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  • Comment by Dedee on 12/20/05 3:44 pm
    Sorry to hear of your illness...I hope you feel better soon.
  • Comment by piperkc on 5/22/05 3:43 pm
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"Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, 'Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary." ~ Anthony Robbins " ~ Harvey Mackay "Life is a challenge, but if you don't stand and risk you will never know if you were able to win or lose. Challenges are not a thing of winning or losing; they are a way of learning from them to become a better person every day! ~ Alexsander Rodriguez, P.R "Don't ask for it to be easy, ask for it to be worth it." Dan Kuschell "The most important question to ask is not 'What am I getting?' The most important question to ask on the job is 'What am I becoming?'"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." - Richard Bach "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence." ~ Jackson Brown "I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning." ~ J.B. Priestly "Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult." ~ Julia Cameron "The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. That block of granite is often nothing more than a decision." ~ Thomas Carlyle "Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure." ~ Sydney Harris "Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." ~ Katherine Mansfield "Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, when we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. JUST DO IT." ~ Nike advertising campaign "I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure in almost any of life's endeavors. Your attitude - your perspective, your outlook, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people - determines your priorities, your actions, your values. Your attitude determines how you interact with other people and how you interact with yourself." ~ Carolyn Warner "Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives." ~ Author Unknown "It's never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it." ~ Author Unknown "Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A wish changes NOTHING; A decision, changes EVERYTHING "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will,they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeves "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior." Isaiah 43:2-3 Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it. "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much." ~ Jim Rohn May you always have an Angel by your side. Watching out for you in all the things you do. Reminding you to keep believing in brighter days. Have a safe journey to the other side and a speedy recovery Angela in Corpus Christi 291lbs BMI 45.60 -234lbs Dr Michael Grace Open RNY Life began May 16, 2002 I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Surely..I will heal you." 2 Kings 20:5
  • Comment by infoquest on 5/19/05 6:17 pm
    Laurie, I wanted to wish you well with your upcoming surgery. I hope that all goes well and that you are up and out and about real soon. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Good Luck! Janice
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My Journey
My Journey


January 2005
on January 1, 2005 3:40 pm

1-3-2005

Wow, after one week of my new eating I've lost 6 lbs.!!!! I'm so thrilled. Sure makes me glad I didn't give in and buy Doritos last night LOL

 

I'm doing very well on sticking to it. My hubbie went through the cupboards and got rid of all that wasn't "healthy" including almost all of the pasta (my personal favorite)The entire family is eating this way, and there haven't been too many complaints from the kids. We did have baked fish the other night and most of the kids had a sandwich, but we all ate a little bite of it just to taste. I thought it was good, but missing something....huuuh....oh yes, must have been the cheese sauce I would normally have put on it. Oh It was great to see the scales go down!!!!

 

We are using Zonya Foco's cookbook "Lickety-Split Meals". It is wonderful!! Great healthy meal for people on the go!! I would recommend it to everyone!

 

I go for my feedback from psy. eval on Jan. 10....then it's off to the surgeon. I am hoping to do well enough on the 1200 cal, that I won't have to do the liquid Optifast for six weeks prior to surgery! It's pretty costly, almost $1,000 total. We'll see! It is up to the surgeon if Optifast is required or not - hopefully for me it won't be.

 

1-12-05

 

Well, that wasn't the best way to spend an evening, but it's done! Sleep study was last night. Weird to sleep in a different bed all hooked up to a million wires!! No definite answer on sleep apnea yet though, they did say that my oxygen levels drop but didn't tell me by how much.

 

On the 10th I officially passed the psych. eval!! She recommended me for WLS. Then I saw the dietician again. She's been great and so much help. She was thrilled with my weight loss!! We went and got scheduled for my surgical consult. with Dr. Wease. It is on January 31. I was wanting it earlier in the month but he's on vacation for two weeks...bummer...but we ARE learning patients through this process!!!!

 

1-6-05

 

Just a small update. I have a date for my sleep study. It is Tuesday 1-11-05!! Just next week. I'm glad they got me in right away. Now I worry that I won't be able to sleep with all those wires and knowing that someone is out there watching me!! I worry WAY too much!!!!!

 

1-13-05

It's official....I have sleep apnea. O2 levels dropped more than 144 times in the night and I stopped breathing all together numerous times as well. What a bummer!!! I never really thought I'd have it, I just wanted to rule it out cuz I've heard of people going into surgery and waking up on a vent, due to undiagnosed sleep apnea. Well, I'm so claustraphobic - I do not want to wake up on a vent!! So I asked my PCP for the sleep study. WOW, I sure am glad that I did!! I go Wed. (19th) to get fitted for my cpap machine.

 

1-26-05

This cpap machine is so hard to get used to. I found a non-mask type that is the Nasal Aire II. It's good because it’s more like oxygen tubing and NOT a mask on my face. But I still wake up 4 - 6 times each night in  a total panic and yank the thing from my face! Then I wake up enough to know it is supposed to be there. But then it takes a while to calm myself back down and put it back on (thank God for ramp mode)!! So, I'm actually getting LESS sleep with this thing than I was before!! :(

 

I go see the surgeon on the 31st. I'm excited about that. I'm working on a list of questions to ask him. I also need to write a letter to my insurance company describing what MO has done to my day to day life. (I'm not eloquent enough for this). I am hoping that Dr. Wease will allow me to use my PCP for all of my blood work up and stuff instead of their internal medicine doctor. Their IM doc. is out of network for Aetna and I don't think I should have to pay out of pocket for it when my PCP can order whatever tests are needed anyway. So, we'll see. I guess it's worth fighting for since it's my money!!

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