First appointment

Sep 06, 2017

First, I have not been keeping up on here as much as I had originally hoped. I recently started school and I am still trying to find a balance between school work/studying, and my personal life. I know it's there somewhere lol.

Today I had my first appointment with my new physician. The doctor I was seeing prior, while I did like her, was very passive about certain issues that really needed more attention. For starters, my thyroid. Last I talked to her (roughly May) she informed me she was upping my Levothyroxin because my TSH was at 84. Yes, 84. I asked her if I needed to schedule out another appointment with her to check it again after a few months, she told me no that I didn't need another appointment. My new doctor about fell out of his seat when I told him that. He told me that I will never be able to lose any weight with my thyroid that far out of whack. He asked how I felt, and I explained to him how my moods have been, and my energy levels... I said he wasn't surprised at all to hear that. 

As well, he noted that my blood pressure was high... 144/80-something. So, guess who got put on medication for hypertension. All the more reason to go forward with this process!

Of course, I talked to the doctor about my intentions and desires regarding the weight loss surgery. Oddly enough, he informed me that he went to the same medical school as the surgeon I have selected. He gave me a bit of back story about the surgeon, told me that I made a great decision, and that he has had many other patients who have achieved massive success. He looked me straight in the eyes and told me that I need to lose 200lbs to get to my ideal weight for my height. He told me that with my medical issues there is no way I can do that. As he looked at me in the eyes he said, "you need this surgery... to save your own life." That hit home. 

Tomorrow I go in for a full blood panel. He wants to check my thyroid, A1C, and other stuff. He said we will have a lot to discuss at my next appointment. So much so that he requested I schedule that appointment at 4pm, so that he isn't rushed by other patients waiting. So, next appointment is 10/4 @ 4pm.

In the meantime, he gave me a list to begin working on...

  1. Eat breakfast
    1. 25 grams protein
    2. Egg whites (  )
    3. Chicken/Tuna
    4. Greek yogurt
    5. Oatmeal 
  2. Eliminate liquid calories & coffee creamers
  3. Limit white foods (bread, noodles/pasta, rice, potatoes, milk)
  4. 1/2 Liter H2O immediately before meals
  5. Count down alarm on phone (This is a 5 minute alarm that I am to set when I sit down to eat. When the alarm goes off I am supposed to walk away from my food and wait a few minutes. If I am full, I am to stop eating. If I am not full, I can reset the timer for another 5 minutes and do it again.)
  6. Weight lifting

I got this list at almost 4pm, so I used #4 and 5 tonight. It's amazing how hard it is to fight the urge to eat, even when you are telling yourself not to. I was full. I was full. Yet, I kept wanting to eat more. Thankfully, I didn't. But I really wanted to! I know this is a part of the process... not only changing the body, but changing the mind as well. 

Anyhow, thought I would throw an update out since something actually happened. Hope you are all doing well!

  • September 13, 2017: Weight Loss Surgery Seminar with my surgeon of choice
  • October 4, 2017: Next appointment with local physician

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