Day and Night - Our Second Appointments: Nurses

Our second appointments were supposed to be with the surgeon and that is what we had booked earlier in the month, but we got a call a few days before the appointment that there was an emergency and he had to reschedule. Since he didn’t have anything available this month we made appointments to see him next month and nurse appointments this month, because remember you have to see someone at least once a month.

Both Ally and I were excited for this appointment. We had been working hard and knew that we had lost a significant amount of weight. The night before we both printed out our Food Journals and looked over it to see where our weaknesses were. I found late night snacking to be an issue while Ally finds getting up in time for breakfast hard. We both have an ice cream problem. It’s been helpful having it written down and going over it periodically, where we both thought we were doing well with the ice cream looking back you get to see exactly how much you had and that it really does add up.

Ally had a different nurse this time as her last one is now working in a different part of the program. Her new nurse is named Darla and Ally likes her very much. Her weight was taken and she is now 277lbs. She has lost 18lbs and her nurse was shocked at how much she had lost, and has no doubt that she can lose the rest of the 10% by the next appointment. She only has 11.5 lbs. to go. They talked about her food journal, any question Ally had,  then went over her blood results and while most of her levels were good her Vitamin D was very low. They want to make sure that all your vitamin levels are on track before surgery because afterwards you are going to have even more trouble keeping them up due to malabsorption. Darla thinks Ally is doing so well that she wants her to get the surgeon and scope appointments as soon as possible.

Nikki was my nurse again and she took my blood pressure first thing, it was still a little high but I have been to my doctor and just started some medication. Then she gets me to step onto the scale and this has got to be the first time I have ever looked forward to getting on one. I am at 403 lbs. down from 422 lbs., I have lost 19 lbs.. I ask her is that’s a good amount and she just nods her head and says “yeah, not bad,” and moves on to my test results which are fine. Not much left to the appointment after that, she just tells me to keep on track, then goes to make sure my scope referral has been sent.

When we compared notes after, our experiences were like night and day. While Ally left excited and raring to keep going, I left disappointed and hankering for a cheeseburger. Eventually I came to see that I was doing a good job and should be just as excited as Ally, whatever the nurse’s problem was just that her problem. We are excited to continue with the weight loss and the program.

XOXO, Evie & Ally