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Finally home Jan 2009
on January 29, 2009 6:34 am
Wow what a strange trip it has been. I just got home from three weeks in ICU with a leak and infection to my sleeve, I have never been more sick in all my life, I had  three surgeries in  three weeks, My first surgery was to get the sleeve on Jan 5th 2009, Everything seemed fine until I started having pain. On my side and stomach. I knew something was wrong. I went in and was told I had a whole in my sleeve and needed surgery again to remove infection and add a feeding tube and try yo repair the hole. We waited another week to check to see if it was healing and try and get the infection to come down but in the mean time the Dr, noticed that the lining between my lung and back muscle was filling with fluid, I had to have it drained and it relieved a lot of pain and was able to breather better. After that second week the leak was still there so we went back in for another surgery to put in a stint that goes in my stomach and esophagus to let it dry out and try and heal, It should come out in two weeks, They also had to add another drain tube,
So  I'm glad to be home and walk with out all the IV's  and hope to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks God for great friends and family. Thanks for every ones support.

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5 New Goals
on December 23, 2008 10:36 pm
1. Loose enough weight to want to purchase new cloths and not keep wearing the same outfits over and over.
2. Get my butt small enough so my undies don't ride up.
3. Loose enough weight so I can wear high heal shoes without my pinkie toe screaming for help.
4. Gain healthy eating habits so my dog doesn't think every time I get up I'm headed to the fridge for a snack for both of us.
5. Feel confident when I walk that I don't feel like I look like I have 2 hams fighting in the back of my pants.
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Set a date
on November 19, 2008 9:33 pm
I set my WLS date for Jan 5th, 2009. I just had to say that out loud. I haven't told very many people. I am scared to death.
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My Story

It feels strange putting my story out there for all to see but here it is. It's that naked moment.

I feel my life is a mirror of most women on this site with some slight changes. I was one of the middle children in a family of 8 kids. Dinner was grab what you can, quick or you go hungry. I still seem to be that way at meals. I have always been a large kid "Healthy" as I was told. There are two very distinct sides to my family. 1/2 are thin like my Mom and the other are "healthy" like my Dad. Mom is still alive but Dad has passed. Hmmmm.
My thinnest was in college. I was at about a size 12-14, Not small by any means but I am 5'7 and was athletic and totally starved myself and lived on beer and bologna like most college kids.
I modeled for a few ads for the college rugby team and magazines. Then after college my weight started to shift. Steady job, steady man that became my husband. We tried to have children for may years then went on all the infertility Rx.s for 8 long years. Hormone shots every day. I was psycho. We finally got pregnant in Sept. of '03 and miscarried that  Christmas. Tough times, depressed, ate to try and feel better, depressed because I was getting fatter, ate more to feel better. The usual story.
We never tried to have children again after that and decided not to adopt. We are good now after many years of professionals helping us get through the anger and sadness. Blah-blah-blah ready to get over the sad times and move on. 

  Life is really wonderful now. We have a full house and ranch with lots of animals. Most are rescue animals.
BUT the weights still with me. I spent the last two years with a professional trainer and worked out 5 times a week until I lost  40 lbs. I stopped working out due to changes for both the trainer and my schedule. The workouts stopped and I gained the 40 plus another 10 in less than a year.  OUCH.  I have reached my limit. I am going to be 50 next year and damn it I want to be fabioulous at 50. Instead of buying a new sports car or go on a fancy vacation I am buying myself a new life and new body. And damn it I am ready. I am thinking of having the VSG and have been getting wonderful advice from everyone on this site. I hope to have the surgery before or around the holidays.
My starting weight is 255.