10/27/2006

Wow it has been a while and I have not seemed to be able to update this profile since I had my DS In Brazil. So here goes. Everything was perfect. God had His hand on me the whole time. GLORY TO GOD! HE blessed the whole trip. The plane ride was fine. No problems with anything. Going through customs was a breeze. I used the wheel chair at the airports both going to Brazil and the trip back home.  If you are healthy and able to walk, like I was, Use the wheelchair service anyway. It was a huge help.

Dr. Marchesini was wonderful. He was better than I expected. Let me tell you when you hear people on this and other boards talking about Dr. Marchesini and how great he is you need to pay attention. He was wonderful. I honestly feel that I recieved better care at the hospital Santa Cruz in Brazil than I would have gotten here in the USA. And I have been in hospitals here before and I know first hand. The nurses were great. The hospital was CLEAN. Durval was a hoot. I was treated like a queen the entire time I was there. I met a security guard at the Hospital. He was my angel, as he translated for me that first night after surgery. His name is Emillio and he was great. What a good friend I made. he took me out on a bus tour of Curitiba nd was my personal tour guide, body guard, translator after I got out of the hospital. He even took me to a couple of night clubs to listen to the music and dance. That's right, 2 weeks after surgery I was on a dance floor with a handsome man dancing and having a good time. I wonder how many 360 lb women who have end up dating a native after thier WLS in a forien country?? Too funny. ( it wasn't like real dates).  That first night after surgery by the way is a doosey. Can you say pain? Good grief. But I made it. Everyday afterward I felt better and better. I was almost sad when it was time to leave Brazil. I had made some new friends, both American and Brazilian, and I am not used to being treated so well. It was an experience I will carry close to myheart fro the rest of my life. I will defianatly go back to Brazil for plastics when the time comes.

These past two months have been amazing to me. The scale is moving in a downward action that i have not been accustomed to seeing in the past. My surgery weight was 360 lbs. My wieght to date is 299 lbs. I have lost 61 lbs. All the clothes I could wear before surgery have been bagged up and are awiting me taking them somewhere to donate them. My switch Sister Joy has blessed me with all her pre surgery clothes so now I have thnigs to wear that are not only very pretty but they fit me! She is such a blessing and I am so grateful to have her in my life. My BF, dear man, does seem to act a little Jealous over the Emillio thing, I say Good for him. He needed a little jolt anyway!

I feel better now than I have in a long time. I have the have a future to look forward to.