laguerradelagorda

Jen, Did you have your surgery yet? I'm in Plano. Baylor Plano has a monthly support group that meets the first Wednesday of the month that is really good.

I'm at 56% of EWL.

A couple of times a week--on Sundays and Thursdays. Sundays are my usual weigh-in day, but sometimes I'll weigh in on Thursdays just to see how I'm doing so that I can tighten things up foodwise if need be.

There were several straws, actually: 1. Breaking a wall-hung toilet off the wall at a staff meeting in an elementary school in my district (I teach high school). 2. The refusal to go up another pants size (from a 32W to a 34W). 3. I was tired of the aches and pains in my knees, hips and lower back every time I moved. This kept me from standing up to teach my classes. 4. Not being able to fully enjoy spending time going places and doing stuff with my husband (who also had sleeve surgery, in August 2013) 5. My PCP telling me that if I did not do something about my weight, my a1c would continue to rise. She then said I'd be put on additional diabetes medication which would cause me to gain even more weight. That was the final thing that caused me to say "NO MAS" and pursue WLS as a way to finally take control of my health. I do not for one moment regret reaching out to her and asking for her help in this. Luckily, my PCP was very supportive of my decision to have surgery to lose this weight, and has continued to be supportive of my choice. I am thankful every day that I have a skilled surgeon and an aggressively proactive PCP who help me manage my healthcare. It is due in part to their help that I have been as successful as I have been so far.

I had my sleeve surgery with Dr. Nicholson in July, and I could not be more pleased. I would recommend him to anyone (and have!). He is very matter of fact, does not sugar coat anything, and tells you like it is. He is also very good at explaining what he is going to do, and why he is going to do it. I had my first consult with him last March, and could have scheduled surgery at that time but I was not ready as I still had a lot of questions even after meeting with him. We agreed to another meeting, at which time I asked all the questions I had. He answered every single one and put me at ease. The day of my surgery, he came in and talked with me about what was about to happen, and reassured me that everything would be okay (this was my first surgery, ever!) and told me what he would do to keep me safe. I have since had my 6-month follow up and things have gone very well so far!