HRT & VSG Success

I lost one more pound this week and two inches overall!  It's sort of a miracle because last weekend a dear friend and I rented a vacation house up on the Russian River in Cazadero, CA.  She has breast cancer and is at the end of her chemo-therapy.  She has lost all her hair and is very creative at head wraps and wearing fun wigs. We were a pair. I, the Fibroid, tumor suffering mess, she recovering from a lumpectomy and in the midst of full breast cancer recovery.

The house was nestled in the redwoods, had a hot tub and was a slice of heaven.  We attended an epic Beer & BBQ revival and had help from a friend to set-up a shade structure to stay out of the sun and shared it with many fun people.  Neither one of us really drank too much, surprisingly so. WE BOTH HAD A GREAT REASON TOO.  Another fun lady came up and we hung out and just had girl talk and cried, laughed and rested all weekend together.  Overall the weekend was healing, nurturing and lovely.

Modern Zen House, Cazadero, CA

On Monday, my doctor started me on a new HRT prescription to try and relive my horrible symptoms.  I must tell you right now, I FEEL AMAZINGLY BETTER THIS WEEK. The hormone replacement therapy is the best thing that has happened to me in years!  We finally found the right combination of patch and pill to balance me out hormone wise. I FEEL PRETTY DAMMED GOOD!

No mood swings, the cramping and excessive bleeding has stopped.  No night sweats or hot flashes, I have been sleeping a full nights rest! IT'S A MIRACLE!  I am not feeling bloated or nausea like I did on birth control pills. I think we found the right combination for my body.  It's all about quality of life.  The risks of HRT are scary when you read the label, but if you don't have cancer in your family history, and have tried every natural thing out there with no success, HRT is a very life changing helpful life improving experience.

For those who want to know what my doctor prescribed for me: I am on Estradiol 0.05mg Dis Alvo 7 day patch and I take one Norethin Ace 5mg Tab Teva in the morning daily.  So far so good.  I actually feel normal for the first time in many years.

If you are in your mid life and are obese and really suffering from fibroids and or peri-menopause hell, 
I recommend VSG & HRT.

The next step is hysterectomy surgery soon. I had to cancel all of my vacations plans and I am trying to sell my non-refundable tickets etc. so I can use my PTO from work for surgery recovery time off instead. I am lucky to have a great job with great health benefits when I need them the most. I feel like once these, the last of my serious health issues are handled, I will be better than ever.  I will be ready to make a life come back and start living happier, healthier and better then I ever have in my life.

I have had to fight to get a surgery date and to get the care needed.  I won't stop until I get the care I need, and it is finally paying off.  Handling my personal rig business and getting on with living a joyful, fun filled rest of my life is happening.  I am on the right path to health and happiness.

Good News!

This week is I found an experienced surgeon who can do my surgery sooner than Oct.  My laparoscopic robotic hysterectomy is scheduled for Monday, September 12^th in SSF.  Since I had a laparoscopic VSG surgery last year without any problems at all, I am certain this will be just as easy.

The doctor said it will take about two weeks to recover.  They also started me on HRT that seems to really be helping the other hellish symptoms.  For the first time in months, I feel like there is hope for me.

Of course this is right during the time when I had glamping vacations, shows and fun things planned. Non refundable tickets to music festivals, missing out on seeing friends and playing music, but all that matters is living without pain and improving my health.  I hope that once this is handled, that I will feel better than ever and be able to live a better quality life.  

As an experiment and personal therapy, I will be drinking beer and eating BBQ this weekend for the first time in over a year.  We will see how it goes. I expect to gain a couple pounds. Today I am holding steady at 216 lbs.  No gain, no loss to report.  I'm keeping my ovaries and may have to lose my cervix because the tumor is lodged the the wall next to it and has been causing me extreme pain.  I wonder how much a Uterus, Cervix and Fallopian tubes weigh?  : )

  

I'm happy to say goodbye to the angry girly parts!

Healing with the power of BACON...

I lost 3 pounds this week.  Yay!  Considering the horrible symptoms, I am experiencing while I wait for my laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery to be done and over with.  It is a challenge to experience the change in hormones and how that effects your weight.  Living with an imbalance of estrogen, and other vital hormones, emotional eating is the most difficult thing to control for me right now. 

I lost 3 pounds!

One thing that is helping me stay on track is remembering, I cannot trust my feelings right now.  I need to be in robot mode to survive.  I still have to work and have a very stressful job, so as long as I stay in my head, and not eat or react to anything based on “Feelings” right now in my life, I will be okay.   

After my surgery is done and my body begins the adjustment, (I plan of keeping my ovaries and let nature take its course with me going into menopause) sounds less painful short term.

Think about it, do you think it is a good idea to base what you do (with exercise and food choices) on how you feel most days?   If you only do the right thing when you feel like it, how likely are you to lose your excess weight and keep it off for life?

Action for the day: Today, do what supports your WLS success. For example, don't base your decision to exercise on whether or not you feel like it. Do it because you have planned to do it. 

No excuses. The rest of the time I will stay in bed and saying no to almost anything that involves interacting with other humans. : )

This is how I am getting through this until my body finds balance again and heal.  I am back on the Carb Nite, and it really works for me.  It still feels weird to eat so much fat and lose weight and inches so fast.  When I start longing for sugar or flour based foods, I wait and eat them on my carb nite and then back to the usual Ketogenic lifestyle way of eating.  

The healing power of bacon is good.

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