3 months post-op and lots of WOW moments

It's been 3 months since my surgery and I have lost 80 pounds and over 65 total inches!!!!  I know I got off to a rocky start with a few complications right after surgery but today I'm really liking this especially as I watch the numbers on the scale go down.  I can't believe I have lost so much in such a short amount of time it's just amazing!!!!  I know I could of never done this on my own without surgery and without the surgery I wouldn't be able to say this, "My diabetes is gone"! Every day I seem to have some sort of wow moment.  I can now sit in a booth at a resturant without having my guts sqeezed out, I can sit in an arm chair with room to spare, I look in the mirror and my face isn't as fat and plump as it used to be.  My clothes are falling off me, I just bought a new out fit the other day and for the first time in a few years I can wear a 22/24 and that's even a little big.  I have so much more energy and stamina then before and my knees don't hurt all the time and I don't mind parking away from the stores and walking now, and I can ride a bike again! My PCP ran some labs little over a week ago and I am low on vitamin D and iron however my iron has come up a lot since they took it my b-1 levels haven't came in yet she is supposed to call me on that.  My calcium was a little low oh and my thyroid was low again.  Hopefully with the increase in meds that will bring everything up? I have a sister who is overweight and she has a lot of back problems and they won't do surgery on her back cause she is too big.  She is in so much pain that she uses a pain patch and takes pain pills on top of that and she can barely walk.  I am trying to convience her to have the surgery I know if she would only lose some weight she would feel so much better and then maybe they could operate and ease her pain some.   Had I been asked right after surgery if I would recommend this surgery to others I would probably have said, "No" but after I got through the rough stuff and my complications and things started to improve I changed my view on things.  This surgery is very difficult not only the surgery its self but dealing with the aftermath of not being able to have the foods you once loved and see I thought before surgery that wouldn't be a big issue for me but it was and I still struggle with it but I'm learning how to eat the right way and now I can take a small taste of something (that maybe I shouldn't have) but know that a taste is going to satisfy me I don't need the entire thing anymore.  I'm still learning what I can eat and what I can't tolerate my pouch is picky some days I can eat ok and some days I can't eat things but I think as I get further out that I will be able to tolerate foods better and hopefully my pouch will grow out of the pickiness? I just wanted to also say that this board has been so wonderful to me and the support I recieved through all this was so great even when I was so down about things you all lifted me up and I thank you for that :) Thanks for being with me on this amazing journey!!! Bev~  

hey wow isnt it wonderful????  all the wow moments in the world and more and the best one is that you no longer have diabetis. great .... Your sister might not need back surgery if she has wls. never know. the excess weight may be what is causing the back problems i kinow it was mine. I could bare walk and by the time i had taken about 10 steps my back and hips felt likt they were going to break. but i dont have any back pain now. Knees and shoulders are a different story lol  I am so proud of you ....keep up the good work , isnt it great to not need that nasty ole food anymore. get your protein from your protein drink and then you dont have to worry about it, you then will eat protein only to fill the pouch and make you know that you arent hungry. lol 

This is the post I was needing to hear today!  Thank-you for taking the time to go though how you were feeling, not just physical stuff.  You were a blessing to me today!

Brenda

Bev,  Congrats on the weight loss and the inches lost!  I have to say "I told you it would get better!" and it did!  God is sooo good to us!  You've only just begun, it will get even better! Sorry I haven't called you about the YMCA.  I am leaving for Branson in the morning and will be back Sunday afternoon.  Maybe we can start back to water aerobics next Wednesday?  Would love to see the "new" you!

Hope you have a great weekend.  Talk to you next week. Debbie D.

What an uplifting post and pure inspiration to us pre-op's.  I'm right happy for you! bec

Bev,
I'm so happy for you. Your post was amazing and you have helped so many pre-ops and newbies who are having some remorse realize that it really does get better after awhile and that they CAN do it.
You're doing great. Keep it up, girl.
Hugs,
Lana