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Well I passed my one year surgiversary, I am down to 156, which passed the surgeons goal of 163, my PCP's goal of 158,and I am on my way to my goal of 145.  With 11 pounds to go, I don't think I would want to go much smaller than 145. I feel comfortable that 11 more pounds will be enough for me. The last pounds are leaving slower than the rest, but are still going, so I can't complain. Although sometimes eating is somewhat of a challenge, I have good days with that and bad ones too. I am so happy I had my RNY and really can't believe a whole year has passed since then.

Well today I reached the surgeons goal so I beat the 1 year deadline lol.

Well here I am at my 10 month mark, hard to believe that much time has gone by already. I am down to 169 and have lost over 56 inches so far. I am feeling great, so, so far so good. I am within 6 pounds of surgeons goal and 11 pounds from my PCP's goal. Although still 29 from my own goal I think anyway I will shoot for 140 or 145 not sure yet though. I have to see where my body wants to stop and where I think I look and feel good.

Well, I can hardly believe it has been 6 months already. I am down to 187 as of this morning. My surgeon is very happy with my weigh loss, and so am I. Of course I would not mind if it was more, but in time I am sure I will get to where I need to be. My labs were all great, I am glad about that, I hate the needles lol.  My surgeon had to check the file for my starting weight, and he had it at 269.5.  My first visit with him was 276, but then the first weigh in before the start of the 6 month diet was 269.5 because I thought it would be good to show some weight loss. Anyway that puts me at 83.5 pounds lost so far. I need to lose 36 more pounds to be at goal. I will be happy to get to 150-160 range, but 150 is my own goal I picked so I hope I can make it. I was shooting for X mas but we shall see. as my 9 month check up is Dec 17th.  I have lost over 40 inches from various areas of my body. Hard to believe now I was that big, but also was hard to realize for awhile that I was no longer that big. I guess it takes awhile for the brain to catch up to the body lol.

Well, Dr thinks I may have a stricture, wanted to scope me right away, but I got a weeks reprieve. He is most concerned because of the problems I have with solid food, and the fact I have gotten sick 2 times in the past week. He wants to check and see whats going on, and if there is one fix it. I am no fan of the scope lol. Anyway he was happy with my weight loss. After seeing him Friday, I am down another 10 pounds. So far that makes a total of 64 pounds.

Well here I am again, Friday and yesterday (Monday) were not good days for me. I must have eaten something pouchy did not like much. First the dreaded heavy feeling in the chest, then the sick feeling, the gross foamies, and about 60 mins of being sick. So taking it a bit easy on myself, the good news is down 54 pounds, and about 20 inches. I most of the time Love my RNY!!

Well wouldn't you know it, as soon as I started to feel a bit better, like I could actually eat something, I got the flu. I feel terrible. I went from freezing cold to sweating and back to freezing. Every time I try to eat I think I will be sick. I feel sick all in between too, along with a horrible headache. The only thing that I seem to tolerate well is my ice water. Yes my pouchy has loved ice water from the beginning. If I try to drink anything warmer, it is having none of it. So anyway I am down to 233, so lost a total of 43 pounds so far. Not bad but would be better if I wasn't sick.

Well here I am 1 week 1 day post surgery, I feel somewhat better, but not great. I wish I felt great like most others, I guess that will come in time. I am still sore, and I tire so easily from doing the littlest things. On the plus side I am down 10 lbs so not too bad I guess. I am in a struggle with trying to eat, drinking enough, taking my vitamins, and getting my potassium in. I can't even stand to look at the food most of the time YUCK!

Well, I made it, I am home, tired, sore, and sleeping in the recliner. Not too good on the back but at least I can get up from it without help. Not too much to say right now other than I will update more later, can't sit here too long right now.

Well here I am with Sat. and Sunday to go before surgery on Monday. Yes, I am nervous and scared, but I know this is the right thing for me. At this point I have lost 16 lbs in the 2 week  pre-op diet. I will have to give the exact pre-op weight when I get back. I am sure they will weigh me there. I have my bag packed and ready to go. Cleaning and doing laundry so I can relax this weekend.