| Sept. 21, 2003 I've been meaning to update this journal. I couldn't get into this web page for a long time. Then I discovered that I had to disable my popswatter thing. SIGH.................... So here I sit at almost 2am. I can hardly believe that in 8 days I will be 5 months post op! I can hardly believe it! It went so fast. I can now pretty much eat anything. And I'm down 90 lbs!!!!!!! My mini goal is 100 lbs in 6 mos. I think I can do this! I KNOW I can. Unfortunately, I've discovered that I no longer dump from small amounts of sugar. I had a wedding last night & brought a piece of wedding cake home and ate the whole thing. Two months ago I would have been heaving my guts out because of the sugar. Tonight.....nothing. sigh.....the honeymoon's over. The real work must begin. I feel like I've skated thru these past few months. I went from being a whopping 350 pre op, to being 260 as of yesterday. I feel pretty good! I can get thru smaller spaces without wondering if I'm gonna fit, and I've gone down two sizes in underwear and in shoes, I went from a 12 to a 10, and no more wide widths for THIS girl! I can wear a 26 pants now & a 22/24 stretchy top or a 26/28 regular top, and I can now wear a 44 bra, when I used to have to wear a 50! What a change from 5 mos ago when I had to wear a 5X top, 5X bottom, and 32/34 dresses and tops. It was SO good to hear the people I used to work with say "OH MY GOD, LOOK AT YOU!" My old boss didn't even RECOGNIZE me. What a great feeling! And I was able to wear my new 3X skirt. What a feeling! This surgery was the best thing I could have ever done for myself! God only knows HOW heavy I'd be now if I hadn't had surgery. Maybe close to 400? Who knows? Got our picture taken at the wedding yesterday. Mike & I look like a totally different couple. He's lost 180 and I've lost 90. That TWO PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! Holy crow. And I no longer have to wear my cpap, which rocks! But Dr. Hart says to come back in a year, and he may do another oxygen test, since my oxygen was so low in the 2002 sleep study. But he said I could just have a finger monitor thing to wear at home. So, we'll see next summer when I go back. I just LOVE feeling my shoulder bones and my collar bones. I can't believe I found them after so many years........*sings "reunited" and does a happy dance* I really have to get some sleep, or I'll be NO good on Monday for work. TTFN. |
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