18 month post-op, last time I see my team!
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, 07-22-2017 at 10:17 PM (1920 Views)
Yesterday was my last post-op at the hospital. A little sad I must say, to say goodbye to my amazing surgeon and his lovely team. They all have been great since the start of the journey, for sure I will miss them but we promised to stay in touch!
My doc was very happy about my progress. My body composition does show that I've been losing more fat and no muscle which is great. I did ask him if it was going to be doable to achieve my goal, he said it could take one more year but I'm on the right path! dealing with hormonal issues it's normal to be a really slow looser and so far I did achieve a lot and no regain at 18 months is a very good sign for the future from what he said. Also he did tell me that some of the stubborn fat and extra skin would be better out with the help of a plastic surgeon, I told him I will see one in September.
I had surgery with a 38 bougie and with my age, multiple health issues, I'm really happy that today I'm not scared to regain weight any more. Of course it's a long road in front of me but my body composition do show I could lose more, my surgeon is confident I can hope for around 20 pounds so I will just need to be extra patient and continue to focus on nutrition and add extra exercise to my routine. I was hoping for 30 but I might need to change my goal and that's ok.
Yesterday I had lots of water retention showing on the body composition so I will need to weight myself when I'm out of the sauna for good to really know what's my "real weight". Since I took the allergy medication last month and gained 4 pounds, I lost it (again took a long time!) but I'm still bloated from the heat and drinking so much, so going back home will probably give me some good surprises on the scale side. Yesterday when packing I was able for the first time to squeeze into a 14P pants (which is my goal size!!) so I'm guessing I'm probably ten pounds away from being comfortable in that size.
Blood tests results should be out in a few days, I'm hoping my deficiencies are getting better!