grandmaree
Feeling good, loving life again
May 22, 2009
I can't begin to explain how good I feel, and how good it feels to feel alive again!! Every day at work, and I do mean every single day, I am getting compliments from so many people. The remarks I am hearing are: "You are wasting away", "You are melting right in front of us", "You are getting so skinny!!", "Don't get too skinny", "You have a spring in your step you didn't have before", the list goes on and on, and quite frankly, I am eating it up, because I never thought I would hear these things!! One of the doctors I work with, but he hasn't been there frequently the past couple of months, walked up behind where I was sitting and he politely said, "hello", and when I turned to speak with him, he did a double-take and said, "Oh My God!! You look like an entirely different person!! I didn't know it was you!! You look FANTASTIC!!" All I could do was laugh and say "thank you." I told him about my surgery and he said how happy he was for me and that it was definitely working!!I saw my pcp today for the first time since I had surgery and her office nurse didn't even recognize me. My dr. gave me the biggest hug and she was so happy that I am well and healthy.
Just a couple of more pounds I will have lost 100 pounds since last May and right now I have lost 70 pounds since my pre-op visit in December. I am extremely pleased with my progress and lack of complications. I did find out I am officially anemic, so I am taking an Iron supplement twice a day. And I am still afflicted with the constipation issues, but all in all, I will take these issues over the diabetes, sleep apnea, and GERD I had pre-op.
I am wearing size 14 jeans today and an XL shirt (because I highly doubt I can get these size "H" girls into anything smaller, but we will see). If I didn't lose anymore weight at this point, I would be disappointed that I didn't make it to my goal, but on the other hand, I have so much to be thankful for at this point and would be at peace with myself. I do know I will lose more, and it has definitely slowed down, and that is okay with me. I am enjoying myself, even enjoying eating, just not the amounts I did before. I have no dumping issues and most things go down without any problems, so I can enjoy most of the foods I love......just much smaller quantities. For example, I had a 6" Subway sub that lasted me for 3 meals!! THAT would never have happened before!! Last night, my husband bought me a burger at Sonic (I know, not the best choice, but it was sweet of him) and it lasted me 3 meals, too(and I tossed a 1/4th of it)!! These are the lifestyle changes that I am seeing my tool allowing me to make without much effort or pain. Can't complain about the hair loss....not yet anyway.
Now I am in high gear, trying to go through my junk for our move to the Philippines in July!! What an exhausting and dauting task....but, on the other hand, it will allow me a clean start. Now that I have my health back, I can start a new life, in a new house, in a new country, and make new friends, and experience so much more than I ever could have before!! This truly is going to be a new me!! I can now be an active mom to my youngest daughter, my oldest one missed out on that because I was always morbidly obese. My oldest daughter now hates that I can actually wear some of her clothes!!
If you can't tell...I AM HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!!! This truly is the best thing I have ever done for myself, and "yes", a million times over, I would definitely do it again!!
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About Me
Blanchard, OK
Location
26.5
BMI
Surgery
12/31/2008
Surgery Date
Oct 05, 2008
Member Since
Before & After
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Family insisted I take a picture with my grandbaby!!
250 lbslbs
