• Username: hhippo482
  • Location: CA, USA
  • Member Since: 1/29/2008
  • BMI: 39.4
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: VSG (09/14/09)
  • Surgeon: Fawzi Khayat
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be a better wife to my husband.

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Have my WLS and use it to live a full life

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Get out there and try things i havn't yet.

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take dancing lessons

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To have a baby!! PCOS is a downer in that department

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  • Family & Friends - I am very close to my family and couldn't do the things I do without them
  • Dogs - I have one dog...she is a rescue dog now in her twightlight years
  • Music - I am a music lover and Nine Inch Nials is my all time favorite
  • Religion & Spirituality - I am a very spiritual person and pray for everyone to have a little faith
  • Tattoo - I worked in prisons so I didn't like them, now I have one and want more
  • Baseball - I bleed Dodger blue!!!!!
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - I hope and pray those 4 little words don't stop me from having a baby
  • Married - I got married @21 in 01 and we are still going strong

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  • Comment by bebaugh on 9/14/09 4:59 pm
    By now your surgery is probably over. I hope you are doing well and have a speedy recovery. Just take it one step at a time and be patient with yourself. Each day gets a little bit better.
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1 Week To Go
on September 8, 2009 1:42 am
Well here I sit thinking that this time next week  unless I die (I know it sounds morbid) I will be sleeved and recovering. I can't believe that it is finally here. I have so many emotions surge through me when I start to think about that. I have excitement when I think about getting my life back and not being controlled by my bodies limitations. I think about walking hand in hand with my husband without needing somewhere to sit and rest after a few minutes. I think about clothes and shoes and health and dancing. I get filled with hope that when I lose this weight my back pain will be manageable and I can get back to work and be more productive. I fantasize about PCOS and infertility being a long gone bad dream and becoming a mother. I also get scared. I am scared of failure. I feel like if I don't succeed I am not just letting myself down, I am letting down everyone who loves and supports me. It feels like such a heavy burden and I know it is just more weight I need to work on loosing. I feel nervous too. I get nervous when I think about being under general anesthetic. I had surgery once and I was so completely terrified. I had no complications but even the thought of it gets my anxiety going. I think about the fact that I am placing my life in the hands of strangers. I know they are professional and I have faith in their skills but they are strangers none the less.

These are just a few of the things I am feeling. I know that when I go in there on Monday morning it is out of my hands. I have been praying and asking for guidance and this is the path that it has led me to. When I think of that I know that this is the right choice and God willing I will make it through.
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This is the beginning
on September 1, 2008 7:36 pm
So I started my bari-options classes which are a 24 week requirement from my insurance. With this new beginning I have decided to really examine what I am doing to my body. I have started a food journal, and an exercise journal. I am also giving myself a weekly goal of 2 lbs. I also went out and got myself a memory card for my camera just for my journey pictures. I'm not sure if I will share them with people but I do want them for myself. I am excited, and nervous all at the same time.
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My Story

Well I have always been a little heavy but in my early 20’s after I was married and started college I started having severe symptoms of PCOS. Since the onset of the PCOS which was in 2001 my weight has literally skyrocketed to enormous proportions. I have a wonderful family and very supportive husband who have been right by my side for every medical problem that seems to have hit one right after the other. I finally could see that my weight was only going to get worse if I did not do something to stop it. I would love to be more active but as must of you know with a lot of extra weight it is hard to get moving. To make matters worse I was recently diagnosed with 3 very large herniated disks which really impair my ability to even walk or stand let alone exercise. I have decided to take my life back into my hands and quit being a victim of obesity. I will be having a VSG to give me the extra control and support I need to live a full life.