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  • Comment by ms1poopie on 11/27/07 3:37 pm
    Today is the day lady! Happy I was able to help a little last night. Looking forward to seeing you on the losing side!
  • Comment by luvtamara on 11/27/07 1:02 pm
    Good Luck and stop worries cause you will do Good, see you on the thin side:) Luv Tam
  • Comment by judyanne on 11/24/07 6:55 am
    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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Hello Everyone, and thanks for taking the time to read my profile.

My name is Shona Taylor. I'm a 27 year old female from St. Mary's County Maryland divorced with no children. (And don't plan to have any. Just a personal choice).
I have not always struggled with my weight. After being in a very difficult marriage I managed to eat myself 100 pounds bigger. In 2005 I got a divorce and decided that some things in my life needed to change. I thought about having surgery back in 2006 but instead opted for a breast reduction. After the breast were gone I went a diet "stopped eating red meat" and manged to loose almost 30 pounds. Here I am a year later and I have gained the 30 back plus another 30+ pounds. I knew then that something had to give. I was tired of running to the store to get the latest diet pill on the market, getting gym memberships only to be embarssed to show up, and joining other weight loss programs only to gain the weight back. 
Not to mention not being able to go to amusement parks and ride on the rides that I was use to for fear of embarassement that I won't be able to fit. Thank God for Disney (at least they realize not everyone is a size 5).

In June 2007 I decided that somtehing needed to be done. Here is my journey.......
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Life is GREAT!!!
on July 25, 2008 12:37 pm
Hello Everyone,

Just thought I would check in and drop a line or two. Everything has been going GREAT for me. Still no luck in a full time job, but I'm hanging in there. When the time is right I am sure I will be blessed with what I need, when I need it. Check out the new picturs I have posted of myself. Still getting use to my new pouch, but I'm loving life. I've been to Kings Dominons once, and Six Flags twice already this summer. I'm loving it. Sure feels good to stand in line and not have to worry whether or not I"m going to fit in the rides or not. I am down to a size 10 clothes from a 26. I'm still amazed. Each day does present a new challenge though, but I'm trying to hang in there. I REFUSE to drink sodas, stick only to water and every now and again some unsweet tea, but I hardly even do that. Still struggling with taking all my medications, but I'm coming along just fine. Haven't been to the ER in about 3 months, THANKS BE TO GOD!!! I just started a support group in my area that's once a week. I love it. I get to chat with people who actually UNDERSTAND all the BS that I go through. The negative comments I get from people, the distant friendships, all the stuff that ONLY a person who's had this surgery done would know about. I do appreciate other people trying to give me advice, but they have NO clue what is like until they have been there. You can prepare yourself all day long, talk to others, get advice from the doctors/friends, etc. but until you have walked a day in my shoes, you have no clue. Everywhere I go, now I gotta here "how much more weight you trying to loose", "how much smaller you wanna be", "what you eat today", "how much you weight", "what size are those pants?" Who gives a shi*...............

I am happy, and that's all that matters. Everyone wants to know what my fiance thinks of the NEW ME! What is he suppose to think? He loves me for me, and that's all that matters. I'm still the same person he met almost 2 years ago. Only a real man would change after I lost the weight. If that was the case he wasn't real to begin with. Of course he's happy for me, he loves me. It wasn't about him, and I didn't get this surgery done for him or to please anyone else. I got it done to PLEASE ME, and to make myself happy. People ask me all the time, "did you really have to do all that to loose the weight". I want to say, what the F do you think? I mean, get real. If it was that simple do you think after all that I have been through that I would of put myself through this, if it was just a matter of cutting back, dieting and exercise. Everyone is different. No two people are alike, I don't give a shi* if they are twins. What works for one, does not mean it will work for another. If you are content in your diet program and exercise, then more power to you, push on! I did what I knew would work for me. No one knows me better then I know myself. I have been through alot since I've had this done. Lost friendships, lost my full time job, been sick, in and out of the ER, surgeries after surgeries, popping pills all day to feel better, etc. I have NO REGRETS!!!!
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~92 pounds GONE!!! (6 months out)
on May 15, 2008 7:53 pm
Its been a while since my last post. I just wanted to let everyone know how I have been doing. Well the weight has been coming off, and I am loving every minute of it. I haven't done a bite of exercise yet. Not because I haven't wanted to, but I am still very tired and weak from all the other operations I have had to have done since surgery. I have been through alot. I find alot of people asking me everyday "would you still do it again" I guess after all I have been through. Any my answer to that is "YES". Anyone who gets this procedure done, and thinks that it will be smooth sailing, is only fooling themselves. I want to be the first to let everyone knows, that there are alot of OBSTACLES that can come from having this done. Not to scare anyone, but its something that you MUST consider.

About a month ago, when I was FINALLY released from my doctor to go back to work, I was informed by my employer that my position was no longer avilable for me to come back too. I know it was all BS. And the only reason that they came up with that was because I had only been working with them for about 6 months when I got the operation done, and I was in and out of the hosptial aftewards. I had it done in Nov, got sick in Dec and was out for baout 2 weeks. Then come January, got sick again, was out for 3 weeks, then went back to work, and was out sick again, this time the doctors had me out for 2 months. And of course when it was finally time for me to return in April, I got that BS excuse from my employer.

Its all good though, because I am a firm beliver that everything happens according to Gods will and plan that he has for me. I was not a HUGE fan of the emplyoyer and was looking for a new job before I got sick in January. God knew that I did not want to go back to work, and he has always blessed me with a partner, who for the time being is able to take care of me now taht I am unemployed. I have been working since I was 15 years old, this is the first time I have been out of work. But my body is still in no condition to
commit to working a full time job, and being able to make it to one 5 days a week. So for the time being I am just taking it one day at a time, and will wait about a month before I start looking again. I want to know that when I do get another job, i will be able to get up and go to it each day. Right now everyday still poses as a challenge for me. I am tired all the time, sometimes weak and now I struggle with taking all my vitamins, getting in fluids, and even eating. 

I am at the stage now where my hair is starting to fall out and get VERY brittle. My skin is breaking out, not sure what all that is from, but I guess some people also have had issues with that. I am 6 months out and still adjusting to my new lifestyle. Its still all too surreal for me. I can now go to the store and buy the things I have always wanted to wear. No more PLUS section of the store. I can go to the JRs. Thats the best part. Food no longer rules me, I rule the food. I have control over what I eat, and I am VERY picky about what I let into my new pouch. Once I get a grib on trying to get all the liquids and vitamins in everyday, I think I will be good to go.
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60 pounds gone
on February 29, 2008 2:32 pm
Hello Everyone,

Its been a while since I posted. I have been back in the hospital 2 more times since the last time I went in January. I ended up having some scar tissues and adhesions from when they went inside in January.
This time I was in the hospital for 9 days in severe pain. I came home and was out for a week then ended up back in for 4 nights because of the terrible pain I was having in my stomach. I have been out of work since January 1st and I'm now starting to feel better. Thanks for all your support and prayers. God is good!
Shona
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40 Pounds Gone
on January 14, 2008 5:39 am

I finally said the hell with it and went and purchased a scale over the weekend. It was marked down so hard to resist. To my surprise yesterday it was 235 lbs. I was tickled pink. I am so happy. I am still VERY VERY tired and weak in the mornings. I am hoping that soon it will be over. I still think I am having a bit of a setback since I had to go back into the hospital so I'm also taking that into consideration. Anyway, I finally got out the house over the weekend. My finance and I went to a Wizards game on Saturday night. It was a very nice outing. I was happy to get back home though. I will be SOOOOOOO glad when I get back to NORMAL.

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Healing Process
on January 10, 2008 10:02 am
Well I seem to be doing a little better now then I was last week. Hopefully that was my last trip to the hopsital with issues relationg to the surgery. I'm still sore and very weak. It takes me about 45 mins to get ready for work now as apposed to my normal 10 mins. But oh well. Morning still seem to be the hardest for me. But by the time 10-11am rolls around I'm doing a little better. I will just be happy when I get back to normal. I mean being able to jump out of bed when the alarm goes off, and not wanting the day to be over just to go home and lay in the bed. 

I have not been ANYWHERE since I had the surgery other then to work (when I can) or back to the hospital/doctors office. Its almost depressing but I really have NO energy or motivation to do so what so ever. I am going to make an attemp this Saturday to attend a Wizards basketball game at the Verizon Center. The game should only be 2 hours, and I will be seated so I guess I shoud be able to handle that. Only time will tell.
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