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I am now stuck at around 311 for the last few weeks. Doing good though. Still not working out as much as I would like. Things are going good. Can eat pretty much anything as long as it is not too much. Too much and I might have to lay down (sugar at least).

Well, it took another month to lose about 5 more pounds. I did eat a hell of a lot over the holidays.

339 today.

After calling my surgeon and getting advice about my low iron and low vitamin D I went to my PCP and talked about it. Well it turns out his note was wrong. I had high vitamin D and normal Iron. I am aniemic though. He said that is not specific to iron in my case. So I guess I am ok. So why was I so tired last week? My surgeon said perhaps I need more salt and I was also on Antibiotics. He said I could have had a bad reaction to those. Anyway I have added more salt and I am feeling better already.

345 yesterday.

I told myself i would start working out again after I got past 350. I am 349 today. Yesterday I signed up for the gym. I am still having ankle issues and I do not have very much energy. We shall see how much I use it. I am planning on starting in the pool.

I got a letter from my PCP . I have low vitamin D and Iron. I will have to start taking more supplements. Oh well, still doing  good though.

-Van
Still at 352

Got my blood test results. Everything is normal. AIC is 6.4.

Crazy that it happend so fast.

352 today.

-Van

Strange how this works. It seems very different from when i had the lap band. I had not lost anything in the last 1.5 or more weeks. Today I got on the scale and I was down 5 pounds. I could swear just yesterday i was 360 or so and today I am 355. 

-Van

I should include the best part of this entire thing. I have type 2 diabetes. Before surgery I was taking meds for this. Even with meds I could not keep it under about 300. Now, 40 days later it is NORMAL! It goes between 120 and 145. Pretty much normal. And NO MEDS!

I am going in for a check up tomorrow with my PCS. I will probably get some blood tests done and will report back after I get the results back.

-Slugworth (Van)

Hello.

I am now 40 days post op.

The revision went well. It was a bit painful at first. I spent 2 days in the hospital. 1 day is the norm for Mini-Gastric Bypass people who go to Dr. R in Vegas. I traveled there from Seattle. He took out my lap band and revised me to the MGB. I had an 8 foot bypass. The first week was rough. I was very week. I lost about 20 pounds that week. It turned out was very dehydrated and was not taking in enough salt. On the plane ride home I started drinking alot of water and salt. By the next day I was feeling better and back at work (desk job). 1 week later I had gained back about 10 pounds. Over the next few weeks I stared losing again and now I am down 28 pounds. I can eat pretty much anything now. I just need to be careful not to eat to much sugar or fat so I won't have bad gas or bowel movements. I have not had any thing I would consider real dumping syndrome from what I have heard about it at least. My clothes are getting kind of baggy. My plan is to start going to the Gym at 350 pounds.

-Slugworth (Van)

High/Surgery/Now/Goal
412/387/359/250

About two weeks left until I go to Las Vegas for the Mini Gastric Bypass. I am feeling good about this. Everything is all set up and ready. I will be staying in town with my family for 1 week. I hope my family has a good time in Vegas. I think I will be a bit out of it although some recover fast.