The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Ok, so my 6 month surgiversary was about 2 weeks ago, so this is a little late, but better than never.  Hard to believe it's already been 6 months - time sure flies once life gets going.  Since my blog is about "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" with the sleeve, I figured I'd do a post reflecting on this at the 6 month mark and I've re-caped my first month post-op good, bad and ugly.


1 month post-op

The Good: 

- No hunger pangs controlling me

- Knowing what "full" is

- Fitting into clothes that were previously too small for me (yes, this early!)

- The drug Zofran for nausea & vomiting

- Ex-Lax & Bene-Fiber (to help with the constipation)

- Feeling hopeful about the future for the first time in a long time

The Bad: 

- Nausea

- Vomiting

- Constipation

- Liquid/pureed food

- No energy

- Not being able to get enough liquids in

- ER visits

- Eating too fast/not chewing properly (see first two on this list)

The Ugly: 

- Incision sites

- One bite too many (OMG, sooooo uncomfortable see next one)

- Food sitting in my throat (see above)

6 months post-op

The Good: 

- Down 75 pounds

- No hunger pangs controlling me

- Knowing what "full" is

- Being able to eat real food

- Clothes that no longer fit after a few weeks (I just bought these!!!)

- Feeling good about myself

- Looking forward to life, not sitting on the side watching the world go by

- Having a healthy relationship with food

- Learning to handle my emotions instead of eating them away

- Fitting into my "it" piece of clothing

- Being able to tie up my shoes without nearly passing out

- Fitting into seats on the bus, in the movie theater, restaurant, etc

- Only being on one medication for blood pressure and one for GERD
- No more hip/knee/heel pain

The Bad: 

- Trying new foods, I never know if sleevie will like them or not

- Creamy soups (bad, very very baaaad)

- Clothes that no longer fit after a few weeks (I just bought these!)

- Too many bites of something sweet (I think the max number is 2) 

- Hair loss (I know it will come back, but still....)

- Nosy people

- Feeling like a fraud when I tell people the weight loss is "just" diet & exercise

 

The Ugly: 

- Excess skin

- Purple colored incision scars

- One bite too many

- Sleevie's reaction to foods not accepted (extreme nausea & discomfort for a few hours)

- Food nightmares : me eating some type of fatty food and eating and eating and eating and not feeling full, seriously, I'm not kidding.  I wake up freaked out and in a panic that sleevie isn't working and how could I eat so much food?!  I hate these dreams.