Rebecca (Becky) A.

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Checkup went smoothly.  I arrived to find out that Dr. Juarez was in emergency surgery and I would have 1 1/2 hour wait.  The nurse went ahead and took my weight, 193, and my BP which was 105/60 with a pulse of 90.  Shortly after that Dr. Fang came in to take over the patients for Dr. Juarez.  This was the first time I had met Dr. Fang.  He is very nice.  He was pleased with my progress and said that I am right on target.  He checked my scars and what stomach I have hanging over.  He said that I could start doing weight training.  I have to clear this with my shoulder surgeon first since I just had a rotator cuff tear repaired two months ago.

I have also had this dermatitis in my eye again so I had to see the eye doctor.  Man, am I spending the money this week.  ($120)  Got the prescription that I knew I needed for the eye and after one application it is clearing up.

I will be taking my first plane trip since surgery next week.  I am kind of excited to see how I walk through the airport without  gasping for breath and sitting comfortable in the seat on the airline.  Also excited to hear what all my relatives have to say about the way I look now.

Will update you all when I get back.

 

Spent the weekend in Las Vegas.  I sure had an

awakening when it comes to food.  My only problem was

figuring out what to order and not wasting any food.  This is very hard to do because as we all know, restaurants serve way

 too much food.  The sad part is people eat it all. 

Why can't they give you the option of just ordering what you want.  I did manage to take half of a meal back to my room and put it on ice for the next day.  I wish there was something we could do to petition these eating establishments to allow gastric bypass patients to order smaller portions or to petition them to serve smaller portions.  There are so many homeless people in this country that could be eating all the food that is being thrown away.  It makes me sick.  Off my soapbox now.

On the up side, I am down to 193.8 now. 

 

ONE-DER-LAND

I am definitely there and am doing the happy dance.  I didn't think I would ever make it with the scale stalling.  My next goal is to lose at least 10 more pounds before I go on my trip to Ohio in a month.

I had my shoulder surgery on 3 May.  Originally I went in for an AC Joint repair and the surgeon ended up finding a small tear in the rotator cuff.   Recovery is going well; after two therapy sessions I have full range of motion back.  I still have a lot of work to do though because I am still experiencing some pain and there is still brusing at the site.

I am still battling to get to onederland.   One day I stepped on the scale and it said 199.  Next time I got on the scale it was in the 200's again.  Yesterday it said 202 and this morning 197.   Now I just need to keep it there for a few days and I can announce that I am in onederland!!!!!  I am increasing my protein and seeing if that helps.

Got a new haircut and was feeling so good over the past weekend.  Then I had to go back to work and do nothing all day this week.  That gets so boring and it is more of a stuggle to stay away from grazing.

Saw my PCP today and I am no longer taking BP medication!!!!!  My BP today was 122/80 and I weighed 206.

I got the results of the MRI on my left shoulder.  I have a deteriorating AC joint and if I don't get it fixed eventually I will have a tear in the rotator cuff.  It wasnt much of a decision for me.  I called today to schedule the surgery for 3 May 2007.  I will be off work a few days to recover.

Today I went to see my PCP to follow up on my blood pressure.  It was 122/80 today and he was very pleased with it and my weight loss.  He is taking me off the blood pressure medication.  Another step in the right direction on this magical journey.

Things are going well with me.  I am now at 205, which is about a 2 pound a week weight loss.  I am pleased with that.  Now I just need to exercise more.  I had an MRI on my left shoulder and it should severe deterioration of the AC but no tear in the cuff.  In order to prevent a tear I am chosing to have the surgery to repair the spurs in my shoulder.  Once I have the surgery I will be off at least a week to recover and take pain medication. 

Well just as I thought, the scale at the GYN was wrong.  My home scale always matches my PCP and surgeons' scales.  So when I went to see my PCP today he thought I had gained 5 pounds.  They put all your visits into the computer now so no matter who you see it is all there.  Anyways....other than that he was happy with my lab results.  Everything was good and I don't even have to take Iron anymore.  My BP was 116/74 today so I am now only taking a BP pill twice a week.  I will see him again in a month and hopefully will go off the medication.  My weight today was 213....72 pounds down since 20 Sep 06.

Update on doctor appointments:  Saw the ortho surgeon last week and he recommends a week of therapy and then an ultra sound on the shoulder.  He said it could be a small tear in the cuff or just bone spurs like I had before.  I had my pelvic ultrasound and got the results today from the GYN.  It was good news.  All is normal and probably had a period after 14 months without because of hormonal changes due to the GP Surgery.  I also weighed in at 208 today.....yeah!!!!