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Hey y'all!!! To God be the Glory!!! Finally the surgery is complete. I am now 1 week post-op. Glad to say that everything went smoothly, no incidents, no complications...praise God.

So now I am on my 2nd week of my liquid diet and next week I get to move to pureed foods for 2 weeks....yeah!!!!!! Then after that, I will slowly work my way into solid food....

I thank God for the team at my doc's office. I'm appreciative that they watch us so closely even as far as when to begin the next stage of eating...after all of the reading I've done and horror stories I've heard about people eating too soon, stretching their pouches and even sometimes causing the pouches to develop a leak....nah man.....I'm not trying to be laying on the hospital table again, not after what I have just been through. So on that note, I am going to do EVERYTHING I am told to do!

I went for my 1- week post-op appointment on yesterday and I am down 16 pounds since the surgery on 4/13/09. Total weight loss so far since my FIRST surgery is 33 pounds....so to be one week out and have these kinds of results already I am so amped right now!

Even through all of the pains that I have experienced, the headaches, the head hunger , I would do this all over again because as I get stronger everyday, I thank God for the second chance to live a healthier life and be a better example to my kids. They are so excited about this journey. They are part of it because their lives will be impacted by my changes because the last thing I ever want for them is for them to struggle their whole lives with weight the way I did and then have to get wls....nah, I'm gonna teach them what I have learned so they dont have to experience what I had to go through!

Keep me in y'all prayers! I will keep you posted!

I pray that everyone is well and enjoying your journey.

Well I am gearing up to go back into the hospital again on this coming Monday the 13th...Im just ready to get this surgery done so that I can feel like I am out of limbo!

I am very excited...yet very prayerful at the same time...due to the complication I had last time, of course its only natural for me to be thinking about that and praying earnestly that nothing goes wrong this time. My surgeon only has about an hour
and some change left to finish the procedure so my prayer is to get in and get out! Besides after that last hospital stay and the 4 days in ICU I'm sure my insurance will be kicking my butt out of that hospital ASAP....they will end up paying WAAYYY more than they thought!

Anyway I totally trust and believe that my God has everything in control.

Please continue to pray for me...
My angel who is my sister Rae-Rae will definitely keep everyone informed.

Love y'all!
(gettin' my mind right for this pre-op liquid diet......again