2 Year Surgiversary

Today I celebrate my 2 year surgiversary. It's been quite the journey, but I've never questioned on 'why in the hell did I do this'. I've always been very happy with my decision to get the RNY. After 4 surgeries within 18 months, moved houses and towns in 2010, married in 2011, I'm still kicking and smiling.

After my fourth surgery in April this year to remove my ovaries (to clean me right out), I lost way too much weight and went down to 135 lbs. For the past 2 months, I've been hovering around 145 - 148 lbs and I'm very happy with that. My personal goal was 150 lbs, so I'm still below goal. My BMI is also still in the 'normal' range.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me through the past 2 years, especially my husband who has been there through thick & thin and never stopped smiling and calling me sexy :) (Even when I went through surgical menopause..poor guy)

To all my friends, THANK YOU so much for the kind words and accepting me for who I am, even when I went through the worse time of my life, you still supported me.

THANK YOU ALL OH Friends! You guys are amazing!

Cheers,
Dee :)

Annual Check-up, Vacation & Thanksgiving 2011

Geoff and I took another week off together and we had the most incredible time.  Sunday, October 2nd, we left for Utica, since I was scheduled for an endoscopy to rule out an ulcer in my pouch.  Monday morning we woke at 5am to be at the hospital for 6am.  The EDG was for 7am.  All went well, Dr Baranov informed Geoff that my pouch was prestine, 100% crystal clean.  Great news!  So it looks like my issues with epigastric pain is acid reflux and medicine has been prescribed to look after that.  I then met with the practioner at Dr Graber's office to follow through with my routine check up and everything looks great.  They are happy with my weight and agree that my body is still trying to adjust to the multiple surgeries I've had in the past 2 years. 

Once the appointment was over and done with, we travelled over to Niagara-on-the-Lake where we stayed the Hilton Garden Inn.  What a lovely place.  The room was just perfect with a jacuzzi and king size bed.  The following day, Tuesday October 4th, we took a 3 hour wine tour and visited about 10 wineries.  We didn't go with a tour guide, we preferred stopping at some small wineries that were run by families.   We wanted to be able to purchase wines that you can't find at the LCBO. 

We then travelled over to Brampton since Orangeville wasn't too far from there as we planned to go on the Credit Valley Explorer Train Tour.  We had such a great time, the trees were just glowing with changed coloured leaves.  They served us a light lunch which included cheese & cracker with grapes, then sandwiches and a tossed salad.  Geoff had coffee and I enjoyed a couple glasses of wine. 

After our Orangeville experience, we left to treck our way down to Caledon where we visited with my cousins that I hadn't seen in over 30 years.  We had a great time catching up!  They made a bon fire and Geoff and I tented in their back yard.  It was a little cold of course, but we had a good nights sleep anyways.

We headed back for home on October 6th since I wanted to be home for my son's 17th birthday.  However, we did make some stops along the way home, like at the Bass Pro Shops in Vaughan and the Low Carb Grocery store in Markham.

We arrived home around 7pm after stopping to buy some supper and a birthday cake for my son.  What a trip we had!  Over 1,200 kms.

Looking forward to going to the wineries again next year to stock up on some more delicious wines.

Monday, we hauled the whole family over to my parents for Thanksgiving dinner.  Unfortunately, my eldest son was not able to make it, but he was definetely missed.  For the meal, I portioned myself very well, and am pleased with myself.  The food was excellent and I was able to share Thankgiving not only with my family but also with my inlaws.  It was very special to have them meet my parents and sister for the first time.  Supper followed with a bon fire, wienners & marshmallows and awesome conversations!

Hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving, I know that we sure did.

Cheers,
Dee :)