It's been four months, today, since I had my gastric bypass reversed. In four days, it will be four years since I had that bypass to begin with. So, I'm giving an update. First off, I'm expressing how it's affected me mentally. In my brain, I feel like I never got to enjoy or relish being a smaller size. Maybe for a minute or two, but not real feeling young, healthy, sexy, fabulous. And I was far from feeling strong. This messed with me mentally. I had done the bypass to lose weight to get my knee replaced. But, inside my brain, I was actually looking forward to a smaller version of me - being wild and free; able to walk, not feeling like a blob. I went from that blob to a skeleton. My BEFORE picture I went home after having my gastric bypass to having diarrhea for four years straight. And some days, it was worse than others. I steadily got weaker and weaker. Which I thought was due to my very first Covid experience...
The ramblings of a middle aged woman who loves being a wife, a mother and a grandmother