9 month update

[Guest guest]

Hi all!

Yesterday was a very long and busy day. I saw both my pulmonologist

(my old PCP) and my new PCP.

Dr. Gillespie, my new PCP, and I talked about recent changes, for the

worse, in my chronic pain, mental sharpness, and fatigue

(fibro/chronic pain related, not MGB related). He gave me a referral

to a pain clinic that works with a lot of fibromyalgia patients. Any

help would be welcome at present. We also went over the results of

nutritional tests my pulmonary doctor had done at my 6 month point.

Everything there looks great, including my liver enzymes that are now

NORMAL!!!! He is very encouraged by my weight loss and associated

good health changes in that area. He enjoys following his only MGB

patient. I told him about the recent paper on the MGB, and he said

he would look it up that night.

My visit with Marty, my lung doctor, went well. My asthma has been

in total remission since about a month after surgery. HOORAY!! (And

I'm usually admitted to the hospital at least 2 times a year for

it!) I really love this doctor... we've spent many a long night

together in the ICU trying to help people breathe better... or making

them breathe at all in a " code blue " situation. (I used to be a

respiratory therapist... specialized in ICU life support.) His

appearance and stature reminds me of a very tall Barney Rubble. (I'm

not kidding! LOL)

Anyway.... I told him about my chronic pain stuff and the pain clinic

referral, since he really is acting as my 2nd PCP, and he was glad to

hear of the referral. I also told him of my 1 year clinic

appointment with Dr. R. He is going to send with me copies of all my

recent labwork. Oh, yeah... again he expressed he wished he knew of

the MGB before his father, a neurosurgeon, had an open RNY.

After the appointments, Cat and I drove down to Redding, CA, (a

loooong and painful 8 hour drive, not including stops to stretch) to

help her mom out with some stuff that has needed to be done since the

death of her husband last February.

Anyway.... my big drumroll.... I weighed exactly the same on one

doctor's scale as I did on the other's.... so I'm sure of the

accuracy.

I weighed in at 194!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is 106 pounds gone!!!!!!!!

Additionally, I lost 9 pounds in my 9th month postop!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, with great satisfaction and a lot of celebration, I sign off for

now.

*grinning and doing a happy dance*

Jenn from Vancouver, WA... in Redding, CA, at this moment;

Century club.... Gold star

MGB 11-1-00 #300

8-2-01 #194

[Guest guest]

WOO HOO JENN! WTG GIRLFRIEND! Both clubs at once...what a showoff! HAHA JK

))

I didn't know you had FMS too! WOW....small world. I HATE FMS with a

passion. I THOUGHT after surgery it was all gone....but you know how it

goes. It was a remission period and came back! DRAT. I am managing it well

right now, but so sad on those days it takes my life over. But like I told

my Dr. (I saw him today! It was great too!) 98% of the time I feel great,

so who can complain about my 2%? A few months ago it was the opposite. I

hope you can say the same soon...and I hope my luck holds where it is!

HUGS, take care! and WOO HOOO GREAT GREAT NEWS AND WEIGHTLOSS!

in ARk