot, so I fluctuate between 160-170. pounds.   I actually would like to get back to 150.  I really don't want to be any smaller.  I looked really sick in some of my pictures.   So I am happy pretty much where I am.  I can live with it... yes I have gained a few pounds, but I still consider myself a success.

So advise to you newbies, and maybe you oldies too. 
Remember each day is a new day. 
You will always mess something up. 
Don't stress over it, regroup and move on to the new task at hand. 
Just Try to always do what you are suppose to. 
Remember that weight loss surgery is a TOOL.  Use is as you would any other tool.
Take care of it.  Don't abuse it, and cast it away when it's newness wears off.
Love like today is  your last.
Don't worry about what everyone thinks, you can't please them all.
Please yourself, and be true to your self.
Do those things you never could do as an obese person. 
LIVE while you have the chance.  This is a second chance to live life to the fullest.
 Be thankful for those who touch your life each day, and make the world a better place to be in.
Spend time with God, and grow close to him.  He is there when no one else is.
and most of all, remember that each one of you who has been on this 5 year journey has touched my life.
I may not be in touch as much as before, but the thoughts, comments, support, praise is always engraved in my heart.

Dr. Jaykumar, I thank God each day for you, and the opportunity have my life back. .  You continue to be my night in shining armor.  You gave me back life, love and happiness, all wrapped up in a little 1-2 ounce pouch that saved my life.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

To my family and personal friends.  I thank y ou for putting up with me on this journey.  It has not always been easy.
I thank you for the support and the flexibility in all that we have done over the years due to my diet.

I hope each of you reading this continue to be blessed.
Walk in Peace.
Vickie




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AUSTIN, TX
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RNY
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10/25/2005
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Sep 11, 2005
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