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Two months post op today!!!



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Well, I cannot believe I've lost so much weight in 2 mos. I don't mean that in any way except what it says, total shock at the success of this surgery. Hats off to my surgeon as he did a good job on my surgery. And the weight is definitely coming off faster lately which has been a total rush. I feel like I'm just riding the sleeve train in a sense. I would have never had this much control on my own, sadly. I just sucked at diets, still do. Plus, due to an auto immune disorder my thyroid doesn't produce on its own, so even with supplements I was always at a disadvantage metabolically and probably genetically too. It was a battle I had given up on honestly. I'm such a terrible dieter, so I just tried to maintain my high weight, but inevitably would gain a few pounds and it really added up. I was a passenger in my own life in some ways, instead of being the driver.

Being morbidly obese made me mad :angry: because I wanted to look good, wanted to wear cute clothes, wanted my husband to drool over me again every once in a while, wanted to feel like I would live to raise my sons and hopefully be able to be a good grandma one day. I didn't want to leave my family early and have heart attacks and so forth. But HOW? I considered the lap band once, but I knew after attending a seminar it was not a good long term solution for me. The chance of slippage sounded pretty great because I didn't think I'd be good at chewing food into dust before swallowing it. I figured it just wouldn't work for me, I just knew that. But I still wanted to be a normal weight....BUT HOW???? I finally decided to find a doctor and just go to him and present myself, fat belly and all...and say "look doc, I don't want to be fat, but I don't want to be malnourished either, my insurance sucks, but I have some money to pay for surgery...so what do you recommend?". He said definitely the sleeve. I was like WHAT IS THE SLEEVE? I was truly shocked as he explained it to me, I had never heard of it. The idea of not bypassing anything was very appealing. And from that moment my life changed I guess. OMG it made TOTAL sense to my logical brain. To forever reduce the size of my stomach, hmmm....that appealed to me and I went for it faster than anyone thought I would. I had the surgery within weeks of going for that first doctor visit. Over the next weeks I started thinking...hmmmm....WHY NOT? Permanently altering my body did not sound great in some respects, but then again I was looking toward heart disease and that didn't sound good either.

The basic reason I chose this surgery is because it would force me into calorie restriction, which is what I felt I needed to give me a good edge over a bad metabolism. That was my basic reasoning.

It worked. Even though I'm a terrible dieter, caloric restriction is now sort of forced...with this sleeve that is not a problem.

I guess you could say I'm happy customer :biggrin2: and that I'm riding the sleeve my way :thumbup1: which is working for me and I am once again my husband's girlfriend :drool5::001_tt1::001_wub::lol0: :001_tt2:

I have bought a few cute clothes, still at Lane Bryant. I'm wearing a 14W/16W now whereas I was an 18W/20W. I have had to buy new cute underwear, bras (down 1-2 cup sizes), and I had to buy a halter bra to wear my cute new shirts with since I don't have to cover up my whole body from head to toe. I think I'm the Lane Bryant cover girl this week b/c we are dressed the same, but guess what....in a couple weeks I'll be having to find me a new store to shop in.

I'm no longer morbidly obese, in two months. I am now obese. I'm sure in 2 more months I'll be overweight, and 2 months after that I'll be normal.

This surgery has huge risks. It does. I came to realize that along the way as I did see others fall ill. But for me it is good so far. I like being my best self and being in the driver's seat again.

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Wonderful post! Just want to add that spring is such a wonderful time to be newly sleeved, it feels good to want to be outside again!

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What a wonderful post! I'm three weeks (ish) behind you and I too am really pleased that I made the decision to go for a sleeve. Six months ago I had never even heard of the op!

Here's to us all! xx

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Great great post. I remember your surgery day as it was only a week before mine. How exciting that you're doing so well. Have you lost all 36 pounds since the morning of your surgery? You've done fantastic. I'm so proud of you and thrilled for you!

You didn't mention how your husband is reacting to all of this? Are you getting more appreciative glances? :biggrin0:

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Yayyayyayyay!!!! I love it. Thank you so much for sharing. I can't wait to be able to share the same sentiments. Thanks for the extra bit of motivation!!!!

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pumpkin, how are you doing now? Any regrets?

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i can relate to you in so many ways.. i absolutely LOVE this app.. makes this surgery and lifestyle change so much easier.. so happy to hear you are doing wonderful!

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I can't wait to say bye bye to Lane Bryant!!

Cute clothes here I come!!!

:)

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That's so awesome!! I'm glad to hear you're doing so well at 8 weeks out! :) I noticed you mentioned that you have a thyroid disorder too, so I have a quick question. I had thyroid cancer 8 years ago (everything is good and I'm still cancer free) so I don't have a thyroid anymore. Do you take daily thyroid medication? If so, how are you taking it? My surgeon said that I can not take any whole pills until I am about 3 months out and wants me to crush everything and take it but OMG. It's so yuck. :blink: Most days I don't get my whole dose down because it's just so nasty. I recently started mixing it crushed up in sugar free Cool Whip which is ok, but still not ideal. Any suggestions?

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