Three years ago, I was in a hospital room recovering from gastric sleeve surgery. Recovery sucked, but then recovery from any surgery is hardly a walk in the park. The surgery continues to be hands down the best thing I ever did for my health and overall quality of life. Three years out, I have …
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Two Year Surgiversary
Facebook’s On This Day reminded me that today is my 2 year Surgiversary. So much has happened in the last two years. My life hardly resembles that of two years ago, in a good way. Here’s a picture of me also from the general time period before surgery. It isn’t until photos like this show …
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One Year Surgiversary
So today marks the one year anniversary of my life-changing surgery. I had my checkup with my surgeon yesterday and got the best surprise. You see, I have a scale that is consistent but not accurate. It has consistently throughout this process weighed me 5 lbs lighter than the doctor’s scales. I thought I could trust …
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Body Positivity and WLS
Picture from the No Body Shame website I have previously talked about my struggle with the cognitive dissonance between wanting to support/promote/embody body positivity even though I have had WLS. Cognitive Dissonance My news feed this morning sent me to Dances With Fat, specifically to a post talking about not allowing weight loss talk in …
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WLS and Health Update
<— this pic is where I started this pic is where I am now –> I actually started this post back in March, when I was 7 months post-op. Work, grad school (#gradSchoolSucks btw), family issues, etc. derailed my good intentions to start writing regularly again. May 17 was my 9 month anniversary of …
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Three Weeks in my Sleeve
Three weeks have blown by since my surgery day. I’m now eating soft foods and working on getting my protein and other nutrients from food instead of relying on protein shakes. I still have a protein shake every day for breakfast to get a good start on the day with about 1/2 of my protein …
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The Easy Way Out
I’m lucky that I haven’t actually had someone say to my face “you’re taking the easy way out”. Mainly because I’d likely have to contact my attorney about defending me against charges of battery, and that probably gets expensive. Or assault. I used to think I had the distinction clear in my head (assault is …
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Pre-op Diet Day 1
I started my 2-week pre-op diet today. 2-3 protein shakes plus a “healthy dinner” each day. Doc said I could have “healthy snacks” if I needed. She’s not as strict as some surgeons about the pre-op diet, and I am grateful for that. However, I really need to try and stick to the pre-op diet. …
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Two roads diverged in a wood
Last week I got the insurance approval for my bariatric surgery which has been scheduled for mid-August. While I hadn’t talked much about it before I started the formal process for approval, I’ve been thinking about and researching bariatric surgery for several years. There is a general attitude that the surgery is the “easy way …
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