Catherine S.
Over a year out
Oct 15, 2008
So.. its been about 14 months and I am down 122 lbs from my highest weight. Just getting into size 14 and feeling pretty good. I have about 40 lbs to get to goal... :)
One month out...
Sep 07, 2007
So.. today was one month since my surgery (open) with Dr. M in Brazil.
The flight is reallllyyyy long. The surgeon is really great. The surgery went really well. The recovery was really tough!
I was a revision from lap band. I have had two lap surgeries around that.... but this.. this was a whole different story. I knew going in, it was a much more significant operation, but since I hadn't been through anything like it... I had to go through it to get it. For the first 5 days, I was in significant pain, nauseous, swollen... Just bad bad bad... days 5-8 sucked pretty bad too.. then after that, little by little, I started feeling better.
The flight home hurt, but I was on my way HOME :) I couldn't wait! Once home, after about 3 days, I was feeling ok, so I went back to work. I was sore where the abdominal muscles are healing, and tired, but other than that, no major issues. I am having some issues with DH, but nothing that is horrible.
The scale is down 30lbs.... It's a good start.
I am not ready to jump for joy yet, because it really has been the hardest (physical ) thing I have had to go through :) But.... I am hopeful that things are going to continue to heal well and the scale will continue to move on down!
The flight is reallllyyyy long. The surgeon is really great. The surgery went really well. The recovery was really tough!
I was a revision from lap band. I have had two lap surgeries around that.... but this.. this was a whole different story. I knew going in, it was a much more significant operation, but since I hadn't been through anything like it... I had to go through it to get it. For the first 5 days, I was in significant pain, nauseous, swollen... Just bad bad bad... days 5-8 sucked pretty bad too.. then after that, little by little, I started feeling better.
The flight home hurt, but I was on my way HOME :) I couldn't wait! Once home, after about 3 days, I was feeling ok, so I went back to work. I was sore where the abdominal muscles are healing, and tired, but other than that, no major issues. I am having some issues with DH, but nothing that is horrible.
The scale is down 30lbs.... It's a good start.
I am not ready to jump for joy yet, because it really has been the hardest (physical ) thing I have had to go through :) But.... I am hopeful that things are going to continue to heal well and the scale will continue to move on down!
