3 month post-op and other updates on our life

I haven't been great at posting on this blog, but things have been hectic and there haven't really been any major updates.

Well, today I had my 3 month post-op appointment. According to their calculations I have lost 78 lbs, but they are going from day one of me coming into the office, which was August 2009. Since the day of surgery I have lost 46 lbs. That's an average of just over 15 lbs a month, which isn't TOO bad. It would be a LOT more weight loss if I could get out and walk more (having issues with numbness in my feet) or if I could find an exercise video that isn't so hard on my knees. I am searching though because within another month or 2, walking will NOT be an option! I refuse to walk in 30 degree or lower temps, plus all the snow is just EWWW! At that first appointment back in August 2009, they measured my waist and hips. My waist was 67" and my hips were 71". Today she remeasured me and my waist is 56" and my hips are 61". That's still big, but the nurse was impressed and excited for me. I am wearing shorts I haven't worn since the summer BEFORE Jayda was born and jeans that I haven't worn since the winter Jayda was conceived (before I started showing).

On a different note, I am having sinus surgery September 21. They have to fix my deviated septum (It's backwards S shaped), drill a few holes in 3 of the 4 sinus cavity groups, remove some lining to make the airways wider, and there is some area that has a HUGE air bubble in it that they have to remove part of the tissue because apparently it's blocking the inside of one of my sinus cavities. The Dr said it should take me 4-6 weeks to fully recover from the surgery and after that it's Matt's turn. He has to have a lot of the same things done, but his is a little less evasive. I also had an MRI on my brain and neck last Friday and I am waiting to get the results back from that. The neurologist did an MS protocol MRI. He says he doesn't think I have MS, but he wanted the scans to be super detailed and apparently an MS protocol scan is very detailed. It took them almost 2.5 hours to do all of the scans which SUCKED because I am SUPER claustrophobic and was stuck inside that little tube for that long!!! Hopefully the MRI can bring to light why I have numbness, tingling, and burning in both hands and both feet. The neurologist thinks I have something wrong in my neck, but went ahead and did the brain scan while I was in there since I told him how claustrophobic I am.

Jayda starts school Tuesday and I can not wait! She's excited to go back to school and I am ready for a break! She will be in the special educations preschool again this year. She will be getting speech therapy 3 of the 4 days she is at school, which is awesome. Her speech has improved SO much since starting the speech therapy. They will also be working on her social behaviors. She's been seeing a behavioral counselor all summer. The counselor will be going to the school a few times a month to try and get a better grasp on what is setting Jayda off and why she becomes violent. The psychologist thinks Jayda may have a social anxiety disorder. When she's around just a few kids, she's OK for the most part, but when she gets around a lot of kids she gets pushy and easily agitated. They are also working on social ques with her. If she sees ANY kid, no matter the age, she wants them to play with her. We are trying to teach her how to be receptive to how another kid reacts to her and if they do not want her messing with them, then she needs to back off. We're also working on personal space with her. I know this is a normal 4 year old problem, but she gets into the faces of other kids and adults and has caused a few shoving matches when the other child wanted her to back off and she wouldn't.