11/13/07

I had my 3-month check-up today. My bloody blood tests did not get faxed to the surgeon so he had no lab results. Ay-yay-yay!

He did not seem concerned about my low vitamin D and said to take a total of 800 to 1000 units of vitamin D. That is about twice the US RDA. I bought Bariatric Advantage dry Vitamin D, but he said it is too high with 5000 IU. I’m sure as heck not wasting these bad boys, so I will take about a 1/5th per day.

Other than that, my visit was routine. I lost nothing this week. But I’m 1/3 of the way to the surgeon’s goal, so I guess I can’t complain.

The waiting room in the surgeon’s office was full today. I was the only one with a gastric bypass. Everyone else had the Lap-Band. And of course the two women I spoke to have lost more in 2 months with the Lap-Band than I have in 3 months. Pitooey!

One woman mentioned that her boss had had a gastric bypass and looked horrible and was hunched over with osteoporosis. She mentioned that someone hugged her and had broken her rib. Lovely! I just love being surrounded by Lap-Banders. It was just like being in the preop class all over again.

One woman said, “I like it because it’s reversible!” I wanted to say, “well, Yeah, until it erodes into your stomach causing permanent damage,” but, nope, I was the polite little RNYer. Wow! I can’t believe how easy it is to get caught up in the stupid “my surgery is better than yours” War. Thank goodness the battle was only in my head today. Heck, we’re all soldiers in the fight against obesity.

I had sushi this week. It was delish. I could only eat 4 small pieces, but I was happy that I could tolerate it at all, considering the horror stories I’ve heard about people eating rice.

At my 8-year anniversary at work, I was given a 8 GB Ipod Nano. Woohoo! That’s the best gift I’ve ever received. Now I got more music to shake my booty to. I was planning on buying myself the 4 GB one for Christmas. No need now!