I’m a pound away from my original goal. I feel like I’ve got a ways to go though. I bought some size 10 jeans yesterday! I’m currently at 166. I think I’ve at least got to make 150.
May 3, 2009
I always said someday I’d see the 160’s! Now I just gotta keep going.
I finally went back to the surgeon’s office for my 2 year follow-up. I sat in the waiting room for almost 2 hours. I wasted another hour in the room waiting for the nurse to come in. Then, they had to track my bloodwork down because they are apparently so incredibly unorganized. I think when Dr. Obied left, the place went to hell or something. Anyway, if I have insurance next year, I’m not going back to them. I’ll just have my primary doctor do my bloodwork. Oh, and Quest somehow missed testing my cholesterol. It was clearly on the order that was a pain in the ass it self to get from the doc’s office. Ugh. Everything else was in range. I weighed in at 178 - I’m pretty impressed with that for middle of the day fully clothed.
My hair is officially coming back. I’m not happy about it. I had horribly thick and unmanageable hair before surgery. I was glad when it stopped falling out, but I really didn’t want it to come back. It was at a much better thickness - like that of someone ‘normal’.
On another note, I guess it’s official that I have PCOS. Docs have been indecisive on this, I have had some symptoms, but not others and what one doc thinks is not what another thinks. More testing to come, but I should be on meds for that soon. Hopefully that’ll help some of my issues.
Oh, and it looks like I’m going to have to cancel my 2-year follow-up with the bariatric docs. They don’t seem to want to send me a script for my bloodwork, so what’s the point? I’ll get ahold of it one way or another, but may just get it done through my PCP cuz the bariatric place is pissing me off.
I’m a couple weeks late, but I finally took a pic… this is my 2-year post-op at about 180 pounds.
Note to self: Don’t eat store bought cake… it has way more sugar than home-made. Home-made cake gives me a bit of a headache, but occasionally it’s worth it, and doesn’t last very long. Store-bought cake is so not. It’s been a couple hours now and I feel like absolute crap.
I made 2 years post-op a little over a week ago. I’m still bouncing around 180 pounds. I saw 177 a few days ago, but the last couple days I’ve been ravenously hungry so I’m probably back up a little. I haven’t gone in for my checkup yet. It’s in a couple weeks, but they were supposed to send me a bloodwork form and haven’t yet, so it may get pushed back even more. Still taking lots of vitamins - 2 multis, calcium, biotin, b complex, and d (at least ’til the end of winter). Haven’t had any more bad dumping problems since my last post. I can’t seem to eat waffles though - even the whole grain ones from eggo. They give me a headache. I made some Fiber One pancakes one weekend not long ago though and didn’t have any trouble. I need to make a big batch of those and freeze some. I luvs pancakes & waffles.
Seems like my dumping has been coming in the form of acid reflux (or something like that). It’s like a big bubble in my stomach or slightly above that doesn’t want to move and it’s extremely painful. I belch and belch, and that doesn’t seem to make it go away. I have ran to the bathroom several times thinking I’m going to vomit, but rarely does it come to that. In fact this last time, I was literally praying to puke (”just get it over with so the pain goes away”). Anyway, this doesn’t happen often. It’s always after something I shouldn’t have eaten. This last time was pizza and a couple chicken wings. Pizza hasn’t bothered me in like a year. It’s not like I eat much of it - can’t handle more than 1 1/2 pieces and that’s if they’re fairly small. The last time I was in serious pain was after steak. Well, I got brave and had steak on New Year’s - chewed slowly and thoroughly - and no problem. WTF. I get the feeling my pouch needs a break. I ordered some protein drinks and I’m going to do the ‘pouch test’ or some reasonable variation of it.
We moved in with my sister almost 2 months ago. My diet has been not so great, but I seem to be relatively maintaining at about 180. Ok, I guess. I really want to get this 20 pounds off. My goal is to at least see the 160’s in 2009. Must get rid of the junk food….. it’s hard to cook all the time when it’s not my kitchen and we mainly hang out in the basement. And work days are sooo long now with the 40+ minute commute which has been over an hour the last few weeks with the snow. SUMMER… NEED SUMMER…
Don’t know how this got past me… I always see the nurses when I go to the office.
Head of Hurley Bariatric Center, Dr. Farouck Obeid, dies
by Kristyn Peterson | The Flint Journal
Sunday March 09, 2008, 10:53 PM
Dr. Farouck Obeid, who helped launch Hurley’s Bariatric Center, has died. He was 58.FLINT, Michigan - Dr. Farouck Obeid, the surgical and spiritual foundation of Hurley’s Bariatric Center as well as a teacher and mentor for the next generation of trauma surgeons, died Saturday. He was 58.
“His personality, demeanor and way with people made such a difference in the long run. He was the kind of person that encouraged everyone around him,” said Dr. Jim Wagner, a fellow surgeon and now director of trauma services at Hurley. “He encouraged everyone to be a better person, be a better surgeon.”
Obeid was the director of trauma services and the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at Hurley as well as a senior staff surgeon at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit at the same time he led the Hurley Bariatric Center to be one of the most respected in Michigan and with one of the lowest mortality rates. He also helped elevate the trauma center to level one status.
Obeid worked until about six months ago when he became ill from a brain tumor.
Obeid also was a professor of surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School, Case Western Reserve University and Michigan State University until his sickness.
And, he did it all with his own personal touch that made him popular among staff and patients.
“He was a compassionate man,” said Hurley spokesman Larry Daly. “He really touched the lives of his patients.”
Obeid also was a Hurley Pinnacle Award Recipient in 2004 and the Physician of the Year in 2002. He authored 64 articles and seven books pertaining to the medical field.
Obeid was born in Syria and graduated from the Damascus University School of Medicine in 1972. He worked at the DePaul Hospital in Norfolk, Va., before coming to Michigan. He’d been at Hurley since 1999 and began leading the Bariatric Center in 2005.
Obeid’s funeral is 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. George Orthodox Church, 2160 E. Maple Road in Troy. Visitation is from 2-9 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. until the time of the service Tuesday, also at the church.
Obeid leaves his wife, Gloria, and four children, Nadia Obeid, Nabeel Obeid, Leila Obeid and Nicholas Obeid.
Contributions are being made to the Dr. Farouck Obeid Memorial Fund.
