Blew My Doctor Away!

Hanfordrose

It was the spring of 2012, when I visit Dr. Taye in Selma, California. My sweet, lady doctor was used to her 280+ pound patient with the swollen legs and borderline diabetic blood sugar readings. She worried about my repeated episodes of phlebitis. She also suspected that the blood clots might be directly related to my daily Estrogen doses.

We talked about my weight, my swollen legs, the repeated blood clots and my increasing blood sugar levels; but she never 'pushed me' to do anything. She just suggested that I might have less problems, if I lost weight. She also put me on daily doses of Lasix to help with the swelling in my legs.

Today, I went back to see Dr. Taye for the first time in many months; and she was grinning from ear to ear, when she walked into the examination room. Her former patient was no longer the woman she remembered. She couldn't help but see my almost 90 pounds of weight loss, and my labs showed nothing but success.

When I told her about counting calories, swimming laps and weaning myself off of Estrogen, Dr. Taye was so pleased. She made the remark, "I wish more of my patients would take responsibility for changing their lives like you have done."

She asked me some questions about my legs and continued need for knee surgeries. Then, she told me to discontinue the Lasix..."You don't need it anymore." That also means, "No more Potassium Chloride either." I am down to my daily vitamins. Hallelujah!

I was given an immediately referral and appointment with the Fresno Orthopedic Surgeons on next Friday morning. Dr. Taye says that I am a great candidate for that knee surgery..."at your new weight".

I also got a referral to my old dermatologist Dr. Crogan, who is going to help me with dry patches of skin under my breasts and belly. They aren't anything serious...just some old age marks, but he may be able to freeze them or order some other kind of treatment. I will see what he decides.

All in all, this was a really great day; and I was delighted to see the beaming smile of my sweet Dr. Taye again.

retiree2006

Congratulations on all your hard earned success! There's nothing like an admiring doctor to put a smile on your face and help you keep the motivation going! On to new knees now! Good luck, Sue!

Flab2fitfi

That is an amazing NSV. I have been following your progress on here over the recent months and you are an inspiration to all of us.


Good luck with the knee surgery.

lighteningjeanne855

Congratulations!
It's a wonderful feeling when you can make your doctor smile,
instead of sigh and shake her head.

mrsamanda86

Sounds like a GREAT doctor visit, and that's awesome that you are now down to just your daily vitamin! Good job hon!

Good luck with the surgery, and hope they can find something that works well with the dry patches! :flowerforyou:

ummyasminah

Congrats, that's great news!

eileen0515

I just read your profile. This is huge!! Congratulations, you are such in inspiration.

amflautist

You have worked very hard for this! Hope your new knees become your best friends.

My wish for each person at mfp is that he/she can soon say, "Blew My Doctor Away!"

alasin1derland

woohoo!!! Great news!!!

vtmoon

Glad to hear your choices are improving things for you, keep it up!

fleetzz

Great work! Keep it up.

NoTry_JustDo

Ahhhhh, now *I* am grinning from ear to ear, just reading this! You must have felt so proud and pleased.

booksgiver

Sue, I am so happy for you and I know your doctor wishes more or her patients were so proactive in resolving some of their issues. Like many, I too didn't want to admit just how much my weight was negatively affecting me. You've made a new future for yourself, a much better one!

dbanks80

Wow! I really enjoyed reading this!! That is a HUGE accomplishment and a testament of what hard work and determination can do for your health, mind, body and soul!!! YOU ROCK GIRL!!!!!

Rosplosion

That's such great news. I love hearing success stories about health. Congratulations and keep up the hard work.

JeralynSh

That's fantastic!

joakool

Congratulations! I love to hear success stories like yours ~ thanks for sharing!

LMJS

Congratulations! What an amazing feeling to have such success and a big thumbs up from your doctor. So great that your now only taking daily vitamins, you've made some amazing changes to your health and well being and your story was very inspiring to read.

Thanks so much for sharing and I wish you all the best for your knee surgery :flowerforyou:

manderson27

That is a fantastic day indeed. If only people realised how many health issues could be eliminated simply by losing some weight. Congratulations, all your hard work has paid off in the best possible way.:flowerforyou:

cocoalba

Your testimony moved me to tears. I'm so inspired by you!

bohica36

Congratulations! Here's hoping for a speedy recovery after your knee replacements.

wisebuys

Congratulations on all your success! I'm sure you will feel reborn after your knee surgery. All the BEST !!!

JNettie73

Congrats!!! That is great news. All you hard work paid off. I am so happy for you!

maQmIgh

Im turning into such a woose in recent years...

Reading your story actually brought a tear to my eye

I think you have done an amazing job, and i couldnt agree with your doc more (it is a shame more people dont take the time to work on their isues)... I have friends that have seen the progress ive made since activley using MFP and yet they STILL wont take responsibility for their health, weight, or unhappiness)

You are an amazing person and I wish you all the success in the world :smooched: :flowerforyou:

kawookie

Sue, you have earned a "new weight" . That is so awesome. And you are still going!! Awesome job!

bethshines

What a wonderful, concrete testimony to your success and hard work!! Congrats!!

TinaBaily

Congratulations, Sue! What a fantastic doctor appointment, and NSV!! "Blowing the doctor away" like that, when we have worked so hard to achieve a healthier body, is one of the most rewarding experiences, isn't it? I had that earlier this year, too, and I still grin from ear to ear when I think back to it. Keep up your hard work, and before you know it you'll have those new knees and be a healthy weight, leaving that nasty old wheelchair in the garage forever. You are truly an inspiration!

myhoneyrose

Beautiful! No more meds, you are so on your way to completely healthy! Now you can get your surgery re-scheduled and it want be long till you and Ed can go out dancing! I am so happy for you!

TheLadyBane

Whoohoo! Good for you!!! You should be super proud of yourself!!!:flowerforyou:

lulukittie

Congratulations-- you must be walking on air! Be proud of your accomplishments.

mister_universe

I love happy stories!