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  • Username: MyFairuhLady
  • Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • Member Since: 3/2/2006
  • BMI: 30.2
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (10/30/07)
  • Surgeon: James D. Atkinson
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Goals

To hit 200lbs

1 Person
 in progress, 
1 Person
 achieved this
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  • Comment by judyanne on 10/28/07 10:13 am
    Tuesday is your day! Just remember you are on the journey of a lifetime. Try to enjoy every minute. It may sound weird now, but know that you are cared for and prayed for here, and all too soon this will be but a memory and you will be an inspiration to someone else. I am waiting for you on the losers' bench!
  • Comment by swangirl on 3/5/06 9:37 pm
    Wishing you the best on your surgery, recovery, and weightloss!! Linda/Bactrac/swangi rl Name/CB handle/me post op
  • Comment by Johnson-Miles on 3/5/06 8:52 pm
    Hello Farrah, I just wanted to say congratulations on your weight loss surgery and welcome to the other side. As you start to lose the pounds you are going to feel so much better and your energy level will just grow. In just a few short months you’ll be able to do things you never thought possible. The little things will get so much easier, like tying your shoes. I know, I had RNY Gastric Bypass in August of 2004, and I’ve lost 130 lbs. Now the surgery and the change in lifestyle are not walks in the park. That’s why I go to support group meetings and belong to online WLS discussion groups like http://health.groups .yahoo.com/group/WLB SS/ . And I check out websites like Obesity Help and http://wlbss.com for support and information. WLBSS stands for Weight Loss Bariatric Surgery Support, and you should take advantage of all the support you can get. Get all your questions answered by experienced losers who are now winners. From the Girth, a Rising Phoenix, a Bariatric Butterfly, that soon will be you. Congrats and good luck. We’re all right behind you and with you as you start to change your life. Take Care, Bill Johnson-Miles
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Well..
on May 9, 2009 6:11 am
I haven't written in a long time. I've had so much to say, but I've been keeping it locked up inside. I'm not sure why, because keeping it inside is really unhealthy. People say that right now I'm in a "dark and angry" place and it's true, I won't deny it. My doctor put me on anti-depressants in mid-January when my mom took a fall while I was just beginning to truly recover from my surgery. I was just beginning to deal with her tumor situation and I couldn't handle things anymore. I took a bottle of my pills and held them in my hand. My doctor called and asked how I was and I told her the truth. She prescribed me the meds and I've been on them since. I tried therapy but my therapist was just as messed up as me (dude, she cried in one session talking about getting divorced - not exactly professional!).

I am miserable with my body. Everyone says I'm beautiful, I look wonderful, yadda yadda. But they don't have to look in the mirror every day. Some times I just sit and stare in the mirror. I look at what I hate about my body - pretty much everything. About the "list" the doctor had me make during my consult and if I should've put  my wants in a different order. Would I feel better about myself today? No one has these answers, that's for sure, but that doesn't mean I don't, and won't, sit and think about it. I went for my 6 month consult the other day and we're going to do 4 more procedures. 3 in-office lipos on the thighs and then next year I'll have the thigh and arm lift done in the OR. Then, hopefully, I'll finally be done. It just sucks because I planned on being done before the cruise, before my cousin's wedding, before my birthday ... but I guess I will just deal with things as they come. It also sucks because that means that I have to stay here for about another year. I'm going crazy living here.

On top of all of this, I've got more health issues coming at me. One may be WLS related (not complication-type, but a result of losing all the weight) and one that definitely is not. My personal life is a horrible mess and let's not even get started on my work lfie. I don't get to the gym, I don't work out, I don't jog, I don't do anything. I pretty much just eat my emotions and sleep. Yah, I'm a walking example of a great WLS patient.

On that note, I need to go to work.
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