• Username: LinnieJean
  • Location: Watertown, NY, USA
  • Member Since: 6/18/2009
  • BMI: 43.7
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (03/21/12)
  • Surgeon: Michael Hill, M.D.
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Member Interests
  • Travel - Pat & I love to travel, especially to Ireland & Israel.
  • Dogs - I love my English Springers!!!
  • Cars - Anyone have a 58 Chevy Impala for sale?? We are dying for one!
  • Teaching - I own a real estate education school here in Watertown NY
  • Computer Games - I'm addicted to Pogo! especially Canasta
  • Music - I love everything but rap! LOL
  • Jewish - I would love to meet other Reform Jewish women from New York!
  • LPN - I was this once... many moons ago! LOL
  • Boyd Bears - I have about 4000 of these little critters! Visit at bearlovers.com
  • Paranormal Research and Investigations - I know there is something more than this life...

LinnieJean's Journey

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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I have been overweight since I was 5 years old. I didn't know what it was like not to eat candy, ice cream, sweets, and I didn't know what it was like not to sneak food. For all of my life my Mom would say (bless her heart) Honey, you have such a pretty face if you would only lose. My ex husband wanted a svelt long haired size 5 wife (notice the word ex here!) My darling husband of 21 years loves me as I am but wants me to do the best for me. I was bullied as a kid, made fun of, and as I grew older, I let my profession do the talking for me and not worry about my weight. What a sad existence that was.
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Thank you for joining me on my weight loss adventure. I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to be embarking on this. I am blessed... at 62 I have the love of my life in my husband Pat, my two English Springer Spaniels - Will and Jayme - and my friends.

My only regret is that I didn't do this sooner, so that my Mom (rest her soul) could have lived to see me thin. But.. this is MY TIME and this is FOR ME and I am ecstatic!!  


      
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Leaving for surgery
on March 20, 2012 7:15 am
I'm really excited about beginning this journey tomorrow. If you read this and you know me, any prayers are welcome! Hey, you never know! LOL

I've done so much in my life... been a blonde, now red -- been married twice -- now to the best guy in the world!!!! Been a nurse, been a radio person, been an English Springer spaniel mommy (and still am!!), been an activist, been a researcher, been a paralegal, been a REALTOR, been a smoker (not any more), been a world traveler, and never been skinny.

Now this is MY TURN thanks to Dr. Hill and the team in Saranac Lake!!!

Life is such an adventure... embrace every day..
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Starting over
on January 18, 2012 6:33 am
It's time to start over... after my lap-band failure, and no assistance from the surgeon in Auburn; after finding a wonderful group in Saranac Lake; after being denied the surgery by the insurance company; after having Dr. Hixson and Dr. Hill fight for me; after winning the appeal from the insurance company; I am SCHEDULED for my surgery on March 21st!!!

This time there is no fooling around. This time there is no cheating. This time there is no 'just a bite'. After all I've been through, after all of the people behind me, this time I will succeed.

I have an angel in heaven (namely my Mom) kicking me in the butt saying, "Knock it off, kid and just do this". I will! Because..

This time it's for me!
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I thought it was so easy....
on September 15, 2010 9:54 pm
Have lap-band surgery and watch the weight roll off... NOT... it's been one year next week that I had the band, and to date I've only lost 40 pounds. 40 measly pounds. I see my friends losing after RNY, and me - I've only lost 40 measly pounds.

I know, I know.. it's 40 pounds... but I thought it'd be more by now. I'd had problems with the band initially. Too little fluid.. too much... then Doctor Weiss put in just 4 cc's in a 14 cc band. I thought it was enough.

I'm not hungry... I get head hungry but I don't get hungry per se. I eat when it's 'time' to eat, but I don't get hungry.

I don't exercise enough either.. I blame my knees for that.. two metal knees that I've had replaced and they hurt some times. I have a treadmill in the dining room and refuse to put clothes on it! LOL

But .. 40 measly pounds.

So, instead of feeling sorry for myself, I'm making a new resolution on this 1 year anniversary.

Have I changed anything since I had the surgery?  Not so much. I just eat less.
Am I still head hungry? Yes... and I know that's just a habit.
Am I exercising? No... but I will be... I'll start slow.

And, I might even start to like myself. I've never really liked me.. professionally yes, but personally -- not so much.

So, I'm done whining.. My goal is ... (drum roll) to lose 3 pounds in the next month. Let's see if I can...

Thanks for listening...
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I'm hanging in there!
on March 13, 2010 5:10 pm
Hi everyone! It's been awhile again since I've been here.. I'm losing but it is slow.. since I started at 292, I'm now 254... down from 3X to 1X and some 18/20's. Thank GOD I'm tall at 5'7"! I can still hide it!

I'm still writing things down - a good thing - when I remember to. I still am eating protein first 2 bites then 1 bite of veges or fruit or starch. I still can't eat bread.. I tried the other day and I thought I was going to die after about 4 bites of toast, and then UP it all came. I still can't digest beef... and sometimes I can't digest fish that is baked either.

I'm still doing my shakes.. and I've learned to stop snacking at night.  I have found that I am craving (there's that old head hunger again) a little bit of sweet something, so I bought 5 pieces of sugar free Russell Stover dark chocolate and have one a night.

I'm starting to exercise... finally got the treadmill and am doing my best to do 30 minutes a day at the very least.

I am trying to not be discouraged. I know I had the choice of RNY or lapband, and while I see a lot of my friends losing so quickly with the RNY, I'm slow and steady... so I guess I'm a little jealous... but it's all for the good..

Anyhow, I'm here and I will try to be here more.

Me 
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I've started a little support group
on January 9, 2010 3:08 pm

Since the support group in Watertown is not the best it could be (boy, was that tactful) I started a little online support group. It's really for people in Northern NY but if you are interested just drift over to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/nnylosers/ and visit us. It's really nice and while we don't have a lot to say, we have fun.

Me

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