It's All About Me...

July 10, 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:31:00 -0700

My youngest son turned 10 last Sunday... I no longer have babies in the single digits anymore!! OMG!!!!! I got more ink on the 8th... my right thigh is a work in progress, lol... I am looking for THE PERFECT butterfly to add to it to encompass my WLS journey!!! Getting a ...

July 8, 2008

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:17:00 -0700

"Skinny" is NOT a word I think I would ever use to describe me, even if I lost more weight... with the extra hanging skin etc... well, I think I look better clothed then naked! I started at 336 in a size 32/34 and currently I am 215 in a ...

June 18, 2008

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:10:00 -0700

Been awhile - just so darn busy with the kids and my new life!!! Had another wow moment... I went on a number of rides at the Sound of Music Festival on the weekend! I FIT NO PROBLEM!! WOOHOO!!! What fun! Hope ya'll are doing GREAT! I got rained out of ...

May 26, 2008

Mon, 26 May 2008 18:38:00 -0700

On Saturday afternoon I mowed our entire property - front and back yards... and it is pretty large... with a hill at the rear... what a workout, BUT I DID IT, FIRST TIME EVER (only lived here 4 years, lol!) Second was, after I tied one on Saturday night (which I ...

May 9, 2008

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:01:00 -0700

Debbie H from the London Support Group shared this with us:
"This is a favorite poem of mine, by Marlena Gutierrez.. We can be so
hard on ourselves... telling ourselves just how much we hate our
thighs or loose skin, or wish our butt was more like J.Lo'S, ...

May 7 & 8, 2008

Wed, 07 May 2008 19:51:00 -0700

Happy, happy surgiversary!!! MAY 8TH - my NEW birthday... At this time one year ago I was unable to sleep - knowing the alarm was set to go off at 4am for us to "shuffle off to Buffalo"... and the beginning of my new life was right around the corner. It has been ...

April 30, 2008

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:32:00 -0700

PLASTICS!!!! Tabetha, thanks to your recent info about your consult, I have my own! My family doc referred me to Dr Harris here in Burlington... my consult is Sept 17 - I have 18 pounds to my goal - so I pray I am there by then, lol!!! More incentive to ...

April 28, 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:12:00 -0700

At times the Ontario board has really gotten hard on the rny (vs ds). Do you know that many folks will no longer come to this forum because they are tired of the "rny bashing" and feeling like they are somehow inferior because they had the "second best surgery"? I think ...

April 27, 2008

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:28:00 -0700

That question of RNY vs DS is up on the Ontario forum yet again... I asked: Could you please clarify for me what you think "everything that goes along with it" is????

I totally understand that people choose their surgery, location and surgeon for many, many valid and personal reasons... but ...

April 15, 2008

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:08:00 -0700

I left work at lunch yesterday - not feeling well... I told my boss I'd call her after I got some food in me to let her know if I was coming back... so I went home and sat on the couch and had some lunch - finished it and put my ...