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To have this surgery

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rock climb

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go on a 5 mile hike

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go on a crusie

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Go Ziplining!!!

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Member Interests
  • Books & Literature - i have a need to read if it is a really good book i can finish it in a day
  • Humor - my humor gets me into alot of trouble sometimes
  • Meeting People - i would like to try and be more social
  • Bodybuilding & Weightlifting - even though iam over weight i actually like to weight lift
  • Walking - i enjoy walking and seeing tranquil nature scenes
  • Board Games & Puzzles - i'am addicted to games like taboo and boggle
  • Cards - me and my boyfriends family have intense uno game nights
  • Movies - i love to get the s**t scared out of me
  • Music - i listen to all types of music but i have a particular soft spot for alt bands
  • BMI over 50 - i would love to talk with anyone with a bmi over 50

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Finally Back Home
on November 6, 2011 5:50 pm

so i'm finally back from the hospital and i'm actually kind of sad. i will miss the nurses and the excellent staff that helped to make my stay just wonderful and comfortable as possible. also Dr.Steele was just awesome she was everything anybody could want in a doctor and more she even made a trip up to the hospital just to see me on her day off bringing along her adorable 2 year old son just to make sure i was okay. i love her for everything she went out of her way to do for me for her sternness with me when i needed it the most, i can't say enough about her or find the right words to even say what i feel about her.if you or anyone you know gets a chance to have rny surgery at John Hopkins bayview you should really have Dr. Steele do your surgery she is more than capable and is very caring she goes above and beyond for her patients.just can't sing enough of her praises!!now i'm on my own and will need all the support i can get to make this work.

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It is Finally here WHoooooooooo!
on October 27, 2011 8:38 am
 this represents how happy I'm that I've finally got a surgery date and that it is right around the corner ... November 3rd!!!! Besides being happy that all my hard work has finally paid off, I'm also very nervous and scared,anxious. even though the 3rd is only eight days away it just feels like a lifetime and I'm hoping nothing else happens to delay this. my doctor(Kimberly Steele) is very strict and she kind of scares me sometimes,my first initial visit with me she told me that this was an elective surgery and that she could refuse to do it for any reason she deemed worthy. yikes right so i've done everything that she has asked and I'm just so scared that the surgery date will get here and she will tell me that she won't do the surgery. it is probably  an irrational fear but i have it just the same. please keep me in your prayers and wish me the best luck. soon i start my real adventure!
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worry wart or totally normal???
on August 22, 2011 3:50 pm
so i'm more than a lil stressed right now,i've been pulling out my hair waiting for my surgeons office to call me and tell me what day my surgery will be scheduled for..... i feel like if i had that lil piece of info i could relax like 10 degreesi guess i just better hurry up and wait. Oh and i had to get my license renewed this month and i was just thinkin wow this sux's wish i already had my surgery and could put a different weight down (even though i lie anyhow) and take a pic featureing the lighter low-fat version of me what's a girl to do right ..... ugh. so until i get a date i'll be here same time same place driving myself crazy. do u think that this is normal anxious jitters or maybe i'm just a worry wart ??????
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In a good place right now =)
on August 17, 2011 4:27 pm
so i'am in a good place right now! had a vist with my surgeon dr.kimberly steele to see if she was gonna give me a surgery date. well she was just so shocked that i had lost the weight that she said i had to lose in order for me to have the surgery wen i stepped on the scale and those pesky 60pd's was gone she was in shock.she said i did'nt think i was gonna do it (ouch)i luv to prove pepole wrong about me. although i feel that if dr.steele would'nt have been so stern and ,i won't lie a lil scary, i don't think i would have worked so hard to lose the weight so in a week i should know what day my surgery will be. my emotions r hetic right now i mean scared,excitied,anxious and so on. so i defintely will be putting up more posts till then 
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the good the bad and the ugly
on June 23, 2011 5:40 pm
so it's been quite a while since i've checked in here big mistake! i need my OH support other wise i let life in general distract me now i'm cramming to lose these last 5 pounds so my surgeon can give me a surgery date please pray for me or send me postive messages or whatever it is u might do to encourage please feel free to do it for me. july 11th is my next appointment with my surgeon so please wish me luck
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so i was not even sure i wanted to sign up for OH at first, but that is part of my personalty that has got me at the weight i'am now. i try to be very distant and not invest my feelings or time in other people... as to not take a chance on being hurt. that is something i mean to change i want to lose the weight so bad it kills me! there are many things i need to change to be productive in this endeavor. i'am the heaviest i have ever been, although since birth i have always been heavy; how could i forget my mother will never let me "oh my god you almost killed me 14pounds 8 ounces, My God child!!" so it just stacked on from there, of course my cute brother and sister never had the weight issues i had blessed with the good genes. although i have to say that my brother and sister were never mean to me never left me out of the games that they played.... even if it took me longer to do things that came easily to them. my brother in particular was always very protective of me and he is the baby if you were going to be his friend you had to accept his bigger sister and he better never hear you make fun of me. i will always love him for that he was always very popular and would refuse to leave me behind if he was having fun i was going to have fun with him. you could not ask for better support. i do go on though. so to sum it up i was heavy as a child and had to deal with everything that comes with that baggage, teasing and isolation, self hate,depression, and so on and so on. this all stayed with me through teenage years then adulthood. oh i tried to diet boy did i try! exercise, diets you name the diet i tried it. some i lost weight with some not, but it never mattered because some were down the line i would go back to my old ways and gain it back and then some. i did not come to the decision easily to have WLS, i just kept thinking it is to risky and i can do this on my own I'm just lazy or i don't have enough willpower. that is not true though i need help i can't do this on my own and I'm ready to take the next step. this is one of those steps making myself open to the public and whoever might come across this profile; i need and want your support on my journey to a new life. if you have any advice or share some of the same experiences as me please get in contact.