Sad, intense music in the background. I want to talk today about a serious condition affecting millions of otherwise healthy people in this country alone - and billions of people worldwide. There are no telethons for this condition - no celebrity sponsors - and to my knowledge, there is no research being done to find a cure. I'm talking about U-A-D-D. (Under Arm Dingle Dangle) Won't you help today?
Seriously, this is a problem that many people face after weight loss surgery. When I first had my pacemaker put in over five years ago - the doctor got right in my face and told me that I couldn't do any kind of upper body workout - because it could affect how the leads were positioned in my heart. Both my husband and I understood him to say that this would be the case forever.
But last week, when I went to my current cardiologist, I asked him about it. He was very surprised - and said that he tells people not to do anything for six weeks - to give everything a chance to heal - but after that, it's fine. He did say not to do anything over 25 pounds (it's doubtful that I would anyway) - and lots of reps at a low weight was better for me, but he gave me the green light to go ahead. Whew - I doubt I'll ever cure all of the UADD - but it would be nice to work on it some.
Today is 29 weeks since surgery. I'm about the same as last week - 157.4 pounds down. I'm not complaining though - can you imagine carrying 157 pounds of butter - or nearly 16 sacks of potatoes - or 13 bowling balls? I'm thankful not to have that anymore!
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