Lam my
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I am really excited about the breakfast I had this morning.<br><br> I made pumpkin spice steel cut oatmeal in the crockpot overnight. I had it this morning with a couple of ounces of vanilla Greek yogurt and a half tbsp of pecans. It's a keeper.<br><br><br> The whole meal came to 141 calories,<br> 17.3 carbs (a little high, but really not bad for oatmeal.)<br> 9 g protein<br><br> Much better stats and taste than the instant.
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I am just joining but I had a gastric bypass in 2008. I weighed 342 on the day of my surgery and now weigh 198. I know that is success but I would like to weigh 145. I have a large amount of loose skin everywhere and it is ugly. I am severely disabled and my exercise regime is very limited. I have trigeminal neuralgia, arthritis in all joints except elbows and several auto-immune diseases. I am bound to a wheelchair and live in constant pain for which I am heavily medicated. Don't get me wrong ! I don't ever feel sorry for myself. I have a great family and the best husband in the world. I am so full of love for them I could explode.
I developed a large blood clot in my knee right after the surgery so I deal with that daily and esophageal motility disorder that is making swallowing hard. Surgery will be soon. I know this is not uncommon and I have the best doctors possible. The problem I have had is holding down lean Protein and Constipation from my medications. I use meds for it but Fiber bars really help and softer foods help the swallowing problem. I can't do Water aerobics for several reasons so exercise is limited. I just want to lose enough to feel better about myself. I'm probably asking for too much but it would be so nice. I can only drink 1 liter of fluids a day because the surgery left me susceptible to hyponatremia. The list just goes on.
I really am a very happy women and the 57 years of my life are getting better everyday. Even if I'm crying in pain I can look at my husband and thank God for my life. Kind of a wacko I guess. I'm happy to have found this group and have the anonymity to share my story and read the stories of the others. Thank you if you've listened to me ramble on. I hope you are having great success and feeling wonderful. Have a great day!
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Surgery with disabilities
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I'm sorry that you're in the same situation. I'm having seizures and in constant pain due to trigeminal neuralgia , raw and several autoimmune diseases. Being in a wheelchair is limiting. My weight loss has stopped and sometimes gone up. I need to lose. About 40 more pounds. It's depressing after all the problems during the surgery. No hope for change so I'm learning to live with it. I hope others are doing well.