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  • Comment by misplacedcajun on 8/15/07 3:46 pm
    Hope your doing ok. Look forward to talking to you again soon. ((HUGS))
  • Comment by kimtindall on 8/13/07 4:34 pm
    Get some sleep tonight...you are gonna need it. Try to be as happy and as positive as you can tomorrow, because it will be your last day as the old you. I will be thinking happy thoughts of you all day!!! And don't forget your chap stick!!!
  • Comment by judyanne on 8/11/07 8:02 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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Mike is on his way
posted on 5/23/09 7:19 am
Mike's Story
Mike weighed 270 lbs in March. After we got back to Wisconsin he started working on getting all his stuff needed to be approved for the lapband surgery. He was approved within 24 hours, we as well as the doctors off were amazed at how fast his authorization came back. So he started alittle bit early on his pre-op weight loss program and by time he went for his surgery this week he was at 248!. I am so proud of him.
So morning of surgery we were at memorial hospital at 7am. Right before the doctor saw him Mike had mentioned that losing what he has before the operation made him question why he is having this procedure done, than the doc came in and told him that Mike was making the right decision, that his blood work came back and that without the surgery within 3 months he would be a diabetic. His blood work was showing he was right on the line. Well that answered his own questons about getting this surgery.
The staff was fantastic, he went in for surgery and within 45 minutes the doctor came out to let me know he was OK. he also had a hiahernia and they fixed it while he was in there. While Mike was chillin I went out to get his prescription filled.
Within 2 hours he was moved to another area for more time for recovery. So expect to be there for about 8-10 hours.
They will not let anyone see you until they move you to the other recoup location which is about a 2  2 1/2 hrs.
Got him home and he rested the rest of the night. Made sure he walked the floor as much as possible.
He has only taken his pain meds 4 times! this morning he didnt need it at all. WOW......
And he has lost a little bit more and now it at 243... 
He is on clear liquids until Sunday and than will go to full liquids.
I will write more of his progress as time goes by.


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