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Daniel Cottam M.D.
My surgey will be 2/23/2010...so far I have been very impressed with Dr. Cottam he's been nice and very patient with any questions.I am very excited and have felt very supported from the staff at the office...especially the nutritionist and the excercise lady! They were awesome!!! Well back from surgery safe and sound! Dr. Cottam was amazing...attentive and very caring and informative.He checked on me twice and encouraged me to stay in the hospital another night which that next morning I was so grateful for as I had a nasty bout of nausea which would have been awful at home.The staff at Salt Lake Regional were incredible. One of my nurses there Elliot was like an angel I was alwaqys grateful to see him. When you're helpless like that and people that don't know you take such great care of you it's so nice and comforting!I am 100% glad I chose this Dr and hospital!
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  • Animals - I was raised with owning horses and I heart them!!!!
  • Army - My husband is in the US Army...I am very proud of him!
  • Cosmetics - I am a MAC maniac!!! Can't wait to get cuter :)
  • Alternative - I am a huge Green Day fan and love punk and ska music

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  • Comment by SailorsBelle on 2/23/10 7:20 am
    Good luck today, praying for you! You will do great! *HUG*
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JenBen72's Blog
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Gotta step it up since weight loss is slowin down!
on November 12, 2010 8:31 pm
Well life has been pretty crazy lately. I am going to school to be a chef working full time at US Bank and part time at Olive Garden. I consider serving at Olive Garden my free workout! Life has been extremely busy but fun. I enjoy so much having the energy I now have. My weight loss has slowed down I need to kick it up a notch on the working out. Every once in awhile I get stupid and think I can have one little bite of dessert only to have a runny nose and tummache for an hour afterwards.But for the most part I hate eating the wrong foods for my body and a lot of foods I used to love I don't like anymore.I still have a ways to go but I am still 100% grateful for my surgery!
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I even shock me sometimes.....
on September 24, 2010 6:42 pm
Well what a ride this has been. New  people I have to tell you the self esteem coming back into your life makes many dramatic changes to your personality. I forgot how feisty I had always been. I have had a job at an insurance company for 5 years and it was a somewhat easy and very lazy sitting in a chair all day job.There is one woman there named Allyson who was the meanest power tripping freak and had given me a hard time since 2005 when I started at the company. She always loved to make sneaky rude comments to me and when I had wls it got worse. Well yesterday they made her my supervisor!!! The old me would have just smiled and suffered as this woman made my life hell. The day before she was hired she made a comment to me about ripping me a new one if she were ever to become my boss.Well the new me was not putting up with that crap. I quit yesterday and told her exactly why. I let her know she was insecure emotionally unstable and a poor leader so she could find someone new to rip a new one on and walked out. Thank God my hubby was supportive when I tearfully came home lol. This morning I woke up with the what have I done??? syndrome. An old friend of mine happened to contact me on FB today and ask me if I would consider working for him as he is a bank manager and it's 3.00 more then the other place!!! I feel really blessed. I guess my caution is be careful of this new outlook it can be dangerous ;)
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September 2010
on September 7, 2010 9:08 am
So it has been a lot of ups and downs on this journey...so many things I am grateful for.Physically I feel great...sometimes I cannot recognize myself when I pass a mirror! Clothes fitting so good. Sex is way good. But I don't know what it is but lately  especially the last few weeks I have been dropping weight like crazy(yay) but I have been an emotional wreck. I seem to go through moments of euphoria and then very low lows...my poor hubby gets the brunt of my mood swings. I sometimes get severe anxiety and depression. Mind you I am one of the most happy go lucky non depressed people you'll ever meet...this is odd behaviour for me. I hope it passes! It really sucks. Crying jags and being super critical of the people I love equal not good times for me and my family. Just wanted to post this to see is anyone else about 6 months out is going loco? I have promised myself I will be extra vigilant in being nice to my hubby even if I have to go take a drive when I am feeling depressed and awful!
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August it's flown by
on August 23, 2010 6:30 am
Well I can honestly say I am 100% thrilled I made the decision to have my rny! Yesterday in my home we decided we were going to snap my hubby with a towel(my daughter and I) and as my husband ran after me and I swiftly bounded away from him I thought wow...I spend a lot of time whining and crying how long it is taking me to get to Onederland...and here I am a lot lighter, a lot faster, and a whole lot healthier. In six months that is a happy accomplishment! My marriage feels better and more open then ever...my husband is telling me every day I am beautiful. And I get so many more invites to social events...which if I let it could make me butthurt but why should I dwell on the negative. I am more comfortable with myself so it is no wonder people react differently. My husband does occassionally show signs of feeling insecure but I kinda like that he is on his toes. And I'm not gonna lie I am a compliment whore ;) So I do love his attention! Clothes shopping is a joy as size 14 pants now slide ride up my body and button/zip easily! So am I magically skinny...no....but am I a crapload happier and whole as a person hells yeah I am ;)
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Almost July
on June 28, 2010 9:40 am
Well it's almost July...so much has changed. As I read posts I identify with so many of them. My husband has been truly wonderful we have been working on our marriage and it shows. I have every reason to be happy but boy those hormones have me up and down. Sometimes the scale doesn't move and my whole day is thrown into a tizzy...or sometimes I don't eat the best and another day of the down in the dumps.Other days I am so happy it's almost ridiculous. A good work out at the gym can put me hyper all night like a cocaine addict...lol. It's such a learning process. I feel like I am losing so slow at times...but I do feel a ton better. And people treat me so different. It is nice getting compliments and being told daily I am hot by my husband. I just can't wait for all of my extra fluff to be gone. At 4 months out I thought I would have lost more then 61 pounds...My husband and I are going to a lakehouse in Montana in July. I am really excited about that! Rarely do just the two of us go to have fun together :) This is such a change in my life. Blogging here is a nice way to organize my thoughts!
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So I am so new to all of this. My name is Jennifer I grew up in Southern California and didn't start really gaining weight until I was 20 after my first child. I am now at less then 5 ft tall 266 pounds which fluctuates quite a bit. I have a husband in the US Army and that's a bit stressful to say the least.I have a beautiful 15 year old daughter and a handsome 18 year old son. I have went to my first surgical consultation and I am just waiting for clearance from our Tricare insurance. Since I have made the decision to have this surgery things have been pretty smooth. So far so good :) I am so excited to start my new life....my husband comes home from his deployment in May and if I have my surgery in February according to the insurance ladies prediction! So I can't wait to suprise him and hopefully look and feel lots better by then!!!