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  • Username: Mtnsunrays
  • Location: Louisville, TN, USA
  • Member Since: 8/22/2010
  • BMI: 28.0
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: DS (09/20/10)
  • Surgeon: Stephen G. Boyce
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get healthy and feel better

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To become healthy enough to live out a long life for my children and grandbabies

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  • Comment by Southernsleever on 10/9/10 7:01 am
    Hi neighbor! A good friend of mine just had the DS in knoxville in July and she is doing very well. Yesterday was very tough for me. I woke up w/o pain meds and they didn't do a spinal. Over the night I've been walking and changing positions which has helped. Dr Aceves in Mexico did my surgery. My hubby works in Louisville :)
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one week post op
on September 27, 2010 8:41 am
I am feeling good.  I am having problems getting in my carbs and protein. My fluids so far are good.  I am finding that I like the hot protein drinks better and they seem to soothe my tummy.
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My Story

When I was a teenager, my stepmother constantly told me how fat I was (I was a size 12).  I spent all my time with a bad body image.  Then I started to sneak food.  Bad habits we know are hard to break.  I was a size 20 when I got married.  Then I got immediately got pregnant and gained 57 lbs.  Two years later and no weight loss, I got pregnant again. 
This time I only gained 27 lbs but I still have it too.  Over the years, I pretty much stayed in the 305 lb area.  I would go up and down a bit but pretty much always came back to that weight.   I tried all kinds of diets.  I was very active, playing tennis and softball into my 40's. 
Last year my mother was diagnosed with cancer the day before Thanksgiving.  I was in and out of hospital with her.  I ate all the time and usually not good choices.  She passed away in Jan.  By my Feb. dr. appointment, I was weighing 337.  My mother wanted me to have weight loss surgery but I was scared.  After her passing and finding out that I was going to be a grandmother made me decide that this was the most important thing I needed to do. 

Like all of you, I had to jump thru the insurance company hoops to get approved.  My date was finally set and I had my surgery on Sept, 20, 2010.