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Hello!
So, if you've happened upon a post I've made before, I've made it no secret I'm a kidney transplant patient. It's the main reason I'm both pursuing and fretting the sleeve. On one hand, I need, need, need to lose weight to give this little bean the best possible circumstances it can have but I also have concerns regarding meds and fluids, but many people have reassured me in the department.
So my next, well hurdle if you can call it that, is my doctor.
Let me give a little background.
I'm 19 years old.
I've been going to this particular nephrology practice (at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO for those curious for whatever reason) since I moved to Missouri from Cali when I was like 18 months old.
I was born with chronic renal failure secondary to posterior urethral valves.
It wasn't until 2010 that I finally had to go on dialysis about a month after my fourteenth birthday.
Since then until June of 2013, I had battled to be put on the transplant list and for a majority of circumstances, my weight was the biggest inhibitor. My doctor has always been skeptical about my persistence. I'd suggested the Lap-Band about two years into dialysis and he shot me down...and hey, at 16 what could I do?
Later on down the line, I got my transplant after getting sick and losing 25 pounds (only time I've ever lost a large amount of weight).
Skip a year and I was suggesting it again. I was 18 at the time and he was still super skeptical, but he finally heard me out (well kind of). I asked him to give me his suggestions for places to go. His suggestion, which took well over six months to get to me, was a program that was now defunct. Lol he tried.
So I personally sought out Saint Luke's myself.
Cut to March of this year, I was diagnosed with diabetes and most of my doctors actually REASSURED me that weight loss surgery would be good! A few months prior an hepatic endocrinologist wanted to see me to discuss elevated liver enzymes indicating possible fatty liver tissue. He was the first one to go "Uhm, that's actually a really good idea???" and he was shocked to hear when I told him I'd been suggesting it for some time and didn't get the support I needed. He's the one who pushed my doctor into the right direction.
Now, to get to the point of this
My surgery is happening on Tuesday. A three year battle is coming to an end, albeit with one detail changed (not Lap Band but sleeve
).
On August 9th I have my next follow up with my renal doctor (3rd with my Endocrinologist).
That's about a month and a half and a smidgen.
I'm not looking for concrete estimates as I know everyone is different, but I'd love to know your experiences. At about 6 weeks post op, how much weight had you lost? I'm hoping I can kind of wow my doctor and (respectfully) tell him "I told you so".