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  • Adoption - We adopted 2 beautiful kids!
  • Dancing - Love to belly dance - it's actually easier with a belly!
  • Scrapbooks - current on both my kid's album
  • Scuba & Snorkeling - can't wait for another carribian vacation for scuba
  • Christianity - I am a Stephen Minister through our Lutheran church
  • Tattoo - I have 5 tatoos with a total of 19 hearts waiting patiently for #6 to make it 20
  • Special Needs - my DS is HOH and ADHD and my DD is at risk Autism
  • Rubber Stamping - If it doesn't move I stamp it, if it does, I stamp faster (see my son!)
  • Country - to get the kid's story music out of my head, I like to listen to Country

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  • Comment by seemego2150 on 12/10/08 8:41 pm
    All the best for your surgery tomorrow. I hope it goes well and you have a speedy recovery.
  • Comment by moniquefrederick on 12/7/08 2:31 pm
    Our day is almost here.This is it.The day we have been waiting for.Want you to know that you will be in my thoughts on our special day. Wishing you a safe and speedy recovery.I can't wait for us to be on the losers bench sharing success stories. Let's get ready for this life changing ride. See you on the other side. Monique
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almost 3 weeks!
on December 29, 2008 7:30 pm
Tomarrow I go for the official weigh in at the Dr office, but unofficially I am down 24 lbs in not quite 3 weeks.  That is the equivlancy of my daughter right now.  I have a lot more energy, and look forward to being able to go to the gym to start workouts.  Meals are going good, protein is a little hard sometimes, as I don't like the powders added to anything.  I think the only real complaint is consipation from all the dairy products.  A little corectal is working on that issue though.
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I'm home
on December 11, 2008 3:08 pm
I'm up and about.  I get tired really easy, but I think thats from the anastesia.  I am drinking lots of fluids and walking every 2 hours around the house.  I had some great hospital staff to care for me overnight, and the pain fluxuates between a 1 and a 4 - mostly at the port site.  The elastice waist band I am wearing gives wonderful support, and makes getting up and down easier.
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ready to be a big loser!
on December 9, 2008 6:48 pm
I have been on liquids since Nov 28th ( with the exception of my 1 cheat of a side salad on day 3) - 12 days, and am totally starving!  I drank my Milk of Magnesia tonight as part of my pre-op, and it is not pretty.  My bag is packed for the hospital, and I am making a list and checking it twice for the people my hubby needs to contact.  I am a little nervous, and a little excited, so I feel more like I'm running down the middle of the road.  I can't wait for soft foods starting Christmas Eve!  I think I have lost about 15 lbs since Thanksgiving, so I am in the zone tht my surgeon wanted.  Well, I better get to bed - 4 am will be here beofre I know it!
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starting today
on November 11, 2008 10:04 pm
Ok, so I seen the surgeon yesterday, and I am a go for Dec 10th.  I am a little nerveous, but excited.  I think my mom is more excited than I am.  She had RNY in 2004, and lost a whole person, and is managing to keep it off.  Since we have stomach pollips in our family, I opted for the band, so if I develop them, they can still be managed easily enough.

Things I think will be difficult for me:
1. drinking throughout the day - I am practicing now, but I only drink with meals, so I need to change that completely around
2. giving up breads for a while - I'm a carb feind!
3. giving up membership to the empty plate club - it took many years of parental disapline to get me into that club!
4. small bites - I have a big mouth, enough said

Things I think will be easy for me:
1. fills - 5 years of infertility changed my outlook on needles
2. bites every 5 or so minutes - I already take time between bites to stop mealtime fights

It has taken me many years to come to this decision because I am happy with the way I look (mostly).  Having 2 small kids is really what has pushed it over the edge.  I want to be healthy enough to enjoy them as kids, and live long enough to have grandkids.
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Ok, the short version is that I am a big girl, and have been most of my life.  I have a really great self body image which is rare in women my size.  So it has taken my kids to really make me see that my size is slowing me down.  I am not afraid of surgeries.  I have had 4 laproscopies for endomitriosis (ENDO) and Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).  I have had cervical cancer removed by LEEP, only to begin to come back again 5 years later.  I ended up having a total hysterectomy (ovaries, tubes, uterus, and cervix removed) after 5 years of unsuccessful infertility treatments.  I have also had my appendix and my gall bladder out.  To think about it, I am really big to be that hollow inside (lol). 
My husband and I adopted 2 beautiful children that are always on the go, and my size is starting to get in the way of their activity.  My hope is that I will loose 100 lbs and be able to do more things with my kids.  And since I got a later  start at the whole parenting thing, I would like to increase my chances of seeing my grandchildren grow up too. 
My mom is my biggest cheerleader in weight loss.  She had the RNY in 2004 and lost a whole person!  She loves it, is keeping it off, and has been talking to me about doing this ever since.  She will be coming out to help take care of my 2 active children while I recover.  She will be mothering me, caring for my family, and policing me as I start out on my new lifestyle.
I decided to do the band because stomach polyps are in our family history.  It is easier to deal with them if they can get to the stomach without more surgery.  It can also be removed if there are any problems (although it may have to be removed if problems occur).  Seeing the GI specialist, he says that I will also need a hernia repair, but that is common in overweight people.  I just started looking into this seriously about 6 months ago, and everything has fallen into place.  I feel God opened the doors for this, and feel blessed that he created the technology and skills for this option in my life.  I look forward to being able to serve in whatever capacity he has planned for me as a thinner and more vibrant person!