• Username: BabyGirl76
  • Location: Saranac Lake, NY, USA
  • Member Since: 10/26/2006
  • BMI: 43.7
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (05/24/07)
  • Surgeon: Michael Hill, M.D.
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lose 100 lbs

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fit in a seat at the movies

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50 pounds gone forever!

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Get into ONEderland!

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get my belly button pierced

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Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by calgal on 5/21/07 10:40 am
    hi, best wishes for a smooth surgery and a good recovery. see you soon on the losing side of life.... hugs, sally
  • Comment by judyanne on 5/21/07 8:27 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! ~ JudyAnne
  • Comment by Kelly Jo W. on 5/21/07 4:30 am
    Congratulations on your upcoming surgery! I hope your surgery and recovery are swift and uneventful - and you are soon posting your first WOW moment!
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I am 30 years old, and I have been hugh my entire adult life. I'm 5'6" and at my highest weight was 355. I have a wonderful husband to support me. I will attempt to update things as aften as I can and can't wait to hear from all of you on your own reads to freedom.
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What I've Learned In The Past 10 days
on June 3, 2007 3:54 am
Now that I am feeling better I thought it would be a good time to reflect on what the past 10 days has been like for me. while in the hospitial I used every drop in my PCA and asked for pain pills often. It was difficult to get up and do anything for the first 5 days post-op. I have learned about myself that I like the feeling of being full and now that I, at this point, do not have this feeling I'm not as happy as I want to be. Liquid diets suck, there is no other way to put it. I also don't feel hunger yet so don't know when to be eating. I drink plenty of fluids so nothing wrong there. At 10 days out today I have only lost 9 lbs sence surgery and for as much calories as I take in it seems like it should have been alot more. I would like to be able to lose 20 lbs by the end of June. I have family traveling to visit and I want them to be able to see a difference in my weight. I know that they have not seen me sence my highest weight 74 lbs ago but I don't see a difference yet so not sure any one else can either. I have learned that next to my hubby, food has always been my best friend. I have also learned that popcicles are not the same with out the sugar and broth is the most boring thing on the planet to eat. 
The past 10 days have not been my happiest but I lived through them and that is what is most important for me to remember. My hubby has not budged from my side no matter what I have asked him to do for me. Without him this just wouldn't seem worth it. As things get better for me I know that he will be there and that is what keeps me going. I've babbled enough so untill next time. 
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Off To The Hospitial
on May 24, 2007 1:33 am
In 2 hours I will be at the hopitial getting all preped up for surgery. I'm a little worried but I just want to live through this so that I can be with my family. Don't know what I would do without my dear hubby. Next time I'm here I will be a loser in a good way. Good luck to me!
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Change In Color
on May 19, 2007 2:35 pm
In honor of my change just for today I've changed the color of my font. At this point with 5 days to go I feel like I'm loosing control so I changed the one thing no one can take away from me......my hair! I've went from blonde to brown, it's closer to my natural color. I have changed the color of my hair alot over the years, in fact I've had every color exept blue and that's only because I couldn't find a shade that I liked. 
So now that I've made my tiny little change I do feel much better, at least for the time being. Tomorrow is a new day with new worries and it also on make 4 mare days to go.  
I'm not sure I'll make it through these last days without a great deal of support. My poor hubby will have his nerves hanging by a thread by the time this is over. I guess it's a good thing that he really loves me.........alot!
Next time I'll be back to my regular font color.
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Obsessed
on May 14, 2007 5:33 pm
I have become obsessed with time. That's all I can think about is how much time is left before work is over, how much time is left in the day, how much time till surgery. I'm sure this is normal but I feel insain right now. I want it to stop but don't know how. 
I'm always looking for things to do in the day to keep my mind off of the surgery. If I watch T.V. I'm keeping track of how much time is left in the show instead of enjoying it. 
I told the surgeon that if there was an earlier date I would be glad to take it so this wouldn't happen to me. He laughed a little at that so I'm guessing that would be a big NO WAY. I'm packed for the hospitial already, just need my pillow and C-PAP machine. I have bought supplies for when I come home that I will need. I'm just plain out of things to do to keep myself busy. If I thought that they wouldln't cancel my surgery I would take up smoking, at least I would have something to do to keep my hands busy while at the same time kill brain cells, that way I would have as much brain to be thinking about all this time I still have to get past.
  
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Two weeks to go....
on May 9, 2007 12:51 pm
untill surgery.....I had my P.A.T's today, nothing that was too mind bending. Two nurses went over things that will happen when I get to the hospitial on the 24th, the only thing that no one could tell me for sure is what time my surgery is happening that morning. I have to call the afternoon before and then some one will tell me what time I need to be at the surgery unit for the next day.  I did see one of the cute bears that we get that they call "The Bariatric Bear" so we don't have to use a pillow to hold when we cough. I love it and can't wait to get mine! I didn't get alot of new information from this group. Most of what they went over I already knew thanks to the wonderful and very helpful ppl on OH.

After doing this all morning, I went behind the hospitial to see the surgeon, Dr. Hill. He's a great guy to talk to and very concerned with health and safety. Didn't need to spend a lot of time with him as I had no questions for him to answer. I did ask him about the protin bullets that I have ordered and he said that how ever I need to try and get my protin in that I should do it, so that made me feel much better about my choice to buy them.

  I also got a list of things that I should have for after surgery so me and my great hubby went on a shopping spree to get chewable vits. and chewable vit. C. also got some buy one get one free protin powder in chocolate. I had to try it when we got home and it is VERY good! some other misc. items was gotten as well. My next buy will be a new pair of crocs (shoes) to wear while I'm' doing  all that walking while still in the hospitial, and new socks too (don't want to have gross feet while there!). Other than that I think that I'm as ready as I'm going to be for this, or that's what I keep telling myself!
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10-26-06   I went to my first appointment with my bariatric team today. I was glad to be on the right road for once. I now have lots of other appointments in the next coming months. I have the psych. eval. on 10-30-06, then on 11-14-06 I go for blood work, x-rays, physical therapy, dietitian, and next appointment with the bariatric team, all in the same day. On 11-16-06 I'll be in over night to have the sleep apnea test done. I'll keep updating as things happen. 

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