100 lbs & more surgery

Well, it looks like more surgery for me! About a week ago I started having some pains in my pouch/stomach area. I thought I ate something that was bothering me. When it continues, I thought perhaps I was getting an ulcer. The pains weren’t always bad and would sometimes come and go. After about three days of pretty constant and ever growing pain, I decided to call Dr. Richardson’s office to see about getting a prescription for the ulcer I was sure I had. When I described my symptoms, Patty wanted to know how far away I was, I assume to come right in. Being 1.5 hours away from their new office, she told me to come in the next afternoon.

I was in major pain by the time I got there and still thought it was an ulcer. Nope – internal hernia. While there isn’t any real good conclusive tests to know that ahead of time, my symptoms apparently are classic for this type of hernia. Dr. Richardson wanted to do the surgery that day!!! YIKES!! I didn’t go prepared for that at all – so he agreed for me to schedule it the following week, promising to go straight to the ER if I got any worse. Thankfully I made it through the weekend; actually the pain pretty much subsided (figures!). So today I called and chatted with Patty and told her the pain was gone, she told me that in no uncertain terms that I was to still have this surgery. It’s very common for the pain to come and go, but this is still a serious condition and needs to be taken care of. So off I go in the AM for surgery to get it fixed.

Other GREAT news, I finally made the Century Club!! I’ve officially lost 100 lbs and am only 1 lb away from my personal goal. I could really stand to lose another 15 lbs to get to my “ideal weight”, but I’m good with where I’m at and do not want to stress over a number on the scale.

So there’s my latest update. I’m now wearing size 10’s in most things, or size L. I’ll try to post some new pictures soon.

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