First of all, I am sooo happy Maccas has free wi-fi! I've been able to log on through Mc Donald's the past couple days due lack of internet at the place I'm staying. :/ So this is a pre-written post during the day, and you should be able to view it late in the evening (well, if you are in Oz).
Weightloss alhamdulillah is going good... well, was going good until I've started feeling extra tightness in my lapband since last week. This tightness means that I have not even been able to get water down, let alone food.
Changing states meant changing doctors, and this meant a lot of phone calls, paper work, and finances. When the problem started, I could not arrange to see the lapband doctor in Sydney, no appointments were available. :/ I apparently had to find a GP here and get a referral too. So pfffff! It's been tough. Husband took me to a hospital's emergency last Friday. We spent hours waiting (obviously! emergency! ironic much!) then when they finally called me in, they did some checkups, took blood, put me on a drip and kept me waiting. Apparently they had no doctors available that knew how to handle my condition. i.e., no bariatrics available.
A few hours later I begged them to let me go. I had a drunk man in the next bed who kept on standing over me and staring. He also kept shouting random swear words at everyone. LOL It was uncomfy, so I signed the papers and left. That serum gave me enough energy to last until today on barely any food/water intake.
To get to the point... I finally saw the right doctor today and had heaps of fluid removed so I can comfortably get some food down now. However, there may be other resolvable problems, but I need x-rays taken etc etc. Alhamdulillah, I do feel better at the moment. I was like a walking zombie.
So obviously, I lost a couple more kilos this week. I can say that alhamdulillah I wont be fussed if I do not lose anymore weight. I am currently a comfortable size 12, and even a size 10 in some stores which are more generous in their fit. Turkish sizing, I now wear a 42. (All this information is for those of you who have messaged or emailed me) I must say that after losing such a huge amount of weight, I do have a lot of excess skin around the upper arms, belly, and some around the thighs. And yes, I do need to have the excess skin surgically removed, but that costs a looooooooooooot of $$$$, so at the moment it is out of the question. I don't mind it so much for another year or so. So once all the excess skin is gone, that should be another 6-7 kg gone, which is why I'm not fussed whether I lose anymore weight or not. Now the most difficult part is going to be maintaining the loss. :)
Oh, and if you do have any questions about the lap-banding procedure, or anything else, just email me, but please keep in mind that I will not have proper internet access for a couple weeks or so, therefore I will reply when I can inshaallah.
Here are photos of me from today. I've taken a couple angles so you can see the change. For those of you who have known me personally for many years and those of you who have known my previous state, you may be suprised, so please do say mashaallah :)
Oh and I don't really have a proper place to take photos here. This is just like a storage room, so make do with it. :)
Hijab: Armine (from edb Collection), Blazer: Cotton On, Pants: Forever New, Belt: no idea, Bag: Forever New, Shoes: Wittner 
