Back from Vaction......
Took two vacations......one week in Wisconsin to see my DH family and then to Idaho to visit with my kids. I figured I would have gained at least five pounds but I didn't and that's good. Got a huge bald spot on the crown and frontal part of my head. Not even enough to cover my bald spot. I had been asked several times by people while I visited, about have WLS and would I do it again. The answer was no, but only if it was a life or death decision to make. I weighed 274 on Feb 25, I now weigh 208 pounds. Total lost---66 pounds. You would think that walking seven miles a day and water aerobics three times a week, I would have reached my hundred mark but it hasn't come. So I just keep on doing what I should, life is to be lived and if I had to know that today would be my last, I certainly wouldn't want to spend precious little time left wondering why this surgery has not been successful for me. God is good. And I am thankful for my life.
God Bless,
Katherine
Katherine,
You keep saying the surgery hasn't been successful for you. I just don't undestand why you feel that way. You and I both had surgery the same day .... I've lost 67 lbs since surgery and you've lost 66 lbs. Yes, I lost 50 lbs before surgery so my total weight loss is 117 lbs but it took me a year to lose that 1st 50 lbs. My surgeon says an average weight loss of 2 to 3 lbs a week is normal. You and I both are within that average.
Don't you feel better than you have in years?
Aren't you able to do more things than ever before?
Hasn't your life made some fantastic changes since surgery?
For me ... I no longer have high blood pressure or sleep apnea. I have more energy than ever before. I can do more things than I ever thought possible and I feel good.
Walking 7 miles a day is an awesome achievement. Could you do this before surgery???? I was lucky to be able to walk 1/4 of the mall without my hips locking up. Now I can walk all day at the park, fair, mall etc. My husband and I walk in our neighborhood most days. What a joy that is to do again.
Your new photo is great, you look beautiful.
Do I think you are a success .... you bet I do. I hope you can see the success you are too.
Hugs,
Mary
Hey Kathrine,
I can understand your fustration but Mary is right you have come along way in a short time. Are you following the nutritionist? Eating the right foods and getting in all your protien? Enough Water? These are very important and your walking is awsome!!! I can hardly walk not from being fat but from when I was a athlete I wore my knees out. I have lost 140 pounds and can walk or stand more than I have in years. I can now actually take a bath and get in and out and turn! It felt good and I got smaller clothes 8 sizes smaller. I never dreamed it would happen, although I still have more weight to loose somtimes the scale doesn't move much either but I add more protien and water.
Keep positive you will still loose weight it is happening and will continue. As I was told you didn't put it on overnight so it will take some time.
Keep positive and see you on the loosing side
Jill 
Thank you ladies for such wonderful, caring emails. I know most of you would rather I get off my soap box about this surgery when you have had such wonderful results. I don't mean to bring anyone down, honest.....I just think newbies have a right to know what can happen....and still be thankful they are alive and well. And I am glad I am alive and I'm working on the "well" process. Apparently, my stoma (entrance to pouch?) is larger than I expected and exactly as large as Dr. M wanted it. I did not know he would make that decision before surgery, we did not discuss it. Truthfully, he made the decision on my behalf because I was on 23 different "by mouth" meds because of my many illnesses. Unfortunately, the entrance made bigger let the meds in and too much food as well. My tool has not worked as efficently as many of yours.
I will not have a revision, it's not worth risking my life again going under for surgery a second time. As a dear friend told me in email (Dr. M in Charlotte did the same to her surgery and she has lost only 55 lbs in six months. Her stoma is too large (Meds were never an issue for her, I do not know why he left hers larger) but she cannot utilize her "tool" unless she has a revision. What a horrible experience to go through all over again. We were not asked and honestly, if we both had known prior to surgery that this was going to be done, we both would have declined. Poor Dr. M would have had to make his $100,000 fees somewhere else.
I eat my protein, do my water, excercise like a mad woman. I finally have found out this is not my fault. I cannot expect a large weight loss, it just won't happen for me. So, yes.....I feel somewhat of a failure because I didn't try harder or make it work better anyway. But the truth really is that I had no choice. It was made prior to surgery and my opinion was not consulted. Forgive me for being angry and frustrated from time to time. I try hard to be positive and look at things on a cheery side. But sometimes, you just got to say enough. This is the truth.....and it wasn't fair at all.
Love to you all,
Katherine
Katherine,
Thank you for explaining further. I never felt you were on a soap box, but was concerned that you often stated that you were a failure because of your slow weight loss. Your weight loss and mine has been about the same (only 1 lb different). I truly felt that we both are successes in our journeys.
Has the doctor given you any idea how much more weight you will lose? I was told that they considered me a success at 180 lbs, that's 8 more lbs for me. They told me that for me to get below that I would really have to work hard following all the rules. I truly believe I will lose.
I agree that both the pros and cons of the surgery should be discussed. Too many go into surgery thinking that they will not have to work to get the weight off. It is definitely not the magic cure, it requires hard work on all of our parts and comes with many risks. My sister-in-law almost died after her WLS last year and spent almost 5 weeks in the hospital. She would do it again without hesitation.
Mary
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