Guest guest Posted June 23, 2000 Report Share Posted June 23, 2000 it has been a while since i participated in this one list but i decided to sign back up and report my status to everyone for encouragement and maybe help some people make some decisions. my surgery was march the 8th. i am currently three and a half months post op. i have lost as of yesterday 77 pounds. i have went from a size 32 to almost a 22. i began my journey at exactly 320 pounds and am now at 243. i was actually shocked when i weighed yesterday and was 243. i dont have a lot of energy yet but my body is still adjusting to the lowered amount of vitamins and minerals is is taking in and absorbing. if anyone has any questions if i can help i will be glad to answer. you can reply to this posting or private email me at lauddyback@.... this is the best thing you will ever do for yourself. im almost ready to dump that verbally abusive husband of mine. now that he sees me getting so much smaller, hes saying things like, remember i stayed with you when you were big. guess what i dont even want to hear that crap now. its too late!!!!! >From: florence@... >Reply-To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) e >To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) e >Subject: RE: Melting >Date: 23 Jun 2000 07:51:37 -0500 > >Hi Gang: > >My surgery was May 31. On day 6 when I had my staples out at clinic I had >lost 14 pounds. >I haven't weighed myself since..a personal choice because I don't want to >keep weighing and >be elated/disappointed. In the past my body did not always cooperate by >showing weight >loss at the day and time I needed it to. I'd go to WW and have lost nothing >and two days >later have lost 5 pounds..so for the two days before it showed up I'd be >down in the dumps. >Then of course there were the " knowing " looks from the person weighing me >at WW...as >well as all the people at all the other scales on the fruitless journey I >was on for many, many >years. > >But I do KNOW I am melting now! > >I can see it in the mirror. I can feel and see it in my clothes. I am down >at least a size. I >started in a size 28. This morning my shorts are a 24 and they fit. This >feels SO good! > >I have never been a normal weight person in all my 57 years...this is so >exciting. > >No more edema in my legs and feet >No more foot pain >No more arthritis medication for constant unrelenting pain in my feet, >ankles and knees >No more knee pain >I go down steps like a normal person; not one at a time. >I am no longer out of breath with the least little exertion. >No more blood pressure medication > >The downside? > >I have little energy most days during the early part of the day.(I do have >energy though later in >the day)...a friend on the board suggested I need more potassium..gonna go >that route today. > >I am never hungry, can eat very little (if that's a downside) and at times >I feel yucky in the >tummy. > >Would I do it again? You betcha..and I'm only a little more than three >weeks post op. If you, >like me, have never been a normal sized person, you are in for a thrilling >ride! > >Flo in land > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Florence Ballengee >Hollywood, land >florence@... > >Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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