soldiersxbabygirl
Looking at things in a positive light today
Aug 14, 2008
Today I am grateful for:
1) My daughter, who gives the best hugs in the world
2) My husband, who puts up my cranky pregnant self
3) Water... because you don't run out of it
4) Husband's again, because they do sweet things like decide to take you out for fajitas on a Thursday night just because
5) Birth control methods... So I never end up with 17 (or is it 18 now?) children like the Duggar family on TLC. I admire them, but I don't envy them.
Yes, I know I tend to ramble lol. That happens when people are bedrested and have nothing else to do haha.
1) My daughter, who gives the best hugs in the world
2) My husband, who puts up my cranky pregnant self
3) Water... because you don't run out of it
4) Husband's again, because they do sweet things like decide to take you out for fajitas on a Thursday night just because
5) Birth control methods... So I never end up with 17 (or is it 18 now?) children like the Duggar family on TLC. I admire them, but I don't envy them.
Yes, I know I tend to ramble lol. That happens when people are bedrested and have nothing else to do haha.
Things in life to be positive about...
Aug 06, 2008
Things in life that I am grateful for today:
1. I am grateful for prenatal massages... they do make you feel a lot more relaxed.
2. I am grateful for husbands who cook dinner for you and take care of you while you (unfortunately) have to be on bedrest... and he never complains. I love him so very much.
3. I am grateful that I finally gained 3 lbs of weight for little Tyson Chance.
4. I am grateful for all the kisses and cuddles from my wonderful daughter.
5. I am grateful for not living in the same town as Red Lobster because I would be completely broke lol.
6. I am grateful to have the best friends and family in the entire world who are planning to be there for my baby to be born and to rally around me. I couldn't ask for better!
7. I am grateful for my cats... lazy as they are, they are affectionate and lovable pets.
8. I am grateful for amazon.com for providing the books to entertain me and myspace.com for allowing me to blog my life away during this boring spell in my life lol.
Ok, the end of this one...
1. I am grateful for prenatal massages... they do make you feel a lot more relaxed.
2. I am grateful for husbands who cook dinner for you and take care of you while you (unfortunately) have to be on bedrest... and he never complains. I love him so very much.
3. I am grateful that I finally gained 3 lbs of weight for little Tyson Chance.
4. I am grateful for all the kisses and cuddles from my wonderful daughter.
5. I am grateful for not living in the same town as Red Lobster because I would be completely broke lol.
6. I am grateful to have the best friends and family in the entire world who are planning to be there for my baby to be born and to rally around me. I couldn't ask for better!
7. I am grateful for my cats... lazy as they are, they are affectionate and lovable pets.
8. I am grateful for amazon.com for providing the books to entertain me and myspace.com for allowing me to blog my life away during this boring spell in my life lol.
Ok, the end of this one...
4 years out today~ WOW!
Aug 02, 2008
Hard to fathom 4 years have gone by, but they have. I can still remember sitting at my computer the night before my surgery. I was looking at everyone's before and after pictures and I was telling myself "soon that will be you". It's like I wasn't scared of dying (or I tricked myself into thinking I wasn't). Even as I lay on the operating table the next day and looked at Dr Warnock, I knew I was I was in the best hands and that God would deliver me from this. I also knew I was in for the ride of my life~ but I really had NO idea. I don't really remember a lot about staying at the hospital. I'm told I had a bad (err, let's say violent) reaction to the anesthesia and went off on pretty much everyone in recovery to include Dr Warnock. I apparently did my walking, but was grouchy and non-compliant with my own family. This was all on the the first day and I don't recall anything. I came out of it though and went home. I followed what I was supposed to do... not without my slip-ups, though, believe me. I'm not about to sit here and tell people I was a perfect patient because I would be struck down with lightning on the spot. I ended up with strep throat in November that made it hard to eat... I got to where I was not eating because people convinced me I was still too fat after that happened (by the way, that was the last time I listened to people on that one!) and I went 6 weeks where I think I ate maybe 4 times... I ended up in the hospital with thiamine deficiency, potassium deficiency, b12 and folic acid deficiency, I could keep going... bottom line, I was pretty much suffering from anorexia and I was killing myself. I had periphreal neuropathy and OMG was it painful... painful to the point I wanted my surgery reversed. It took some months of recovery, but I got through it. I learned to eat again, I got over caring what others thought and got rid of a lot of "toxic" people who weren't really my friends, and I gained myself again. Then, surprise, not long after I got better I found out I was pregnant with Krysten. WOW! The miracle of a baby that at least 5 doctors had told me I would never have. Her father and I didn't make it... but she and I did! She was born a full-term baby at 6 lbs and 17 inches long. She is now 32 mos old. I gained 29 lbs with her and lost it all right away... then had surgery to correct my hernia and a tummy tuck. 7 mos later, I had a breast reduction done, which helped my shoulders and neck a LOT. I have had to endure a divorce through my WLS, but I came out shining... I now have a loving husband who treats me and my daughter well and we are expecting a son in just 8 weeks from now (c-section). After that, I won't be having anymore children. I will focus on raising the 2 that I have... my Real Estate career, and also my full time course load for Nutrition. I am excited about being able to work in something I am so very passionate about and being able to help others who are where I have been. I look forward to maintaining my weight (134), possibly getting to 125 (but I won't shed tears if I don't). I will be a success story for the rest of my life if I have anything to say about it~ so here's to the next 4 years! May they be complication-free and may I be able to reach out to others and be a good influence!
About Me
Cibolo, TX
Location
21.2
BMI
Surgery
08/03/2004
Surgery Date
Jun 21, 2004
Member Since
Before & After
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July 2004
275lbs
May 2008
137lbs
