A Day of Good News

A Day of Good News

 

Wednesday December 27, 2006

 

Well, yesterday was a Day of Good News.

 

 

The Car- not totaled. It is getting repaired and is expected back the week of January 15th. How is this related to the LapBand, you might ask? Well, after paying $16,500 to the LapBand folks at Deaconess last summer, I was hoping the Honda lasted a few more years and that I would not need a new car for a while. Wrecking it made me potentially need a new one. Well, good news - it's getting fixed!

 

The Deaconess Scale- Yup, as posted yesterday, lost a pound. Crash Diet over Christmas, but I STILL LOST! No gaining 12 pounds as in a typical Christmas this year! I was jut hoping to stay even, so any loss, even a pound is good news.

 

My visit with my PCP-  Their office scale has me down 16 pounds from three months ago. It weighs four pounds more than those at Deaconess. While I was actually ON the scale when the NSV happened (guess that makes it an on scale NSV? haha) the nurse put the scale at 300 and then looked at me and moved it over to the left - 250. Then moved the little bar. It felt GREAT to have the 300 bar get moved to the 250 bar! A big smile from me when she said "wow'.

 

First thing the doc says when he walks in the door is "Wow, you look good".  

 

We discussed my BP Medicine and my vitamins and my hair loss as well as my plans to start riding my bike much more starting this spring. 

 

    BP - he cut the medicine dose in half. As the bottom number is typically in the low 70s and occasionally in the 60s, and I occasionally see stars and might be light headed when exercising, he wants the bottom number to be 75 or so. I go back in a month with more BP measurements. So, my BP medicine is now to be cut in half by a little pill cutter that I bought.

    Vitamins- We discussed the new Bariatric Advantage vitamins, and he wants me to bring them in to look at next month.

    Hair loss- I've still got more hair than him, so all he could say was that if my weight loss continues, but at a pound a week, that I probably would not lose more. He said that the Biotin that I am taking does help some people. But that having a nice slow weight loss of 4-5  month would reduce the stress on my body and let it actually grow some hair.

    CPAP Machine- he suggests that I call the sleep doc for a new consult, as odds are the pressure can be reduced or perhaps I might not need it.  

    More bike riding and nutrition- he suggests that when I get to riding on a more regular basis that I go back to a food journal and sit down again with my dietician. Having a history of kidney stones makes hydration my main goal, and then we work on nutrition needs while riding. While I can eventually get back to 50-75 mile rides, we need to work up to that. He was amazed that I was able to ride from Miami to Key West last month.

 

I told him my goal was 240- - 48 on their scale-

 

"See how much better you feel at 84 pound down?  If you lose the next 48 over the next year, you'll even feel better. Since you chose the LapBand, and if you do it slow, I think you can maintain the loss, and I recommend slower is better for your health."

 

So, all the news yesterday was GOOD!  A Day of Good News!