Kathy B.

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I am still healing from my varicose vein surgery and wishing it was over with. I have to have another procedure done in December and then hopefully we will be done. I sure hope it will be worth it! On a plus note, I have to wear the support hose through February, which should hopefully keep my legs warmer over the winter. I have been freezing since my bypass and have been wondering how this winter would go. I am sure once the whole process of my veins is complete, I will look and feel 100% better in the leg department. I was measured for the stockings on Friday and was very surprised that the guy who did the measuring wanted to put me in a medium stocking! MEDIUM! I have NEVER worn anything medium in my life! In the end we went with the large since we were doing panty hose type stockings and my waist is a bit higher than the max on the medium size. I am extremely happy with a LARGE as well! Geez! I was thinking that I would need XLarge at least if not plus size still. That is the old brain in my thinking I am still the same size I was for so many years! It''s unbelieveable at times! My weight loss is sooo much slower now, but I can accept that since I do still lose a pound or two each month. I know I will get to my goal and when I do I will be able to maintain it! I really am so very glad I had gastric bypass!

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This week on Monday, I had vericose vein closure with ligation.  The procedure went really well, but the doc had to make an incision that wasn't planned at the top of my thigh.  I have to wear compression hose and the hose are rubbing against the incision so it's still pretty painful.  On a really positive note, I have never been able to get the full benefit of compression hose as my thighs were always too big and the hose rolled down all the time.  I am in a pair of XL hose now and they go all the way to the top of my thighs and don't roll down at all.  That was a WOW moment!  So, my legs are pretty badly bruised right now and really achy, but I think it's going to be so much better for me when all the bruising and achiness goes away.  My legs have always bothered me and since I have lost weight, the veins were sticking out even further and getting hit more often, so the pain was worse for awhile.  I am so excited to have had the chance to fix my body that has been so badly damaged for all these years.  I plan to now maintain it in pristine condition for the 2nd half (best half) of my life!'
I have been stuck at 102 lbs weight loss for along time now and feel it's time to kick it in gear again!  I know I can do this!  I have come so far and don't plan on stopping now!

Woohoo!  I thought I would never see this!  100 lbs gone forever!  Now 65lbs left! 

Things are still going really well. I am mentally trying to adjust to the size I am now. I still pretty much see the old me in the mirror and am very critical of myself. I am my own worst enemy. I have been at a stall off and on for almost a month and it gets sort of frustrating. I keep telling myself that I am 90 lbs down and I look a hell of a lot better than I did in January! I have had 2 episodes of getting meat stuck and both times it has been beef. I really don''t like it as much anymore, didn''t even before I started having problems with it. I continue to eat it to ensure getting protein in. I just have to remember to chew better so I don''t risk getting it stuck. It''s no fun seeing it the second time around. Other than that, everything has been fine. My exercise level is still going good and I would like to try to step it up more, but with school and life, it''s hard sometimes. School starts back full time at the end of August. I have only had 2 classes over the summer so that hasn''t been too bad. I am over half way to my bachelors and can''t wait to be done!

Well one more pound and I will have lost 90 lbs!  WOOHOO!!!  I can hardly believe it!  I am so very thankful I had this surgery.  I truly believe it saved my life!  I feel so good about myself now and my confidence is much improved.  I still have a hard time with the mirror, I still see what I have always seen, but once in a while now I can see big changes.  I guess it just depends on the day!  My hair is falling out quite a bit now and I decided to get it all cut off so it wasn't as noticeable.  I know it will still fall out for a while, but with it being short now, the pieces are littler and don't come out as much.  Plus the cut I got kinda gives the illusion that it is still as thick as ever!  I did have one episode where I got a piece of meat stuck and that was a bad deal.  The rest of the food just laid on top of it and made a ball and it was pretty painful.  It's really hard for me to throw up now since my stomach is smaller.  It took me about 2 1/2 hours to actually get it to move so I could throw up.  My finace wanted me to go the the ER, but I wouldn't do it.  I knew it was coming up, just couldn't do it on command!  LOL  Anyway, I don't plan on doing that again as it was NOT fun!  All in all, I am very pleased with my results and I saw Dr. O'Brien on the 29th of June and he was pleased as well.  I don't go to see him again until the end of the year.  I plan to get my legs fixed (veins) in September and I am looking forward to that as I do get pain in my legs alot.  I am going to be a totally different person when it's all said and done and that will be fine with me!

Tomorrow will be 4 months since my surgery and I am feeling awesome! I have lost 78 lbs now and feel so much better healthwise than I have for a long time. It''s still touch and go sometimes on the food I eat, I get pains and then feel sick (produce major saliva). I have never actually gotten sick though, just had the symptoms of dumping or whatever. That has happened about 5 times total and it''s the worst feeling in the world. I think sometimes I tend to eat to fast and that contributes to the problems. That is the only bad thing to report! I just realized yesterday that my drivers license weight is now actually more than what I weigh and that was a major WOW moment! I am weighing 247 this week and my license has said 250 for years. haha Life is really good these days! I am so thankful for my surgery! It was just the tool I needed to start my new life!
 This little guy looks like I do in the water when I do my jump rope routine!  LOL

It's just amazing how much my life has changed in just 3 1/2 months! I can't imagine ever eating or living like I did before surgery. I feel soooo good now, it's awesome! I have learned how to eat to live, not live to eat and that is something I thought I would never be able to say! My emotional eating is history now and that is also something I never would have thought would happen! I love my new lifestyle, I am not feeling like I am waiting around for something to happen anymore, now I am MAKING it happen and it's wonderful!