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After 8 quick months and to my surprise I hit my goal wait  and I'm going the happy dance. I feel great... Have had  a couple issues with getting enough protein in and recently some acid reflux that returned also to my surprise back on Opmerzole for the reflux/gerd. But from what I hear that's all common. Started working out again and its not only easier now but I get more enjoyment out of it...  Now to work on keeping the weight off, not going underweight, eating right, keep up with my vitamins and not turning into a shop alcoholic...
Hope all is well with everyone.
I think we all deserve a toast to ourselves  and of course a round of applause is always nice
P.S Your taste buds REALLY do change...

XOXO     
 

The end of June it will be 5 months post op and call I can say is OMG what a difference. I would have never thought I would have lost over 70lbs in 5 months time. Even after knowing I was approved for WLS I still had my doubts that it would work for me. Its sooo weird how your taste buds do change and your appetite is so different.... I couldn't imagine it before. I'm Thankful all is going  well for me. I'm at the point where my hair is slowly getting thinner but I do have plenty of that so I'm going to try not to worry. I haven't let my hair dresser thin my hair at all even before surgery cuz i knew this would happen and i wanted to have more than enough when the time came. I recently cut my hair short and its true short hair does make a person look skinner. I have had short hair in the past when I was heavy but never believe it made me look smaller.... But the night I had it cut even my hubby said it made me look ever skinner.... It was never very long. So at 5 months out I'm feeling great, have more energy and can squeeze into a size 30 waist jeans. Can't remember ever being to fit into anything under a 14. I went from a 18\20 to my 14's being too big. It truly amazes me... 
I am still having a hard time getting enough protein in there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day... But I'm continuing to work on that for I know how important it is.

Hope all is well with all of you and Thanks for all the great support and info this site has giving to me.
Its a great thing to be a part of I'm truly grateful for all of it.
God Bless you all

I am now half way to my WL goal and feeling great. Spring has sprung, life is good...
Hope all is going well for everyone.

Happy Spring 

Its been over a month since surgery and things are moving along great. I'm losing weight a little every day and i can't wait till spring....  I've been exercise some not as much as I know I should but its baby steps, right
I'm taking my daily vitamins plus a few extras and feeling good about myself. I been using vitamin E daily ,its added  to my lotion, I hopes it helps my skin to bounce back adn my scars to fade away. If not it can't hurt any and it smells great. I do need to work on getting more protein in everyday and water. But I'm sure it will come. I do love water and just have to remember not to down it....  I even had a glass a wine and sipped on it for a while, it didn't seem to affect me at all ....I think cuz i sipped on it for the evening..
I'm sooo looking forward to shorts season, So my plan is to think spring till it comes...

Oh and I got a new tattoo last week so bring on sandal season and YES it did hurt....

Tomorrow its back to work.  I had 2 weeks off for recover and it was great but i would like to take more time off i have plenty of sick time saved up but my doctor only gives 2 weeks for recover... I feel like I just caught my breath after surgery and now learning how my new stomach works.... Any how I will be just fine my Boss is very understanding and easy to get along with, shes really the greatest... Only a handle full of people know i had WLS so I'm guessing I will hear a few different opinion's about it in the next few months as the weight stats to drop off.  
I shouldn't feel like i have to defend myself but I do. I'm not going to lie about having WLS cuz I'm proud of myself for making the decision to a healthy life.... Its my body and life... I know there's people out there that disagree with WLS.  I've already heard a few opinions about it that I didn't ask for....

I am feeling almost back to normal and am starting  to morn my favorite foods...  My big old bruise is almost gone and my check up went good. I've lost about 25 pounds since my pre op, started exercising again and my husband and I are both looking forward to summer. ( maybe I can wear something besides black )
Oh and I'm still smoke free.
Think Spring everyone.

Hello all, I'm back and am happy to say I almost feel human... The last few days have been hell for me. I thought I had everything under control had done plenty of research and knew what to expect. But  It was harder then i thought...... The surgery went great from what my doctor said but i had such awful back pain the first night it was like back labor that didn't ease up...Oh and in the recover room i need a nebulizer cuz i was so short of breath. ( I wasn't planning on that)
My stomach didn't hurt at all but i think the back pain overrided the stomach pain. The night of surgery i had some issues with high blood pressure and it took a few different meds to get that under control then i notice a very large bruise around one of my sites, that I wasn't expecting at all. The nurse had checked them earlier that day and all was fine but a few hours later there it  was taken up 1/4 of my stomach. I started crying  like a baby cuz i was sure something was going wrong here's my blood pressure rising out of control and now this huge bruise and it was hard and painful of course this all happened after i sent my husband home cuz things were going okay besides the back pain. Everyone reassured me this was normal and not to worry even the bruise it just happens to some...They did recheck some of my blood levels and it did come back normal. By the next day my back felt better and my stomach hurt .I did love the PCA pump and want to take it home, the liquid pain medication tasted awful..
I had gotten the catheter out and of course could pee right away until they told me that if i didn't in the next 6 hours they would have to put it back in so about 5 hours later i finally did go enough to make them happy Thank God ...
I was home by 5 pm the next day i was in the hospital for a little less then 24 hours but i do feel a person should stay at least 2 days before being rushed out.. I was happy to get home cuz the bed sucked in the hospital, it wasn''t until 4 hours before i went home the nurse figured out my air mattress over the bed wasn't on...

But I do have to say the staff were all pretty good but my nurse Alley  was the best. 
So now I'm at home and i felt pretty much crappy  until today (Sunday) I'm looking forward the the up coming week and feeling a little better each day.

Good morning all. I'm now next in line and sooo happy.
I wanna say Thank You to everyone for the all support I've received  your the greatest...
I keep you posted on my recovery. The next time I'm on-line, I'll be a post op and sitting on the loser bench.
THANKS AGAIN
( some one needs to come up with a smiley sitting on a bench)

Its now less then 2 weeks before my big day.  I'm so excited but guessing I'll be nervous by the next week. I started my pre op diet and its not so much fun i can't eat or smoke so that's tough on me  But I'm not going to screw it up OR take any chances. I just hope and pray that i stay on a smoke free path. I've been exercising at the local community center and its going well i have to keep my self busy these days..... I've also been pampering myself with a relaxing bath  and some of those anti wrinkle lotions and such try to get a jump on the skin problems that will be happening in the near future although i think it s mostly all crap but what the heck i gotta at least try.   
I have notice the circles under my eyes have lightened up a bit but that also could be from not smoking, a added plus to stay smoke free... 
Well make room for me on the loser bench cuz I'm on my way

 If any of you are not already a member of the
bariatric buddy group
I highly suggest you join its full of really good information, lots of answers to all kinds of questions,
and not to mention the people are amazing.    
THANK YOU TO YOU ALL