Grammo
Goddess Lumpy Legs - 4 months out
Dec 16, 2009
12:27 Am December 17, 2009Well, I let my surgiversary date slip by again! It was December 11, 2009 - 4 months out. I put new pics in My Photos. Staying busy, helping out with the grandchildren and trying to sort out the mess I have let everything get into over the last several months. Weight loss is great. I have actually pulled a tiny bit ahead of the "curve" on my EWL percentage. I use my surgery day weight when calculating this number. If I used my "consultation" weight (before liquid diet) I am already at the 50% a Dser should be at by 6 months out. Still fighting fatigue - but it's getting better. I need more sleep and need to spend less time on my transfer addiction: OH! I went back on my Wellbutrin just a few days ago, and I know it's supposed to take a couple of weeks to notice any real change, but I swear I feel better already, even if it's all in my head - well, that's where it needs to be! But I think it is totally killing my appetite. I am having to make myself eat these last few days. I'll be going into full Christmas meltdown at any moment. I did not even do any shopping yet except just started a tiny bit earlier tonight. I can't blame all of this on surgery, I am notorious for ignoring the whole thing until the last minute. I have had some Christmas Joy already, though. When I pump my 4 year old grandson about what he would like Grandma to get him for a Christmas present, he just says "You." So that's what he has been getting. We have enjoyed some quality memory making. If that leaves no time for shopping, oh well. I have cut and paste a reply here to a nice note that someone PMed to me, because when I finished writing I realized it kind of shows what my life is about right now.
"Hi Cindy,
It's nice to meet you. I'm sorry I am just now getting back to you, life has been a little hectic! My daughter just went back to work following maternity leave, and even though her office is in her home, her position is too demanding to combine parenting and job at the same time. The oldest, a boy, 4 now, goes to Pre-K and the new little girl will eventually go to day care, but she is holding her out as long as possible because of the H1N1 scare, and she is still nursing her as much as possible. The two grandmothers swap days going over there to stay with the little one. My drive is about 20 minutes, God bless the other Granny, she drives an hour! My daughter will always talk me into staying on after "work" hours, while she is running other errands, etc. I love those babies, and don't really mind, except my daughter has her Christmas stuff all done and I have not even started! (Well, I did get out to Stein Mart tonight and made the very first of this year's purchases!) I've been a little slow to get over the general post op fatigue and everything seems to take me longer than I expected it to, plus I can no longer pull the all nighters of my youth! My grandson spent last weekend with me, and every minute was truly a joy, but it leaves me a little whipped! But he did see to it that we got our Christmas tree put up on Friday night. We always wait for him to help; it is tradition since he was 1 year old. On Saturday morning we went roller skating (well, I just walked and helped him!) for about three hours (never would have lasted that long before my surgery!) and came home and watched a Christmas movie to get him settled down for a nap. He loves the movie "Home Alone" except he has retitled it: "The Boy Left Over From Christmas." While he slept, I left him with my husband in charge while I ran out to the store for necessary ingredients and a new cookie cutter because he had been asking me since before Thanksgiving to make gingerbread men cookies with him. (I later found out that his class will be "surprising" the visiting parents and grandparents at their holiday party with a "play" the children have come up with on their own about a gingerbread man!) We did that after nap and by the time the kitchen had a thorough dusting of flour, and the cookies were cooled and frosted, we called it a day! We were a bit lazier on Sunday, spent a large part of the day cleaning up all the messes we made Friday and Saturday, put up a few more decorations, and made Holiday Jello Jigglers! A couple cookies and jigglers were reserved for my husband, but all the rest were festively containered and sent home with grandson. Grandma doesn't need that stuff around here! My "Grammo" designation seems to be retired (but I will keep it as my OH identity) and I have now evolved into "Grammy." So they have a Grammy and a Granny. My husband is Papa and the other grandfather is Pop Pop. Well, my house is a tee-total wreck (I partially blame my OH transfer addiction) and I am the scheduled baby sitter for the next two days, I better sign off, give my dog and my house a little love and then hit the hay. I also need to go update My Profile, as I have let my 4 month surgiversary slip by! I hope you don't mind, but I think I will "cut and paste" this letter to My Profile! It is a little "snapshot" of my life at present.
Anywho, keep searching the DS forum and soaking up all the good info. You know I think you have chosen a wonderful surgeon. I wish you the very best of luck!
Regards,
Grammo"
Ok, that's it for now.
Love Y'all!
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About Me
Nashville, TN
Location
18.4
BMI
Surgery
08/11/2009
Surgery Date
May 17, 2009
Member Since
