Of minor note

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Though Susan’s gastric bypass surgery has been successful overall, a follow-up has been necessary.

Because the surgery left her body with (for now, at least) limited ability to process dietary fat, she’s had to limit her intake to exclude that as much as possible. As it happens, though, the absence of fat confused her gall bladder; this is known to be a likely side-effect, to the extent that as soon as she reported nausea over the past week, they said, “Let’s check your gall bladder,” and confirmed that action was necessary to prevent her developing gallstones. She got it removed this afternoon; extremely simple procedure, in that she was sent home after a few hours’ recovery, whereas the original operation required her to stay in the hospital overnight. Napped for a few more hours once we got back to our RV, and now she’s — cautiously — resumed her normal routine.

Ironically, her weight loss stalled while the nausea made her almost unable to eat; it’s a careful balance of diet and activity, and she was sidelined for both of those. Now we can get back to what was working so well for the first few months.

Meanwhile, I dropped another five pounds myself. We’ll see how well that continues, as well.