7 months out 12-15-09

Dec 18, 2009

It's been way over due  for posting my updates. I feel so much better with 70 lbs  gone.
I DODGED/AVOIDED  diabetes and so many comorbidities that are prone to my family.
I take less of my Nsaids  if at all any for my knee and lower back.
Clothes pre-op:  size18  pants   Tops 1x-3x.. shoes size 7  and  now i currently use size  6 pants ..Tops sm/med & shoe size 6
What a change in styles that  are available and cost is less( I bargain hunt).

I eat most foods and kinda of stick to what  sits well in my tummy. I  do venture and try "new" foods but most  times my tatste  buds have changed but the rule is protein first. My  6 month labs were  good ..my  D  was tanked pre-op.. a crappy level 8 and  now it is at 50!!! yes it could be higher but at least it did go up.  It was very important to do labs pre-op to check  levels that were tanked or low and start vitamins pre surgery.

I attend 2 support  meetings a month and really look foward to the Paclap meetings! We really open up on our issues and our lives post op. With the recent  plastic  surgery patients that attend ..I   have seen GREAT results .. my turn will be in 2012  ( with Gods will) I hope to save enough $$ or heck maybe get a darn loan if need be!


Overall I just feel so happy and blessed that  the DS journey has been  easy to follow . My OH Friends are  so very caring and helpful . I don't know what heck I would do without  Vitalady(Michelle)  LARRA and all her tips and advice  and  so many more people it would take 5 pages to list them all.

I just am so grateful to so many here on OH and to "surgery wars"  not  for  me  but for the pre-ops who NEVER heard of all their  WLS  options... also Eternally grateful to  the DMHC that  made Kaiser  send me to IMO the best DS surgeon  Dr John Rabkin. He and his staff are amazing and made feel very comfortable through out the whole process from begining to present day. 

My husband and children are very supportive of my choice  for WLS and now see the results of  this new life that  we share together. We do more together as a family  since I now participate  instead of  staying home alone in my misery with aches and pains.. 
I hope to  post that I am at goal by  my Birthday in February 2010  so about 20lbs  to go we'll see!

Just listen to your body and if something doesn't feel right  call your PCP/surgeon or get your self to ER ASAP.

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