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Goals

have more energy and work fulltime hours without being completly exhausted

5 People
 in progress, 
1 Person
 achieved this

weigh less than my husband

379 People
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409 People
 achieved this

to have a lap when I sit down not some big old ugly belly

0 People
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1 Person
 achieved this

Not to be obsessed with what the scale says

3 People
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1 Person
 achieved this

to have weightloss surgury and not chicken out

0 People
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 achieved this
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Surgeon Testimonial

Steven Slikkers, M.D.
wow great guy I have great faith in him, he is so very nice. treated me with respect and gave me dignity that I rarely encounter with medical professionals, I was actually very impressed with the whole medical team at munsen medical centre. I am still waiting for tests and a surgury date but he was able to answer all my questions and he put me completly at ease.he was wonderful and came to see me right before surgury right after surgury and later that day , he was so awesome so gentle and so kind and reachable.when my pain meds where making me nauseated he was around to change them right away. he took my drain out himself to save me a five hour drive for just a drain removal. over all he is my new hero I could not have been in better hands I would recommend him and his whole clinic and team to anyone anywhere.Hands down the best surgeon/person I have met in the medical field.
Member Interests
  • Books & Literature - just finished poppies by Deena Thompson, absolutely amazing book..
  • Pets - two cats molly and misou and baby shiht szu ruby aka ruby doo!!!!
  • Poetry - I write a few poems now and again to get things out
  • Parenting - I am mommy to my 2 year old beautiful daughter Olivia
  • Walking - treadmill in the winter the street in the summer but about 3 to 5 miles a day...
  • Christianity - born again redeemed by the blood of the lamb
  • Tattoo - would like to get one after the weightloss and plastic surgury....
  • Married - to my most of the time great hubby..lol
  • Nursing - I am a registered practical nurse
  • WLS in your 30's - getting alot closer to the forties..yikes!

Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by darnold on 1/24/08 8:54 am
    I am so thinking of you and sending you good thoughts! I pray for your surgery to be uneventful and a speedy recovery!!
  • Comment by Lauren B on 1/23/08 3:44 am
    Your day is almost here! I'm so excited for you and can't wait to see you back online to let me know how everything is going. This week starts your wonderful new life! :) Lauren
  • Comment by judyanne on 1/22/08 6:17 pm
    Friday 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! ~JudyAnne~
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being big and fat sucks.......
on January 25, 2007 5:24 pm
okay  now I really want to get out of this body, yesterday scared the crap out of me, my daughter who is now fifteen months old is way faster then mom, I dropped my pills yesterday morning and before I could pick them up she managed to swallow my bp pill, we rushed to the hospital in terror then  they made her drink tons of charcoal crap she was crying exhausted from fighting us but thank god she is safe I have never been so scared in all my life and all I could think  was if I wasn't so damn fat   i could have caught her sooner. talk about scary  and I feel so bad that she went through all that, but thank god she is ok........ I can't wait for this surgury and weight loss.then I likely will not need all this pills to start off with
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now we wait.........
on January 23, 2007 7:00 pm
ugggh   I hate waiting have never been good at  it. I have to wait till feb 26 to have a stress test done which means it is like another 6 weeks to wait. I just want to get things done so I can go for the surgury I am all geared up for it now and looking forward to it......I find myself so disappointed that I have to wait so long I want to be much smaller for the summer in our new pool.......yeah  its vanity there but hey,,,, what can I say   the psychologist said he can see me about 150llbs...... I can't but then I have been fat since I was 9......... could be scary actually..........I wonder how well i will adapt to the changes......
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wow what a trip
on January 10, 2007 9:21 am
well got home from traverse city at 3 this morning what a trip it was snowing and blowing but definitly worth it. had my psych consult with dr. ford  awesome man, who loves canadians.... then I met the team at munsen centre, Mary kay is a real sweetie, she is great and angie as well it was so nice to be treated like a human being instead of a blob with health issues...mark my hubby and I got a big thrill out of the chairs there  we call them the big bum chairs, nice to have a seat my hips do not hang over and comfortable. 
then we met the surgeon dr.steven slikkers..... nice nice nice man, caring understanding and finally someone who gets it........he knows I am in endocrine hell, with my diabetes, thyroid, and pco. and he has given me hope so much hope. I am  still trying to picture  myself thin...... wow  and he is very thourough as well, I have to go for pulmonary function tests to check my lungs as I smoked for so many years,  and an echocardigram as I am diabetic. then once he has the results  they will book my surgury....... I cannot wait to start the regiment. I feel so elated.....me possibly skinny....... I have fat for 29 years and I was never a skinny adult..........
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leaving tomorrow........ the journey begins for...
on January 7, 2007 4:43 pm
well tomorrow at 1pm  my hubby and I will hop in the car and head down to traverse city, it is so hard to explain how I am feeling scared happy excited, a whole ray of emotions.....I am really huping it will not be a long time till the surgury  happens........ well  got to run must update when I get back...............
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getting chicken now.....
on January 4, 2007 2:12 pm
well  it is almost here five more days till my consult with dr.slikkers I have soooooooooooooooooooo many questions ......... but looking forward to getting this done as well...... I still look at all the before and after pictures on this site and it is still hard to imagine me skinny.... but it is atleast some hope....I am hoping  dr. slikkers will give me some reassurance......
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