One year post op appointment....
Today I saw Dr Halmi for my one year post appointment. One year will be on 6/17. Wow, I can not believe it has been a year. Based on my scale this morning (I wiegh in the first thing after I go and in my birthday suit) I weighed in at 210. That is 205lbs down from highest at the start of my 6 months superivised diet and 165 lbs down since surgery in a year.
I never did go back in for a follow up on the pain I had and he looked over the report and everything looked from that stand point. I told him I am still having the burning pain and that my insurance was not covering the previcid and I was taking OTC meds right now. He said he did not want me taking it as he thought it was not strong enough. He prescribed Nexium. He wants me to go see a Gastro Dr to be evaluated for an ulcer. I made my appointment for July 1 with my normal gastro.
I brought up to him I was concearned about losing to fast still. I am averaging 5lbs a month still and I have never (knock on wood) really stalled. It is hard for me to bring this up as it scares me that I will all the sudden stop losing, but I also am very aware I am not that far from goal. When I brought this up to him, he verfied everything I was feeling. He said that in my stomach area there is fat there that will not go away without the removal of it by surgery. I have a good 10-15 pounds of fat there. And I should get down to 200 and stop. If I lose more, lets say 180 and my body will be attacking other areas that I do not need to lose. I told him I agreed 100%, and that was my thought process. I told him I wanted to get down to 190 and stop before plastics. You have to remember, I am 6'2, and right now a BMI of 27.0. He wants me to come back in 2 months to revaluate the wieght issue and also see what the gastro said. He said that could also play a role in me losing like I am. I never thought I would be worried about losing to much weight. It hard to process in my mind, but I am have to be real with myself and what is healthy and what is not healthy.
Oh, and sorry about not being active lately, my life is extremly hectic right now. It is always like this in the May-June months. I should be slowing down after next week then I can partake more.
I never did go back in for a follow up on the pain I had and he looked over the report and everything looked from that stand point. I told him I am still having the burning pain and that my insurance was not covering the previcid and I was taking OTC meds right now. He said he did not want me taking it as he thought it was not strong enough. He prescribed Nexium. He wants me to go see a Gastro Dr to be evaluated for an ulcer. I made my appointment for July 1 with my normal gastro.
I brought up to him I was concearned about losing to fast still. I am averaging 5lbs a month still and I have never (knock on wood) really stalled. It is hard for me to bring this up as it scares me that I will all the sudden stop losing, but I also am very aware I am not that far from goal. When I brought this up to him, he verfied everything I was feeling. He said that in my stomach area there is fat there that will not go away without the removal of it by surgery. I have a good 10-15 pounds of fat there. And I should get down to 200 and stop. If I lose more, lets say 180 and my body will be attacking other areas that I do not need to lose. I told him I agreed 100%, and that was my thought process. I told him I wanted to get down to 190 and stop before plastics. You have to remember, I am 6'2, and right now a BMI of 27.0. He wants me to come back in 2 months to revaluate the wieght issue and also see what the gastro said. He said that could also play a role in me losing like I am. I never thought I would be worried about losing to much weight. It hard to process in my mind, but I am have to be real with myself and what is healthy and what is not healthy.
Oh, and sorry about not being active lately, my life is extremly hectic right now. It is always like this in the May-June months. I should be slowing down after next week then I can partake more.
415/375/180/175
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Wow Melissa 1 year! (Well almost) You have done so awesome. l hope the burning pain is not an ulcer and hopefully it can be fixed soon no matter what it is. Are you having your plastics done with the dr. we saw at the support group meeting or someone else?
Keep up the great work!
Keep up the great work!
Tina
Consult/Pre Op/Current/Goal - 347/329/137/160
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