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Surgeon TestimonialE. Patchen (Patch) Dellinger, M.D.The first time I met my Doctor I felt he was carring. I did not feel I was being looked down at because of my weight. The visits since have been just as nice my whole team is wonderful. When I asked why did he choose to do this type of surgery with all types of surgery he could choose, he told me \"He has seen a lot of sad people, he choose to be a bariatric surgeon because he wanted to make people happy.\" This really touched my heart. I really feel he cares about me. Aftercare is very important to my whole team I live 3 hours from the UW, Everyone has really tried to accomadate me by setting all my appointments on the same day or the next. I am not worried to have this surgery I feel I have a chance of dying if I stay this weight if something goes wrong at least I tried.rnDuring and after surgery I felt safe the whole time I was under docters care. Team was carring perfessional, Member Interests
- Animals - I have 3 peekapoms ,1 cat They are my kids.
- Books & Literature - I enjoy reading True storys and mysteries
- Dancing - When I loose weight I want to learn a special Dance
- Gardening & Horticulture - I really enjoy gardening, and flowers
- Fishing - I love to fish. I will be deep sea fishing some day
- Swimming - I love to swim. I am going to hike after I loose my weight
- Married - I am Married bless my husband he has stood with my during 7 years of soooo much.
- Hamsters - We have a hamster
- BMI over 50 - My BMI is 63 WOW
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Tammi's Weight loss Journey 
1 Year 2 months out 180 pounds Gone! on August 30, 2009 5:50 pm
I was reading some blogs that those of you just starting your journey have written and started thinking wow how I remember, I was their, scared, confused trying to figure out what to do next and just praying that it would happen soon. The time is like it was yesterday, I am just amazed by all of you the kind and generous people I have met here on OH. I have so many new distant friends and a few that have actually walked this Journey with me. I am so blessed to have met you Wendy and can not wait to spend more time with you in the near future. And then their is my Angel (Claudia) I am so Blessed to have been on this journey with you my friend, our friendship has really become some work of God and I can not wait to meet you face to face, I have so much enjoyed sharring lifes up and downs with you. I have learned so much on this journey the only thing I can say is I would do it all again if I had to without changing a thing. I could not believe my first meal it was small actually real small 1 tsp. carrots 1 tsp. blened pork and 1 tsp.potato w/gravy, I could not actually finish my meal truly amazed to think I use to eat aplateful then grazing after I had eaten really a miracle. I know the pain after surgery was awful but I did not think did I do the wrong thing I thought this can only get better. Losing 70 pounds in 2 months I was truly amazed. I wont say their hasn't been any problems during this journey I have had my time of vomiting, my time of dumping but I did it to myself I was eating in old habits and it took quite a while to break them. I had my galbladder out and recently had a breast reduction, truly remarkable to have the girls up where they belong, at times I am truly in shock to what my body has gone through this last year. I lost my dear friend Irma she was to have lap band last year but because of health reasons it was postponed she passed away in June and I am truly lost without her its hard when you spend everyday with a person then they pass I never realised that how much I was dependant on her. As the days have turned into a year I am truly blessed by my weightloss and breast reduction. I am currently raising money for a Mission trip to the Philippines in march i will be gone for 6 weeks, we will be building a church, passing out Bibles, we will be making reading glasses, their will be ministrie to the children. I am so excited about this Mission, I must truly say God had been great in my life if I never lost the weight the Mission trip would be impossible. If you are thinking of having this surgery I say go for it living is an awesome experience.
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I AM BACK AND LOVING IT on July 31, 2009 12:49 pm
LIFE HMMMMMMMM I first want to say hi to all I have not had internet for the last month moved and all.
I missed all of you. Huggs and kisses and we need to catch up. Yes this means you.lol
as I said Life Hmmmm it is truly amazing. Those of you know I loss a very important friend in June and from their God has been testing me. I was taking care of an older couple for a week while my sister in-law took a week off and my last day their the gentleman 89 had a heart attack and I preformed CPR for 10 minutes and the paramedics for 30 trying to help him,he passed away I felt God has been relly giving me my fair share nothing live a wake up. Hello I am here I am alive and making it. I took sometime off from school things had been so stressful. I am going
has breast reduction Aug 5Th I will at Hollie family medical center in Spokane on the 4Th for some pre surgery I looking forward to
this surgery because of back pain. I will stay in a motel 6 tell the 7Th. I will restart school at the end of Augest. Just a quik note I have loss down to 193 wow started at 368 that is 175 pound weightloss
talk soon
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Life changes,The Loss of a loved one, Being strong on June 30, 2009 6:14 am
I am going to try to finish this today, but it may take another day.
Today is June 30th 2009 in 7 more I will be 1 year out from my surgery. I have lost 170 pounds and I am a new person I actually found myself.
I FOUND MYSELF, My inner self My Beauty the person that was lost inside. Life is truly a miracle
Thankyou God for my life, My life, for letting me live.
During this change in my life I was able to share it with a dear friend Irma, I met her about about 4 years ago. She began to become more then a friend more as a mom she was their during my whloe life change she would call me her blooming flower, well I lost my dear friend my mom on June 26, I found her sleeping, and she passed in her sleep. She had some health problems, but was such a strong person, her death was not expected and my finding her certainly was not to be expected, she is with God now he needed her, I am at peace with this, I of course being a recovering addict was thinking what I could do to "feel better" I know now that I am a stronger person a very strong person that I did not need to use to feel better, Irma helped me through this also she too was in recovery and we shared so much. We had alot in common, The world is going to miss her, our church was blessed by her she was the bakesale queen, always baking for fundraisers,giving her time for a friend in need.
She was with me during my RNY. Her plans was to have the lapband but because of an artory problem her surgery was on hold. I am truly going to miss her. I love you Irma and you are in my thoughts daily.
The last 2 and a half weeks have been crazy those of you may know I am active in raising funds for my church for Mission trips and I was to leave June 15th we had a huge yardsale, bakesale and we had 2 car washes, raising enough money to send 9 people to Special K Ranch in Montana.
June 5th and 6th we had the yard sale and as we where cleaning up I started having some stomache pain I had gone to the hospital that following Thursday and found out I had galstones and I would not be allowed to go on the Mission trip, I had been raising money for this for the last several months, by Saturday they where taking me into surgery.
They took the whole galbladder,
I have been in school taking computer classes and I missed that week I then had a week off for summer break and now with my dear friend passing I will miss this week, on top of it all I was in the middle of moving and was to move in by the first but it is now dragged to the end of July sad thing the place we live in has been rerented have I been stressed no and its hard to believe I really felt things will just work out my friends think I am crazy because I should be breaking down by now, I really feel God has my hand and things are just flowing.
A friend that I had not talked to in a while called yesturday and mentioned they had a 5th wheel we could go and look at and if we wanted to stay their we could, so I went and of course its perfect, and to top it off they have a pool which I just melted in I felt as if all the weight has been lifted.
Irmas family is at her house she has a son in the Navy in Japan (Red cross flew him in) and a daughter that lives in Lynwood they are here my whole live was a mess when finding my dear friend and having to tell her daughter. I am writting and sharring this because I want you guys to know that life is special and we need to live, being heavy is not life, if you are thinking of having this surgery and have a doubt I say go for it, its living, life can change in 1 day, one minute,live, love and laugh its living.
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ALMOST A YEAR OUT on May 31, 2009 6:54 am
Where has the time gone I am almost a year out and have lost 155 pounds and it is still comming off. I feel great. My only issue is between my shoulders and I am seeing a plastic surgeon on June 24th in Spokane for a breast reduction I can not believe I still have breast after all the weightloss. (Yes they are drooping) lol but after all they been through gueass u would droop too. LOL. They say this will ease my pain I pray so, I have been going through a bought of pain for the past 3 weeks with this last week being the worst and my PC Doc being on vacation went to the walkin as suggested and they would not even help ITS AN ON GOING PAIN PROBLEM have your doctor address it. I really hope they never get a headache and have the pain. ANYWAY its not keeping me down I had a Spaghetti feed May 22 and we raised $450.00 We will get ready for the Yardsale this week and it starts Friday and Sat. we will have a BBQ that runs with it Saturday and a bakesale should be fun
We raised about 500.00 on car washes we leave for our Mission trip on the 15th and should be in Columbus Montana Special K Ranch that night it takes about 12 hours. Exciting this will be my second trip
I then will come home and concentrate on my missioin trip to the Philippines in 2010 thats going to be a blessing
Well just a quik update I sure am glad that I have all of you in my life
Tammi
WHERE HAS THE WEIGHT GONE on May 7, 2009 3:47 pm
Hi everyone, thought I had better get on here and update. I have 4 years clean today, wow has life been great. I truly am blessed. I started school this week, third week all together I took a career class I am going to take a college class for administrative assistance right now I am taking a computer class. I have loss 150 pounds, I recieved a call a couple of weeks ago I had applied to a tv casting extreme makeover I was 1 of 25 out of 1000 and they took my short story and pictures in front of a panel and out of 150 different people applying for different shows I am 1 of 15, I signed a contract I should have my talent cards shortly. They will make me appointments and pay for my travel, I will go in front of the panel and interview me for shows, when I get excepted it will be for a makeover, I still am dealing with back pain I have a doctor appointment with a plastic surgeon in June for a breast reduction. EXCITING.
Well I will keep u updated
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WOW, I am just like all of you. Been heavy most of my life, ok all my life. Been teased as a kid. Tried all diets possible loose the weight but regain plus more. Lost 45 pounds when I was 17, Married ( my highschool sweetheart of 5 years) when I was 18 had my first son at 19 gained from 145 to 260lb and been heavy every since. About the same weight for my second son. I went through alot of mental abuse. We divorced 10 years later. I remarried a wonderful hispanic man in 2001 that really has put up with so much from me. I am a recovering addict I have 3 years and 1 month tomorrow, 2005 was the best year for me I went to a recovery program.. In 2006 I started college, Got Baptized, signed up for this surgery and Got my GED, found out I had HEP C Jenio type 1, wow what a shock .The worst type of Hep C you can get . Started taking a chemo type shot Riborveron and Pegaysess (SP) 4x a month and 6 pills a day that is a shot 1 a week for 48 weeks 6 pills plus all 14 others I took aday. . I was so sick thaught I was going to die. Mind you I had already started 4 months, the nutritionalist 2x per month keeping the journal eating right exercising and loosing 40 pounds just was waiting from letter of approval and then I got it Tammi you are too ill to have the surgery sorry, all this came in at the same time with finding out about my Hep c. May of 07 I finished ohh forgot to tell you as I was driving from the Doctors office that little guy was on my shoulder and said your already sick lets go get high then I started laughing because God was testing me. I thaught I came this far I am not going back. I finished as I said in May of 07 got my results back ohhhh ya in the mean time I was really depressed and gained all 40 pounds plus back. My test came back inremission YES. My Hep c is sleeping. All this time I thaught UW of Seattle got the word and I would not be on the list any more for surgery. Still fighting depression getting ready to sign up again. I got a call in October of 07 "Is this Tammi,?" "Yes," "This is so and so from the UW in Seattle and you have been waiting long enough, it is your turn, get in here and get your surgery done." I was crying, first time ever I hit the floor on my knees and thanked God. ( never told this to anyone before) I had my first apt a few days later ( my hospital is about 3 hours away) met Doc he was great. Went too Mexico for 2 months with husband. Came back Jan had 4 apt in one day. Doc hurt shoulder, had surgery hisself, pt and this dragged my surgery out to now so my date is July 16 RNY, I go in on the 16 of June for last apt. then start my 1000 cal. diet the 25th of June and this is where I am now. I attend Church teach Sunday school 1x a month involved in fund raisers for Missiontrips went on Mission to Montana in 07 . Tired of being heavy, tired of being tired. I have 2 boys 19 and 22, two step children a boy 10 and a girl 13 almost 14 wow. I have been married for 7 years. My husband is very active 5'9 and 160# he can eat any and everything and never gain a pound. Well this is me in a nut shell Thankyou for reading. I will share again soon Tammi
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