Day 5

Day 5 (Tuesday 29th May)

I was scheduled to see my surgeon today in his rooms at 3.30pm. I was excited to go and see him, as I wanted to tell him my good news. I weighed myself this morning and had lost 7 kilos (from 120 kilos I was down to 113) man was I stoked.

My surgeon called me in and got me to lie on the examination table and took off the plastic dressings off my sites. I let out an ooohhhhh and an ahhhhh as it was so itchy and was so happy to have this plastic Tegaderm finally off.

I have an allergy to tapes especially to Micropore so my surgeon wanted to avoid a blister disaster. He left some thin strips on the sites and instructed me to take them off in 5 days time. My tummy area looked disgusting as it had its obvious cuts and bruising but it was also covered in red blisters due to my allergy.

Frankly I couldn’t care how bad and scarred my tummy area looks, I just want to be skinny!!!

My surgeon high fived me when I told him of the weight loss and asked me if I wanted to see a dietician to help me with my transition to solid foods or if I felt confident enough to do it by myself. He added that this wasn’t his usual protocol with patients but he felt that I was in tune and aware and clever enough to do this on my own. I could have hugged him.

I usually struggle with following “rules” and my life experience has indicated that I comply with things and work better when I am left to do things to my own devices. Also, being a Practice Manager in a busy and I mean very busy dental clinic I don’t have time to be seeing my surgeon, along with a dietician and my therapist each and every month. I can’t afford to take time off all the time.

We made a deal that if I wasn’t coping on my own I had to promise to speak up and he would organise a dietician. I was more than happy with that condition. He then told me that he would see me in a month for my first fill.

Reney