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  • Name: margaret odom
  • Username: mamasebay
  • Location: sumner, GA, USA
  • Member Since: 8/21/2005
  • BMI: 25.7
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (01/27/06)
  • Surgeon: Titus Duncan
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Surgeon Testimonial

Titus Duncan
I first met Dr. Duncan at the Seminar and he has a great humor about him. He didn't leave any stone unturned about the surgery. He doesn't try to talk you into the process at all and lets you know ALL of the risks and benefits of it.I had been very determined to have the WLS before I got there but after the deminar I was over the top with enthusiasm.I also had an office visit the same day as the seminar and there staff if very nice. They even came out into the waiting area and asked if anyone needed anything like water. or anything else. I wouldn't change my mind at all on the choice I made of him.
Member Interests
  • Family & Friends - Have 3 beautiful girls, 3 great son in laws and a twin sister(im the good one)
  • Humor - If you don't have it in this life, you'll miss out!
  • Interior Decoration - My alltime favorite. Wallpapering, Painting, Designing!!
  • Grandchildren - Have two, David 6, Anslee 3, HEAVEN SENT TO ME!!!
  • E-Bay - LOVE IT!!! Passes the time away......;o)
  • Married - Married 28 years!! Love him , but never turned him into eatting partner lol
  • Shopping - Man, is there anything else better than eatting EXCEPT shopping!

Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by piperkc on 2/5/06 8:29 am
    "It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~George Eliot “The Greatest healing therapy is friendship and Love.” ~ Hubert Humphrey "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, any one can start from now and make a brand new ending" " The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, but in what direction we are moving." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes "There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow." ~ O. S. Marden "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil." ~ James Allen "I asked God to give me happiness. God said, "No. I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you." ~ Author Unknown "Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life. "Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, 'Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary." ~ Anthony Robbins " ~ Harvey Mackay "Life is a challenge, but if you don't stand and risk you will never know if you were able to win or lose. Challenges are not a thing of winning or losing; they are a way of learning from them to become a better person every day! ~ Alexsander Rodriguez, P.R "Don't ask for it to be easy, ask for it to be worth it." Dan Kuschell "The most important question to ask is not 'What am I getting?' The most important question to ask on the job is 'What am I becoming?'"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." - Richard Bach "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence." ~ Jackson Brown "I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning." ~ J.B. Priestly "Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult." ~ Julia Cameron "The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. That block of granite is often nothing more than a decision." ~ Thomas Carlyle "Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure." ~ Sydney Harris "Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." ~ Katherine Mansfield "Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, when we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. JUST DO IT." ~ Nike advertising campaign "I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure in almost any of life's endeavors. Your attitude - your perspective, your outlook, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people - determines your priorities, your actions, your values. Your attitude determines how you interact with other people and how you interact with yourself." ~ Carolyn Warner "Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives." ~ Author Unknown "It's never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it." ~ Author Unknown "Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A wish changes NOTHING; A decision, changes EVERYTHING "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will,they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeves "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior." Isaiah 43:2-3 Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it. "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much." ~ Jim Rohn May you always have an Angel by your side. Watching out for you in all the things you do. Reminding you to keep believing in brighter days. Have a speedy recovery Angela in Corpus Christi 291lbs BMI 45.60 -234lbs Dr Michael Grace Open RNY Life began May 16, 2002 I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Surely..I will heal you." 2 Kings 20:5
  • Comment by Margaret F. on 1/26/06 8:55 am
    Never look back, and keep on looking forward to tomorrow! Tomorrow there will be less pain, tomorrow there will be more energy, tomorrow is filled with hope, tomorrow is already on it's way, tomorrow is bright and full of wonder, tomorrow is a new day, and keep making plans, keep hoping, and keep looking forward because tomorrow is coming! Yesterday is gone, it is the past, tomorrow is the future, and today it is a gift, that's why you call it the present. -unknown
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Six Month Surgiversary
on July 27, 2006 10:42 am
Today is my offical SIX MONTHS SURGIVERSARY!!! I cant amagine where I would be at today if I hadnt had this surgery. I can say that I wouldnt be far. I had gotten to where I couldnt even walk hardly, clean house, or breathe for that matter. And forget doing the small details that needed doing for just myself. It had become a chore to just get out of bed for the day. I can say that I have never been so healthy in my life. I turned 46 yesterday and not one time did it bother me age wise. It has become a number anyway and I look and feel so much better. It will take a long time for the head games to catch up if they ever do. But as I sit here weighing 272 today... life is good. I dont have a set goal out there and seems like goals were always my downfall. I dont have the need to put pressure on me for that. It would be nice to be below 200 and if that happens so be it and WHOHOO huh? But I take it one day at a time and whatever I end up at is ok to. I have never set out to be a runway model. Just want to live longer and be healthier for my family. So life is good......... Happy anniversary to me..... lol
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120lb lost
on July 17, 2006 10:41 am
Anyway this week I made it to the 120lb lost mark. That was awesome in itself. I got up this morning and weighed 275. I just can remember weighing that and has been a very long long time.And when I did weigh that I wasnt there but like ten minutes to enjoy it. I always gained right on back up and then some. I went thru my closet today and got rid of alot of the to big a closes and I was telling tanja how weird that was. I always got rid of clothes but not because they were to big lol... So this is also a major WOW moment today. I see clothes hanging in my closet and doesnt even register that I should be even wearing that size. So things change day to day and I find lil things different that I hadnt ever noticed and so its fun.... Bones for one. I have a collar bone? Who knew.. And a breast bone?? Who knew then either. I told tanja it was like a lump between my chest lol.... And lets not forget the hands and fingers. Like I said. Lil things that most people take for granite.....
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Mexico Beach vacation
on July 5, 2006 10:39 am
Well, we got back from the beach yesterday and had a great time. Everybody in my family went but the youngest daughter which lives in Texas. The weather couldnt have been any nicer and the water was unreal. We went to Mexico Beach Florida... We always go every year and I had gotten so huge and in bad health till last year I didnt even walk down to the beach area. I watched everybody from the balcony... I think back on it now and its very sad. It was my grand daughters first time going last year and I didnt even get to enjoy it with her. So this year was very different. I made sand castles with her and took her out into the water and played on a boogie board with my grandson. I feel so much better this time around. Its alot of walking and I didnt give out of breath like I always had. We had fresh oysters, shrimp and fish. I didnt gain any weight or lose any. I am the same as when I left the house lol...282. I didnt get alot of protein in the five days we were gone but I tryed. Oh well, usually I would have ate from the time I got in the truck till the time I got back lol.. Alot has changed. I did get my water intake in though. I have to say, it was a great time.....

Here is a picture of me and my identical twin, Martha (I'm on the left)

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