Life After Weight Loss Surgery: 3 Months Later

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bypass surgery, health, roux-en-y, weight, weight loss

After my appointment last Friday with Phoenix Health (the company who did my by-pass surgery) I am quite relaxed. Even though this week I am doing my first observed lesson (that means I get “marked” guys!) I am genuinely chill. The main reason? The dietician told me I am still the perfect patient, and that I am on track for losing 75%-80% of my excess body weight! I have lost 35% already, in 3 months.

It’s crazy to think that in 6 months I could have lost all of my excess weight, the last 20%-25% I’d be losing on my own with calorie counting and trying to exercise.

Date	Weight	BMI
29th Jul	142 kg / 22 stone 4 lbs	49.1
12th Aug	137 kg / 21 stone 6 lbs	47.4
20th Sep	128 kg / 20 stone 2 lbs	44.2
15th Nov	118.2 kg / 18 stone 6 lbs	40.8

10 kilos in 8 weeks is pretty good! That’s about 2lbs a week I think? Overall I’ve lost 4 stone, so that is certainly a success. I’ll lose weight more slowly now as I can eat more normal amounts, though I am still pretty limited to about a ramekin full of food per meal. Fingers crossed for the future!

My TM Journey

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autoimmune, Education, health, long term condition, MS, neurology, TM, transverse myelitis

This is a blog I wrote for the TMA – Transverse Myelitis Association.

It was a sunny day. I remember the early morning sunshine pouring in through the living room window shaming me into hooving up all the dust. Typically, the hoover bag needed changing first, so while squinting because of the sunlight I bent down to take out the bag. That was when it hit. A sharp, stabbing pain in my lower back.

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