Katie B.

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Wow - it's been too long! I am about to celebrate my second surgiversary, and a currently stuck at 190lbs after gaining too much weight while pregnant. Time to get my butt in gear!! 20 pounds is my goal -- 25 is my REAL goal.

Yup...everyone told me that around 3 months out is when it starts. Unfortunately, it did at about exactly 3 months out. I am losing clumps and gobs every time I wash my hair (which I now only do a few times a week). I eat plenty of protein and take my vitamin everyday??!?!

Just bummin about this a little...

Man, oh man! I have a hard time lifting my dogs' 40lb bag of dog food, and to think I had almost 2 of those I carried around daily on my body!?!??! I feel incredible these days! I am so much happier, and FAR more healthier. I have been walking my dogs like crazy in this warm bout of weather we're getting here in MI! Gotta love those 70+ degree days!

Next mini-goal is to hit ONEDERLAND!! I am 9.1lbs away (I weighed in at exactly 209 this morning!)!! Can't wait to get there! 44 more pounds till goal! Can't wait to get there either!! I LOVE MY SLEEVE!!

That's right...the girl who complained for a month about how horrible she felt (think back to all the nausea posts!) LOVES HER SLEEVE OH SO MUCH!!! I am so happy I had this done. I started this is 284 pounds and now weigh 212.6 (as of this morning!). Had I not gone through with WLS, I am sure I would be 300+ right now. I have only had one stall for a week, otherwise I have been losing on a regular basis! I can pretty much eat anything and everything, just a little bit of it! The one and only food that I am afraid to try is steak. It sounds great, but I don't wanna upset my mini-banana now that she's treating me so good! Liquids I do pretty well with, and most days I do OK with protein. I need to work on that. I also need to work on exercise!! My hubby and I are going to join the YMCA here and make ourselves GO! I have become the social person I one was. I no longer hide out at home with 3 plates full of food. I go out. I enjoy life. Ieven like shopping now! I have gone from an XXL to a L in shirts, and from a 20 to a 16 in pants. Life is great right now, all thanks to my sleeve!

OK...deep breath...

The past week has been horrible. I am on several meds for nausea; Phenergan, Zofran, Levsin, Prevacid and now have to take Pepcid complete, which are finally starting to work a bit. At this point, a little bit of relief means a lot. I was in the ER on Tuesday night for fluids (very dehydrated) and back in the hospital for an endoscopy this morning (a camera went down my throat into my tummy to see if they could find a reason for my nausea). The good news: no stricture like they thought (where my stomach would have healed way too tight), and the bad news: still have the nausea. The surgeon did find some irritation on my stomach, which is being biopsied. He said it may be bacteria that casues an ulcer. He told Austin that it may just be taking me months to get rid of the nausea now that I am eating actual foods. This aparently happens to very few people. Lucky me... Can't eat or drink very much at all, consuming less than 100 calories a day (and that's only when I can get juice down). Hopefully this will all be a distant memory soon.

On a lighter note, the drugs were so good during my scope that I saw a beautiful Lion Fish (????) and came home to watch Dora the Explorer (????). Don't know where that behavior from...oh yeah, the awesome drugs!

I am down 48 pounds form January 4th. I'll post again soon.

...to the 23rd of January! I can wait 2 more days!!

I got a call yesterday from MMPC that I can choose between January 21st and 22nd...of course I chose the 21st...one day sooner is an eternity to me at this point!!!

I am soooo excited, and it couldn't have come at a better time!! All I wanted for Christmas was my date, and I got it!!! YAY!!

Just as a pre-surgical physical, etc. Not the surgeon, but one of the docs at the practice. Everything looked "good" (except for the weight, of course). My EKG was good, BP was normal. She agreed that the sleeve is a good choice for me. My next appt. is on 12/5, then paper work goes to insurance for approval! I still need to get bloodwork (which I am getting on Friday), and then I wait for the 5th. I am getting a bit impatient waiting for the actual surgery date!!

First and foremost, I am SO gad I found this site! The inspiration and help is amazing. I haven't gone too far into my journey...yet. My PCP gave me the OK for WLS after meeting w/ him, I am fortunate to have an Insurance company that covers the sleeve soley on being 100+lbs overweight (which is the ONLY time I have been happy with the fact that I am!), and I am meeting with a general physician this Wed. (11/21) and with the behaviorist and surgeon both on 12/5. I am looking forward to getting the ball rolling!

I will be thrilled when I have a surgery date set! That is my next mini-goal in this process...to see a DATE! 

I hope to report that date, or any update for that matter, soon. Then I will be happy to share the rest of my journey with whoever wants to hear it and/or journey along with me!