My WLS Journey
December 2012 ~ February 2013
12/18/123 Gained all my pre-revision weight back...
Robin and I have been talking about what to do about our weight situation. Well we received a SURPRISE call out of the blue. Dr. Todd McCarty is back in Dallas doing WLS. I set up an appointment to go see him that same week-God I've missed him!
12/25/12 Got to see Dr. McCarty last week. He put me on phentermeen and I've lost 24#
01/10/13 Victory Medical Center at 11AM for Revision Surgery
01/26/13 Surgery went well. He took out the ROSE stuff Felts had put in. Did a subtotal gastrectomy which means he took all of the old stomach out. Down 41# and not hungry at all. Tried soft food yesterday for the first time-went okay but I ate a bit too fast. I'd forgotten what the "lil general" was like.
02/08/13 I've been on semi-solid foods for a couple of weeks now and all seems to be going well. I have to eat slowly and turkey isn't going down well but I'm able to keep food down. Homemade chili with lean sirloin seems to work well.
02/15/13 Daily weight is up a bit due to work travel and not being able to exercise but I am still down slightly from last week. Now that I'm home I am glad to be getting back into my menu and exercise routine. Next week I go in for another appointment with Dr. McCarty.
02/2313 Had my 6 week post-op appointment with Dr. McCarty yesterday. Lauren is no longer with his office. I'm going to miss her since she was the one who first called me from his office... I'm down 13# from my last visit with them. He progressed me to Stage III Diet which is just regular food. Lifting restrictions are gone-darn, can't use surgery as an excuse not to do stuff around the house. My BMI went down another point from yesterday so the yo-yo plateau I was on seems to be over, whew! Heading out for a walk since exercise is keeping my metabolism the same as it was pre-op. Dr. McCarty expected it to drop with the weight-loss so I think I surprised them.
Because of the wound infection I have a slight indentation in one of my incision sites. Hayley and Dr. McCarty are going to do outpatient surgery at Victory to fix it up for me. After the Atlanta situation last week, I am feeling terrific about things this week. It really is just like AA-one day at a time...
Stompy
Weight Range BMI Where Am I? > 320 pounds =
Super Mordibly Obese> 50 * 252-319.2 pounds =
Mordibly Obese40-50 - 223-251 pounds =
Severely Obese35-39.9 - 191-222 pounds =
Obese30-34.9 - 159-190 pounds =
Overweight25.5-29.9 - 118-158 pounds =
"Normal"18.5-25 - < 117 pounds =
Underweight< 18 -
Before 418# After 366#
12/18/12 418.1#
01/17/13 394.1#
01/26/13 374.8#
02/01/13 371.7#
02/08/13 368.9#
02/15/13 368.6#
02/19/13 366.6#
02/22/13 364.6#
02/23/13 363.1#
Weight Lost to Date: 55 pounds in 9 weeks
BMI=56.8784.2 pounds left to go to get back to where I was in 2005 after my RNY. The next goal after that is another 59# to get to 220# and then hopefully under 200# at some point in the future.
Weight Classification: Super Morbidly Obese
My Progress
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