six month update

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Today is six months since my DS with Dr. Anthone at USC. It seems so long

since surgery, and other times such a short time. Life has most definitely

changed a lot. My major focus and goal has been to lose 100 lb by my six

month date. I have eaten, exercised and focused on that goal for so

long....and have lost 99 pounds!!!! Close....so close!

I can do so many things now that I couldn't before surgery. Things that most

of the world takes for granted. I can tie my shoes without feeling like I

will explode or pass out. I can walk. I can even run a bit. I have more

stamina. My diabetes is gone. I eat whatever I want, there are no foods I

can't tolerate. The weakness and nausea of early preop days are very much

things of the past.

I see Dr. Anthone next Monday. I am anxious to have my labs drawn and get

the results. I feel fine, the hair loss has slowed way down, so I am hoping

the labs will come back good.

I still have difficulty getting in enough liquids, but that may just be an

ongoing issue for me.

I still eat something every three to four hours, and am able to eat more now

than I could as an early postop. I have allowed some carbs into my diet, but

still focus on getting in protein. I often get bored with eating and find

that nothing really sounds good, which has never happened to me in my entire

life before surgery.

People say the surgery is on your stomach, not your brain, but somehow it

seems they really are connected. I feel as if a connection has been made

between the two. The " head hunger " thing seems to be mostly a thing of the

past. I have had one or two days since surgery when I have been very

stressed and wanted to overeat, but I know what is happening, it is an

isolated incident, and am calm about it. It is not the daily, neverending

thing that it was before. I find this interesting.

Dawna