Gary Deutsch
February 2010
Feb 05, 2010
Got me a brand new scout uniform to celebrate BSA's 100th anniversary.
First Year.
Nov 01, 2009
What a year of change!
I had surgery, we sold our business, sold our house, hugged our friends and moved to Hamilton where we rented an apartment, found new jobs, missed our friends and now we're standing around wondering" What the hell happened?"
It's been a whirlwind of a year but one that we will always remember. Our lives have slowed down significantly and after 35 years of marriage Tommy and I now have time to enjoy each other. I continue to lose weight and am not far from my goal. I'm gaining my strength back and my health is getting better in leaps and bounds.
I went back to Odessa last week to have my one year check up from my WL doctor and got good marks so far. He'll let me know more next week about the dozen vials of blood for test he yanked out of me. He did say that I'm having a little vitamin D problem so he put me on it fer a while. I'm still taking my two Flintstone vitamins a day with a calcium and my liquid B-12 complex.
I still hack up my meal when I screw up. Too fast, too much or wrong choice comes with a life time punishment. (Hopefully) It's now easier to pinpoint those foods that make me pay. Anything with higher sugars and anything fried are my enemies. White breads are pretty well out and anything cooked that is really dry makes me pay. Grease is also out so that means no ribs or sausage or even steak if its cooked in a lot of its own fat.
Regrets?
Only one! I should of done this years ago!!!
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I had surgery, we sold our business, sold our house, hugged our friends and moved to Hamilton where we rented an apartment, found new jobs, missed our friends and now we're standing around wondering" What the hell happened?"
It's been a whirlwind of a year but one that we will always remember. Our lives have slowed down significantly and after 35 years of marriage Tommy and I now have time to enjoy each other. I continue to lose weight and am not far from my goal. I'm gaining my strength back and my health is getting better in leaps and bounds.
I went back to Odessa last week to have my one year check up from my WL doctor and got good marks so far. He'll let me know more next week about the dozen vials of blood for test he yanked out of me. He did say that I'm having a little vitamin D problem so he put me on it fer a while. I'm still taking my two Flintstone vitamins a day with a calcium and my liquid B-12 complex.
I still hack up my meal when I screw up. Too fast, too much or wrong choice comes with a life time punishment. (Hopefully) It's now easier to pinpoint those foods that make me pay. Anything with higher sugars and anything fried are my enemies. White breads are pretty well out and anything cooked that is really dry makes me pay. Grease is also out so that means no ribs or sausage or even steak if its cooked in a lot of its own fat.
Regrets?
Only one! I should of done this years ago!!!
Life is Good!!!
Jul 19, 2009
Yep, It's me, saggy skin and all!
Tommy calls me her little (Shar-Pei) husband.
Who'd ever thought I'd ever have chicken legs?
As you can see, I'm still dealing with getting the proper size of clothing. It's not easy, I've never bought off the rack before!
I guess I need to go to places I can try them on first.
Just got back from a week at scout camp. WOW, I could of never of done this camp before my surgery. It was a long up hill walk to everything and with temperatures at 100 or more every day, it really tested my new body. Camp food was sometimes a challenge but I was able to get through the week without dumping too many times. White bread was one of the main culprits. I learned quickly to skip the bread in hamburgers, hot dogs, burritos, french toast, ham sandwiches, and pigs in a blanket.
I noticed last week that I'm not able to sit very long before my backside starts aching. Even in a car seat. I can feel every little seat cover ripple.
Did you know that a Ihop chair has five or more bumps in every chair seat?
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist
is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
-Mark Twain-
Oh Boy.
Mar 25, 2009
Had a visit with my bariatric folks the other day. I didn't lose a lot of weight the last month or so but I did lose some more girth. They all seemed happy with my progress.
Been having a little problem with my blood pressure the last three weeks but fortunately I had an appointment with my cardiologist the very next day. Dr. Kim said yep, blood pressure a little wacky. Basically one med wasn't working and I wasn't getting enough of the one that was. So it was chunk one med out and up the dose of the other. He also said that it only makes sense that I need to change my meds since my body is changing so fast. He was very impressed and excited with my weight loss. He also told me to chill out on the stress a little.
Yeah sure, no problem!
Inventories can be managed, but people must be lead.
-H. Ross Perot-
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Been having a little problem with my blood pressure the last three weeks but fortunately I had an appointment with my cardiologist the very next day. Dr. Kim said yep, blood pressure a little wacky. Basically one med wasn't working and I wasn't getting enough of the one that was. So it was chunk one med out and up the dose of the other. He also said that it only makes sense that I need to change my meds since my body is changing so fast. He was very impressed and excited with my weight loss. He also told me to chill out on the stress a little.
Yeah sure, no problem!
Inventories can be managed, but people must be lead.
-H. Ross Perot-
HOT DIGGITY DOG!!!
Jan 19, 2009
A few days ago,I zipped by the 100 mark in weight loss.
100 lbs never to come back.(If I have anything to do about it.)
I got Boy Scouts in my troop that weigh less than that.
I've made it through the "Oh crap, what have I've done to myself" stage,flew quickly through the "I must of been out of my ever loving gourd" stage,and have been gliding through the "Hey, this is not so bad" stage. I'm quickly approaching the "Hell this is great. I should of done this ten years ago" stage.
Yea, It's been hard and at times it's still hard but I've noticed when I'm ducking under the table, yakin up the last piece of food I had for lunch that it's probably my fault. I broke one of the simple rules they give me months ago.
To Much, Too Fast and Wrong Choice are the things that I have learned to pay close attention to. If I eat too much or too fast, I will pay but more important to me is what I eat. This experience has taught me what foods are good for my body. If it's greasy or has too much sugar in it, I will dump it. Sometimes after a short bout of frothing. (See last blog entry)
Some of the WLS folks look at this as a curse.
I, on the other hand,thank God for this learning lesson. I guess I'm a little more stubborn and need a swift kick in the butt when I goof up and eat the wrong things.
You know what, It's working. Not only am I losing weight, I'm only dumping a couple times a week.
HOT DIGGITY DOG!
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100 lbs never to come back.(If I have anything to do about it.)
I got Boy Scouts in my troop that weigh less than that.
I've made it through the "Oh crap, what have I've done to myself" stage,flew quickly through the "I must of been out of my ever loving gourd" stage,and have been gliding through the "Hey, this is not so bad" stage. I'm quickly approaching the "Hell this is great. I should of done this ten years ago" stage.
Yea, It's been hard and at times it's still hard but I've noticed when I'm ducking under the table, yakin up the last piece of food I had for lunch that it's probably my fault. I broke one of the simple rules they give me months ago.
To Much, Too Fast and Wrong Choice are the things that I have learned to pay close attention to. If I eat too much or too fast, I will pay but more important to me is what I eat. This experience has taught me what foods are good for my body. If it's greasy or has too much sugar in it, I will dump it. Sometimes after a short bout of frothing. (See last blog entry)
Some of the WLS folks look at this as a curse.
I, on the other hand,thank God for this learning lesson. I guess I'm a little more stubborn and need a swift kick in the butt when I goof up and eat the wrong things.
You know what, It's working. Not only am I losing weight, I'm only dumping a couple times a week.
HOT DIGGITY DOG!
January 3,2009!!!
Jan 03, 2009
It's been 2 months, 27 days since my life changing surgery. I've lost a total of 88 lbs so far. That averages out pretty close to a pound a day. Not to shabby for an good'ol West Texas boy!
I've dropped 10 inches off the waist and six pant sizes. (I really need to drop one more pant size but I'm too cheap to buy more pants.)
The only disadvantages so far is that I have a turkey gobbler on my jaw bone and wings not only on my arms but also on my thighs. ( Ya know, folks pay big bucks for these winged suits for parachuting so this could be an advantage if I ever get into sky diving.)
I'm still experimenting with foods so there's a lot of vittles that I'm missing out on. I've noticed that if the food is questionably maybe not so good for ya, that my little pouch has NO PROBLEM kicking it back out the front door.
The one thing that I'm starting to really dislike is called frothing. This is where your spit a starts a building up and your sinuses start a flowing in anticipation of a dump. I get it so bad sometimes, I look like a foaming, rabid black bear. It's usually my own fault. I either eat too fast or too much.
Tommy and I had a wild experience this morning. I started having pains on my right side around midnight. It felt like a somewhat familiar pain but then again maybe not. Well by 6:00 this morning, I was in such pain that I couldn't even put my pants on by myself. I had a 1/2 minute discussion with my lovely wife and we both decided it would probably be wise to head off to the emergency room. After several hours of testing and moaning ( I was moaning about the upcoming bill.) the verdict was out. The ol' kidney stone demon had reared his ugly head back at me again. I had one coming down the chute and two more in the corral waiting to escape. Thank you God for my caring wife and good drugs! Well, I went a head and passed the one in the chute and shut the corral gate on the other two.
Hopefully for a while anyway.
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I've dropped 10 inches off the waist and six pant sizes. (I really need to drop one more pant size but I'm too cheap to buy more pants.)
The only disadvantages so far is that I have a turkey gobbler on my jaw bone and wings not only on my arms but also on my thighs. ( Ya know, folks pay big bucks for these winged suits for parachuting so this could be an advantage if I ever get into sky diving.)
I'm still experimenting with foods so there's a lot of vittles that I'm missing out on. I've noticed that if the food is questionably maybe not so good for ya, that my little pouch has NO PROBLEM kicking it back out the front door.
The one thing that I'm starting to really dislike is called frothing. This is where your spit a starts a building up and your sinuses start a flowing in anticipation of a dump. I get it so bad sometimes, I look like a foaming, rabid black bear. It's usually my own fault. I either eat too fast or too much.
Tommy and I had a wild experience this morning. I started having pains on my right side around midnight. It felt like a somewhat familiar pain but then again maybe not. Well by 6:00 this morning, I was in such pain that I couldn't even put my pants on by myself. I had a 1/2 minute discussion with my lovely wife and we both decided it would probably be wise to head off to the emergency room. After several hours of testing and moaning ( I was moaning about the upcoming bill.) the verdict was out. The ol' kidney stone demon had reared his ugly head back at me again. I had one coming down the chute and two more in the corral waiting to escape. Thank you God for my caring wife and good drugs! Well, I went a head and passed the one in the chute and shut the corral gate on the other two.
Hopefully for a while anyway.
November 20, 2008
Nov 20, 2008
Well, it's been different. I still can't say it's been fun but I definitely can say that I've never been through anything like this before. I've been going to work for over two weeks and I'm finally feeling comfortable being there.
Some times it's still pretty hard to make it to the end of the day but every new day gets better and I've learn to take short breaks when needed.
I've grown very familiar with dumping syndrome. If I eat too fast or too much or if my bites are too big and I eat a "no no" food, I will dump like a wall street stock buyer gettin rid of soon to be bad stock!
My non-dumping food is still fairly limited. I can eat most liquid and soft stuff like sugar free pudding, cream of whatever soup and carnation breakfast mix. I get most of my soft proteins from canned tuna, chicken and turkey. I also try to drink a (yum-yum) protein drink once a day. (It's like gaging down a cup of 30 weight oil!) I can have cooked vegetables but by the time I get down my required proteins, I don't have room for any.
I was raised that real men sit down and eat a hardy chunk of food, whether it be chicken, pig or cow! But now, what I use to eat in three bites is a full meal deal with something to take home. It sure saves on grocery buying!
I love the support God has given me through my family and friends. For without them, I could of never made it this far!
Oh Yeah! I've lost over 70 lbs so far!
Some times it's still pretty hard to make it to the end of the day but every new day gets better and I've learn to take short breaks when needed.
I've grown very familiar with dumping syndrome. If I eat too fast or too much or if my bites are too big and I eat a "no no" food, I will dump like a wall street stock buyer gettin rid of soon to be bad stock!
My non-dumping food is still fairly limited. I can eat most liquid and soft stuff like sugar free pudding, cream of whatever soup and carnation breakfast mix. I get most of my soft proteins from canned tuna, chicken and turkey. I also try to drink a (yum-yum) protein drink once a day. (It's like gaging down a cup of 30 weight oil!) I can have cooked vegetables but by the time I get down my required proteins, I don't have room for any.
I was raised that real men sit down and eat a hardy chunk of food, whether it be chicken, pig or cow! But now, what I use to eat in three bites is a full meal deal with something to take home. It sure saves on grocery buying!
I love the support God has given me through my family and friends. For without them, I could of never made it this far!
Oh Yeah! I've lost over 70 lbs so far!
Stage II
Oct 29, 2008
Went to my second check up yesterday. (10/28/08) The doctor give me a good bill of health. Another piece of good news is that I've lost 25lbs since my last checkup. That's 49lbs total since I hired out for this crew! He turned me loose to go back to work next Monday with all the standard warnings. No picking up anything over 20 lbs, no doing any wild and crazy things, no wrestling, and no breaking the food rules. (Doctors sometimes just suck all the fun out of life.)
MY nut put me on stage II of food which means that I get knurled up, chewed up, or sometimes called pureed foods like tuna, salmon, or chicken. I can also have stuff like low-fat re-fried beans, low-fat cheeses and eggs! She also released me with a warning that I'm at the test stage of foods and that some foods may not agree with what I want.
Well, this morning I think I found out what she was talking about. I scrambled myself an egg with anticipation of having a new and exciting taste going down my gullet. I slowly started eating the egg enjoying every small morsal of it when about half way through something screamed from my pouch (stomach) "I don't want to be here and I"m going to make your life a living hell." And it did for about an hour! I don't know if this was that dumping thing that everyone is warning me about but I tell you, I sure the hell don't want to go through that again. Makes me want to throw any eggs I have in the house out.
Maybe I'll skip lunch today!
MY nut put me on stage II of food which means that I get knurled up, chewed up, or sometimes called pureed foods like tuna, salmon, or chicken. I can also have stuff like low-fat re-fried beans, low-fat cheeses and eggs! She also released me with a warning that I'm at the test stage of foods and that some foods may not agree with what I want.
Well, this morning I think I found out what she was talking about. I scrambled myself an egg with anticipation of having a new and exciting taste going down my gullet. I slowly started eating the egg enjoying every small morsal of it when about half way through something screamed from my pouch (stomach) "I don't want to be here and I"m going to make your life a living hell." And it did for about an hour! I don't know if this was that dumping thing that everyone is warning me about but I tell you, I sure the hell don't want to go through that again. Makes me want to throw any eggs I have in the house out.
Maybe I'll skip lunch today!
October 19, 2008
Oct 19, 2008
I haven't weighed since last doctors visit four days ago but when I got up this morning my pants fell off.
For those of you that don't understand, this normally does not happen to fat boys! Us fellers of a larger more manly girth are usually sucking wind so we can button our pants.
Now, I'm not ready to climb to the top of a mountain and sing out my fame to skinniness but it is a start. As of this morning instead of reaching for those 5XL trousers, I am now sliding into the 4XL with room to spare. Along with this, I'm starting to feel better. I even have a slight appetite. Can't eat much but at least I know when to eat now.
This is almost as cool as going camping with the wild bunch!
For those of you that don't understand, this normally does not happen to fat boys! Us fellers of a larger more manly girth are usually sucking wind so we can button our pants.
Now, I'm not ready to climb to the top of a mountain and sing out my fame to skinniness but it is a start. As of this morning instead of reaching for those 5XL trousers, I am now sliding into the 4XL with room to spare. Along with this, I'm starting to feel better. I even have a slight appetite. Can't eat much but at least I know when to eat now.
This is almost as cool as going camping with the wild bunch!
October 15, 2008
Oct 15, 2008
I was right!!! Stepped up on the scales at the doctors office yesterday and I had gained nine lbs since surgery day last Tuesday. And to make things worse, after explaining about all my weird feelings, weird aches, and bizarre eating patterns, I looked up and my doctor had the goofiest smile on his face and simply said, "This is normal Gary!" Well, If this is going to be the normal for the rest of my life, I done went and screwed up and your due a butt kicking just as soon as I get feeling better. Again! He smiled that goofy smile and explained that all the weird stuff I've been going through since the surgery is normal and that soon I will start recognizing my old life style less the bad eating habits. He was concerned about my b/p and explained that he didn't want to give me a diuretic type pill because over the next six months my body is going to need all the water I can put in it. He did order me an other type of pill to help with my b/p and said that in a month I probably wouldn't need it anyway. That's Cool!!!
He seemed to be very pleased with my overall progress. He had his nurse pluck my staples out. There wasn't much to it. I probably could of did it with my pocket knife!
Ya know, I'm really glad I chose Dr. Davenport and Odessa to do this surgery. He and his staff have bent over backwards to help me and to answer all my questions straight and truthfully. The only drawback so far is that his waiting room has only magazines to quince the female interest so I promptly left him a hand written list of more appropriate reading material for men and was glad to help.
After-all, somebody needs to take care of these important matters.
My next doctors visit is in two weeks.
He seemed to be very pleased with my overall progress. He had his nurse pluck my staples out. There wasn't much to it. I probably could of did it with my pocket knife!Ya know, I'm really glad I chose Dr. Davenport and Odessa to do this surgery. He and his staff have bent over backwards to help me and to answer all my questions straight and truthfully. The only drawback so far is that his waiting room has only magazines to quince the female interest so I promptly left him a hand written list of more appropriate reading material for men and was glad to help.
After-all, somebody needs to take care of these important matters.
My next doctors visit is in two weeks.
About Me
Hamilton, TX
Location
30.7
BMI
Surgery
10/07/2008
Surgery Date
Sep 06, 2008
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