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  • Comment by judyanne on 7/23/07 8:28 am
    Thursday is your day! Just remember you are on the journey of a lifetime. Try to enjoy every minute. It may sound weird now, but know that you are cared for and prayed for here, and all too soon this will be but a memory and you will be an inspiration to someone else. I am waiting for you on the losers' bench!
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I am a 41, happily married and I am a stay-at-home mom of two beautiful girls. Lydia, 4yr. and Rachel, 23 months. I am starting my journey to a more healthy me so I can have the energy to play with my girls. I have always been overweight can't remember ever being a normal weight, so I am excited to get started.

 
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1 week checkup
on August 21, 2007 5:32 am
I had my 1 week check up with Dorothy.  She is absolutely the best.  I had lost 3.4 pounds. Dorothy warned me before I got on the scales that I may weigh more than my surgery checkin weight because of the IV fluid I had in the hospital.  I was pleasantly surprised with the number on the scale.  

I was able to start on full liquids the following day and follow that plan for 3 days and then starting on Sunday I was able to move to pureed foods.

The first time I ate food I was really nervous, not sure how I would react to actually have food in my mouth for quite a long time. It went fine.  The next hurdle to cross was to drink my milk. I worried that I may be lactose intolerant so I was leary to drink the milk. That went fine too.  It was good to have food to eat again just to feel different texture once again!
Life is good....very good.

My next appointment will be on August 21 @ 330pm with Carol at PNC Burnsville. Much closer to where I live plus Dorothy had no appointments available at all. Hopefully I will be able to get into see her again soon. At least before winter. I am not a winter driver and don't think the drive to St Louis Park would be much fun in our lovely Minnesota winter months.

Until next time........
Amy
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Haven't posted for awhile
on August 21, 2007 5:20 am
Here it is almost one month out from surgery and I haven't added anything here. So, I will go back from surgery day and tell what has been going on.

I had surgery on 7/26/07 @ 2:35pm. We arrived at the hospital at noon and then I went to get some blood drawn came back to the waiting room and then was taken upstairs to get ready for surgery.  My nurse there was great and she was funny.  When it was finally time to get my IV I knew it was going to be difficult to get it in, it always is.  It took Barb (Methodist iv nurse) 4 times to get the iv in.  The last time she just did it with no numbing medication.  It wasn't too painful. I was just glad it was finally in!  I saw Dr Jones before surgery. I was his third surgery of the day.  When it was finally time to go, Stephanie (nurse) came to get me and walked me to the operating room.  I remember getting up on the table and then she told me she was going to give me something to relax and then that is all I remember until I was trying to open up my eyes in recovery.  Dr Jones told Scott that I was the easiest surgery of the day and everything went fine.

I had great nurses in the hospital. My night nurse, Rebecca was great.  She got me up around midnight and I took my first walk.  Not bad at all, then back to bed and up again at 4am to take another walk after getting my pain meds.  I met a few patients while there also. Two that had has bariatric surgery and one other lady that was in for cancer surgery.  We walked quite a bit together. She was going home the day as me, Saturday.  

Since getting home I do still get tired on some days.  I am trying to get my liquids in everyday. That is really the hardest part for me.  I just have to keep a glass with me at all times so I remember to keep drinking.  I am now up to about 60oz. a day.  

It is amazing to me to not be hungry.  I have to remind myself to eat.  I imagine I could go for a day or two with no food if I didn't keep myself on schedule.  I am so thankful to have this chance to lose my weight and to be healthy, to not have hip, knee and feet pain. To be able to walk up a flight of stairs without having to sit down and rest to catch my breath.  I have two very active little girls that keep me on my toes, and now I will have to chance to be a "better" more active Mom to them and do everything that they want to do, because I CAN DO IT too!!!!
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Just thinking....
on July 17, 2007 5:02 am
I have been thinking alot lately about how people will treat me once I have lost my weight.  I have lost before and people you don't know treat you so much better, pay attention to you, you are invisible.  Sometimes it makes me feel angry because you know who the people are, just because you don't know them by name you recognize them from town and being out and about.  Being overweight you don't seem to exist and many times not even give the time of day.  
I know that I am going to be the same person, just looking different on the outside and I will be treated so differently. I know it shouldn't bother me but it does. I hope I stay the same and treat everyone the way I do now. I have read on the boards how some people after they lose weight are not so nice to others that are overweight. We have to remember where we came from and how we felt because we have definitely been in each others shoes.  ALWAYS remember to treat others the way you would want to be treated.
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Counting down!
on July 17, 2007 4:57 am
Here it is down to the last 9 days before surgery. I can't believe that it is here so soon. I started on this journey on March 27 and only one day shy of 4 months I am having surgery.  It seems like forever since I started but looking back it has gone very quickly.  Now I just wonder why I waited so long to get to this point!  Doesn't really matter now because I am here.

I started my 10 day liquid diet yesterday.  It went really well, alot better than I anticipated.  I didn't really feel any hunger until around 615 in the evening, but I made it through and got to bed around 1030pm.

I had extra energy yesterday, not sure why. Maybe I was just keeping myself extra busy not to think about food, and I got alot of things accomplished.  Cleaned in the basement, got donation things ready to go to Joseph's Coat this morning in St Paul. Hopefully this found energy keeps up and I will have this house organized and in order before next Thursday. That would definitely be a good thing!
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Got my surgery date today!!!
on June 25, 2007 8:14 pm
I had my pre-op teaching class today and then met with my surgeon, Dr. Thomas Jones @ PNC.  I will be having my surgery on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 2pm at Methodist Hospital in St Louis Park.  

I cannot believe that it is only one month away!  I am sure the time will fly by until then, trying to get things done before surgery so I won't have to worry when I get home from the hospital.

What an exciting time for me!  My husband still doesn't want to talk about it, but I think it is his way of figuring things out.  An engineer's way of thinking....not the same as my way of thinking. But he is the best guy in the whole world. I couldn't ask for a better husband or father for our 2 darling daughters.  Life is good!!!

I will start my liquid diet on July 16th, not really looking forward to this part of my journey, but just keeping in mind that this is the next step in getting myself to a much healthier place in my life makes it a challenge I can totally do!

Guess that is all for now.....just so excited for my date!!!!!!!
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