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Well, something funny happened to me the other day. I took my granddaughter to Penneys to shop and found some capri pants on sale (I didn't try them on) and thought well I will go a head and buy a pair of size 16 (I was a 22) and I will get into them maybe in a couple of weeks or so. I got home and just hung them up. The next day I thought well I am going to try these pants on just to see how much further I need to go. Wow, I fit right into them. I was really shocked and happly surprised. I have not bought any clothes since my surgery except one blouse and have been just wearing my old clothes. My girlfriend told me my clothes were hanging on me and my daughter had told me I needed to get some new bra's to help the girls stay up better.
Well, I guess I will be buying a few more clothes soon since I need to get ready for work which is at a school district and I start back August 14th... but I will try to wait till right before.

 I have lost 30 lbs since my surgery and everyone tells me that they can tell that I am loosing weight. It's very exciting. I still have to be careful what I eat and make sure I don't eat too much. I have had some dumping episodes and it feels terrible. Certainly makes me think before I put anything in my mouth, makes me think about eating slowly, makes me think about not to eat too much. It's exciting about being on the losing bench. I just finished with work/school and have the summer off so my goal is to go to the gym at least 5 times a week.
Going to the Yucatan with my family and I am a little nervous how I will do while there. But Can't wait!

I went to San Antonio and saw Dr. D. for my 3 week post op appt. I had lost 20 lbs which he said was right where he wanted me. He asked me if I was having any problems. I told him that it was getting harder for me to drink water. I have always been a water drinker. He said I might be getting a little ulcer, so I have to take my Nexium for another month. It's been tough though and I thought after wards WHAT HAVE I DONE. But with losing 20 lbs already made me very happy. I feel very weak a lot of the time. But Dr. D. assured me that was normal. I did start back to work which wore me out. I don't have any restrictions now and will try to excercise more. 

I leave tomorrow for San Antonio to get ready for my Lap RNY and my para esphogeal hernia repair. I have an appt. with the dietician and the the excercise physiologists on Monday, then Tuesday I have my pre-op labs and then see Dr. D that afternoon and then Wednesday morning I will have surgery if all goes well.
I have spoke to some of my family about having this done. One of my sister in laws said, "How can I talk you out of this"! and then she begins to tell me third hand of complications someone told her that someone else had. I know they are concerned for me and I understand that but I don't like telling anybody about me having this surgery because they get this kind of shock look on their face. Then they start to tell me stuff like yes I heard about this women that had "dumping" and she had this diarrhea for a year. After going to the seminar, talking to my doctors and patient advocate and reading as much as I could get my hands on, I soon realized how uneducated some people are on WLS. This forum/blog has been wonderful for me and I know it will be a help for furture WLS patients.
Wish me luck!