Six Month Report

[Guest guest]

Here I am at six months and what an experience it has been. The

changes are remarkable and I feel like my life is starting over

again. I have been given another chance at life and am I ever going

to live it. The best of this whole experience is that this is a

permanent solution. I will never walk this road again.

I will spare all of you from laminating over past humiliations and

years in isolation because of obesity. I think everyone of you can

relate to the type of experiences and past we share to a variable

degree. Still obesity has made me the person I am today, and it has

taught me compassion, and sympathy, and to look deeper than skin deep

before judging a person. As a pre-op I wanted to know the good, the

bad and the ugly, so here is my version.

The good

I have lost 95 pounds and have dropped 10 dress sizes

Knowing that I will never be morbid obese again…EVER

I have found support when I needed it

I can eat what I want, when I am hungry. The only rule is protein

first.

I have met the most wonderful people in the world on the web

I can bend and move, and turn and twist

I can fit into the smallest size jean I have ever worn since I was 12

years old.

My new office nickname is skinny, and it fits!

Old motto: Eatin is cheatin…New Motto: Fat is my friend

Energy level is high

The Bad (first 5-6 weeks)

Dehydrated twice in the three weeks following hospital release.

Nausea and vomiting for the first 5 weeks, lived on compazine.

Depression for the first five weeks

The ugly

Farts! Oh the humanity, the humanity!

Oil slicks, glad to see that go away

Hemorrhoid flare-ups – ouch

I have a drawer full of ugly grandma underwear – I am embarrassed to

even throw them away for fear that animals will tear into the bag on

trash day and spread them in my front yard!

Loose skin – I wish I had a smaller size to wear

Teri

BPD/DS 2/5/01

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green

Weight 287 BMI 51 2/5/01

Weight 192 BMI 33 8/6/01 95 pounds in six months cha...cha...cha...