I thought that it was high time I write about my VSG surgery again! I am including links to all of my previous blog posts at the end of this post in case anyone would like to read them. I've been contacted several times over the past two years to talk about my story or to chat with friend who are considering having weight loss surgery so I feel like my previous blog posts were actually helpful to some people! Yay! That was my goal and if I can help even ONE person with any aspect of examining the pros and cons of weight loss journey and/or surgery, I'm happy I can do that!
FRUSTRATIONS
- I still have to watch my weight. I knew that I would and the surgery is a tool to help you and a LIFE CHANGE. I knew that too. Sometimes though, I get mad that I still have to watch the scale, but overall, I watch it fewer times and I eat healthier so I did change my lifestyle.
- Somehow, my eyes are STILL bigger (now much bigger) than my stomach. I still catch myself eating rapidly and sometimes eating too much. I've not thrown up, not even once, from eating, since my surgery. Most people throw up often, at least I think they might, if they overeat. When I know I've eaten too much, I hiccup a bit, feel tight in my esophagus, and feel kind of bad. Bad enough to not eat any more, but I do not feel nauseous. Well, I take that back. Twice in two years, I did feel nauseous from eating one bite too many, but I didn't push it and within minutes that went away.
- I have rediscovered "slider foods" such as chips, cake, and crackers. This is not awful, but isn't too good either because they go down TOO EASY and I can eat a lot more than I originally intended if I'm not careful.
- Drinking while eating: I still can't do this well and technically, most folks are told that you are not supposed to. If I go out after rehearsal and want to have a drink, I drink most of it BEFORE eating some of my meal and I just have to resolve to take home most of my meal.
GOOD THINGS
- I'm a size 14 which is what I was at the end of high school. I have feeling I could be a 10 or 12, and maybe I'll want to be a 12 at some point, BUT I'M HAPPY so whatever.
- clothes are cooler and more fun to wear
- This is both good and bad......I've noticed that some of my acquaintances / friends, speak to me more, and listen more attentively to me. New people I meet, as long as they don't have the southern "Good ole' boy" syndrome, tend to look me in the eye and actually treat me like I'm present. In the past, I had many MANY incidents of (mostly men) being introduced to me and then immediately carrying on conversation with the person next to me as if I was not there. Damn shame, idiots.
- I CAN have any foods I want and so I do :-) Many folks are not able to eat certain foods.
- My hair has been able to hold curl since the surgery. It began to grow back from the hair loss I experienced so I still have many lengths overall, but it's a lot curlier!
- I don't think about my surgery or weight loss very much. I'm me and have settled into my new way of eating and I like it!
Here are PAST BLOG POSTS on my VSG SURGERY. I hope that some of these will help people. If anyone has any questions, feel free to contact me. It can be a pretty lonely place when you're researching WLS and aren't sure of many things!
1. Background, http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-weight-loss-surgery-journey-part-i.html?m=1
2. Part II, http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/03/wls-journey-part-ii-going-for-itand.html?m=1
3. Part III, http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/03/wls-journey-part-iii-types-of-bariatric.html?m=1
4. Part IV, Surgery Scheduled http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/03/wls-journey-iv-surgery-scheduled.html?m=1
5. Endobariatric - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-choice-for-vsg-surgery-endobariatric.html?m=1
6. A Day and a Half - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-day-and-half.html?m=1
7. Journey to Endobariatric - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-vsg-journey-to-endobariatric.html?m=1
8. Discharge Day! - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-vsg-journey-discharge-day.html?m=1
9. Three weeks out from surgery - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/06/vsg-journey-update-3-weeks-out-from.html?m=1
10. Experimental Eating - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/07/vsg-experimental-eating-and-eating.html?m=1
11. 10-12 weeks out - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/07/staying-on-track-life-10-11-weeks-after.html?m=1
12. 5-month update - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/10/vsg-5-month-update.html?m=1
13. One year later - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2014/05/vsg-one-year-after-surgery.html?m=1
14. Hair Loss - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2014/03/vsg-hair-loss-yikes.html?m=1
Here's a picture of me today! Happy, more healthy, and while I feel like I could lose some more weight......and I might do that.....I am waaaaaaaay more satisfied than I have EVER been in my whole life with how I'm maintaining. I do have some frustrations and here are a few of them:
FRUSTRATIONS
- I still have to watch my weight. I knew that I would and the surgery is a tool to help you and a LIFE CHANGE. I knew that too. Sometimes though, I get mad that I still have to watch the scale, but overall, I watch it fewer times and I eat healthier so I did change my lifestyle.
- Somehow, my eyes are STILL bigger (now much bigger) than my stomach. I still catch myself eating rapidly and sometimes eating too much. I've not thrown up, not even once, from eating, since my surgery. Most people throw up often, at least I think they might, if they overeat. When I know I've eaten too much, I hiccup a bit, feel tight in my esophagus, and feel kind of bad. Bad enough to not eat any more, but I do not feel nauseous. Well, I take that back. Twice in two years, I did feel nauseous from eating one bite too many, but I didn't push it and within minutes that went away.
- I have rediscovered "slider foods" such as chips, cake, and crackers. This is not awful, but isn't too good either because they go down TOO EASY and I can eat a lot more than I originally intended if I'm not careful.
- Drinking while eating: I still can't do this well and technically, most folks are told that you are not supposed to. If I go out after rehearsal and want to have a drink, I drink most of it BEFORE eating some of my meal and I just have to resolve to take home most of my meal.
GOOD THINGS
- I'm a size 14 which is what I was at the end of high school. I have feeling I could be a 10 or 12, and maybe I'll want to be a 12 at some point, BUT I'M HAPPY so whatever.
- clothes are cooler and more fun to wear
- This is both good and bad......I've noticed that some of my acquaintances / friends, speak to me more, and listen more attentively to me. New people I meet, as long as they don't have the southern "Good ole' boy" syndrome, tend to look me in the eye and actually treat me like I'm present. In the past, I had many MANY incidents of (mostly men) being introduced to me and then immediately carrying on conversation with the person next to me as if I was not there. Damn shame, idiots.
- I CAN have any foods I want and so I do :-) Many folks are not able to eat certain foods.
- My hair has been able to hold curl since the surgery. It began to grow back from the hair loss I experienced so I still have many lengths overall, but it's a lot curlier!
- I don't think about my surgery or weight loss very much. I'm me and have settled into my new way of eating and I like it!
Here are PAST BLOG POSTS on my VSG SURGERY. I hope that some of these will help people. If anyone has any questions, feel free to contact me. It can be a pretty lonely place when you're researching WLS and aren't sure of many things!
1. Background, http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-weight-loss-surgery-journey-part-i.html?m=1
2. Part II, http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/03/wls-journey-part-ii-going-for-itand.html?m=1
3. Part III, http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/03/wls-journey-part-iii-types-of-bariatric.html?m=1
4. Part IV, Surgery Scheduled http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/03/wls-journey-iv-surgery-scheduled.html?m=1
5. Endobariatric - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-choice-for-vsg-surgery-endobariatric.html?m=1
6. A Day and a Half - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-day-and-half.html?m=1
7. Journey to Endobariatric - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-vsg-journey-to-endobariatric.html?m=1
8. Discharge Day! - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-vsg-journey-discharge-day.html?m=1
9. Three weeks out from surgery - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/06/vsg-journey-update-3-weeks-out-from.html?m=1
10. Experimental Eating - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/07/vsg-experimental-eating-and-eating.html?m=1
11. 10-12 weeks out - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/07/staying-on-track-life-10-11-weeks-after.html?m=1
12. 5-month update - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2013/10/vsg-5-month-update.html?m=1
13. One year later - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2014/05/vsg-one-year-after-surgery.html?m=1
14. Hair Loss - http://carsonia.blogspot.com/2014/03/vsg-hair-loss-yikes.html?m=1
1 comment:
It is an experience that is extraordinary, but indeed like to know if health is necessary in the guard and keep in check ..
Thank you for sharing your thoughts
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