7 month update

Ok, here's the "skinny"! pun intended,lol.

I am 7 months post op as of Friday. I will post pics soon. I have taken them and I think they suck!! We'll see

I have lost down as far as 233. BUT when I weighed in for my 7 month I was 237, so that means I lost a total of 2lbs this month. SUCKS! Not too worried about it. I go up and down all the time, just still sucks though! So offically I've lost 98lbs. I'm still sticking with my century club card though. I'll be back down in a few. Ok, now that I'm done *****ing I'll tell you all my goodies!

Off ALL co morb meds!!
Labs are AWESOME. D was a little low and I doubled it. I had trouble with D pre op so this was expected.
My hair has stopped falling out and I love the new do!
Buying clothes is fun, hell just trying them on is fun and always surprising!!
I can keep up with the rest of my family and sometimes out do them!!
I eat lots of tasty wonderful foods
I fit EVERYWHERE!
Exploring the world of shoes, different,lol
SEX is freakin HAWT!!
Everyday I notice something different.
Even though I only lost 2 lbs this month I lost 3 inches from my waist,YAY!
I have went from a 30-32 down to a 18-20 shirt and a 20 pants.


LOVE LOVE LOVE my DS!

This is so worth it! I love the DS life. I waited 2 years to have this surgery, switching surgeons during that time. I'd do it all again in a hot second! This surgery is definitaly worth the wait. So happy I found it on my road to the RNY! I know I would NOT have the same quality of life that I have with my DS! My mom says I'm like a kid with a new toy.
Speaking of mom, my family did NOT want me to have this surgery, or any other for that matter. My total support came from 1 cousin and my WLS friends here and IRL. Support groups, that kind of thing. This is the first time in my 33 years I ever went against everyone and did something for me, without support. I wanted this more then I have ever wanted anything in my life. The more I learned made me want it more.
Now my family love the fact that I had the DS. They finally understand this isn't even comparable to LapBand or Gastric Bypass. That's all they new. Hell my aunt still calls it stomach stapeling! Either way, they "kinda" get it now. I'm thrilled! So no matter what do this for YOU!!!

I am happier then I have been in my ENTIRE life! Life has never been this good. I am thankful EVERYday!! I have my days when I think still, is this gonna work? Am I ever going to be "normal", whatever that is! I think these are normal feelings. I just read and talk to others who feel or have felt the same way. In the end I think if I keep keepin on and doing what I gotta do, I'll get there. Hell, look how far I've come already!

Thanks to everyone for being there for me! LOVE to you all!!


Ruby



I Love my  DS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pics will come soon!!!!!!!

Great post Ruby.  That's the way to pay it forward!

Keep on doing what you've been doing and you will continue to shrink!!!  Don't buy too many clothes yet!!!

~Becky

Thanks, Becky! I LOVE to pay it forward. I will explain my surgery to anyone who wants to listen. My weight loss has inspired others around me to look into WLS. In the end surgery type is an individual choice, but I always express the great difference between them. But like I said, personal choice. I just really stress RESEARCH!!

I love shrinking. And my clothes are mainly hand me downs or good will/thrift shop stuff. And let me tell you I find some NICE stuff at second hand stores! Love it!


Ruby

I'm glad you are doing well. You're very lucky you got your surgery right the first cut.

Thank you so much!!

I almost didn't. I had scheduled an old Gastric Stapeling and decided to try diet and exercise one more time. A few years later I was at my wits end. I started seriously looking into WLS. I found a surgeon who was new to my area. I scheduled a seminar for the following week. I had my paper work filled out for RNY. Then I started reading about this surgery he did called the DS, duodenal switch. This was Dr John Husted. I read and read. This sounded wonderful and I hadn't even really started researching. I reprinted the surgery choice page and changed it to Duodenal Switch. Then the waiting started. The hospital needed it's COE because I have Medicare. I waited a year and half. He left before they ever got it. I had gotten a heads up from a great friend and instantly went to my plan B. Dr Margaret Inman. 6 months later I woke up with my very own DS! Now for the best years of my life to start. Thank God I found the DS. Like it was meant to be!!

Sorry but I just felt like sharing this part of my journey. Thanks for listening!!!

Ruby

Ruby, I'm so thrilled for you.  I know you waited a long time and went through a lot to get your DS, and good for you!  Congrats on your superb weight loss, what a ride!

Maria, honey, thank you! You have supported me through it all! Love ya for it! I have LOVED watching your journey. You are a VIP on these boards IMHO!! HUGS


Ruby

AWESOME JOB RUBY! ROCK ON!

THaNKS!!!


Ruby

Well, done, Ruby! And you're not done yet, I know it.

-- Lenore