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Post. Neither of the post are good body shots....but notice the rocking collar bones!!!! Whoop whoop!!!!

HW 312' date=' pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 214.6[/quote']

Great work!! I can totally tell!!

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Original weight 298, Pre Op 273, Current 217.5 GW 160.

Wow! What a difference!!!

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Hey you guys... I need some TLC and maybe advice. I caught the bug that's been going around town a few weeks ago (three weeks ago, now that I look at the calendar). I missed a day of work early on, then went back, probably too soon, because rather than being on the mend, I felt like I was getting sicker. I did the whole "cough up crud" and other things too TMI to mention until I felt I was on the mend again, was working again, but Saturday my coworkers "voted me off the island" and sent me home because I was ghostly pale. You may have noticed I haven't posted much lately either.

My stomach is constantly churning, nothing feels good to eat (all my comfort foods made me feel worse, naturally) and I can see that I'm retaining Water. I'm bloated, gassy, and queasy (I bet you want to take me out on a date now!) plus this cold thing seems to have settled in my chest as my voice still sounds like that of an adolescent male going through the change.

How much of this "taking so long to recover" do you think is related to the surgery, and how much do you think I should go in to see my doc? I keep telling myself "all they are going to say is you have an upper respiratory virus, get rest and plenty of fluids" so why go in and make myself *more* tired...

Your advice?

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Go to your doctor! You likely have a bacterial infection secondary to cold. There are a lot of them going around and a course of antibiotics can make you better.

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Well, I went to my doctor, and they checked me for anemia, they checked my Protein levels, and they checked my thyroid. Not sure if I mentioned this before, but two weeks before my surgery I took radioactive iodine for an overactive thyroid. It apparently did the job, because my thyroid is no more. All other labs were fine (improved, even), but my TSH (the hormone that says "wake up, thyroid, and do your thing) was off the scale. That is to say, my fatigue, creeping up depression, cold hands and feet, and absolute lack of weight loss over the last three weeks, and even the raspy voice that lingered after the cold, could be attributed to the fact that my metabolism has ground to a halt, almost, or something to that effect. The thyroid is responsible in part for regulating your metabolism. When I was hyperthyroid I lost weight without trying, now that I'm hypothyroid, I'm failing to lose weight despite trying like crazy.

I guess that's sort of good news. They have a pill for that. :)

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Well' date=' I went to my doctor, and they checked me for anemia, they checked my Protein levels, and they checked my thyroid. Not sure if I mentioned this before, but two weeks before my surgery I took radioactive iodine for an overactive thyroid. It apparently did the job, because my thyroid is no more. All other labs were fine (improved, even), but my TSH (the hormone that says "wake up, thyroid, and do your thing) was off the scale. That is to say, my fatigue, creeping up depression, cold hands and feet, and absolute lack of weight loss over the last three weeks, and even the raspy voice that lingered after the cold, could be attributed to the fact that my metabolism has ground to a halt, almost, or something to that effect. The thyroid is responsible in part for regulating your metabolism. When I was hyperthyroid I lost weight without trying, now that I'm hypothyroid, I'm failing to lose weight despite trying like crazy.

I guess that's sort of good news. They have a pill for that. :)[/quote']

Oh my goodness! You'll feel so much better once that levels out!!!

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 213.2

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Yep. They put me on Synthroid and OK'd me working only 8-hour shifts (instead of 12's) for the next week or two until I'm feeling stronger.

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Yep. They put me on Synthroid and OK'd me working only 8-hour shifts (instead of 12's) for the next week or two until I'm feeling stronger.

Good that you went to the doctor... Feel better !

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FYI eating as scout camp is almost impossible!!!!!!

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OMG I am in stall hell! I'm going into month 4 very shortly this is not looking good if I'm suppose to get to goal in 6 months?!?!?!?!

HOLY MOLEY........

2-6-13 SW 232

CW 191

GW 150

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OMG I am in stall hell! I'm going into month 4 very shortly this is not looking good if I'm suppose to get to goal in 6 months?!?!?!?!

HOLY MOLEY........

2-6-13 SW 232

CW 191

GW 150

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What do you mean? You're half-way there! My mom kept losing well past the first year... very gradually, but it just kept coming off!

I don't think it's fair to have the same expectations for everybody. Like "you should lose xx pounds by xx date..."

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What do you mean? You're half-way there! My mom kept losing well past the first year... very gradually' date=' but it just kept coming off!

I don't think it's fair to have the same expectations for everybody. Like "you should lose xx pounds by xx date..."[/quote']

Cecelia thanks for the kind words and support. They say the first 6 month is crucial for maximum loss. I'm just in shock I know that I'm losing slow and thats best my MD has whole set of different expectations for his patients we are to lose 75% of our body weight before we can move onto fruits and veggies. I do admit that I have broken that rule but very limited. I see my MD in JUly again with all my labs. I feel GREAT I guess I want it faster like most people and see most of the ladies on this blog have dumped 60 pounds by 4 months!

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Cecelia thanks for the kind words and support. They say the first 6 month is crucial for maximum loss. I'm just in shock I know that I'm losing slow and thats best my MD has whole set of different expectations for his patients we are to lose 75% of our body weight before we can move onto fruits and veggies. I do admit that I have broken that rule but very limited. I see my MD in JUly again with all my labs. I feel GREAT I guess I want it faster like most people and see most of the ladies on this blog have dumped 60 pounds by 4 months!

I'm at 42 lbs and had surgery 5 days after you....as long as we keep going the right direction I think we are golden! The whole 'I feel great part' is really what matters right????

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