Surgeon Follow Up and Progress Report

One thing I wanted to add about Vegas....well, actually two things. First, I had bought a seatbelt extender a couple of years ago because I did not want to be embarrassed if I had to ask for one. I didn't need it then, but I am especially happy that I didn't need it this trip. I even had a couple of inches room in the belt. Woohoo!!! At the buffets, I actually left food on my plate. This would never have happened before. Waste not, want not. I'm totally fine with leaving food on my plate, even if I can't doggy bag it. As someone said to me, they have seen a complete turn around with my life and it's true. Again, not something I ever thought would happen, but timing was just right and I did something that worked for me.

On to the surgeon follow up. I knew it. I got filled. They weren't disappointed in my weight loss over the month, but decided it was time. I had to lay down on the table with my hands under my head. I had to push out my stomach so that the port could be easily found. The needle was so long and I was scared, but they said it wouldn't hurt and they didn't lie. It was just uncomfortable. The assistant couldn't find the opening in the port and actually bent the needle and had to start over. Once he found it, he had to push pretty hard to get it in, then extract the air, unscrew the syringe, let the air out and finally put the saline in. I got filled with 2 cc's worth of saline. I have to pass a test which consists of drinking water. No problems. They don't expect there to be a problem for another couple of months. Lovely. Can't wait. After getting filled, you are on a liquid diet for 2 days since the stomach gets a little inflamed. Again, no problems eating regular foods on Saturday. Since one month is the day before Thanksgiving, I asked if it was alright if I come the following week because drinking Thanksgiving dinner would just suck. So now there will be five weeks until my next visit.

Halloween ended up not being that bad. I bought 2 huge bags of candy Friday night and it was all gone when I got home Sunday night. Nothing left for me to eat!!

Back to the gym tonight, which I'm really looking forward to. I love going and it has helped me tremendously!!

The results:HW 317, PSW 306.4, SW 284, CW 269.8 WOOHOO!! Done in the 260s now. Looking forward to the 250s very soon!!