9 Months Later!

Jan 14, 2011

Nine months after my last post and I am still alive and well, plus another baby!  I started my pregnancy that was a horrible accident at the time at the weight of 192 and only 3 months post-op.  I didn't gain a pound and I didn't lose a pound the entire 9 months.  I guess that is a good thing.  My lab results remained consistent.  The baby was healthy, a bit small at 6lbs 2oz -- my smallest ever.  I ended up having a major operation on my abdomen in June when I was 20 weeks pregnant to remove the "mass" along with the omentum, which is the lining of my abdomen.

During my 4th c-section they knocked me out completely so they could check my internal anatomy to make sure nothing was wrong.  The fretted over me for a long time because this pregnancy was very painful due to the "mass" that I was supposed to have removed a week after I found out I was pregnant.  They decided to wait until 20 weeks because the baby would have a better chance of survival if we did it then.  Thankfully she turned out beautiful though.  Ava Chloe Christine was born on Oct. 7th.

I had my tubes tied, so I'm at least 99% sure I'm not having any more kids.  Unless they removed my lady parts I can't be 100% certain.  I don't need more than 4 kids though, I'm quite happy, yet overwhelmed with children at the moment!  My baby is very cranky and she is paying me back for all the narcotics pumped into her system during her 9 month stay in my uterus.... so it's all well deserved!

So anyway, at this point I weigh 162lbs and am actually consulting to have a tummy tuck done by my original surgeon, who does a fantastic job.  I have always had a really bad time with rashes under my abdomen, but now they are even worse.  I'm going to talk about my arms too because those are just horrible.  I'm not as bad off as I thought I would be, but it's gross nonetheless.  I have Anthem Blue Cross out of Georgia and let's hope I get approved but I have a feeling this will be a battle. I never thought in a bagillion years I would ever weigh this little, it's amazing. I feel great and my self-esteem is gradually building.  I don't see my weight loss in my eyes yet though... which I have heard is quite common.  It will take a long time before I'm ever happy with myself, if that ever does happen.

I'm still down and out right now.  I had the "mass" in my abdomen and for the first 3 months post-op I was in pain waiting to have the surgery to remove it, then I accidentally got pregnant and had to wait 5 more months for my surgery, in large amounts of pain until then, then I had to recover from that painful surgery, and then I had my c-section in October.  Recovery was going great until I had an extremely bad fall ice skating at the end of November which just set me back even more.  Now I am finally recovering from that, which I had a muscle tear from, and am already pondering another surgery.  I figure may as well get it all out of the way while I'm recovering, that way hopefully I won't ever have to have another surgery and the road and path to recovery is final.  Several people have agreed that is the best way, though I will get the surgeon's opinion on Tuesday.

I now can probably squeeze into a size 10 pants, down from a 24 at my highest, which is amazing. I amazed myself when I could fit into a regular medium shirt too.  No more 2x's or bigger.  It's difficult for me to still wear form fitting clothes with all the skin, and well just because I'm not used to it. I'm used to wearing tents!!  This is all awesome anyhow.

Will update again soon!

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