Had my 3 month appointment

I don't know why I am suprised, I expected them to say just what they said: "You are doing fine, you are losing weight at a good pace" Really?????? 20 pounds in 3 months is a good pace?? I would soooo hate to see a bad pace. Of course, they are counting in the 7 pounds I lost pre op. I am not.

I am a bit peeved. Before surgery I asked both the surgeon and the nurse who heads the bariatric program if my previous surgery was going to affect my weight loss. They both told me no. I was told the normal, expected rate of loss is 3-5 pounds a week. Now, of course, since I am losing so slow the story has changed. Now it's: "Well, with a revision you do not lose as quickly. Generally after a revision you lose 1-2 pounds a week"

WTF???? Are ya kidding me??? I know it is wrong to think this way, but all I can think of is the $10,000 co-pay. At this point I am at $500 a pound.

On the somewhat positive side, all my blood tests came back perfect. In a year and a day my total cholesterol went from 256 to 119!!!


Here are my numbers:


Test 3/15/2011 11/15/2011 3/16/2012
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Cholesterol 256 175 119
HDL 48 54 50
LDL 160 82 49
Triglyceride 240 199 103
Cholesterol, non-HDL 208 121 69


So, at least that is a good thing.

Just have to hang on in and believe it will happen..... right?

Later....