femfrankie
Shrinking For Sophie
A year ago today I was sitting waiting to go down to theatre. I was petrified that these were going to be my last waking minutes and petrified that someone was going to leap out from behind the door screaming surprise surprise this has all been a huge cruel joke and your op is cancelled.
I had just completed a hellish 6 months with the gastric balloon in an effort to get my BMI down from 68.5 to 50 as they wouldn't do my bypass due to my health issues until I did and even then funding wasn't guaranteed. At 27st 7lb this meant I had to loose a wacking 7st 8lb in 6 month. I did that and more by losing just over 8 stone. After my 5hr op my husband whispered to a groggy me that magic phrase "they can't take it away from you now sweetheart" and I knew that I had made it to the losers bench at last!
12 months later I'm a further 6 stone lighter with a grand total of 14st gone. It's not been the easy ride that those not in the know would have you believe. I'm a dumper big style and getting the balance right as regards fat content has been the biggest challenge. A gram too much can see me held hostage in the bathroom for hours so I have to be conscious of what I am putting in my mouth. I don't particularily have a sweet tooth so the classic type 1 dump is easier to avoid but I do miss having the occasional ice cream. I have discovered along the way that I am lactose intolerant and wheat products are proving to be suspect too. In fairness though i cannot blame the bypass for this as I did suspect this before my op I had just ignored it because I enjoyed my grub too much
. Then at four months in I discovered I was having a problem with malabsorption and was sitting at the extreme low end of a lot of vits and minerals and felt utter rubbish. It took a few months but it's under control for the moment by keeping on top of my now doubled up multi vit's and b12 jabs. Would I change anything? Well let's just rhyme off a few things first I'm into size 10/12"s up top and 14 for my bottoms. So much better than the size 34/36 I was before all of this began. I can be a proper granny to my soon to be 2year old granddaughter now and although my health issues are still there they are so much more manageable and bearable now. Then there's the clothes omg I have developed a passion for clothes. It takes me forever to get dressed now as I can't decide what to wear. In days of old I would throw on the first thing that came to hand because to be honest nothing looked good on anymore anyway. I never tire of swishing through small gaps between restuarant chairs now although I do doubt myself every time & no more stressing over whither I will fit into those chairs let alone will it take my weight! Oh and yes my sex life has vastly improved too :flirt2: ... So no I don't regret a single moment .
I had just completed a hellish 6 months with the gastric balloon in an effort to get my BMI down from 68.5 to 50 as they wouldn't do my bypass due to my health issues until I did and even then funding wasn't guaranteed. At 27st 7lb this meant I had to loose a wacking 7st 8lb in 6 month. I did that and more by losing just over 8 stone. After my 5hr op my husband whispered to a groggy me that magic phrase "they can't take it away from you now sweetheart" and I knew that I had made it to the losers bench at last!
12 months later I'm a further 6 stone lighter with a grand total of 14st gone. It's not been the easy ride that those not in the know would have you believe. I'm a dumper big style and getting the balance right as regards fat content has been the biggest challenge. A gram too much can see me held hostage in the bathroom for hours so I have to be conscious of what I am putting in my mouth. I don't particularily have a sweet tooth so the classic type 1 dump is easier to avoid but I do miss having the occasional ice cream. I have discovered along the way that I am lactose intolerant and wheat products are proving to be suspect too. In fairness though i cannot blame the bypass for this as I did suspect this before my op I had just ignored it because I enjoyed my grub too much
. Then at four months in I discovered I was having a problem with malabsorption and was sitting at the extreme low end of a lot of vits and minerals and felt utter rubbish. It took a few months but it's under control for the moment by keeping on top of my now doubled up multi vit's and b12 jabs. Would I change anything? Well let's just rhyme off a few things first I'm into size 10/12"s up top and 14 for my bottoms. So much better than the size 34/36 I was before all of this began. I can be a proper granny to my soon to be 2year old granddaughter now and although my health issues are still there they are so much more manageable and bearable now. Then there's the clothes omg I have developed a passion for clothes. It takes me forever to get dressed now as I can't decide what to wear. In days of old I would throw on the first thing that came to hand because to be honest nothing looked good on anymore anyway. I never tire of swishing through small gaps between restuarant chairs now although I do doubt myself every time & no more stressing over whither I will fit into those chairs let alone will it take my weight! Oh and yes my sex life has vastly improved too :flirt2: ... So no I don't regret a single moment .
