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lose one person...aka 100+ lbs of my body weight.

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look in the mirror and not be digusted by what I see staring back at me.

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  • Comment by tpgal on 5/8/08 6:44 am
    Gina, I'm hoping you're doing well and looking forward to an update!
  • Comment by RJOLLY1967 on 5/3/08 6:16 am
    May God be with you & give you peace of mind when the time comes & be with your family ,this is one of the best things that is about to happen to you ,a second chance with life so hang on & enjoy the ride of your life ,there will be stalls where you think you have failed & stopped lossing weight but hang on your body is adjusting to the change & you will loose inches not weight it is crazy I know but it is the best thing that I did ,God bless & soon you will be a losser Becky
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Onto recovery....
posted on 5/12/08 11:38 am
I'm home ~ YaY!!! I got home yesterday around 4pm. My surgery went fine. I had to be at the hospital Wednesday at 9 am and they went ahead and took me to preop and got me ready for surgery. My doctor was already preforming a surgery and there were some complications so he didn't actually take me back until around 12:30. The entire time I was waiting I kept thinking about all the "what ifs" and then I got Kendall on my mind and came very close to backing out. I kept thinking how selfish it was of me to have this surgery and if I died Kendall would be left without a mother. So I just laid on the gurney and cried. Tony kept telling me everything would be okay and nothing would happen. Then a really pretty thin nurse came in and of course I told her why I was crying and she told me she had gastric bypass 8 yrs ago and nothing had happened to her and she had kept her weight off. So that was some encouragement. Then once I got back to the OR the nurse for my surgery and the anesthsiologist kept me laughing until I went under. My nurse was from the same area that I'm from and we were talking about the way "we" talk. So he asked me if I was from a hollow or a holler and I replyed I was from a holler and the anesthisologist just about wet hisself laughing so hard. That was actually the last thing I remember. The next thing I remember was them putting me in my room. I was still on the gurney and Tony was standing in front of me with flowers. I looked up at him and said "I didn't die!!" he was like yes dear, they gennerally shot for you to live lol. Wednesday night was really hard. I was in a lot of pain and I told Tony "why would anybody do this to their body?'" But I was just miserable. They pump you full of CO2 during the surgery and even though they try to get it all out there is still a lot left in there. I was having gas pains all in my chest, shoulders, and even neck. I kept asking if it was normal and they told me yes and to walk so I just tried to walk it off. Thursday was a lot better and I felt 100% better. They started my phase I of gastric bypass diet and I handled it really well. Yesterday at lunch time I was released. Beleive it or not I only have one incision that is causing pain. I forget about the other incisions even being there. The one incision that is causing all the pain is the one with a JP drain in it. My doctor sent me home on the JP drain. It is aggrevating, if I don't tack it to something or keep it in my panties then it will hang down below my kness and I'm pretty sure people don't want to see that lol. Tony used a paper clip yesterday and tacked it to my belt loop for the ride home. Once again I must brag on my awesome hubby. I thought he was awesome after gallbladder surgery well he surpassed that. He was truly at my beck and call. Even at 3am when I wanted to walk he got up out of his dead sleep and went with me. He has done things this time that must men wouldn't even think to do. He wouldn't even eat in front of me until I was like honey eat seriously I don't care, I wasn't even hungry. These surgeries have really brought us so close and I am so thankful that God blessed me with a wonderful husband. He went to work today but before he left he set me up with everything I would need while he's gone. I am on the road to recovery now. The pain comes and goes but I'm sure I'll feel so much better once I get this stupid JP drain out.  I'm glad I went throught with the surgery. I have always been "the girl with the pretty face" and now I'm ready to be the pretty, healthy, active, girl!   


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