Dear September Sleevers:
I feel like I'm here for a confession..lol. To recap, (lol), I was sleeved on Sept. 17, 2012. I started at 245lbs. and am down to 178lbs....from a size 16/18 to a size 8/10/12 (depending on the pants) lol. So, I am currently home post-op from a gallbladder removal surgery due to gallstones. Apparently, gallstones are a common side effect for people that lose a lot of weight rapidly. =( .. The excruciating pain began a little over two months ago. It came like spells taking over my upper abdomen and upper back and making it really hard for me to breathe in addition to elevating my body temperature, getting sweaty and nauseous. =( So, finally after 2 hospital visits and no answers and an outpatient procedure of removing an ovarian cyst (that doctors thought was causing the pain), on my 3rd hospital ER visit, an ultrasound was conducted and it revealed gallstones. =( So, other than being sore, I'm looking forward to not havin anymore ridiculously unnecessary pain. ......Lol. Yeaaaa riiiigght, I still have this sleeve. A blessing and a curse. ...I have been fluctuating between 175lbs and 183lbs for the past 3 months or so. ...THIS ISH IS EFFIN DIFFICULT.
Here's my laundry list of complaints:
1. I love food but food doesn't love me.
2. I get full ridiculously quick when I sit down to have a meal, but somehow Snacks go down very easily.
3. I can start eating a meal....get full, nauseous, unable to breathe regularly....but then wait 10-20 minutes and am able to get the rest down little by little, including bread. Smh. (By the way, "little-by-little" doesn't mean an hour, it's more like an additional 10-20 minutes. ....makes you wonder.
4. Having to explain to people why I eat so little when I'm clearly still overweight. Lol.
5. Not liking to exercise... No, scratch that, hating exercise at times, because while my body has changed, my mind is still that of a cheese, chocolate, bread, bacon and candy loving chubby kid at mind and heart. Lol.
What the hell am I to do?...
The OR nurse at my last gallbladder removal procedure asked me if I was happy with my sleeve... I answered, sometimes.
=/
