I am Feelin my Fill!

Apr 10, 2009

After 2 weeks of struggling with the last fill, not feeling a thing, and trying to be good about my eating...I was able to lose 4 pounds according to the docs scales. So I asked for another fill. This time it went very well, and 4 days out I am feeling some definite restriction. I do not believe it is where it is supposed to be but I can only eat about half of what I used to eat. And I stay full for a long time. That's a good thing! I have been so busy at work and so stressed out that I really have not had a chance to pay attention to much. On my scale it says I gained two pounds. So I must have gained more than that if the doc's showed that I lost 4. Who knows. This up and down is driving me crazy, but I fully expect to be going down from now on. Interesting thing, and I have never read this on the board before, I am sure I have just missed it or something. But I was at my swim aerobics class yesterday and was talking with a man that had had the bypass surgery. We were discussing the changes in our bodies. I was telling him how bad my back hurt and that I was going to the chiropractor and doing the swimming for the stretching as well as the aerobic part. He said no one told him this until after the fact, but around the first 50 or so pounds that you lose, especially if you have a big stomach, that you will experience pain in your hips or back. The reason being that the weight shifts and your center of gravity changes. Therefore your body of course structurally changes to meet the new demands. He also encouraged me by saying that the more weight you lose will eventually allow that initial pain to go away and you will feel better dissolving the pain. I was so relieved because I actually had begun to think that oh no, I have waited way too long to get surgery and have finally damaged my back too much for recovery. NOT SO! So good news all around! Happy Easter Everyone! jh

0 Comments

About Me
Arlington, TX
Location
49.9
BMI
Surgery
01/13/2009
Surgery Date
Nov 20, 2006
Member Since

Friends 9

Latest Blog 16

×