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  • Name: Sarah C.
  • Username: SRC
  • Member Since: 7/5/2008
  • BMI: 42.3
  • Consult w/Surgeon Completed
  • Surgeon: Peter O'Brien, M.D.
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Goals

become a healthy and active Mom and Wife!

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72 People
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Be able to like myself again, be proud of myself, regain self respect.

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11 People
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1 Person
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lose 100 pounds

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211 People
 in progress, 
71 People
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Reach Onederland

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Member Interests
  • Arts - I love theater & arts, I love just being in the moment!
  • Family & Friends - I have a great husband & a beautiful little girl! Plus lots of family & friends
  • Fitness & Exercise - I love to dance & exercise, but so far the weight just holds me back!
  • Humor - I love to laugh.. who doesn't?
  • Travel - Love traveling, If I could vacation all year round you know I would!
  • Music - I love all kinds!
  • Cooking & Baking - Uh-Oh.. maybe thats my problem...
  • Amusement Parks - Love em' just haven't got to experience them lately with being obese & all ;)
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - Diagnosed with it, so far don't really like it...
  • Harley Davidson - Ohhh how I love the freedom on a motorcycle! There is nothing like it!

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Welcome to my WLS journey!!

I have a wonderful husband who supports me all the way!

I have a beautiful little girl, who is my little miracle baby!

I am excited to be enroute to a new life! I am excited to have people to support and for them to support me also!! So far my faith in God has been my biggest help!


!!! BRING IT ON !!! 

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Mixed Feelings
on August 3, 2008 1:58 pm
So I keep getting such mixed feeling from people about the Band.  I really think I am going to do it.  I have some people who are telling me to absolutely not do it, but then I hear about peoples great stories.  I just am so confused! ahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got a call from Jodie J (the insurance lady), She told me that she needs some more medical notes from my pcp before she can send to insurance.  Well thats nice because he is on vacation!  Oh well, he gets back tomorrow and as soon as he sends that to Jodie it will be off to insurance... So I should know within a couple of weeks if I am approved..

Wish me luck!

Thanks again for all of the support from everyone!
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Scared.. Part Two
on July 27, 2008 8:47 pm

Well, I have been researching the Lap Band alllll day!  I am still soooo undecisive about what to do...

I have so many questions about the lap band now, I really need advice and I need to talk to my doctor.  I have heard so many horror stories on OH that I just don't know what to think.  So many people end up having the band taken out.  They say the first year is great but after that it goes downhill... What do I do?!?!  All other WLS are out, the only one I am approved for is the Band.... Here are some of my questions if anyone can give me advice or just opinions (good and bad) about their experiences... please everything is welcome!  I just need to gain as much knowledge as I can so I can make a good decision....

What do your scars look like and how big are they? I hear the one where the port goes is pretty big and ugly.

Do you vomit when trying to eat like chicken or healthy foods like that?

Do you think the band can be used long term (like 10+ yrs) without having to get it replaced?

Do you get x-rays or anything done to check on your band?

Do you have reflux? (if you had it before surgery is it worse?)

Do you ever have pain internally or where the port is?


God please give me comfort and guidance during this time.  I know I could be going through much more worse things.  But I just need support and help guiding me in what I should do with the WLS.

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Scared
on July 27, 2008 11:11 am
Okay, So the past couple of days I have been thinking alot about WLS.  I am so lost and confused! I am just CONSUMED with fear of dying.  I don't know why it is haunting me so much.  I try to pray about it, but it is just eating me alive.  I have this horrible, nagging feeling that I am going to not wake up from WLS if I decided to have it.  I am not scared of dying per-se' but I am scared of dying and not being able to raise my beautiful daughter.  She is only 17 months old, she wouldn't even remember me... I am just so torn and I can't stop crying.  It is just awful!!! I need help and support and somebody to talk to!  I even sat for 3 whole hours and read the memorial page on the OH website here... I just can't knock the feeling I am not going to live.  I am so lost, somebody help me please!!!  The fear is getting so bad that I am thinking I may just not do the surgery.......

Comments? Prayers? Advice? Anything.. please!
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Getting Easier...
on July 24, 2008 7:45 am
Today is day four of the infamous liquid diet.. It is getting MUCH easier! Thank goodness!!!!!!  I have officially stopped craving pop (which was my biggest!) I actually don't feel as hungry and I have sooo much energy!!

Yes I still have those cravings when I just want to give up and eat some pizza, but I don't!! I am so happy, I am down from 234.5 to 227!!!! It is soooo fun to see that scale budge! 

Thanks to my OH friend Jim and his wife, I have a few more great recipes to keep me going! It is so great to have all of this support!

Keep your head up and your cravings down. 
-Sarah
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Fatty Liver - D*mn you McDonalds!
on July 22, 2008 7:21 am

Okay so surprise! I have a fatty liver ... lol okay not surprising! I don't really drink, but yes I loved my fast food!  Now I am paying for it though.

So today is day two of a all liquid diet to get my liver healthy again.  It is soooo hard! I am sooo hungry I could eat my own stinkin' arm! haha... I also cheated a wee bit last night.. I ended up eating a small bowl of rice krispies.. I couldn't take it..  But I just have to tell myself today I will do better!   But get this in only 1 day of dieting I have lost 4 1/2 pounds! Talk about holy cr*p!  Its a great start! It gives me the motivation I need! 

My sister is also going on this journey with me, she is not having surgery though.  She is going to be following the same diet and exercise plan I am!  I am so lucky to have all of these people supporting me :) and thanks to all of my new friends on OH .  The only toughie is my hubby, he is still eating whatever (not fast food though).  So watching him eat grilled hamburgers yesterday was death!!!!! ahhhh... haha oh well. I will live!

Okay and as for getting approved for WLS.. still waiting... Oh how I hate the waiting game! .... Maybe it's because I am Italian and very impatient.. haha!

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My Story

I have struggled most of my life with my weight.  I was always the fat kid in school who got picked on.  By the summer before my freshman year of highschool, I ended up battling Anorexia, Bulimea and Over-Compulsive Exercising.  This made me lose alot of weight, but I got really sick in the end.  I ended up getting help and fortunately got healthy again, but only to gain all my weight back plus more.  I tried many diets throughout the years, they worked for losing 10 pounds or so, but as soon as stopped I gained it back, plus more again!  When I was 14, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which makes it even harder for me to lose weight.   My doctor and I thought that with me having PCOS, my chances of having a child on my own was slim to none.. But after a couple years of trying, my husband and I gave up.  But SURPRISE! We ended up getting pregnant, what a miracle!  I did not have a easy pregnancy though.  I gained too much weight, ended up getting highblood pressure and was having issues with all the weight I was carrying, it was causing my ribs to pop out.  I ended up in the ER numerous times with problems, because baby was pressing against my organs.. Not fun!  Once I had my daughter, I realized losing weight was even harder after having kids!  My daughter also was born with severe bilateral club feet, so I focused all on her and not on myself.  Now that her feet are great and she is learning how to walk, its time to focus on me a little bit!

I am only 5' 2" and am 230 pounds!  I am so ready to be healthy!  I want to be able to run with my daughter and live my life to the fullest! I am sick of being unhealthy and feeing awful about myself!!  I have severe anxiety in public places now, which was never the case before!  I used to be so outgoing and fun!  I have lost myself under the layers of fat.  I can barely do basic daily activities.  It is hard to wipe myself after using the restroom, or to have intercourse, or even carry my baby girl.  I am done being the fat! My journey for WLS begins now..

BRING IT ON BABY!!!

 


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