Username: Storygram
Location: Prince George, BC, Canada
Member Since: 8/19/2007
BMI: 56.3
Surgery date scheduled
Surgery Type: VSG (10/16/07)
Surgeon: Guillermo Alvarez M.D.

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Jonah Michael Jacob - 5 1/2 Uploaded on 6/21/08 2:40 pm	Emily Christine Gabriel (almost 3) Uploaded on 6/21/08 2:40 pm
My family - Christmas 2007 Uploaded on 6/21/08 2:40 pm	Abbey Elizabeth Mikaela almost 3 Uploaded on 6/21/08 2:40 pm
Lucas Christopher Thomas - 1 yr old! Uploaded on 6/21/08 2:40 pm	8 months after VSG Uploaded on 6/20/08 8:39 pm

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Friends

Storygram has 47 Friends

martini-gal	mehowie	Connie K.
linda Z.	cme	talia9
Ros-mari	MonaJin	Ms Shell

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Goals

Either get a promotion and raise OR a new job

Category: Career

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Reach Onederland

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Comfortably sit on floor/grass to play with grandbabies

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walk without pain.... and then run again

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Sit in a white plastic chair and stand up without it attatched!

Category: Other

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Member Interests

Animals - I love butterflies.... they are so beautiful and amazing!
Books & Literature - I love to read to children... used to be a storyteller..... I devour books!
Computers & Internet - Pogo fanatic! Information junkie - love the Internet
Family & Friends - I have an awesome family and pretty terrific friends too!
Humor - Nothing better in the world than a good laugh
Music - love to sing... to grandbabies! love to listen....almost everything!
Christianity - Pastor's wife
Jewely Making - Earrings and Bracelets from semi-precious stones
Grandchildren - Jonah 5.5 yrs , Emily & Abbey almost 3 yrs (twins) and Lucas 1 yr
E-Bay - I am a super shopper!

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Latest Surgery Support Comments

Comment by vederveder on 10/15/07 8:42 pm

You are doing such a kind thing for yourself health-wise! And before you know it, the surgery is done, and you are off and running forward in your new life! Best regards to you! Vicki

Comment by Anake on 10/15/07 7:35 pm

Tomorrow is the big day. The big day to start getting smaller. I want you to know that I will be thinking and praying for you tomorrow. I know that you will love your new sleeve and your new life. Can't wait to hear the good report in a few days. Remeber to take it easy and rest....sip...rest.. ..sip. Loves from Maui! 'Anake

Comment by judyanne on 10/13/07 5:51 pm

Tuesday 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!

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I have lost and regained more pounds than I currently weigh.... and I've lost count of the methods and diets I've tried... this is it! I have considered this decision and prayed about it on and off for years. The VSG is the choice for me... to health....life.... and continued happiness enjoying many more years to come with my husband, my children and their spouses... and most especially the GRANDBABIES. Best job in the world is Grandma!

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My Story

I have ALWAYS been chubby.... plump.... and then fat. Except for about 1 month in high school when I actually reached my weight watchers goal weight.... haven't been anywhere close to that goal since. Up and down with so many diets and methods I've lost count. I'm tired of the struggle.... I want to be able to eat to live, not live to eat. A trite comment, but so true... the thing I look forward to the most is removing the struggle with grehlin..... what an incredibly nasty gremlin!    Watching the show BIG MEDICINE was like opening my eyes to reality.... I don't think I have ever truly been 'not hungry'. I want to walk without pain... I want to run again.... bodybuild again..... comfortably play with my grandchildren....lol and fit all 4 of them in my lap for stories!

In April of 2006 I had just ONCE AGAIN.... lost 50 lbs almost effortlessly with WW and my sister-in-law passed away. We flew home for her funeral.... i hadn't been there for a visit in over 15 years... hadn't seen extended family for 22 years.   All of my cousins and siblings were HUGE.... and I was one of the smallest. My grandfather died in the 1930s at the age of 47 and he weighed over 450 lbs.   Needless to say.... genetics sent me into a upward spiral and by April 2007 I had regained 40 of the 50 lbs.

I will turn 50 years old next year and I'm relatively in good health except for this other "body" I carry around with me everyday. I want to shed that body and never pick it up to carry again. I don't want to look like my older brother and sisters or my cousins.... I want to move comfortably again... not worry that when I stand up the chair is going to come with me and make a horrid sound when it drops off and hits the floor.

I have no problem being motivated and losing weight.... I just can't keep it off... sooner or later grehlin rears its nasty, vicious hormonal horns and I'm ravaged again by an uncontrollable hunger.   So long hunger.... your days are numbered!