Guest guest Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Hello to all, Today is my first " Re-Birthday " and as a gift I get to become a part of this group. One year ago I had an open RNY; then ten days later, I had a very serious infection and nearly died. I am still very grateful for this surgery. I have lost 175 pounds... I am still 86 pounds from goal. My highest weight was 416, but I weighed 411 when I had the surgery. My husband and I moved last weekend, it is good to know that I have the physical capability to move. One year ago I couldn't have done it. I think back to that time and remember how I had to sit down to load the dishwasher, how walking from one end of the house to the other was almost too painful to do, and how standing to take a shower would be so painful I was left in tears. NOW LOOK AT ME... I was picking-up boxes of books and heavy furniture and actually carrying it, I am working now (for three years I was disabled and couldn't), and I have lost 175 pounds!!! I have gotten my life back, I have gotten my sense of humor back, and I'm getting my health back. On the health side of things, I have gone from 10 medications daily to one...a blood pressure patch that I change once weekly. And I take a pain pill when I need it. I no longer have diabetes and the neuropathy in my feet seem to be slowly healing. On the emotional side of things, that seems to be changing as well. I no longer feel insignificant. I am no longer the fattest person at the company that I work at. I don't feel like I have to do twice as much as everybody else to make-up for being fat. I am satisified to do my job as well as I can and that IS enough. I have found myself caring about the way I look again... I go see a stylist about every 6 to 8 weeks to get my hair cut and styled. That is VERY new for me! I have also found myself looking forward to the future and making plans. Geez, I think I am alive for the first time in over 20 years!!! BUT, I do have a problem with eating...I have discovered since I started working that I seem to have hypogylcemia. If I don't eat some kind of candy or eat a little all the time, I get the shakes, the sweats, angry, and feel faint. So I started eating some candy and natural peanutbutter (I always pour the fat off). But it seems to be now that I am getting addicted to the sweets...NOT FAIR!!!! Thank you for listening and I hope you have some ideas for me. I am extremely honored to be a part of this group now. Kathy *********************************** Open RNY 07/05/02 416 Highest weight 411/236/150 (hopefully) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 , Welcome to the group and Happy Birthday. You have made some awesome progress. I started having the hyperglycimia shortly before surgery (on to much medication for the diabetes). I discovered that peanut butter and crackers work best (you can get them prepackaged). The hardest thing for me this last year has been the carbs especially sugar and crackers. What I have started doing is having a variety of things like nuts, pb crackers, raisins, etc. available. Might be something you can dedicate a desk drawer to. I would suggest getting rid of the candy though. Just a suggestion, an opinion. Hope you have a great day. Lori Owen - Denton, Texas SRVG 7/16/01 Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce 479/335/??? On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 15:18:36 -0000 " " writes: > Hello to all, > > Today is my first " Re-Birthday " and as a gift I get to > become a part of this group. > > One year ago I had an open RNY; then ten days > later, I had a very serious infection and nearly died. > I am still very grateful for this surgery. I have lost > 175 pounds... I am still 86 pounds from goal. My > highest weight was 416, but I weighed 411 when I > had the surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Welcome Dear ,,,,,,,,how glad I am you are here Dan Slone Surgery 5/2/2000,Yahoo Msg navwriter AIM Navwriter58, ICQ 260890468 ****My Re-Birthday***** Hello to all, Today is my first " Re-Birthday " and as a gift I get to become a part of this group. One year ago I had an open RNY; then ten days later, I had a very serious infection and nearly died. I am still very grateful for this surgery. I have lost 175 pounds... I am still 86 pounds from goal. My highest weight was 416, but I weighed 411 when I had the surgery. My husband and I moved last weekend, it is good to know that I have the physical capability to move. One year ago I couldn't have done it. I think back to that time and remember how I had to sit down to load the dishwasher, how walking from one end of the house to the other was almost too painful to do, and how standing to take a shower would be so painful I was left in tears. NOW LOOK AT ME... I was picking-up boxes of books and heavy furniture and actually carrying it, I am working now (for three years I was disabled and couldn't), and I have lost 175 pounds!!! I have gotten my life back, I have gotten my sense of humor back, and I'm getting my health back. On the health side of things, I have gone from 10 medications daily to one...a blood pressure patch that I change once weekly. And I take a pain pill when I need it. I no longer have diabetes and the neuropathy in my feet seem to be slowly healing. On the emotional side of things, that seems to be changing as well. I no longer feel insignificant. I am no longer the fattest person at the company that I work at. I don't feel like I have to do twice as much as everybody else to make-up for being fat. I am satisified to do my job as well as I can and that IS enough. I have found myself caring about the way I look again... I go see a stylist about every 6 to 8 weeks to get my hair cut and styled. That is VERY new for me! I have also found myself looking forward to the future and making plans. Geez, I think I am alive for the first time in over 20 years!!! BUT, I do have a problem with eating...I have discovered since I started working that I seem to have hypogylcemia. If I don't eat some kind of candy or eat a little all the time, I get the shakes, the sweats, angry, and feel faint. So I started eating some candy and natural peanutbutter (I always pour the fat off). But it seems to be now that I am getting addicted to the sweets...NOT FAIR!!!! Thank you for listening and I hope you have some ideas for me. I am extremely honored to be a part of this group now. Kathy *********************************** Open RNY 07/05/02 416 Highest weight 411/236/150 (hopefully) Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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