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Michael W. Blaney
Dr. Blaney and his staff are all wonderful. I was really impressed with his bedside manner. He has taken very good care of me through everything. He takes time to listen and I never feel rushed even though he is a very, very busy man. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give him and his staff a well deserved 10!!!
    
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Another stay in the hospital
on November 24, 2009 12:46 pm
I was sick as a dog for about a week.  Thought I had the flu or a virus only my body didn’t ache and I wasn’t really throwing up that much just nauseous and dry heaving (which is sometimes worse)  I started to feel bad on a Thursday and by Saturday it got so bad that I slept all day Sat, Sun, and Mon.  Finally got up around 5pm and went to my local hospital who of course drew some blood, gave me some meds for nausea and told me to follow up with my doctor.  I already had a follow up appnt scheduled for the next day so when I got there doc decided it best since I live 2 hours from him, to keep me in the hospital overnight for some tests and whatnot. Turns out I had a stomach ulcer. “Who whooda thought” I never knew that an ulcer could make someone feel so bad.  He hooked me up with some meds and now I feel wonderful again.  I have lost a total of 125-126 lbs since Feb of this year and I couldn’t be more blessed.  I love my surgeon and all of his staff, they are all so sweet and most helpful.   Happy Holidays to my OH Family!!!
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Wow Moment
on October 19, 2009 10:19 am

I just fit into my daughter's size 14 pants!!!  Of course she looks way better in them than I do b/cuz she doesn't have what I have hanging out of the sides but still....size 14!!! Whoo Hoo that feels good.  116 lbs lost so far.  I have about another 45 to go!!

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Rest In Peace Josh~My Sweet Nephew~
on September 2, 2009 11:15 am

It has been awhile since I have posted.  A lot has been going on.  I know we all say that but I literally mean it.

 

 I lost my only nephew on August 13th, 2009 because of someone’s stupidity.  It was his 21st Birthday.  Life was just getting started for him. He was at his apartment with his roommate and his roommate thought that it would be cool to bring out a 22 rifle and start waving it around at people.  My nephew told him to put it away several times but the kid said “No it’s Cool, It’s on safety” and pulled the trigger.  It hit my nephew in the back of the head. From what we have been told, he survived the ambulance ride but was pronounced dead when they arrived at the hospital.

 

We can’t get any clear answers about anything because the kid who shot him is the nephew of the chief of police here where we live.  Nor has anything happened to the kid.  They are trying to rule it as an accident and sweep everything under the rug like nothing ever happened. The sheriff, of course, is the person who releases information to the press so at first they were trying to make it look as though it was just as much my nephews fault. Our local radio station was putting it out that they were both “playing around” with the gun when it disengaged.  There was another kid there who witnessed everything and wrote a statement about what happened.  My nephew never had his hands on the gun so we called the radio station and raised hell so they changed it to “Timmy Holbrook was holding the gun when it disengaged and fatally struck Joshua O’Conner.” 

 

So help me he will pay for what he did.  Accident or not he is old enough to know better than to play with guns.  It’s an accident when a 5 year old plays with a gun and shoots and kills someone.  It’s ignorance when someone his age does it.  I can’t help but to be pissed.  I live in a small town and as with any small towns the police for the most part are corrupt.  But it doesn’t matter to lawyers who your family is so Justice will be served before this is all over with.  I will try to keep all of you updated.  My OH family has been here for me when no one else has…..

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Blood Work
on April 30, 2009 9:01 am
I went to the doctor this week and all of my blood work came back fine.  Everything is normal.   I have lost 54 lbs in 3 months.  Yeah!  I feel so much better.  I am going to start walking on my lunch break 2-3 times a week.  I just got back from walking and man am I tired.  It is so hot here in GA but the good thing about this GA heat is that it makes it easier for me to get in my water for the day. 

Well until next time.

Love you guys,
Kimberly
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Update
on April 13, 2009 7:46 am
Not much to report.  The hole in my stomach is finally closed.  I have lost 46-47 lbs.  I keep going between 289 and 290.  I am already at a stall and it's very depressing and discouraging.  I want to be small enough to be able to wear a bathing suit by this summer without looking to scary.  I want to take the kids to Six Flags by Sept. or Oct and I don't want to have any fear of whether or not I will fit in the rides.  I need to set some goals for myself.  I need to start a good exercise program.  I need to drink more water.  I do good about getting my protein because I have been lucky with being able to eat pretty much all meats.  Sometimes that worries me because I think that I am supposed to feel bad after eating like most of the people that I read about and because I don't I think that maybe my surgery isn't going to work.  I guess I just still have in my head all of the past attempts at losing weight and how I have failed so many times.  I am trying so hard to get out of thinking like this.  I know the amount of weight I've lost is good considering that it's only taken me 2 1/2 months to lose it but I'm still scared that it will stop and not start back and this is the most that I am going to lose.  Crazy I know, considering all of the success stories that I have come across.  I have to do some serious work on myself....








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Hello All,

I am 30 yrs old and I have 3 beautiful children. One girl who is almost 15 and 2 boys 10 and 7.  I have been overweight all of my life and like everyone else I have tried everything and some things more than once to lose weight.  I have wasted alot of money on diets, some of which worked for a little while and others that was just that, a waste of my money.  The best success I ever had was on the Atkins diet in which I lost a little over 50 lbs and was able to maintain it for about a year and a half until I began having severe feet and leg cramps that would wake me up in the middle of the night b/c they hurt so bad, even though I was taking all kinds of vitamins.  After that I had to go back to my old eating habits, which of course put the pounds back on and some extra.  I had gotten real used to being able to do more things w/ my children without giving out of breath.  And it was a lot easier to find cute clothes in 16/18 rather than 22/24.  I miss having extra energy, I miss walking 2-3 miles a few times a week, but most of all I miss taking bike rides with my kids.  Right now I am so embarrased by how I look that I don't go out in public unless I absolutely have to.  I hope and pray that I am approved for this surgery so that I can start my new life as soon as possible.