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Yeah, it has been 12 years!! After the first few years you stop thinking about what has happened. Hopefully you (I) have put into place the things I need to stay healthy for quite awhile. I was 196 on my 12 year surgery (RNY). Here is what I look like today.
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I've gotten older...Turned 63. Surgery doesn't help with age!! Will live with the turkey neck...A badge of honor. Would I do it again?? In a heartbeat. I was dying when I had the surgery (congestive heart failure). The surgery gave me a new life. I cut out a lot of sugar and fried foods. I'll eat some, but I don't go hog wild. I got down to a low of 187. I then gained back up to about 235 over the years. Each year I will put a picture of what I look like near my surgery date (so new people can see what to expect). I do a lot of physical work. When I am not working I will exercise (bicycle or walking). Life is good...
196 this week again...High of about 300. It was 12 years ago today I had my surgery...Will post a little something about the journey. Later, Brian
Rainy is the norm here. It is the rare day when it DOESN'T rain. I feel your pain. Thank you. Surgery was easy, easier than recovery. But all is going well.
194.5 Last Week
195.3 Today
Bill, good to hear you made it through surgery well. Work is ramping up and I haven't been checking the boards that often.
Weather is turning, and I have a lot of stuff to still get done. Been rainy so yard work on hold, and damn grubs are decimating the lawn. Time to buy some bad stuff to take care of business.
Good week to all!
Good morning. I went to Defcon 4 on the constipation protocol this week. Suffice to say that if you drink 11 ounces of Magnesium Citrate and that doesn't work then things start to get unpleasant. The dam broke around 3:30 Wednesday and I have been on Miralax ever since which seems to be helping.
I am going to the Blackhawks game tonight. We have season tickets but I think this may be my last year. Its gotten harder to sell unwanted games with the decline of the teams play. And my kids are getting older/have moved out and don't really have much interest. Wife and daughter are in Dallas for the Taylor Swift concert this weekend.
Another great week for football. Watched parts of the Texas/Oklahoma and Notre Dame/Va. Tech games and about a drive of LSU/Florida. Baylor won. If they can sneak off with two of their last six they may be able to make the Liberty Bowl. I would like to go to that Bowl mainly because I would like to see the Civil War battle field at Shiloh.
LW 263.4
CW 260
Have a great week all.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I am one week out from surgery. Recovery is going well. In fact, it is excellent. I am pretty much completely off pain killers, taking half doses on occasion for twinges more so than anything ongoing. I was up and about and cooking dinner last night (chicken Parmesan without noodles), and am getting impatient to get my stitches and staples out. I am still sporting the three drains the doc installed the day of surgery like some sort of beginner Borg kit, and will continue to do so until their output drops to the specified level.
I had a HUGE NSV today. Before I started losing weight, I wore a size 58 or 60 waist depending on the cut. With my weight loss up to last week, I was down to a 42 and they were getting baggy. Today my wife brought home a bag of clothes that a friend of ours from church gave her. They came from her sone who no longer wears them.
I SLID RIGHT INTO A PAIR OF 36 JEANS!!!
They didn't just fit. They fit WELL! I had room everywhere we need room and even with tubes coming out of my belly, stitches, staples, and swelling, they buttoned right up. I knew I was going to drop a few sizes, but I didn't expect this. I haven't worn a size 36 since I was in high school in the early 70s. Now I'm really impatient to get this healing up behind me.
I started out with a Europellet gun, but quickly switched to .45 ACP years ago. I cast my own bullets and reload, so shooting costs me four cents a round.
Glad your recovery is going well. Have carried one of two .45's for 20+ years.
I am one week post skin removal surgery. Last week I tipped the scale at 258 1/2 lbs. Monday morning, before leaving for the hospital, I weighed 261 even. They do not weigh what they remove so I was left to guess about that part.
When I returned home Tuesday afternoon, I immediately hopped on the scale. It said 257. My wife said to wait until the next morning for a better indication. I did. I actually forget what it was exactly. Suffice to say I?ve been dropping like a rock again. I?ve been losing over a pound a day, and this morning tipped the scale at 246 3/4 lbs.
Things are going well. I might have some more to write in my surgery thread. Recovery has been easier than I expected, given all the trials and tribulations I?ve read about on the surgery board. Thursday (10/11) marks two years since my surgery. I started out in the pre-op program in June of 2016. I weighed 481 lbs. on the day of surgery I weighed 414. They told me if I was average I could expect to get to 350. I did that and then some. Total weight lost as of today is 234 lbs.
Oh yeah, one thing I?ve learned as a side note. I?ve been wearing this compression garment for a solid week now. I?ve had it off for less than two hours altogether. I've wondered for years if it would be worth looking into a belly band holster for concealed carry. Now that I don?t have such a belly, it has risen to the fore again, and after wearing this thing easily, I?m going shopping when the tubes and stitches are out. CrossBreed Holsters has a real nice one for the .45 I like to carry.
