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  • Name: Renee D.
  • Username: robyn1229_99
  • Location: St. Charles, MO, USA
  • Member Since: 12/28/2007
  • BMI: 23.7
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (01/21/08)
  • Surgeon: Van Wagner, M.D.
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Goals

not have to wear shorts under a skirt to prevent chaffing

6 People
 in progress, 
4 People
 achieved this

not shop in the plus size

6 People
 in progress, 
2 People
 achieved this
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  • Comment by Amanda W. on 1/20/08 9:53 pm
    Today's the day! I'lll be thinking of you and saying lots of prayers. You are going to do GREAT, girl! I'm so happy for you, and can't wait to hear how things are going.
  • Comment by judyanne on 1/18/08 11:27 pm
    Monday 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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I'm newly post op and am doing great!!!!

 

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Sept 4, 2008
on September 4, 2008 6:00 am
Well, today the scale read 154.  That means that I am now in the normal range for BMI!!!!  I am NORMAL....woohoo.  Well, at least with my weight.
I have 10 lbs to go to my doc's goal.  I really don't think that is going to be enough.  I've got quite a bit on my mid section that I still need to lose.
Wouldn't change a thing about the surgery.  It has all gone so wonderfully smooth.  Am having a few problems at home with the husband, but won't bore anyone with that.
More to come...
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August 19, 2008
on August 19, 2008 9:19 am
Going to see the doc today!  Hope all goes well, I think it should.
Also, just sent my e-mail in with my before and after pic!
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August 13, 2008
on August 13, 2008 1:28 pm

The scale read 160 today!  That means a weight loss of 120 lbs in 6.5 months...woohoo!
I am 6 pounds from having a normal BMI and 16 lbs from my doctor's goal weight.  I am so excited.
I go see the doc in one week and hope I can lose 2 or 3 more lbs before I see him.  My scale runs a little lower than his and I'll be clothed when I get weighed there.  I want his scale to read at least 160.  Keep your fingers crossed for me that it will read 160 at my appointment.
 

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July 22, 2008
on July 22, 2008 11:05 am
Just realized that yesterday was my 6 month anniversary!  Wouldn't change a thing in the world.  Absolutely love it.
I think my hair loss is slowing down...woohoo.  Sorry, gotta keep this short, but wanted to acknowledge my 6 month surgiversary!
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July 20, 2008
on July 20, 2008 5:55 pm
Well I went to Wal Mart last week to look at dress pants.  My 14's are just getting too big.   Well I grabbed a pair of 10's to try on.  I put them on and they were a little snug in the waist, but wearable.  Well I glanced at the tag and realized that the hanger was wrong and they were actually size 8!!!!!!!  I was so flipping out.  My 5 year old daughter was in there with me and i looked at her and said these are size 8's!  She said, so...haha, if only she knew!!!!
Things are still going wonderful for me.  I am going through some weird things in my mind.  I still see myself as 280 lbs instead of 167 lbs.  I have read that this is common-maybe it is, but I did not think it would happen to me.  I have always reaped confidence even at my heaviest and now I seem less confident than I ever did before.  Weird, I know. 
Still would do it again in a heart beat!!!
More to come....
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I have been heavy all my life.  My mother is heavy too, but my dad is all of 135 lbs soaking wet.  We know whose genes I got!
It was always hard being overweight - I have a twin brother who is thin.  Right before entering high school my father gave me some words of wisdom - boys don't like fat girls.  He wasn't trying to be mean, just help me, but it really was insensitive.  In high school I was technically overweight, but liked the way I looked.  I wore a juniors 13.  After high school, I met my husband and the weight started coming on.  My wedding dress was a size 18.  I found out I was pregnant about 2 months after gettng married.  I had the mindset that I was pregnant and could eat anything I wanted.  I did and gained 60 lbs.  I also had gestational diabetes and pregnancy induced hypertension.  I was on bedrest at the end of my pregnancy and delivered 5 weeks early - she was healthy though!
In 2006 I went from 258 to 213 lbs in about 5 months.  I loved the way I looked.  Unfortunately I went off of the diet and gained it all back, plus some.  I am currently 278 lbs and miserable.  During the summer of 2007 I learned I had high blood pressure and that I am insulin resistant.  I decided that WLS was the best option for me and here I am today!!!!