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Goals

to cross my legs

10 People
 in progress, 
11 People
 achieved this

Walk a mile

17 People
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26 People
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To walk 2 miles

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To be able to move around better and walk with no problems..

1 Person
 in progress, 
1 Person
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BMI under 50

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5 People
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Surgeon Testimonial

Jon Gould
U.W. Hospital is great. Staff are okay. Surgeons are very nice.
Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by Watson on 12/8/10 2:12 pm
    I am so happy for you Kara. I wish you all the best for you. I will be there/here for you when you come to the other side to the losers bench. It's the best thing that I ever did. That was to have weight losse surgery. From, Jason.
  • Comment by Watson on 9/14/10 8:02 am
    Hello Kara. I knew you would get approved for surgery. I am so happy for you. Everything is looking your way Kara, for the best. :)
  • Comment by Watson on 7/6/10 8:24 am
    Hello princess84. It's a me Silly Billy. I am very happy that your 2/3 way done. I hope you get a surgery date. Good luck and take care.
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Sorry about getting back on here!
on July 26, 2012 7:23 pm
I have been through so much stuff lately.  On March 30Th or March 31st I have to have a new joint put in my big toe and arthritis off the bone,  the joint originally was in there was bad they told Shane.  Surgery was 2 hours and 30 Min's or so..  Then after 4 months or so I fractured the toe and it swelled up so bad I was back into the boot i was in when i had the surgery.  AHHHH can anything go right for me right now.  I'm lacking of working out.  My diet is some what okay.  Trying to get back on track.  Now I'm starting to get migraines or headaches and they are VERY BAD.  They gave me Seizure medication that makes you loose weight and it prevents headaches at the same time.  Bam Just what i need LOL.  The pill Is WORKING, YAY!   I hardly eat anymore like i used too.  Before I would eat every 5 minutes and would eat a lot the throw up.  NOT GOOD.  Now I'm eating better and slow because the pill gives me a less food craving and hardly no appetite which is good. So basically,  I'm doing Little better each day but my foot still bothers me a lot.  I will up date my friends more often as I should.   
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Trouble Losing weight
on March 4, 2012 11:05 pm
 I have been having trouble losing weight since September 2011,  I probley gained like 15 lbs.  Im worried im going to gain all my weight back plus more.  I do not want that to happen... If anyone has advice on how they are losing weight or tips please let me know im scared about my weight going up.  I did also find out that my pouch has not expanded or streched out at all.  It is in the shape i had it done with in 12-08-10.  I think my problem is my eating and lacking of excersze.  At this point i can not exercize because of my right foot,  Having surgery 04-2012. I will be laid up for about a month with a boot on. Feel free to leave any advice of tips on how you lost yoir weight.  

Kara Mortimer
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Having a upper GI Endoscopy
on January 7, 2012 1:56 pm
I have a Endoscopy scheduled for January 10th, Arrival time is 1:20pm.  The reason why im having this done is because Im always having food stuck by my pouch and it Hurts alot.  Im also vomiting up my food and having loose stool along with vomiting.  They put me on a medication where when you swollow i t it coats the ulcer with like a gel form.  They are thinking im getting an ulcer because im throughing up so much and coughing up thick stuff.  They are also thinking that some of it is getting into my lungs thats whey im coughing alot.  They also increased my Nexium to two times a day.  I hope things are okay and nothing bad is happening.  After the endoscopy is done there goin to tell me what they saw and what they did and help me get back on track with eating better and drinking more fluids.  I also walked 3 miles today and 6 miles yesterday.  Im slowing getting back on track wtih working out again from all this Happening to me.  Wishing everyone a Healthy And Happy New years to everyone out there. 
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I hate Hospitals!
on July 12, 2011 2:31 pm
 So over the weekend i was diagnosed with Kidney Infection on saturday, Sunday i get a phone call saying im not resistant to most antibiotic's right now.  The only one's that work is Iv Medications and Iv Fluids.  OR there is a medication where my insurance wouldnt pay.  So i had no choice to go into the hospital.  So i get there by the ambulance and they get me there to uw hopsital... I get there they hook me up to the breathing matchine because my oxigen levels were down a bit.  Pulse and blood pressure was okay.  We stay in the emergancy room for close to 5 hours before i get answers.  I find out im suppost to be admited.  Not GOOD.  I stay there until this afternoon. That's 2 1/2 days of waiting for answers.  I find out its a Kidney Infection and Bladder infection.  Now im on nasuea medications and pain meds... Im also on iv fluids and iv medications at home now with an iv in my arm.  All i gotta say is this is hell for me.  I never though this would happen to me.  I hate this..............
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Kidney Infection :(
on July 8, 2011 6:23 pm
 What's next for me?  I  have a kidney infection now and they put me on an antibiotic and pain medication... Never had one so this is all new to me.  

 I had a great work out tho today, walked 3 miles on my walk at  home dvd.  
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My Story

My name is Kara Wade. I was born and somewhat raised in Idaho.  I am 26 years old.  I have never been overweight as a child until my teenage years.  I started gaining when I was 17 years old and continued to go up.  My weight as a 16 and down were always normal weight.  I graduated at 18 years old and my weight was 150 LBS.  I am now 304.4 LBS.  Every doctor that I have ever met or had told me " Kara you need to Lose weight or you'll die at a very younge age"  and I started to look into WLS about 4 years ago.  The insurance I had wouldn't pay for my surgery so I did a lot of dieting and taking things that I ended up going off of and then gaining plus more.  So I felt like I had no way out.  I kept gaining more and more, It didn't help matters much when I was on alot of weight gaining medications.  I am SOOOO Ready for a new life plus more.  I am now engaged to a great man who loves me inside and out.  I couldnt ask for more.