My Five Month Surgiversary...

Aug 10, 2013

Hi friends,

So much has changed since I wrote my introduction.  I'm down to 211lbs (the last time I steped on a scale, which was a week ago), and have lost 95lbs in total, and 69lbs since my operation.  The nurse practitioner told me that I've lost 70.9% of my excess body weight since I was referred.

So many amazing changes have happened (gradually) that when I now look in the mirror I don't see a hopelessly fat person.  I don't think that people are always going to stare at me in public now.  I've lost 18 inches off my waist and can fit into some rather old clothes now - I should buy a few more pants - all except three I own will fall off unless I wear a belt.

My resting pulse has gone from 105 before the surgery (and it was 135 when I met the surgeon!) to only 72.  I think my sleep apnea is improving, although I still wear  the mask nightly.

I can go for long walks, vigorous swims (they have to be, the lake is so cold now), ride my really old bike, and even just do 'normal' things like mow the lawn, garden, and clean more than a little area of one room at once.  I can carry things upstairs without losing my breath, and I can work for hours without taking breaks.

I've been sticking religiously to the eating program and am using 5 great post-op recipe books.  Sometimes, when I'm feeling down, I get a little sad about what I can't eat - Popeye's Chicken, Pizza Hut, Cinnabon, McDonald's hashbrowns, and home made Christmas trifle and shortbread (especially the dough), but I've found Walden Foods has two great 'dips' - caramel and chocolate, that have 0 calories and help me feel normal; like I can have a treat too.

But, I wouldn't change my decision to have the surgery for anything.  Who cares about Pizza Hut when you can now walk more than 4 minutes without feeling that death is imminent!  I know from reading posts on OH just how lucky I am to have gotten a cancelation and to have sailed through the surgery and recovery time without any complications.

I want to say a big thank you to everyone on the OH forum who helped me with questions before and after surgery, and everyone in the York Region Support Group too.  I've been away on the weekends, but I should be at a meeting in September, or November at the latest.

Jenn.  :)


Me, at 306 lbs+

Me at 306+ lbs, Christmas 2011.

Me at 211 lbs, last week in the cottage.

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03/11/2013
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Jan 25, 2013
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