Ah Sunday

It seems I have hit another weight loss plateau. I haven't lost any weight in a week - in fact I had gained some, but then dropped back down. I know I shouldn't be discouraged, but it can be hard when you have grown accustom to loosing 10 pounds a week. Now I start fretting over 'bad' eating days where my calorie count edges towards 1000. Typically my goal is 600 and I usually stay between 500-800.

This morning I had to go help mom get some pictures printed from her phone. It is nice to live so close to mom and sis. Though I would have preferred the remote in program to have worked but alas I am having trouble getting Team Viewer to work consistently on mom's Galaxy S3. The program works great for computers, and to remote from my phone to my computers, but remoting into a phone - not so much.

Tegmine and I had a nice lunch at Jack-in-the-Box. I ate a little over half a spicy chicken sandwich - which is a bit much for me really, have to work on that self control - sad Morgan. Nice to spend time together. Also good to keep his spirits up - told him about sis's option that we should try suing his company for wrongful termination. They seriously deserve it.

We went to the Gym today - Tegmine found my folder. I didn't recognize some of the exercise - thank goodness for google and smart phones. They were all things I know, I just didn't know the names. And lunges, guh I hate lunges. My full body workout is 3 circuits of:

• Ball slams(16lb) (x15)
• Ball throws to backboard (8lb) (x15)
• Woodcut throws to trampoline (8lb)(x15 each side)
• Reverse Lunges (x20)
• Kettle throws (10lbs)(x20)
• TRX Rows (x10)
• TRX Squats (x10)

Plus 10 minutes warm-up on eliptical, 20 min cool-down (I split it between treadmill and bike).

It was fun showing Tegmine my workout - he didn't know where I went after warm-up - I just kinda disappeared apparently. The 'cage' is around a corner and not very visible from the cardio side of the room.

Manometry

That sucked. Soooo completely sucked! I was scheduled for a Manometry at 10:15, I had the impression it wasn't too bad of a procedure, they would put a small tube up my nose and down my through, then have me take sips of water. They have you fast first, and they numb your nose with a spray to help with the comfort.

First off its good they had me fast, because I have one hell of a gag reflex. I have no problem with my nose being messed with, but once the tube hit my throat, my body said 'NO way!'. I threw up the little bit of water they had me swallow. The pushed it down the rest of the way quickly to get it over with. At this point its suppose to become less noticeable. Nope, not for me. My eyes watered, my nose watered, and tears ran down my face the entire time the tube was in. I tried sooo very hard to do everything they asked, but my body fought me like mad the entire time. Worst medical experience ever.

Consultation appointment with Bariatric Surgeon

So, though Dr. Beingesser recommended Dr. Swartz, and I do trust her opinion, I decided to go with Dr. Higa. Kim has been super with providing information and suggestions. Higa recommended the vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG or 'sleeve) over Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. I really had gone into this thinking I would just do the Roux-en-Y like my sister did, but I trust Higa, and this procedure can be converted later if I do not have the desired results long term. He was uncertain of the ovarian cyst removal at the same time, and so added imaging of that to my list of pre-op appointments:

• Nutrition Class
• Psychological Evaluation
• Blood Labs
• Manometry
• Upper Endoscopy
• Ovarian Cyst Imaging

I am happy with my decision, we will see where this takes me next...

Surgery Ahead

I had an appointment with Dr. Beingesser, who informed me that my huge ovarian cyst should really be removed. She suggested surgery in February. She also mentioned that if I was thinking of bariatric surgery, I might be able to have both done at the same time. This sounded like a prime opportunity, like the universe was saying 'Now is the time Morgan - you have to have surgery anyways, lets get this done!' And so I left her office with a surgery date in February set and a referral to Dr. Swartz for bariatric surgery. 

Thus begins my journey.