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Incredible. I cannot believe that a year has passed! my baby is due in 3 weeks-2 October, and I can't wait! i've been eating a lot lately, and am hoping to loose my remaining weight quickly after the pregnancy. I lost 12kg and gained 11kg again during my pregnancy, but to be honest, i have not been following any diets throughout!

well, good luck to you all!

m

Hi everyone!

I can't believe I haven't been in here for so long!  

Weight loss up to now: -95 pounds!!

I'm down 6 clothing sizes and I feel great! Also, I found out that i'm pregnant-was in shock for a week, but am 3 months along now and i feel wonderful.  Having had the surgery only 5 months before falling pregnant, i really thought it would cause problems, Doc only instructed me to double up on the calcium and get a Vit B12 injection every month.  i've also lost around 19.8 pounds of the 95 since falling pregnant!

Have you noticed how impossible it is to describe to people how much the surgery has meant to you?  I want to cry when i think about it.  i'm comfortable in my body-the first time in my life!!! 

lots of love,
m

Hi all! It's been almost two weeks since the surgery and I feel great, except for being a bit hungry-I need real food! i'm suppposed to be on liquids for 28 days post op, but i don't think i can wait that long. I think i'll start experimenting with purees.

lost 8 kg since the surgery, yahoo! 

M

Hi all, I cannot describe the angst I experienced until the morning of 10 September when my doc gave me the final ok for the op!! I lost 10.7 kgs (23.6 lbs) and already felt amazing for it! 

They only pushed me into theatre after 17:00 -op was scheduled for 14:30, but anyway! When they woke me up in the recovery room, i thought i was dying, my chest was so heavy and they had an oxygen mask on my face too. I tried to keep my eyes open 'cause i was convinced that i would die if i fell asleep! ha ha, anyhow, i survived and the nurses, my family/friends and prof Heine took excellent care of me! 

It was very uncomfortable the first few days, but I'm not someone who can lie in bed all day and i was so cheery etc that the hospital staff told me that i am not allowed so many visitors and that i was walking too much! anyway, i'm ok now and have already lost 3.4kg (7.5 lbs) since the op.

I am never hungry, I'm happy and am looking forward to finally living!

Thanks to everyone who has supported me throughout this process, I love you all!

Hi all, 

I am so ready for this op! I've been on the puree diet for a week-and lost 4.5kg at the end of it! Starting the liquid diet on saturday and then there's only 2 weeks left, hurray!

Cheers for now!

m

Hi all! 

It's been a while, but things have been hectic! I've been to two sessions at the psychologist and he's given his approval to the surgeon-yahoo! I also went for the manometry, ph and gastroscopy, as well as a sonar of my liver and gall bladder-liver is rather large, but hopefully it will become smaller as i loose weight.  

I'm having quite a hard time sticking to this diet!! i've only lost 3.4kgs since may and yes, it is because my self control has gone flying out the window! it is as if now that i've come to accept just how overweight i am, i'm using it as an excuse to lose control. 

I also have a week to finally quit smoking-ouch! 

Well, i'll write again when i'm more optimistic!

m

Hi there! I went for my first pre-op appointment at the Dietitian and have started the diet-leaves little to the imagination!!  But, because I'm not an over-eater, I struggle with eating so regularly, but luckily motivation is not even an issue at this stage.  I have received a surgery date: 12 September 2007-if I get approval from the surgeon on 10 July 2007. 

Well, that's all for now!

cheers!
m 

Hi there! My journey started on 14 April 2007 with the information seminar at my surgeons' office.  It was amazing and I now feel that I know what to expect and most of my fears were demolished.  Why didn't I hear of this sooner!? Unfortunately in South Africa WLS is only now coming out in the open and more people are hearing about it.  Now I have to wait (aaaahhhh) until 9 May to see the nutritionist for the first time-I will be put on a strict diet for 12 weeks. Then it is off to the psychologist.

Strange, since the info seminar, it is as if I am for the first time acknowledging (sp?! excuse me, i'm afrikaans!) my weight problem.  Doesn't it feel strange to say what you've been feeling out loud? I've always been dead afraid of telling people of my physical limitations etc, but never thought that I would voice them out loud-and to people who understand and acknowledge the problem! i am one of the people who struggle with my weight, not because i eat to much, but because of other medical reasons. Unfortunately, as we all know, society does NOT even want to consider that possibility.

Wow, let me go before I can't stop!!

Tot later!

Manda