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Name: Trina Van Schoiack
Username: natentrina
Location: Salem, OR, USA
Member Since: 3/28/2008
BMI: 23.4
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Surgery Type: RNY (10/01/08)
Surgeon: Donald E. Yarbrough, MD

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To not have to use an asthma inhaler

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Donald E. Yarbrough, MD
My first impression of Dr. Yarbrough is that he is a gentle, and caring man. He talks to you in laymans terms so it is easy to understand him. His office staff was nice, and they seemed very professional. I have only met him for one appointment so I will update as I visit him more!

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Dogs - I love my dogs, I have a jack russel/doxie named max
Dogs - and another my oldest child Dakota she is a real mutt
Cards - Love to play poker
Scrapbooks - I love to scrapbook mine and Nates Life together
Football - Go OREGON DUCKS!!! College Football
4-Wheelers - I love trail riding
Rubber Stamping - I love rubberstamping I have a ginormus collection to make greeting cards
Comedy - I love comedy movies, anything directed by happy madison
Secret Pals - Loved doing this at work.

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Hello, I am Trina, I am currently waiting to have the biariatric surgery done. It is looking like the middle or end of July 2008 for me. I am looking forward to this because not only am I losing the weight I am also supposed to lose the Acid Reflux that has been torchoring me for the past 3 years. It has been bad enought to bring on asthma and putting me through attack after attack. I have spent alot of time in the hospital and have bad issues with chronic pain and NO ENERGY what so ever, so I am hoping that this is going to be a wonderful lifestyle change! I am soooooo ready for it!

At the present in my life my husband and I have been full time RVers for the past year, we bought a 30 ft pull behind trailer, it is a very nice open floor plan that makes it very liveable for us and our 2 dogs. We have been all over the western states which has been a great adventure. My weight has been a hinderance in what I have been able to do and not do like hike areas that we stay at and what not. So now that we are home I will have the surgery and go through the classes I have to go through, and Nate and I will be on our way on the road again. As of right now we are parked on my parents property and they are being so helpful to us. It is beautiful around here so we are enjoying staying here and spending time with them!

Nate is a Union Electrician and a wonderful husband. I really couldn't ask for a better husband and best friend. I am also very very close with my mom she is going to be right by my side through this whole surgery process. . I also sell Stampin Up! which by my opinon has wonderful rubber stamps!

So if you are looking for some support I am here for you! Just drop me a line, I am on here generally everyday! :]

Hugs, Trina

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Less than a month and I will have been reborn 2...
on September 11, 2010 2:33 pm

I am just going to do a quick post.... but it is now Sept 11 2010.... I just hit my goal capris!!! SIZE 1... Lots of other changes, nate and I are now di vorced.. at the time of the surgery I was addicted to opiates and everything I said or thought was to get what I wanted... Not realizing that I was manipulating and just acting like a big jerk! I didn't get help until July of 2009, and I wasn't done... Still searching for the next thing that I could emotionally embrace... I didn't get to eat the way I used to... But I still felt almost 300 pounds until the last time I went to drug and alcohol treatment in January 16th 2010... As I walked up to the door of the rehab I grabbed the doorknob and said whoever you are... I surrender!
That is what you have to do with any addiction in your life.. I have been drinking since I was 9 years old... trying to conseal feelings of inadequatecy that I had for being FAT and UGLY.. Ever felt that way.... I had to realize that I needed to start feeling... coming with addiction is the feeling of emptyness.... I am dedicated to eating foods I like now... and learning how to taste for the first time in my life... I don't eat anymore than I was eating in the first few months.... I dont get dumping syndrome ( I feel for you if you do... but this is a tool) Your hard work and dedication to rethinking the way we live and how what we had been doing wasn't working and got us there... I would love to be a a coach for people like us.... I have had the tummy tuck and got my belly button pierced and 4 new tattos this year... they all have a significance in my life... But gastric bypass didnt save me... I saved me several times over by learning that addiction is addiction... food, sexy drugs, rock n roll....whatever... it is what you do with the tools that get put in your life is how you are going to become that safe, secure, and confident person that you are trying to get out when you develop your life with your addictions.... Let me know if you want any support! Day or night! It isn't an easy road... I am just sassy I have to get it all out at once... ARE YOU SASSY?

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all kinds of news
on July 16, 2009 10:19 am

Wow... Well at surgery time I weighed 271... with a BMI of almost 52!!!! Today I weigh 164.5 and My BMI is 31.1~~~~ I am excited to say that I offically overweight instead of OBESE!!!!! How are things going for you all???

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30 pounds lighter---
on November 14, 2008 11:43 am

Well I am down 30 pounds... I noticed the roll that was on my back has gone away... I have been sick the past few days so breathing hasn't been easy for me... I am off all pain medications and I feel great! For once I feel like I have my fibromyalgia under control!

I hope the weight keeps coming off like it has been!

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I did it!!!!
on October 5, 2008 9:47 am

well it happened on wednesday October 1st!!!! And I survived. After the first day of initially feeling like getting hit by a mack truck... The next day I was up and walking around. My hubby is working in Washington so I hadn't seen him in 3 weeks so when he got home it totally made my day. I stepped on the scale today... The day of my surgery I weighed 271 today I weigh 257!! So I am pleased with the results!! I will try and keep my results updated.

Well I better go for now! Love me

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jeckle and hyde...
on August 22, 2008 7:00 am

Well I am in the midst of losing a little weight for my surgery. I am needing to lose 7 pounds before my surgery. So I have cut out all sugar, and I am trying to eat low fat everything. Nate and I have started walking at night. It is nice we have about a mile route and it is a good thing to share together. We have been looking for a way to spend time together. We are going to go and get me a bathing suit in the next couple of days so that I can start water aerobics. Nates parents are leaving in 2 days for the east coast. They will be gone until the beginning of November. So when they come home I will have been about 5 to 6 weeks after my surgery so I am hoping that maybe it will be a drastic loss and that they will be proud of me. I am really hoping that I am alot stronger in my legs and everything by the time the surgery comes around so that excersize won't be a hard thing to experience. I have sat around so much over the past 4 years that my leg muscles are so weak.

I have a new nephew in my life he is now a month old, he is so precious and my niece (his mommy) have been spending alot of time together, scrapbooking, at the scrapbooking store that I work at. So I get to be with both my niece and her baby and it makes me so happy.

Well I have just been rambling but that is what is going on with me. I will update you more here soon... hugs... Trina

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