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Well I was scheduled for Dec 1 2003, but my EGD showed another gastric ulcer!, I cant seem to win at this point. My stomach just wont co-operate. please keep your fingers crossed for me, i am due to have another EGD at teh end of dec. Due to othere obligations i probably will have to wait until March.
3/22/04 As it turned out i had my surgery 2/24/04. After several
weeks of waiting for gastric ulcers to clear but it was worth it.
turns out I had a huge liver so it was fate that I had my surgery when I did. The Dr said this was one way to treat my liver, it had so much fat in it that I would have needed a new liver in 2 years (about), this way it will have a chance to recuperate and in 2 years my liver should be good. So far I have lost 30 pounds since my pre-op visit. the only problem i have had is nausea but Dr O gave me Tigan for that.
03/31/04 YAY! down to 238. Not to shabby coming from 273. Feeling pretty good at 5 weeks post op. I do miss food even though I am not hungry but I dont have any desire to eat alot during the day, Those darn commercials look good even for foods I never ate to start with, I think that will go off soon. I do notice I am very cold. I don't even own a winter coat only a spring coat because I was always hot. I think I might get one next winter. I have actually been able to wear my wedding rings this week.
4/16/04 Well this morning i was walking to the bathroom and my pajama bottoms fell down! That really made my day, but thank goodness no-one was around. so i got on the scale at work and am down to 225. I told my son, who is in Iraq that i will have to send him a picture so he will recognize me. Still feeling the cold, which is the hardest the thing to get used to. Still not much of an appetite i make myself eat something at least in the evening or I get heartburn, but being the heartburn queen before my surgery it is not much of a problem for me. I feel great during the day but by 9 pm I am looking forward to getting to bed. Can't wait to hit the gym, miss going to body sculpting class and right now I really need it. especially for my arms because right now if I waved at you, you'd get a really nice breeze!
05/07/04 HOORAY!!! down to 215, feeling great and I found my neck!!! So far I lost 58 pounds.
Still having a problem eating, just not hungry. I never could figure out how people got thru life saying that. Normally i just wanted to pop them one but now I'm kinda glad I never did.
Also still feeling the cold, my hubby is so glad the 'Ice Queen' is gone, now he gets to be warm! Got my hair cut into a style I never could have worn before. I mainly did that because the Press is doing a feature on military moms and some reason they picked me to be in the picture.( bragging a bit here I know, but I am very proud of my son and I did tell them i wasn't good in photo's but they insisted, so if I break the camera it's on them)
My boys gave me a birthday card in March (youngest signed for both, he is so sweet) and told me they didn't care what I looked like they still loved me. Needless to say that bought tears.
My hubby is so taken with the new me he bought me a car! All right he actually had to buy me a new car anyway cause first I drive like a race care driver and Two, he hates fixing our home cars( he is a technician) but he got me a sportier version of the mercury sable and I'm sticking with the above statement.
UPDATE: went clothes shopping Sunday and bought an outfit in the Misses section! size 18 feeling pretty happy about it since I was a 26/28
5/19/04 Well not quite 3 months and down to 209 for a total of 62 pounds. Feeling good,hate those vitamins, those are the only things i cant tolerate so i supplement them with Flintstone vitamins. No hair loss so far but lots of loose skin. I am starting at the gym next week, as I dont see any problems with the doc saying i cant go. Today i am wearing a sundress i havent been able to wear for about 4 years and its loose! I cant wait to head over to Macys tomorrow after my 3 month checkup and see what department I can shop in. The last time I weighed in the 200's was in 1984. I have noticed that i was 'thinner' then but i guess going down the scale, I am taking 'old' weight with me.
It is so weird when my friends who haven't seen me in a few days are so shocked at how different I look. I know i am losing but not in their perspective of my loss, well Rachel did say that would happen. Its uncomfortable being stared at like that but then again its exciting, what alot of emotions with this,huh?
I actually wore a bathing suit over the weekend! and it didn't look bad, I always felt like a beached whale because my stomach was so large but I had curves this time, YAY!
Oh yeah, and i am feeling much healthier as well! no more knee pain, no more snoring.
5/24/04 Well I went to see Dr O thurs and he was very pleased, I have lost over 50% of my weight and my liver enzymes are back to normal! Went shopping for clothes cause i was desperate got into a size 16. YAY goodbye having to ask where the plus size department is, today I am weighing in at 206, its also my 3 month anniversary today.
6/8/04 well it took awhile but i made it into the hundreds! yup i'm 199 now. seems i had a slow down while my body decided to re-arrange itself. only 39 more pounds to go!
6/23/04 weight loss has slowed down, which is good, i was starting to get worried i was going to disappear! my weight is now at 194. Funny how im so used to being in the 200's i keep saying i am 294, old habits are hard to break. I treated myself to underwear that actually fit, its nice to walk around without having to keep pulling them up. I started at the gym and have a good workout plan, now if only i can get the time to go. I have never been so busy with just life in general. As far as bathing suits go, yuck. i cant seem to find one thats lifts- all the suits are for smaller breasted women unless you go into the plus sizes but they are to big for me now. Maybe while my body is readjusting they will decide to shrink too. that would be nice. So I am now a size 14/16 down from a 26/28. Wow that looks funny written out, never thought it would be possible. This is the most wonderful gift ever given to me-gastric bypass.
7/3/04 Down to 190, finally broke down and went shopping, bought size 14! never thought i would see the day. And i must say i love my new jeans!LOL feeling great, occasional nausea in the morning but i think thats normal. still not a big eater but i found flounder and crab work quite well for me . I can eat about 3 ounces of them where as everything else i can only eat a couple of ounces and then i feel stuffed. I am also finding that i am hungry at mealtimes. i started at the gym and love it, i dont feel like a fraud now working out. My mother still thinks i am gonna get to thin and worries about it. but didnt someone once say you cant be too rich or to thin? well now i will have to work on the rich part. 30 more pounds to go before i reach my goal weight of 160. i think its gonna be a slow process but im ok with that. now the head games have started, i go to the market and think i will get that. or i think i can get a burger and fries. i refuse to give in besides i dont want to get sick. Have a happy fourth
7/30/04 Down to 181!!! am now in size 12/14's. Never in my dreams did i imagine this, I remember saying before the surgery that if I got down to a 12 i would be happy. now that i'm edging towrds 10's its downright exciting!
I am excited that my son is coming home from Cali. He was in Iraq til mid july, we got to see him in Cali. What a place. and i didnt gain weight there either, kept to my everyday regime.
mind you i did have a glass of wine one night. took me 2 hours to drink it and goodness what a headrush. at least it didnt last long. I have bridal showers, baby showers, a new neice,10 weeks, and one on the way due beginnning of Sept, a Christening and a BBQ plus taking my youngest back to college. I am hosting everything except the bridal shower. So I am pretty busy this month. Also I have decided to go to Culinary School, if I am not to stupid for the placement test. So if anyone has any pointers on how this test is please let me know.I am hoping for next Sept for school for myself. well thats it for now. hope everyone has a great summer.
8/11/04 weight is 176. I am now in mediums/size 12. I have also found I love to try on clothes. I told my husband I have unleashed a monster, he just laughed. It is nice to actually go somewhere and fit into seats. I am at that point now where i dont wish to tell everyone I had surgery to lose the weight. My freind just tells people she does the Atkins diet, maybe we should tell people we are on the Dr O diet! LOL
So the other day I am talking to my husband and like most Italians I am waving my hands around when all of a sudden my anniversary ring goes sailing thru the living room, spent 2 hours looking for it cause we didnt see where it went. My hubby is at one end I am at the other end of the living room when he says he wasnt sure where it went so I say well it went either here or there, pointing to each end of the room. Well my wedding ring goes flying off and lands in the middle of the room!
Thats it he says time to get them resized. So off we went saturday to the jeweler. he was like holy s$^T how much weight did you lose? I went down 2 ring sizes, i wasnt all that impressed but he sure was! LOL i miss my rings. will see Dr O on 8/27. Going to see Toby Keith in Sept!! YAY!
08/23/04 Tomorrow is my 6 month anniversary. I am now with a BMI of 24.5 which means I am of normal weight! i am down to 171. Feeling pretty good, got my wedding rings on and they fit perfectly.
Happy anniversay(6 months today!) Ruth and Happy Birthday!
8/27/04- today was my 6 month check up. My weight is now 169 and my blood work was fantastic! i dont need cholesterol medication after all, it finally started dropping and my liver enzymes are back to normal and holding there. Dr O was pleased to see that.
So now i am good until my 9 month check up. So far i have lost 114 pounds. I am now looking at getting something that fits me AGAIN. but i am so not complaining, sure beats having to buy because its too tight! OK now its confession time... I bought a bikini, thats right, LOL I am going to Jamaica in Oct and wanted a bikini, so i got one, I figure 2 reasons, 1. i am over forty and deserve to wear what i want there and 2 No one will know me there!!!!LOL So if your in Ocho Rios and see something strange coming at ya---- its ME! Lifes to short to be over cautious anymore and what the hay, we can all live a little out side our boxes called life, so i will wear my bikini and when i get home I will hide my bikini from all. No use subjecting everyone to the horror of batwings under the arms on on the thighs. LOL
take care
9/14/04, I finally posted some pictures. I am now 165.5 and feeling great. I actually enjoy going out and its a pleasure to see my weight in the normal range. This summer has flown by but i am not complaining this year. its all because I am too busy. I am not complaining about the heat, i am not sweating. and my rings are getting loose again!
10/15/04 I would like to thank the good folks here for helping me with my pics. Well its been a month since my last update.
I am now weighing in at 156. I am now wearing size 8 pants! LOL NEVER in my life was this size. Sometimes whe I look in the mirror I dont recognize myself, I feel like i had an extreme makeover, my hair is spiked, i went to the dentist, new warddrobe and high cheekbones! I am having so much fun going into boutiques and looking around andhaving the saleswoman try to sell me something. In the old days they would run if I have the nerve to go in. I even thought about PS, I am getting to be vain. But i dont think i am going down that route. Well we are off to Jamaica end of the month, I am leaving my job after 8 years, something to do with the office staff. so I am going to be a stay at home wife, wish me luck cause i have no idea what i'm doing in that area, LOL.
12/11/04 Well 9 months came and went quickly. My check up went very well, Dr O is very pleased and told me to stop losing weight! I always lied about my weight when i was heavier, now I have to lie about my weight because everyone is telling me I am to skinny so i add about 10pounds and say i havent lost weight in a few months. I guess thats life. I am now down to 148 and very happy with the loss of my other self. I am wearing size 4/6 which is very weird to me but I love having to look for the smallest size in Reynolds which is my new favorite store. I feel fantastic for the first time in years. I am happy in my life right now. I start culinary school in january. I am spending Christmas with my hubby, and sons in California. I have a new face as well! I was looking at some photos from early Feb of this year and i didnt recognize me. I think I have finally gotten used to seeing the new me. What a wonderful gift I received this year! Happy Holidays.
2/25/05- I went for my one year anniversary check up today. I now weigh 146 i have a waist size of 30 in and hips of 39 in. Now one year ago at my preop vist i weighed 275, my hips were 59 in and my waist was 53 in.! WOW what a difference a year makes! Dr O was very pleased with me, he should also be pleased with himself as well. I feel great, i am now wearing a size 4/6. last year i was a 24 to a size 26. I have now been every size in Fashion bug! LOL I wonder if that will get me in the Guiness Book of records?
I started culinary school in January, love it and i am feeling so confident to do this, i couldnt not have done this before, i felt to self conscious and i figured every one would think i was there to eat everything. Wrong! great class, great students. I love going to the store and having people hold the door for me, of course i laways hold the door for others but i notice it more now. And when i take my food home from the diner i don't hear 'oh wasnt it good?" anymore,I found i love going to the buffet in AC when we go to a concert because i can have a piece of sugar free cheesecake, what a big treat for me! I only eat the tip of the slice but yum. My hubby takes me out dancing, how cool is that? he didnt even do that when we were dating! LOL
4/27/05 Time flies by when your not tired anymore. I have a great new job working in a kitchen and finishing my first semester at ACCC for culinary.Lovin life and enjoying every sleepless moment of it!. So glad things are warming up. I was freezing all winter. i have been staying between 144 and 148 and am very happy there. For awhile i was in a size 4, which fits nice but i feel better in a 6 only because its an easier size to find!LOL
6/8/05 So its been awhile since i have updatedMy weight is steady, and i have decided to embrace my flabby arms, i wear cami with built in bras(how much fun!). I mean i am 45 years old, i am not trying to win beauty pageants and i am not trying to get anyones attention(other than the hubby) So i decided life is too short to worry what anyone thinks about my arms besides they might come in handy if we need a fan! LOL
8/24/05 I have had such a busy summer! I have been working 6 days a week and could never have done the kind of work(cooking) before my surgery. I feel pretty good. today I am having a big belly day, I hate these kinds of days. I wish i could get over my old days but it keeps showing up. Oh well, tomorrow I will probably feel too skinny! HAHA I doubt it but a girl can dream.
I am getting ready to head back to school for culinary. I have so much fun even though its hard but I will get that degree.
2/15/07-- well its been almost 3 years and I am feeling great. Graduated from culinary school in Dec and am now working in a great job. I am so glad I made this change in my life. I have a better relationship with my hubby, I don't spend the days laying around or being tired complaining and eating. I still can't tolerate sugar, which is great, and I still don't eat that much. But I do make sure I take my vitamins and eat my proteins. We are going away for our 25th wedding anniversary and my husband surprised me with a vow renewal! How romantic
4/2/08
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