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Lose 100 lbs and become healtly and physically active!

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wear a bathing suit with cofidence

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Is to be Healthy again so I can enjoy life with my family and friends.

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  • Comment by dixiedollface on 7/28/07 1:32 am
    I wanted to send you best wishes and good luck on your big day coming up. Hugs, Legina
  • Comment by judyanne on 7/27/07 10:11 pm
    Monday 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!
  • Comment by philly_passion19135 on 7/27/07 8:32 am
    Hey there I just wanted to wish you a safe surgery and a speedy recovery!! Good luck on your new jurney.. Keep intouch and let me know how you are. You are in my prayers. Hugs & kisses philly_passion
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5 days post-op
on August 4, 2007 8:09 pm
Well, here I am 5 days post-op and I am down to 227 lbs. When they weighed me Monday morning, before surgery, I weighed in at 235.9 lbs. I'm down 8.9 lbs in just 5 days! You can really see it in my waist/hips and my upper legs so far. My stomach is still rather swollen and bloated, so that is looking gross. My incisions are healing up well and so is the one they put packing in. I have 5 with staples, then the one with packing. It hurts so bad to have that changed, let me tell you. Anyways, I am moving around rather well. Coughing still makes me cringe. But a pillow to the tummy makes a world of difference. More to come...
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Had My Surgery!
on August 3, 2007 5:04 am
So I had my surgery this past Monday. All I can say is "PAIN!" So much happened and so much is still going on. My surgery went well, no complications. I will be posting more of an indepth update and pics later!
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PAT
on July 23, 2007 4:37 pm
Today I had my PAT (Pre-Admission Testing) and all is well. My blood pressure was 110/82 - which is normal - and my pulse was 73. My temperature was 98.3 and I'm weighing in at 240.1. So I gained a couple pounds back, but I can tell I have been retaining water. I haven't been getting my fluids in like I should on this liquid diet. Anyways, my EKG was good, as was my x-rays and I had my blood work done. All I have to do is go see my doctor on Thursday and then surgery is Monday. I also got my paper today in the mail, my official seal of approval paper stating that my insurance had received my request for surgery and had approved it. So I'm pretty much all set!! I'm ready but still just as nervous. Only a few more days. I have so much to do...My mom is coming up from Virginia to stay a week so I have a lot of cleaning to do before she comes. This past weekend seemed to drag, but hopefully this week won't.


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Losing weight on liquid diet
on July 21, 2007 12:15 pm
Holy cow....I've lost 10 lbs in 4 days on this pre-surgery liquid diet! I don't know how much I will lost before the 30th, but I'm actually doing okay now on this thing. I'm actually not craving food. I am, but not like I was the first two days.  It was a killer then. Now I'm drinking my water, apple juice and my protein shakes. I had watered down potato soup earlier, just because I was really getting the "I NEED FOOD!" screams from my stomach, but then I only had a couple bites and I started to feel blah afterwards. Is this what I'm to look forward to after surgery? I don't know....we'll see.
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Appointments
on July 20, 2007 11:39 am
So I have my appointment for bloodwork set up for this upcoming Monday at 11:15 in Hazelton. I have to fast for 4 hours beforehand. I also have my final meeting with Dr Bono on Thursday the 26th to go over everything before my surgery on the 30th. I'm anxious, nervous, excites, scared. I'm truly ready. I'm on day three of my liquid diet and I'm doing well. I found some protein shakes I'm allowed to have, so I'm pretty happy. And tomorrow I am going to start taking my pre-surgery pictures. I dread that! LOL
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Hi.





I'm Nikkie & I'm new to this site. I have been in the process of going thru the pre-surgery requirements for gastric bypass - RNY to be more specific - for the past 7 months. I was set to have my surgery last month (June) but due to some issues with my now-former PCP I have a new surgery date of July 30th. I have begun my pre-surgery liquid diet to shrink my liver for surgery & I am excited, nervous, anxious, scared...and so much more! Haha

Let's see, what to tell about myself. I am 27 years old and a married mom of 3 wonderful children. I've been married to my husband since 2001 (together since 1998) and my children are 7, 3, and 1. I have been living in central Pennsylvania since 1999, moving here from southern Virginia to be with my husband, as he had a job waiting for him here.

I have never been slender/skinny. I've always been curvaceous. But right now I am at the highest weight I have ever been and I cringe when I look at the scale.   I'd have to say I was at my smallest when I was about 17 yrs old, and I weighed around 150 lbs, but at that time everyone else was a lot skinnier, so I thought I was a seacow. Now I'd kill to be that small again. At the present time I am weighing in at 247 lbs. It royally sucks. My mom had gastric bypass in 2001 and she is still doing great. In all, she lost around 150 lbs (I am so proud of her!! )  & her journey and success is one major factor in my decision to have the surgery myself. I have spent a lot of time researching, learning, etc. the pros and cons of having gastric bypass.

As I said, I am set to have surgery in a little less than two weeks here and I am so ready. I'm ready to feel healthier, look healthier, look more like the person I know I am meant to be. I want to be able to do all the fun active things with my children that right now I am sidelined with and darn it, I want to wear the cute little clothes!  I'm starting to take more body pictures now, something I never do, pre-surgery, so that I can compare later on with the post-surgery pictures. So we shall see what happens! I'm not looking to get uber-skinny. I'd be very happy to get back to a size 12 or so (I'm a 22/24 now) but if I get smaller than that, I will be okay with it. 


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A few tidbits about me:

Hobbies: I love, love, LOVE to read. You'll always find me with my nose in a book, magazine, newspaper. I also enjoy writing, be it a letter, blog, poem, short story. I always have music playing somewhere in the background. I cannot tolerate silence so there is always something going on. I am a big fan of movies/theater. I give it my best shot when it comes to amateur photography, and I love cooking. I LOVE going to the beach (Can you tell from my page?), taking walks in the country or just down the block and it's always fun and entertaining to go for a long drive with no real destination in sight. However, even though I have quite a few hobbies, most of my time is spent with my family or working.

Some day I'd like to go back to college (although I'm really not sure for what, probably something dealing with Literature and/or English). My ultimate lifelong goal is to become an author. I've played around with poems, short stories and I did write a young adult novel in middle school, but as of yet, I do not have any autograph signings in my near future. I am fascinated with tattoos/piercings. I have 6 tattoos and at one point I had 8 piercings, but now all I have are 3 piercings in each ear. I think I got out of the phase of having the piercings, but I am still intrigued by them. I will always want more tattoos though, as each tattoo I have has a meaning behind it. I have many phobias/fears, most of which would make a person quirk their eyebrow. But hey, that's just me. Anything else you want to know, just ask. I love to chat, can get rather loud and won't shut up. LOL

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