Ms Understood
4month update..
Jan 26, 2009
I feel so terrible that I have become one of those people who get their surgery and quit updating their blogs. I remember pre-op reading every profile I could, and hoping and dreaming that someday it would be me too.Well, I had a bit of a rough start at 4 weeks out. I had really bad acid at night and began to not tolerate things well. I never went past the liquid stage. I had bad vomiting every time I tried anything more solid. During that time I wish I was closer to my surgeon, as my problem would have been easily found and fixed. I ended up returning to NY and it was found that I had a stricture where the intestine was reconnected. Super rare, especially with my type of surgery. In some ways, I look at as if I had the RNY, it could have been worse if was was prone to strictures. I stayed in NY for 2 weeks and the dilated it 3 more times. I remember the incredible relief I had the very first time the dilated it. I could drink water and it didn't sit, I didn't have the nausea anymore at all. I went into WLS knowing that something may go wrong, I am so thankful it was an easy fix. Since then it has been easy getting in all of my nutrition and vitamins. It was amazing that at 3 months I could gulp water again, take a handful of vitamins with no problems. The swelling had gone down and the stricture was gone.
As of a few days ago I am now 4 month post op. I am down a total of 109lbs (30lbs lost before surgery). Unbelievable. I cannot believe how instant it feels. I have my old face back when I look in the mirror. Other people see me as I have always seen myself. I don't feel like I have to prove anything to anyone anymore. I am not my weight, that's not what people see when they look at me. It has been incredibly freeing. I am amazed at how fast it happened.
I went horseback riding for the first time in years, I used to love to ride. It just became too uncomfortable to do at at my higher weight. I can sleep on my back without feeling like I am suffocating. I feel feminine again. Oh, and my feet have become smaller, lol. Necklaces fit nicely now too.
I have read about some people having a hard time seeing themselves smaller, this has not yet happened to me. I think I saw myself at the size I am now, even when I weighed over 100lbs more, maybe because it was my average size since I was a teen. I don't know what will happen when I get smaller, and out of my "comfort zone". Other people have a "comfort Zone" for me as well. I think they are ok with my loss as long as it fits into their ideals. Right now everyone for the most part is very positive about my weight loss, but I have noticed there is a size they themselves set for you, if you become smaller than that , I am afraid it may be an issue. But there is nothing I can do but deal with it when it surfaces.
I had my 3 month labs come back. I was disappointed that my iron was low and a few things needed tweaking. I have not missed a day of my vitamins since my stricture was fixed, but I realize that the first two months were hard on me and if I wasn't keeping food down, I most likely was not keeping vitamins down either. So my goal is to eventually have ideal labs. I want to be more healthy than I was before I gained the weight in the first place.
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NM
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21.9
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Surgery
09/23/2008
Surgery Date
Sep 17, 2002
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