3 Month update

Jun 09, 2011

Well yesterday June 8th, was my 3 month surgiversary.  How do I feel about it? I still have mixed emotions.  I was scheduled to have the DS on March 8th and due to last minute surprises by my insurance company, I was denied and I accepted my second choice of the VSG.  As of this morning I am down 46 pounds, which is awesome.  But I do still long for the rapid weight loss of the DS, and the certainty that I would be able to maintain the weight loss 10 years down the road.  The positive thing is that my vitamin regimine is much less and my labs look great! I am off of my diabetes meds, and I feel wonderful.  I would have liked to have lost 50 lbs by yesterday, but just shy 4 lbs of my first goal weight ain't bad.  However, now that I am at the 3 month mark, I know that I'm headed for the inevitable 3 month stall.  I know this b/c I've been at the same weight for a couple of weeks now, and I'm doing lots of exercise and the scale still isn't moving.  I just hope that I won't stall for too long, and it will move again very soon.  I've decided to give the VSG a full year, and if I'm not reasonably close to goal, I will self pay for the full DS.  In my last blog post I wrote that I'd reveal if I felt regret over choosing the VSG and not fighting harder for the DS, and right now, as of today, I don't regret my decision at all.  The fact that I don't have to take medicines anymore is well worth the VSG.  I do still think the DS has the best overall statistics for weight loss and maintaining that weight loss; just FYI for any lurkers out there reading and researching.  So just make sure that whatever decision you make, you can live with it.  And honestly, even though I really wanted the DS, I can definately live with the VSG happily.  I guess you could liken how I feel to a time when I really needed a car.  Although I wanted a top of the line lexus, a good running camry was available to me at the time.  The lexus has overall better customer rating, however is of course more exspensive maintenance.  So the Camary, while slightly less desired, is still very much appreciated and getting the job done, and I was happy with it.  Thanks for reading!

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