Just Kim
The Good News.......The Bad News
Sep 29, 2009
I had my 3 month post operative appointment with the surgeon’s office last week and here’s what happened...................
The Good News – I have lost 62 lbs!!!!!!!!! WOW 62lbs. - That’s 12 - 5lb. bags of sugar. I feel really good about my progress so far and seeing the weight come off definitely motivates me to continue doing the right things. My blood and vitamins levels are all within normal ranges except for the Vitamin D. It was slightly below the normal range but the nurse practitioner told me that it is a common deficiency following WLS and can be easily corrected. I will be taking 50,000 IUs of Vitamin D a week for the next 8 weeks to redress the deficiency. It’s just one pill per week so no big deal.
The Bad News - My blood pressure was 159/105. I am so disappointed and frustrated.
HBP was my only co-morbidity before WLS and I still have it.
Unfortunately, HBP runs on both sides of my family and I’m starting to get discouraged that it won’t go away.
I knew this was a possibility before surgery but I was really hoping to be off medications for it by now. Instead, I saw my primary care doctor yesterday (reading was 162/102) and he has added another medication for it.
It’s a mild diuretic (Lasix 40mg) that I was taking before surgery but had to stop because the doctors were concerned that it may dehydrate me since we take in so little right after surgery. At this point, I will take anything to get my blood pressure down. It really scares me because I feel fine and I have no clue that it’s elevated until I have a reading done
(The Silent Killer). My PCP also wants me to have my blood pressure taken twice a week for the next 4 weeks and record the numbers. He told me to be patient, that I still have a long way to go and that my blood pressure may return to normal as I continue to lose more weight. I sure do hope so but for now I will just try to be patient, stay the course, and 
that it gets better. I have a feeling that if I increased my physical activity (i.e., get a damn exercise routine you lazy heffa) it might help lower my blood pressure.
I'm in countdown mode...............2 more days of work, leaving for Hawaii in 8 days.
