What's in your head, WLSers?(11-6-17)
on 11/7/17 2:46 pm
I definitely had to do some major med changes post-op. First to deal with the hormone dump (I was on Lamictal, which becomes much less effective in the presence of estrogen), then because so much other stuff was changing. So you're not alone!
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another. T-Rebel
Maintenance is scary. I feel like I'm constantly walking a tightrope and if I fall off one side I'll go back to my 'old self'. If I fall off the other I'll just stop eating completely, because food is too exhausting to think about all the time. I wonder constantly how someone eventually defines this as normal or if they ever do. It took having surgery for me to really identify food addiction and how closely it resembles any other addiction. Staying on the wagon means actively having the addiction in your mental space all the time. It's exhausting.
VSG: 1/17/17
5'7" HW: 283 SW: 229 CW: 135-140 GW: 145
Pre-op: 53 M1: 22 M2: 12 M3: 12 M4: 8 M5: 10 M6: 11 M7: 5 M8: 6 M9-M13: 15-ish
LBL/BL w/ Fat Transfer 1/29/18
on 11/7/17 7:50 am
Selfishly , I'm really hoping that you figure out how to peacefully maintain without the exhaustion of thinking about food all the time so that you can teach me when I get there!
on 11/7/17 9:39 am
I'm with you 100%. Maintenance is freakin' exhausting!
Some of the super-vets here, who're 5 - 10 years out, say that it never gets easier. That gets really disheartening, and sometimes it's hard to remember why it's worth it. :(
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!