heidikat72
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October vacation in Tennessee booked. It will be my first time on a plane since January, about 100lbs ago.
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woo hoo - this morning at my appointment with my primary doc, we stopped the last hbp med I was on (stopped the main one months ago). I officially no longer have a diagnosis of hypertension!
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had to retire a pair of jeans over the weekend. they actually almost fell off at work on friday - can't be showing my ass at work like that - well not literally anyway! and to think - in may, i couldn't even come close to buttoning and zipping those suckers!
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@Dub - yes fortunately it was something I could just laugh off and a good reminder of my progress - had several of those reminders last week!
@LL - I certainly get the be disciplined aspect of martial arts, but damn a 100 push ups? that's just adding insult to an already embarassing situation. although I bet you made sure from then on that your pants wouldn't fall down in class again!
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6 months post op - 89lbs down. 1 year since first consult, 167lbs down. No longer in daily pain in my back and knee - priceless.
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Having lunch today with two guys I used to work with and haven't seen since March so pre-surgery and about 120lbs ago. Should be interesting to see if they notice a difference. One knows about the surgery and has seen a relatively recent pic (from vacation in October). And I think he may have told the other about the surgery. Should be an interesting lunch in a lot of ways!
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haha I thought about doing the "glance back" like Loretta Devine in Waiting to Exhale as she's sashaying away from Gregory Hines whispering "he better not be watching me walk away, (glance) oh, he's watching me walk away". But we actually stopped in the parking lot and Jeff said bye, and Scott stood there and kept talking (very typical of him) until I twice had to say I have a meeting so I have to get back to work. But I'm sure the guys were texting the rest of the afternoon and probably including our friend Jason who wasn't able to make it to lunch. But it was nice to have lunch with the guys I used to eat lunch with every day for over a year. The only thing I miss about that company is a handful of people.
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hahaha Love it @heidikat72
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Had my 3 month post op appointment this morning. New nutritionist since mine went to another hospital and doesn't work with my surgeon anymore. Down 47.5lbs since surgery. Nutritionist was not impressed, said that was at the very low end of how much I should have lost by now. Yet she couldn't come up with anything I should change to increase it. Surgeon, however, was pleased with my progress to date. Thinking I need to find another nutritionist but I'd like to stay within my surgeon's practice.
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I'm not seeing the Nut that is associated with the area's bariatric program. I saw her just once. She told me that she had never had a client who was five years out and "we would just have to wing it". Well, NO THANK YOU. I don't have the patience to be anyone's guinea pig. I found a Reg. Dietician who has a background in bariatrics. She has been most helpful to me. Maybe looking around---asking for a local Reg. Dietician who is bariatric friendly. Just a thought...
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44 today! and gotta say, 44 feels a lot better than 42 and 43 did!
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so much for hoping weightloss would make my blood draws easier (I've always had a hard time getting blood work drawn, iv's started etc). Had my usual phlebotomist this morning and she said my veins are the worst they've ever been. couldn't even finish the blood draw - didn't even get half the vials she needed. So back to the lab tomorrow morning. ugh
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so back at the lab this morning. another 4 sticks but managed to get the remaining 5 vials of blood...ugh. at least I have another 3 months before going through that again. and yep - pediatric needles/butterfly. my blood just slowly drips and then stops flowing and clots. they really need to figure out how to do these tests with less blood - 7 vials (2 large and 5 small) is an awful lot.
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mmmm coffee with a splash of caramel premier protein shake. delicious
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I did half cup coffee, a protein shake and ice in the blender. YUM. Took me a long time to finish it, but in a Tervis tumbler, it stayed slushy like.
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Just got my flu shot at work...and a bugs bunny band aid. Funny, after all those lovenox injections post op - I didn't feel a thing with the flu shot.
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3 more sleeps until vacation!
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ugh, not only do i need a vacation change of scenery, i clearly need a week off from here too.
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Just got the call that insurance approved! Finally! One less thing to stress about right now. All systems are go for VSG on June 17th!
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Held a plank for 30 seconds today. Considering 8 weeks ago I struggled to hold it for 12 seconds, I'd say that's progress! And did four of them in a row today not just one. yeah me!
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Stressful two weeks. First, my former employer (I was laid off June 30th) has breached our signed severance agreement and I've had to hire a lawyer to figure out how to deal with it, tomorrow I have a job interview in Maryland that I'm having second thoughts about and this weekend, I'll be seeing my family for the first time since Christmas - which was a disaster and effectively ended my relationship with my mother and brother. . But I'm going down to VA for my great niece's birthday because I refuse to let my issues with mom and bro destroy my relationship with my nephews and their families. But eek! So much stress and anxiety. Only good thing is I haven't turned to food so far.
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Had first meeting with a counselor to deal with my emotional eating/food addiction. First words out of her mouth were "you know weight loss surgery doesn't really work, right? You'll gain all the weight back. You should join Weight Watchers and a gym instead. Weight Watchers has a much higher success rate"...yeah, i don't think she's the counselor for me. Her advice for how to manage stress/emotional times without turning to food - simply don't eat. How to find a counselor who takes emotional eating seriously?
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my nutritionist at the surgeon's office is fantastic. It's finding a counselor/therapist who recognizes food addiction/emotional eating as real issues and can help you deal with them that is proving dang near impossible. The psych's that are part of the surgeon's office (the ones who do the final psych eval for surgery clearance) don't accept insurance so I've been trying to find one that does...but I may just decide to use one of them and self pay at least for a while since they will at least have experience with bariatric patients.
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Had my 6 week post op follow up (I'm actually 7.5 weeks post op) with the surgeon this morning. we discussed my progress not just since surgery but overall since my first appointment last december. He actually started to tear up he was so happy with how far I've come and when he told me how amazed he was, i teared up too. We had a good little happy cry right there in the exam room. Hard to believe this time last year I could barely walk a block without being in excruciating pain. Now I'm down 111lbs overall and 33 since surgery and feel pretty darn good!
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woo hoo This morning I easily slipped into pants two sizes smaller than what i wore this time last year!
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while in the waiting room before my blood draw this morning, had an elderly gentleman tell me I was the best looking thing he'd seen all morning. Made my day. His wife, however, did not seem pleased. haha
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Dub - you are not old, this guy was at least 80 - in other words, old enough to be my father. But he was very sweet. As for the blood draw - this was to finish collecting what they couldn't get out of me yesterday. My body simply does not like to give up blood. So yesterday after 4 sticks, they only got the two large vials drawn. This morning, another 4 sticks and managed to get the remaining 5 small vials. ugh. not a fun process so the compliment from my admirer was definitely appreciated!
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HeidiKat, ignore @Dub because, when I saw your entry, I determined to say "You gotta love the older men." Dub is just being foolish. He needs more seasoning and I don't mean that in the sense the pup usually means.
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Go ahead and binge, just do it on something healthy! I was actually told this today by a friend that I was venting to about having a rough time today and really wanting to turn to my old habits for comfort. really? go ahead and binge? ugh...at least it angered me to point i didn't want to eat anymore
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and I had just told her the reason for my bad day - I was having NO luck finding a counselor in my area that deals with food addiction...smh, tried to explain to her that what she said would be like telling an alcoholic to go ahead and have a drink, just have a light beer instead of whiskey. she still didn't get it. Guess I won't be turning to this person for any support again.
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Had my 6th and final appointment of my medically supervised period this morning! Down 63lbs since my first appointment in December!! My file is being sent to insurance for approval this afternoon and barring no significant delays on the insurance approval, I'll be getting sleeved June 17th!!!!
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woohoo! I can stop my main blood pressure med altogether as of today! 4 weeks ago we cut the dosage in half but I was still having dizzy spells and bp was down to 90/54 this morning. Major victory that I didn't expect to happen so soon.
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hmmm apparently I can't post in the forums anymore...
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had my 2 week follow up appoitment today. Incisions are healing nicely. weighloss was...ZERO. nothing. nada. not even a tenth of a pound. *sigh*
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well tomorrow is the day! 9:30am i get my sleeve
