My hair is falling out. Big time. Normal side effect but it is unsettling.
My wedding rings are getting loose. Making me nervous.
I was easily able to fit in the seat at the old theater in Salt Lake City for Jim Brickman's Christmas concert. Woo hoo!
I've started having horrible / migraine quality headaches. I'd gone several weeks post-op without any. They are bad. They happen most often on Sundays. No apparent diet cause. Possibly blood pressure or blood sugar issue but I haven't been able to iron that out yet.
I was able to have a big baking day this week for Christmas treats. In years passed I have been completely exhausted when I was done or had to spread it out over several days. I made most of it on one day this year and it didn't slow me down at all.
Christmas was wonderful. Smaller clothes, less aches and pains, irrepressible joy, Savior focused rather than food focused ... what a difference! I ate very little and while I still struggle with food thoughts, food is quickly becoming a non-issue for me. That's amazing.
In other news there are new bariatric vitamins out that can be swallowed rather than the tiresome chewables I had started out with. I see the surgeon on January 13 and we'll see how all of my vitamin levels are then. Rarely miss a dose now so the swallowables are a huge advantage!
In really other news, I am also having a consultation on that same day with my surgeon about removing a lump in my breast. It's a lump that has been bothering me since 2010. They did a biopsy then and it came back negative. The radiologist is not overly concerned. He said it just looks funny and not funny like cancer, just strange. He thinks it needs to be removed and pathology done on the whole thing to make sure there's no cancer cells starting.
While I'm the opposite of excited I am certainly not worried at this point. This spot has been mammogrammed, ultrasounded, biopsied and then repeated multiple times (minus the biopsy). I'd rather get it removed than have it keep sending up red flags every year.
I think my brain chemistry is changing too. I am filled with joy. Constantly. Like almost goofy grinning all the time kind of thing ... It is a noticeable (to me) difference. I'm waking up earlier than I used to and getting much more out of my days. Everything in my life has improved.
As of today I have lost 56 pounds. I am wearing one to two size smaller clothes. My old Christmas pj's were falling off of me! I feel SO GOOD! I feel more like a forty something than a sixty something. That's a significant improvement.
"He must increase but I must decrease." - John 3:30
Be blessed and be blessings y'all ...
