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- Cats - "Minouche" The most adorable shaded silver persian you'd ever want to meet
- Dogs - "Bailey" The best & smartest Rotweiler in the world!
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- Music - All kinds of music depending on my mood
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Whoo hoo!!! Sending
you well wishes!!
Take care, relax,
walk, and sip
water...
Selena
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Here is to a
uneventful surgery
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recovery!
Brenda
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You know I'll be
swinging LW lizards
for you Fab! I hope
everything goes well
and you're home
healing up soonest!
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This is the beginning of an exciting new journey called the rest of my Life!
3+ months out & loving life! 1 day ago
I am now 14 weeks out, have lost a total of 62 lbs & I am loving life. Although I had no idea how much work a successful WLS journey actually entailed prior to having surgery, today I am thrilled to have gone thru it. I have found that you need to be dilligent in taking in your vitamins, & you have to do a lot of prep work to get your daily food prepared & always plan ahead. I cannot complain, so far the journey has been uneventful. I had my 3 month check-up last week & all my bloodwork came back fine YEAH! It is amazing how well this whole thing works when you abide by the rules & follow the surgeon's orders. I now have 56 lbs left to go to goal, which seems manageable to me. I have some good weeks & some not so good weeks when it comes to the scale, but I have learned to also use non scale victories to measure my successes. I had planned to incorporate exercise into my regimen at 4 months, but that will have to be delayed because I need to have a hysterectomy & get an ovary removed on Sept. 22. That's OK the gym will still be there when I am recovered & I can start then. I really thank God for having had the opportunity to have this surgery, it is an awesome tool & has changed my life. I am grateful that so far hunger has not really been an issue for me, nor has the urge to eat sweets, I hope this lasts as long as possible. Life today is good, but I am looking forward to an even better tomorrow! 
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Home, happy & ready to face the future! on June 3, 2008 6:40 pm
Well today is Tuesday June 3rd. & It has been a week since my RNY. I really can't complain, no pain, no gas, no nausea... The only difficulty I had was extreme back pain because I have degenerative disk disease & it was very painful just lying on my back while in the hospital. Oh & I did have a hard time breathing in when using my spirometer it was painful until I got my drain removed the last day at the hospital. I did weigh myself when I got home from the hospital & I had gained 5 lbs since the morning of surgery , according to my surgeon from the liquids they pumped me up with. I have not weighed myself since, but will probably get weighed at my doctor's apt. tomorrow to get my staples removed  YEAH!!!
They are itchy & driving me crazy. I feel so blessed to have had such a positive experience, my husband & my son took off work & were by my side 24/7. They are still trying to baby me... My daughter came to see me everyday, but since she had taken several weeks off because of her accident on May 1st she had to work. Anyway, I am looking forward to discovering all that this journey has in store for me, new friends, new experiences & new memories...
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Off to see the wizard! on May 27, 2008 2:54 am
Well, here I go off to see the wizard this morning. I am going to ask him for my health & quality of life back! It is now 5:55 am and I will be leaving in 35 minutes. Still no fear just excitement, thank God! As of this morning I have lost 22 lbs. pre-op, so that means I have exceeded my goal by 2lbs. So I feel like I am off to a good start. Well DH is about to snap a couple of before pics, & we are on our way... I'll check in when I get on the loser's bench, y'all scoot over!
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What a month May has been! on May 24, 2008 7:11 am
The good part is that I have now lost a total of 20 lbs pre-surgery so far (I still have 3 days) so that meets my goal of 20 lbs. So I guess I can say that I am off to a pretty good start.
On May 1st My beautiful 22 year old daughter, got cut off by a large pick up truck & flipped her little Corolla right on I26 during a busy traffic time!
arriving to the scene & seeing her car was the scariest thing ever! Thank God her angels were with her because she could have been killed, but she came out of it with only black & blues, sore ribs & a large gash on her knee, she did have to have surgery on her knee, but was only in the hospital 3 days & is now doing fine! Thank God!
2 weeks ago we found out that our 6yr. old rottie named Bailey had Osteosarcoma & we had to put him down on Thursday. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, but I could not stand to see him suffer, so I know I did the right thing. But I did get to spend the last week babying & spoiling him & he was a happy camper. My life will never be the same without him!
Aside from all that, my surgery is 3 days away & I am so excited I can hardly stand it... I went thru my closet & took out anything that was too large like my 22's & all of my winter clothes, work suits etc . that are 18-22 because winter is 6 months away & I live in the south, so by then they will all be too big! Oh yeah I'm projecting all right...
I also went on e-bay & bought (for practically nothing)1 or 2 pair of pants in 16, 14, & 12 just to be prepared. I also got my first goal little black dress (well maybe not that little) in a 14. I have done all my shopping.
All I have to do is pack my hospital bag & I will do that Sunday, I am so excited I feel like I am going on a trip! This website has been such a God send because lurking on here has kept me busy & the time really did fly by. I have been an emotional basket case for the past 4 weeks, but somehow I managed to stay on my pre-op diet (which is amazing in itself). I am definitely looking forward to a better June. I'll see you all on the loser's bench!
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Virtual Fab on April 30, 2008 3:14 pm
Me at my current weight!
Me at my goal weight!
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Well like most of you on this site, I have been overweight for most of my life! At least since puberty. Although I cannot complain I have had a good life despite of my weight. I have a wonderful husband, 2 great kids, a fulfilling job & lots of friends ...
but I feel like their is still so much in life I am missing out on like going to a beach resort on vacation, like horseback riding which I used to love doing as a teen, like going for a massage, or playing a game of volleyball etc... & if there is anything that I can do to enable me to achieve those things, I think I owe it to myself to do whatever it takes!
I did a lot of research on WLS before deciding to go thru with it myself & the reason I decided to go for it is this: I believe that a lifetime of skipping meals, one diet attempt after another, loosing weight & regaining it all plus more each time, has totally destroyed my metabolism & I don't think I would ever be able to get back to a "normal " weight without the help of this tool. I am so grateful to have been approved by my insurance and really thank God for how all this fell into place...
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