• Name: amy R.
  • Username: JesusFreak
  • Location: MS, USA
  • Member Since: 2/14/2007
  • Post Op
  • Surgeon: William T. Avara
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Goals

lose 100 lbs

73 People
 in progress, 
92 People
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lose 75 lbs

12 People
 in progress, 
10 People
 achieved this

Play a sport for fun

10 People
 in progress, 
2 People
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To start my own Bariatric Support Group

9 People
 in progress, 
3 People
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Be confident in a swimsuit in public

77 People
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Surgeon Testimonial

William T. Avara
I felt really comfortable with Dr. A and his staff. Everyone is friendly and eager to help. They made sure I understood all that is happening and is to come with the weight loss journey. So far so good.
Member Interests
  • Business & Career - Database tech
  • Humor - Life is too short not to laugh.
  • Theater - Love participating in musical theater!
  • Singing - Love all Christian music. I love to sing!
  • Christianity - Born again. The Bible says it,I believe it, that settles it!
  • Married - High School Sweetheart

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  • Comment by Eggface on 2/26/07 12:34 pm
    Congratulations on your new healthy lifestyle. Coca Cola Free! You can do it! Sending prayers for a successful surgery & speedy recovery. ~Michelle (MV)
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WL Update
on July 30, 2007 12:19 pm
I am almost five months post op and have lost 77lbs!  I feel great and am working out 4-5 days a week.  I have more energy and have gone down 5 sizes!  This has been a fabulous experience for me and a good choice for my family.
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Nice N Easy
on April 13, 2007 8:34 am
Well, I am six weeks post op and doing well.  Why Nice N Easy?  It reminds me of hair dye and the fact that for years I referred to myself as Miss Clairol blode (now I am a redhead, true(r) to my natural color) and like my hair color, I am forever changing.  My oldest son asked, "mom have I ever seen your natural hair color?", what a  gift from God, right?

To date I have lost 38 lbs!  I am feeling better and have joined the gym.  I find myself weighing constantly waiting for that next pound (I have been here for a week) but overall I am pleased with my weightloss.  We'll discuss the gym in a minute.  Post op has been much easier than I expected.  I am able to eat chicken, tuna and beef.  Still unable to eat much in the course of the day but each day is getting better.  I have found that on days that I eat more, I tend to lose.  I can't explain that.

About the gym.  I know now why I haven't been a member of one in years, they are EXHAUSTING!  I am going faithfully and have a date with a personal trainer on Monday.  Wish me luck!
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Woo Hoo!
on March 13, 2007 12:01 pm
Well, it is 12 days since my RNY and I feel great!  I have been back at work for two days, here's my story:
I arrived at the hospital at 8am, changed into gown and waited in a holding room of sorts with a recliner and some chairs for my husband and parents.  I was the second case of the day and Dr. Avera was delayed due to an outpatient procedure.  Around 10:30 they told me it shouldn't be much longer.  I really wanted a biscuit and gravy (what can I say, I'm from the South!).  Around eleven they came for me and I kissed the family good bye.  I was taken to an area for the iv to be started and to "wait" until they were ready for me.  I was not an easy stick and after three nurses, I finally had an iv.  i was told that i would have a line in my neck for blood to be drawn from and meds to be given through.  needless to say, i was not looking forward to having that without the iv in my arm to put me out.  i was given something to make me drowsy and then wheeled into the operating room while i was still awake.  that was a little stressful.  the staff was dressing me and setting up equipment.  my surgeon spoke to me and was ordering people to do differnt tasks.  a little overwhelming!  the next thing i knew, the anestiologist was placing a mask over my mouth and asking me to take deep breaths and count.   i remember saying "2" before i was OUT.

I woke up several hours later in my room with my husband praying over me.  my throat hurt worse than anything from the tube that was put down my throat.  pulling myself out of bed was difficult because of the incisions.  i walked that evening and a few times the next day.  the staff at singing river hospital was FABULOUS!  they responded quickly and were all about educating me.  It was a very nice experience.  overall, i did not experience even half of the pain/discomfort i had expected to feel.  i was discharged a day early from the hospital and spent all of last week laying around the house.

I have been able to walk one lap around the office (appr. 350 steps) and then i leave the group.  i am trying not ot over do it this first week.   
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3 days to go......
on February 26, 2007 11:54 am
Three days before THE day and I honestly think I am having a nervous breakdown!  I am nervous and excited and withdrawing from caffiene at an alarming rate and I think I would be willing to serve jail time for a coke!  Will this feeling end?  Tomorrow is the pre-admit and fianl pre-op consult.  Did I mention I need medicine?  I spoke with his nurse today via email and she asked if I needed anything.  I told her SEDATIVES but she thinks I am kidding.  I have told my co-workers that if I had nerve problems like this, I woulnd't need the surgery. 
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7 days to go.....
on February 22, 2007 4:35 pm
So, I am now seven days away from surgery!  I am so excited.  The past few weeks have been a whirl wind of appointments.  I went on Monday for my pre-op and to my doctor for surgical clearance today.  Tomorrow is the psych eval and next Tuesday will be my pre-admit and final consult with the doctor before my surgery.  I cannot get my head together.  Things to pack and I still haven't found a protein supplement that doesn't make me gag.  Urg!
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My Story

My story....where to begin?  I am the youngest of six children and was born and raised in the South, smack dab in the middle of the Bible belt.  If the food is not fried, it's not worth eating.  We are all about comfort food and what's better than fried chicken?  Why JesusFreak you might ask?  It's not because of my current location but because of my personal relationship with Jesus.  I can't get enough of this man called Jesus and want to share Him with the world.  I know what I have been and what I am now and I don't plan on going back!  So in addition to my re-birth by salvation, this is my re-birth of self, of who I am determined to be. 

I am married to my high school sweetheart (thirteen years and counting) and have two absolutly wonderful boys(9 and 2).  I have battled with my weight my entire life always having that extra ten or fifteen pounds to loose until I went out on my own ad soon that fifteen turned in to twenty, thirty, fifty and one hundred plus.  So I find myself desperate for a change unable to end this war on my own.  I am excited about my new life choice.  Stick around, it should be quite the journey.