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Surgeon TestimonialTim Wheeler, M.D.,F.A.C.S.Dr. Wheeler and his staff are absolutely wonderful. He is very professional, at the same time very personable. He is so down to earth and easy to talk to. I just love him, his assistant, AND all the girls in the office. They make you feel so at ease. He stresses the importance of the aftercare program and I like the fact that KDMC has such a structured aftercare program. I just am extremely satisfied and confident in my choice of surgeon. Member Interests
- Family & Friends - My family and friends mean everything to me....my kids are my life!
- Sports - Being the only girl in the house I have learned to love sports.
- Music - I can't live without music, I'm not picky about what kind....Love it.
- Scrapbooks - I love to scrap, but since the baby I have been running WAY short on time.
- Beachcombing - There is no place I would rather be....OBX rocks!
- Camping - My boys love to camp and we do it alot in the warmer months.
- Road Trips - We love to just jump in the car and take off with the boys for the weekend..FUN!
- Vacation - My favorite thing in life.
- Medical Transcriptionist - I worked at home until I had my baby nine months ago....I miss it!
- WLS in your 30's - Yea, I'm in my 30s.
Latest Surgery Support Comments
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Hey girlfriend,
tomorrow is your big
day! I can't be
there with you in
person, but I'm
definitely with you
in spirit! I'll be
thinking about you
all day and praying
that all goes well,
like I know it will.
But my prayers are
for you to have any
fear soothed away,
for your surgeon to
have his best game
on tomorrow, and for
your family, your
husband and sweet
boys to have peace
knowing their
beautiful mother
will be fine.
Better than fine!
She's going to come
home renewed, and
with the gift of
good health. A
mother who is going
to run circles
around them, a wife
who's going to be
able to love even
more because her
burdens will be
less! I want you to
know angels are all
around looking out
for you! Warm
comforting arms will
be wrapped around
you holding you
tight while you
sleep and get ready
to come back and
fight the big fight!
You're gonna be a
winner at being the
best loser!
You're my person!
So you'll be fine!
Love ya girlfriend,
Steffanie
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HI KRISTEN I just
want you to know
that I am praying
that everything will
go smooth as you
journey to the
healthy life.LORD
BLESS
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Time for an update....and it ain't pretty!! on April 21, 2008 9:03 am
I think I was getting myself into some trouble this weekend...pretty sure I was dehydrated and just had not been eating right AT ALL. Could this be the reason for the slow down lately? Probably so. It is so, so, so easy to fall back to old habits.....so be very careful my friends! Learn from my stupidity....I have plenty to go around...LOL!
We went camping this weekend and I honestly don't think I even took a SIP of water in two days. I was living on coffee and sugar and let me tell you by the time I got home on Sunday I was SO dizzy and just felt horrible. I knew immediately what was wrong. I had done it to myself! How proud was I?? I felt like a complete idiot and I still can't believe after all I have done, worked so hard, that it was that easy to slip back to the old ways. I definately don't dump sugar.......UGGGGHHHH. I was counting on that!
I poured Crystal Light with ProtiDiet protein supplement down myself until I felt like I was floating. Finally last night at about 11 I was peeing clear and felt much, much better. I was so pale and weak...Kenny wanted to take me to the ER, but I knew what I had done and luckily I knew how to fix it pretty quick. S T U P I D
I've gotten so wrapped up in living lately and loving it, I forgot TEMPORARILY what I need to do to stay this way and to be even better! This was my wake-up call and boy am I ever awake. I remember those sick, yuck feelings. It was like an old ghost creeping back in. I don't want to be that person again. I WON'T BE THAT PERSON AGAIN!
So....word to the wise....be diligent in what you are eating, what you are drinking, and what you are NOT! I still have the foggy head today but I am sure my electrolytes are WHACK. I should be straightened up in a few days with good nutrition and lots of liquids. Geez.....I bet I don't do this again.
Be well my friends and Happy Spring!!
Love you all ~
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Is it spring yet?? Geezzzz......... on March 23, 2008 2:01 pm
Seriously...this weather is KILLING ME! For the first time in years I actually want to get out and run and play with my kids. I am just itching to get out and walk with Drew if it would ever warm up enough! It is supposed to snow here tonight..(just flurries, but ENOUGH ALREADY)! We have had some really pretty days, just still really cold.
I have been in quite a stall lately. I don't know if it is actually a stall, after I entered my totals for the last two months in my "My Story" section below, or just it has slowed down tremendously, as we all know it will. I am ok with that I guess. Ok, I'm really not, I have 50 lbs to go. I guess this is where the real work comes in. Spring couldn't have come at a better time! I think if I would just move more it would start to come off a little quicker again. The weirdest thing is, I only lost 4 pounds I think last month and went down a pant size.
I have noticed all my stuff is redistributing...LOL...and I have the saddest excuse for boobs that I have EVER seen! It is just plain ugly. I do have some skin sagging, but not like I thought I would. Mainly my thighs...yuk. Anybody have any ideas what to do with that??
I just have Spring Fever really, really bad. I am so looking forward to doing all the things I hated doing last year....working in the yard, cutting the grass, planting flowers, playing with the boys, running to 4 and 5 baseball games a week! I can't wait. I don't remember it being this bad before. I guess now I actually have a life to look forward to......who knew??
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WOW.....October??!!??!! Really??? on February 2, 2008 6:34 am
It's hard to believe it was October the last time I was on here. I guess the good news is that once you have your surgery you kinda do get busy livin life and stop obsessing about the weight and the surgery so much. That took some getting used to, but I love it.
I have lost 88 lbs in the past 7 months and I feel absolutely wonderful. I honestly don't know how I ran with these three boys when I was heavier. It is no wonder I was freakin exhausted all the time! Ohhh...make no mistake, I'm still freakin exhausted, but normally exhausted, not huffin and puffin up the steps and fallin asleep at the drop of a hat, being hot constantly exhausted.
I have to say...I love my life now. I am learning how to be better every day. I thought I knew what a profound effect all that extra weight had on my life, but I had no idea......
The best lesson so far has been that a better me means a better wife, a better mom, a better friend, daughter, granddaughter, aunt, sister....you name it. Better me has been better for everyone. When your big dumb brother notices how much happier you are and how you are like your old self, AND tells you how much he has missed you without even knowing it....you've done something right.
I can eat anything I want now and I DO NOT dump with sugar, so I have to be very careful. I am just going to be honest here....I have had bad days. I have eaten bad things and I have felt like crap afterwards. I think the difference now is I don't give up. This is not a diet, it is truly a life change and there is no getting away from it.
I can eat more now so I am learning to practice portion control. That is scary to me. I was counting on puking my guts out at the first sign of overeating, and believe you me, that happened, but it goes away and you have to be accountable and responsible TO and FOR yourself. I'm learning to do that every day.
I have found that I do much, much better when I write down what I eat. I hate doing that, but my best days, mentally and weight loss wise, are the days I do this. On the days I don't I feel very lost, like I am floating out there all alone. Stupid, I know, but I think that grounds me and I can see at a glance what I have done that day and what I need to still do. It helps me tremendously.
When I went back and looked at my pages and pages of what I was eating I realized that I wasn't very balanced, so I turned to my Weight Watchers training from the diet days. I love WW. I think it is the best plan out there and I did better dieting on that than anything. I think it is the best nutritionally sound program and I did great on it until I stopped doing the program. That seems like a lifetime ago. I was different then and my mindset was different. Now I am taking what I learned there and making it work for me with my new "TOOL"!! I use the nutritional guidelines in there and it is hard NOT to be healthy! I get my 5 fruits and veggies that way, my 2 healthy oils, water isn't such a big deal for me and neither is dairy. It was the fruits and veggies. I was a protein/water/dairy machine. Now I feel better about the balance thingy.
Like I said...a learning process and I am learning every day.
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The best day EVER..... on October 27, 2007 6:48 am
I woke up this morning and slipped my wedding ring on my finger. That was my own little personal secret goal. I hadn't been able to wear it for well over a year and it made me sick. But anyway....did I say I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND SLIPPED MY WEDDING RING ON MY FINGER?????? I am just on cloud 9 today.
What else has been goin on....let me see....I'm down 65 now. Went to get me a pair of jeans since my only pair are getting ridiculous. I bought a 20 and I have to take them back because they are just too big. My GOSH that sounds AND FEELS great. So I guess I'm an 18 or at least somewhere close.
I ate salad last night! It tasted so good I just wanted to cry. I had not been able to keep salad down since surgery and (I never thought I would say this) I missed salad. It is way better when you eat it because you want to, not because you think it is the only thing you can have to get the pounds off. SO MUCH BETTER.
I am gonna try for another wonderfully quiet Saturday at home with the kids today. I have my pumpkin candles burning, Hunter is deer hunting with his dad and Ryan and Drew are here with me. We are watching "Open Season" all cuddled up on the couch under our favorite quilt. I know I should be out walking....but I wouldn't trade these times for the world and all that's in it.
I have doctor's appointments next week....3 month visit with my surgeon and my GP. I can't wait to see what my blood work says. I'll post when I get results.
I hope you all are doing well....Love you guys!
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3 months out and LOVIN life! on October 13, 2007 5:12 am
Today is a good day! I am three months out and down 60 lbs!! 
I cannot tell you guys what a change 60 lbs is. I can walk and breathe.....up stairs! I can play with my kids and enjoy it! And lets just say I am lovin my husband in that "we just met" kinda way. I am no longer uncomfortable driving in my car. I can walk around it when it is parked in the garage and NOT rub up against it. I CAN WEAR JEANS!!!! I can tie my shoes without holding my breath.
This surgery has made the biggest difference in my life and I just thank the Lord above for making this happen for me. I am just having a ball with my kids and my husband and I have NEVER been happier. I realize now how much that extra weight was holding me back. It really does change you as a person.
When I think about how far I have come and how far I am going to go......it is just amazing. I can't imagine the changes that will come when this is all over and I am on here bitching about maintaining my ideal weight. OH HAPPY DAY!!
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My Story My story....where do I begin?
I am a 35-year-old married mother of 3 wonderful little boys. My husband is awesome. I don't know what I would do without him. I think my life is pretty great, then there is the weight issue.
I have been overweight most of my adult life. I weigh more now than I ever have and I am just sick of it. I want to be healthy. I want to run and play with my kids. I want to carry my baby upstairs and put him to bed without stopping at the top of the stairs to catch my breath. I want to stop being hot ALL OF THE TIME!
I started the WLS journey 3 years ago and it has taken me until now to just do it. I was ready then, and my best friend talked me out of it and we joined Weight Watchers together. That worked for awhile, I lost 30 pounds and got pregnant.....BIG surprise! Now, we are both going down the WLS road.
I know am addicted to food. I eat when I'm happy and I eat when I am sad. I eat when I am bored. I just eat. I think the dietary restrictions that come with this surgery are exactly what I need. I have to change my whole life and from what I understand, you don't have a choice once you have the surgery. I don't care to do the work, I just want results. It sucks to work your butt off and see no results for weeks. Then, I give up. I give up and I eat to feel better about giving up. Then I get on the scales and there are 5 more pounds, so I start the cycle all over again. I have done that until I am sick of it and now I have 306 pounds to show for it.
I have been lurking around this site for years and finally decided to add my profile. Everyone here seems so helpful and that is awesome. So, that's me in a nutshell. I am just starting this process so I will try to keep it updated and maybe it will help someone the way all of the blogs on here have helped me.
Take care.....
07/12/07 - 322
07/30/07 - 299
08/07/07 - 292
08/12/07 - 287 (1 month out - down 35 lbs!)
08/19/07 - 282
09/12/07 - 272 (2 months out - down 50 lbs!!)
10/12/07 - 262 (3 months - down 60 lbs)
11/12/07 - 257 (4 months - down 65 lbs)
12/12/07 - 248 (5 months - down 74 lbs)
01/12/08 - 241 (6 months - down 81 lbs)
02/12/08 - 237 (7 months - down 85 lbs)
03/12/08 - 232 (8 months - down 90 lbs)
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