weezieweeks
More on my journey - and a little history
Jul 28, 2013
I am posting this here because it fits - LOL. It looks to me like there are some promotional posts here that take you to some questionable sites, but that is my opinion.
Yesterday I signed up at a weight loss clinic to see if take some meds would help me stop gaining weight and hopefully take some off. My husband went with me and I found nothing at the clinic that was contrary to my internet research. I started today with Phentermine Hcl 30 mg and in four hours later will take a Topiramate 25mg. I am hoping to blog and see how it goes.
In 2008 I had RNY gastric bypass and lost an initial 130 pounds. I got into "Onederland" for about five minutes and not sure if I had a hard time dealting with that or what, but have slowly gained since then to a gain of 32 pounds. It has been slow, over 2-3 years, but gaining none the less.
I have not tried jumping back on the dieting bandwagon, as I was such a yoyo dieter, that I really cannot bear that again. I will say that I had had a very emotional 5 years since the surgery - my brother died at 50 from cancer and I took care of him, my mother in law died and then my mother died after losing her 2.5 year battle with cancer. I took leave to take care of her and quit my job after - I was doing mortgages, so that was a relief! It was scary to live on one income, but we did fine. I went back to work five months later.
We moved to Las Vegas at the end of 2011 - I transferred with my job - and we were able to buy a home there at the bottom of the market this time and have been getting reestablished. I had hoped being at a lower elevation would help my allergies/asthma, but it is worse, which is depressing, but I am not giving up on finding a good combination of supplements. I am pretty sure the added weight gain is adding to my problems with respiratory. Before I had the WLS, I had severe sleep apnea - as I lost the pressure was decreased and I am not wearing the machine right now, but might start back on it. My husband says I snore, a lot, lately.
We lost our other house to foreclosure in May - somewhat of a relief, but the inner feelings are more tumultuous. Luckily, right now, we are experiencing no negative side effects, but I worry about the future ramifications.
My husband is disabled and mostly a good source of support for me - I do want to continue to improve my own health in order to be able to take care of him - right now not so much physically, but lots of mental and cognitive stuff to keep track of. I have him more involved in this journey and I think he is seeing some of my struggles that I do not tell him about and he can be more supportive on his own, without my prodding.
I recently attended a WLS seminar with my friend, to support her, and found out about revision options. I had an Endoscopy by a bariatric surgeon and all looks good, but he does not do revisions and does not recommend a band over bypass for me, which I had mostly ruled out. He referred me to their clinic, but we were not all that "warm and fuzzy" about their process, so my husband said to look around. I met someone at work who referred me to where I went yesterday.
So, I am interested to see where this new journey will take me. I am very open to feedback/suggestions/opinions, which is why I posted here - I am also going to post this to my blog. I have not been to a support group since I moved here, but hope to attend some support and even the nutrition classes are open to non-patients as well, so hope to continue to look at getting back on track, as well as looking into a revision.
If you are still here, thanks for hanging in there and listening....
