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Surgeon Testimonial Thomas W. Clark M.S., M.D., F.A.C.S Dr. CLark seem's GREAT!!!!! I've heard WONDERFUL things about him. So far, I've only met him at the seminar. Looking forward to the one on one visit. His staff has been great. All the girls at the office are so nice and always have the answers I'm looking for. I've talked to Dawn quite a bit.... due to an abnormal EKG. Things are great now and I have clearance for surgery. They all stress a very structured after care program and Dr. Clark definitely covers the issue of death. I would rate him (so far) as a A+ doctor. Surgical competence and good bedside manner are both very important to me. 5-3-06 Insurance required a physical done by Dr. CLark so I have now met with him one on one. He is awesome. Very nice and informative. He asked me several times if I had any questions for him. He explained everything so "on the level" that I understood everything. I have my pre-op appt tomorrow 5-4-06. My surgery is scheduled for 5-16-06. 6-6-06 I am 3 weeks post op today. Gosh, Dr. Clark.... I can't say enough GREAT things about him. He was wonderful. All the nurses at the hospital were good and I got excellent care. My post op appt with Dr. CLark was great too. I'm losing @ a pound each day. As of today I am down -25 lbs. Dr. Clark has given me the tool I needed to get my life back. Thank You Dr. CLark for believing in me and giving me a new start on life. 6-4-07 Wow, a year has passed and I am doing GREAT!!!! Dr. Clark is impressed with my results and encourages how great I look and my accomplishments.... He is a AWESOME doctor. Thanks Dr. C for caring so much about help obese patients and giving us our lives back.... God is so good!!!! Latest Surgery Support Comments
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1-31-07 I HIT GOAL>>>> WOW!!!! I'VE LOST 100 POUNDS!!!! (Thank you God) My hobbies include water skiing, bowling, playing softball, roller skating, riding four-wheelers, deer hunting and crafts.  MY FAMILY (KEITH, ME, BRANDI & AUSTIN) I am 34 years old. I have two children, a daughter 13 and a son 11. They are hitting those teenage years. My husband says I haven't seen nothing yet. He has three (grown) children, ages 18, 24, and 25. Of course, this is my second marriage and it is wonderful. (as much as I am against divoice.... everyone should get married twice) the second time around is the bomb! I have been overweight for the past 13-14 years. I was always too skinny in high school. I started gaining in college and it continued when I got married. One year later I have birth to my daughter and I really started to gain. Two years later I had my son and I gained even more weight. At the age of 27 I had a complete hysterectomy and gained more weight. My highest weight was 234.8 lbs. I am currently 228 lbs. I am 5'2" in height. I must say I carry my weight well. Most people do not realize I weigh as much as I do. My husband was shocked... I have been considering gastric bypass for 2-3 years now. My best friend had it done going on 2 years ago. I remember when she first talked to me about the surgery I made the comment "I'd do it in a minute if my insurance would cover it" ....I even call my insurance company and they said it did not cover this type of surgery. Well, in January 2006 I decided to call the insurance company again. This time I was told it is covered under my policy. I was so excited. I called Dr. Clarks office to schedule an appointment. I attended the seminar with Dr. CLark. He was very informative and answered everyones questions. I took the computer test and met with Dr. Reese for my pyco-evaluation. All went well. I tripped out at some of the questions....especially "do you often have out burst of laughing for no reason" YES!!!! and "for your age would you say you have an active sex life" DEFINITELY. I was thinking my husband is 14 years older than me.... I'd like to ask him that question, because he says I'm killing him. ha-ha. At this point I am just waiting on insurance approval. It has taken a little time for clearance because my EKG was abnormal. I had to go to a cardiologist (for three weeks), but now I have clearance from the cardiologist so I guess everything is now being submitted to my insurance company. I try not to let people know how much my weight bothers me. I was married (the first time) for 13 years, but was with him 16 years. He was very abusive (MENTALLY). He called me all kinds of names and the last four years of our marriage he wouldn't even have sex with me any way except from behind. He said he could not look at my fat ugly self. It really hurt me. I never thought I would put up with that kind of treatment, but I thought it was the right thing to do. I thought marriage was forever. I didn't want my marriage to fail. I believed in my wedding vows. I thought it would be best for the kids to stay in the marriage so I did. Well, September 2002, my husband was arrested for statutory rape. He is serving a 20 years sentence. We got a divorce and I remarried April of 2005 (almost one year ago). I never knew marriage could be so great! My husband respects me and treats me like gold. He does everything for me (cook, clean, open's the door, picks me flowers, treats my kids like his, we go to church as a family, etc) he is a special man. He was against me having this surgery. He said he loves me just the way I am. He don't want me to change. After going to the seminar with me. He totally supports my decision to have the surgery if I get insurance approval and thats what I want. I think he is just afraid of losing me. It took us both so long to have the kind of marriage we both wanted and now that we found each other... we don't want to lose one another. But, we have prayed about this and we are both at peace with me having the surgery. My kids support my decision too. I told my husband its a win win situation.... I wake up from surgery with my family that I love dearly OR I wake up with God whom I love more. He agreed. I know he is afraid I'll lose weight and leave him (no way) although I can understand him having those concerns. We have both seen so many women lose weight and start having affairs. He don't have to worry about that I am 100% committed to my husband. Believe me if I was gonna have an affair it would have been years ago with my first husband. I've got it toooooo gooooood now, I ain't gonna mess this marriage up for nothing or no one. I guess I'm getting alittle long (I'm not suppose to be writing a book). I'm really excited about surgery. Hope my insurance approval happens for me soon. I'll keep you all updated. Please keep me in your prayers!  "OUR WEDDING" April 2, 2006 
5-11-06 I went to my education class (very informative) I went to the nutrition class and my first support group meeting. My mom and daughter went with me, my husband took my son to his ballgame. I enjoyed the meeting. It was cool to meet so many people who are pre-op & post-op. Amazing results!!! I talked to alot of people, including Jill, Pastor Ray, Christina, Bob and a few others (I'm bad for names) Many people shared their personal stories with me and I look forward to sharing mine soon..... surgery in 5 days!!!! I'm EXCITED!!!!
6-5-06 Gosh, It's over..... Surgery was May 16, 2006. It was so much easier than I expected. I had gainned weigh since my doctors appt. I weighed 238 lbs (my largerst ever). My surgery was at 10:00 on Tuesday. and I was released at 10:00 on Thursday. The day of my surgery I was pretty much out of it all day. (good sleep) I did get up and walk that night. Not bad at all. The next morning Dr. Clark came to see me @6:00 a.m. He could not believe how well I was doing. I took a shower, put on makeup, fixed my hair and went walking. I visited another WLS patient and she walked with me alittle. My husband stayed with me at the hospital the entire time. (He was glad when we got to come home) I was suppose to stay until Friday, but Dr. CLark said if I felt ready to go I could so we pack up...... Next was taking the GP tube out... oh my god..... it hurt. I thought they were gonna pull my gulls out. Getting the tube out was definitely the worst part of the entire surgery and recovery. At my two week visit Dr. CLark took out the J tube. It did not hurt. It just felt alittle weird, but not painful. He released me to start eating things like chicken or tuna salad, pureed foods. SO far, I've tried lots of different things and everything agrees with my new tummy just fine. Thank God. As of today I have lost 24 lbs. 6-5-06 Thanks to everyone that signed my surgery page. Thanks for your prayers and of the wonderful support all of you have given me.  6-19-06 I am a little depressed today. I have hit my first stall (so soon) Boo-who!! I am stuck at 210 lbs. -27 pounds. I have been at this weight for 2 weeks now. I upped my protein, water and excerise hoping it will break the stall...I know its gonna start back, but after waiting so long to have surgery I didn't want a stall so soon. Dr. CLark thinks I'm doing great. They said I don't have as much to lose so not to expect hugh results so fast. (Hard, but I'm trying) Keeping up the positive attitude!!! 6-20-06 The scales moved this morning!!!!! Down 1 pound. Total lost -28 pounds. Hopefully the stall is over for awhile. Thanks for all the encouragement WLS family. 6-22-06 Down another pound (-29 lbs) YEAAAAA..... Starting to have trouble with feeling nausea all the time, major headacnes, and I do know sugar gives me the lose stools, and fatty foods make me throw up. I've got to get in more liquids..... I think I'm getting dehydrated. My urine is bright floresent yellow. I'm upping my water today. Need to up my protein too. 6-25-06 Today is my 35th birthday. I was hoping to have lost 35lbs, but I didn't quite make it. My new goal for my next birthday is to weigh 135 lbs. We'll just have to wait and see what the year brings. 6-26-06 I had a great weekend. I went shopping Saturday with my mom and daughter. I got some size 16 clothes! My birthday was Sunday the 25th.... my mom made me a strawberry short cake (sugar free) with s.f. cool whip. It was delicious!!!!! I ate an entire plate for lunch and nothing made me sick. YEAAAAA..... Some days everything makes me sick and somedays nothing seems to bother me. I lost another pound. This morning I was 207. Down -30 lbs since surgery!!! 7-7-06 On the 4th my family went water skiing. I wanted to ski so bad, but I was afraid it was alittle too soon. Didn't want to rip my insides apart. Both of my kids learned to ski. They did great. My weight loss is still pretty slow. I am down 33 lbs. I go back to the doctor on July 20th. I have lots of questions. I don't understand how some days I can eat an entire plate of food and others I can't hardly eat anything. I am enjoying the fresh veggies out of the garden. I need to step up my excerise... I find it really hard to fit everything into a days work. My goal now is to walk & swim more. 7-10-06 weighed today.... 203 lbs. (8 weeks out tomorrow) -35 lbs  DAY BEFORE MY SURGERY MAY 15, 2006.... 237.8 lbs  8 WEEKS POST OP..... 203 lbs. 7-11-06 I am 8 weeks out today. Tell you tell a difference in my pictures? I couldn't really tell I'd lost any weight until I compared my pictures today. YEAH, I can see a difference now! Sorry my pic's are so big. Hopefully I will figure this thing out before long. OPPS, now they are too small. Sorry! 7-13-06 I weighed exactly 200 lbs today. (One pound away from Onederland). Although, I have been alittle depressed b/c I thought I was losing too slow..... I am now seeing results and HAPPY! Thanks to everyone that helps keep me encouraged!!!! I'm enjoyed the ride to a smaller healthier life. 7-18-06 I weighed 199 lbs this morning. YEAAAAA..... Since my last post I actually gainned 2 pounds, but thank God it is gone now plus 1. I have a follow up appt with Dr. Clark Thursday. 7-20-06 Had my two month check up with Dr. Clark today. He gave me NO LIMITATIONS..... yeaaaaa, I can water ski now. I can't wait. He was happy with my results so far. He said I have lost 35% of the weight I need to lose and that for my weight I am actually losing faster than I should. I thought I was losing SLOW, but he said most people lose 30-35% in about 3-4 months post op and I have already loss 35% so I am doing great. I asked him about the amount of food I'm eating. Sometimes I can eat a entire plate and others a few bites and I'm done. He said that is perfectly normal. Many factors as to why: the consistany of the food I'm eating, the time of day, what I ate late..... many reasons! I'm glad, he made me feel better because I thought I was over doing it (at times). He definitely made my day.... I'm doing great and I can ski.......HAPPY!! Although, I was disappointed that according to his scales I gained 3 pounds. I weighted 203 lbs. BUT he did say that the most accurate weight is first thing in the morning after using the bathroom, plus I had ate breakfast and drank lots of water before my appointment so I'm sure that affected the scales. I'm going by my scales..... Still holding at 199 lbs.
Its been 5 months since my WLS and I am doing great. I have loss 68 pounds and gone from a size 22 down to a 10/12. Everyday get better and better!!!! The day of surgery I weighed 238 lbs and today I weigh 170 lbs. My goal is 135 lbs. (Only 35 more pounds to go) I'm sure they will be the hardest to lose, but I'm determined!!!! I am so glad I decided to have WLS. I am getting my life back. I finally did something for me. LOVIN' LIFE AGAIN.... 10-18-06 We (the family) went hunting lastnight. My husband took my son and I took my daughter. My son killed a 8 point buck and I killed a 5 point buck..... my daughter couldn't see it in the scope so I got to shoot this one. She has killed four bucks, but this time was momma's turn to shoot. 10-19-06 WOW!!!! Check out my results!!!
10-23-06 I was SICK all weekend... Sinus infection, inner ear and red throat. I did lose 3 pounds. YEAAAAA!!!!! I weighted 166 lbs this morning! OMG.... I just realized I am overweight. My BMI is 29.4.......... Hopefully I will be NORMAL soon! Ha-Ha, whats normal???? 10-24-06 My son killed another buck. This time a pretty seven pointer. He is on a roll. We are gonna have to buy another freezer. We grind the deer up with beef fat and make hamburger and sausage (with sausage seasoning). I use it in spagetti, meat loaf, soup..... 11-6-06 Wow, what a week. We got my husband's house back last Friday and started moving right away. It was a mess.... I cleaned and scrubbed and painted and put up boarder...... it's looking like "OUR HOUSE" now. We love it. My kids love having the entire upstairs to themselves. We still have ALOT of yard work to do, but the house is looking great!!! I did roosters in the kitchen and I put Noahs Ark in the den, Angels in our bedroom, camo/deer in my son's room and lime green & pink in my daughters room, outhouses in our bathroom and frogs in the kids bathroom. The house is VERY RUSTIC. Two story log cabin type home. My husband has a game room filled with deerheads, bobcats and moose-sheds etc. He has over 5,000 arrowheads on display in a glass cabinet. It is beautiful. Looks like a museum. With all the running around this week I did really bad eating. I didn't eat very much at all....I didn't take any vitamins.... and I had my first blood work done. I get the results Thursday (I know they are gonna be bad b/c I was so worried about the house.... I forgot about me) I did lose 4-6 lbs. I weighted 162 lbs this morning.
My children Brandi and Austin 11-02-06 (on Brandi's 14th birthday)
11-07-06 Good News.... I just got a call from my family doctor and she said all my blood work was great. My iron was alittle high, but she said that was probably from taking vitamins. I have an appointment with my surgeon Dr. Clark on Thursday. Hopefully he will be happy with my weight loss results and bloodwork. We are getting more and more settled into our new home. Its so nice to have room to move and store things. The only thing I don't like is now I have an hour to drive to work. 11-08-06 OMG, I got on the scales this morning and guess what I weighed 160 lbs. WOW only 25 more pounds to go and I'm at GOAL.... Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!! I have my follow up with Dr. Clark tomorrow.
11-09-06 This is a picture of me and Dr. CLark (my WLS surgeon) at my 6 month check up. Visit went great. Blood work was perfect and I go back in three months. 11-13-06 I had a good weekend. Shopped Saturday and worked on the house. It is looking so good. I weighed in this morning at 159 pounds. I haven't seen the 150 anything in years.... I am soooo excited. I am so glad I decided to have WLS. I am becoming my old self more and more everyday. I wish each of you reading my profile much success and good luck on your weight loss journey. Thanks for taking time to read all about me. I am sitting here at working while my hubby and kids are hunting. I wanna go!!! Check out my photo's.... my husband and daughter both killed a 8 pointer Friday and my husband also killed a 9 pointer this morning. Its getting cold so today will probably be a really good day to hunt. Bear season is in so maybe one of them will kill a bear. We have bear all around where we live. We see 1-2 almost every night we go spot lighting.... (about a mile from my house). They are so pretty! I'll update you on their hunt later. 11-16-06 Today is 6 month since surgery. I feel GREAT!!!! I have loss a total of 80 pounds and now weigh 158 lbs. I am wearing size 9/10. Check out my photos.
Nov 27, 2006 I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My entire family was home and together except one of my sisters. We had a great time of fellowship and and EATING. Of course Friday (the biggest shopping day of the year) we went Christmas shopping. Had a BLAST!!! I actually fit in a pair of size 8 jeans. I was so excited!!! I lost a couple more pounds My husband and dad don't think I need to lose anymore weight. But I really want to get to atleast 140 lbs. (135 would be better) .... I am so happy with my results and so thankful for WLS and I've been so BLESSED that I've had no complications!!!! I've been decorating all weekend for Christmas at our new house! It is so pretty. We went back to our old church yesterday. We love it there!!! God has been so good to my family. Good luck to everyone on your weight loss journeys, I wish you MUCH SUCCESS!!!! 12-7-06 I lost another 2 pounds. Currently weighing 152 lbs as of this morning. Thats -86 lbs since WLS. YEAAA!!!! This past weekend my daughter and I went to New York Christmas shopping. We had a great time. Everything was decorated so pretty. But it was crowded!!! We found a few good deals. It was a great mother daughter weekend! I bought some juniors size 9 jeans and they fit. I was so excited. I am almost my daughters size now and she is getting jealous! I might can wear a 7/8 if I squeeze, but the 9's are prefect. I'm wearing little girls 12/14 and womens 9/10. I also dropped big time in my bra size. I've gone from a 42DD down to a 36/38C. I lost all my boobs. (Small sacrifice for Happy ME) 12-11-06
I'm still keeping my goal set for 135 lbs, but I am leaning towards 140 lbs. Everyone keeps telling me I look great now and don't need to lose anymore weight. So hopefully I can reach my goal of 140 lbs soon and I will start trying to maintain. Only 11 more pounds to go!!! YEAAA!!!! I had my Christmas party Friday night for work. Me and my husband had a great weekend.... NO KIDS!!! We went to the party and Saturday we went Christmas shopping. He hates shopping, but he was so patient and we had a good time. He missed two days of hunting. He is going into DT's. I rest of the shopping, I am on my own.... Hope everyone has a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! 12-8-06 My and my husband at my work Christmas Party.
12-13-16 My son was sick today so I stayed home with him. He started feeling better so I decided to go hunting.....
my hunt paid off, but it is a funny story to tell. First of all I forgot to take my binoculars so I was having trouble seeing. It was getting dark and I saw this buck come out. I was about 200 yards from him, but I just knew it was a good size buck because I could see horns from that distance so I decided to shoot him. I hit him and he ran a little ways and just stopped. He was spinning his tail like a airplane. He turned away from me so I shot it again. He fell. About 10 minutes later I noticed he was trying to stand up so I decided to shoot him again. I went to see if I finally killed him and he was gone. I called my husband & daughter hunting down the road and they came to help me look for the deer. As I was walking through the woods I heard him making alot of noise (like falling and trying to get up) Well I walked right up on the deer and he just didn't want to die. It started towards me so my husband shot it and the deer turned towards him and was gonna charge him and about 5 foot from my husband it finally fell. I've never seen a deer more determinated to live. I was so disappointed because I thought I had killed a bull and it was a stupid four pointer. We took him home. Cleaned it and guess what..... I hit him every shot. That deer took three 240 bullets and a 270 bullet and was still standing. "ONE TOUGH DEER" ....I never had a hunt quite like this. I usually drop them in their tracks, but this deer was much different. 12-14-06 Guess what I just realized that I will be 7 months post op in two days. I was thinking I would be 8 months, but it will actually be only 7 months. I have loss -88 pounds so far. Hoping to hit the 90 pound mark on the 16th... (7 mth post op date). I am wearing size 8, 9/10. I'm enjoying sharing clothes with my daughter. I'll update again on the 16th. 12-18-06 Its been 7 months since WLS and I weigh 149 lbs as of this morning. Thats down -89 lbs.
"WELCOME" FROM WANDA & KEITH ....WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 12-21-06 OMG... Talk about HAPPY!!! EXCITED!!!!..... I fit into a pair of 5/6 Express jeans. I am wearing them in the picture below. They are my daughters!!!! This just made my day, night, year..... I was running all over the house lastnight saying look honey I got my butt in a size 5/6. OMG I haven't worn a 5 since middle school. Merry Christmas to HAPPY ME!!!!
1-2-07 WOW what a wonderful past year. It was a year filled with alot of wonderful changes. Life changes!!! I had WLS.... I've lost 93 lbs and feel great. I hope anyone on this weight loss journey will have the success I've had and of course I've had NO complications from surgery. God has bless me. We (me and my husband) got a house this past year.........(another blessing) God is so good! I hope everyone will have a great 2007 filled with many blessings and may all your hopes and dreams come true. Hugs Always, Wanda 1-9-07 Everyday I have another WOW moment. This morning I weighed 143 lbs. Thats a total weight loss of 95 pounds...... "YEAAAAAA"...... 5 more pounds and I will be a member of the "Century Club" and at my personal "GOAL"!!!! WLS has certainly been a blessing to me. God is GOOD!!! I have not had any complications from my surgery except for the one's I bring on myself by eating the wrong foods or eating too fast. "Live and LEARN".... the past 7.5 months has definitely been a wild ride, but a wonderful life change and I'm so glad I made the decision to have WLS. I must say lastnight was the first time I got really embarassed about my body (Well my boobs!) They are so saggy and flat (I have no boobs anymore), they are long and ugly. I didn't want my husband to see them. I don't really want to get boobs, but I might because mine look bad. My husband asked me why I care because no one is going to see them except for me and him. TRUE, but I guess its a mental picture I have and I want to look good and feel good about my body. I want to look good for my husband. I can't complain about enough hanging skin because I really don't have much if any. Thank God. My tummy is flabby (like when you have a baby.... jelly belly), but I do not have an apron or rolls of fat & flab. In clothes I look great, but naked is another story. Where did my boobs go? I am hoping to meet my goal of 100 lbs loss by next Tuesday. One week from today.... I need to loss 5 lbs. That will be my 8 month post op surgery date. Say a little prayer for me. Thanks. Love to all. Big Hugs! 1-16-07 Today marks my 8 months post op WLS date....
WOW....it has been 8 months since my WLS!!!! I have lost a total of -98 pounds and currently weigh 140 pounds. I am SO GLAD I decided to have WLS. It has changed my life and I feel so much better and happier with myself. "Big difference in 8 short months" ..... I hope I can encourage someone who might be trying to decide if WLS is for them. Do ALL your research and IF WLS is your answer, You will KNOW when you are 100% at peace with your decision. I've NEVER regretted the decision I made to have WLS. The tool works, if you work the tool.... thanks for taking time to read my profile. Hugs Always.... 1-19-07 I am one pound away me my goal of 100 pounds loss! Guess what???? I am almost 2 inches taller than I was when I began this journey. I was 5'2" and thed doctor told me Tuesday I am right at 5'4" now. WOW!!!! Great, that makes me have a BMI of 23.9 instead of 24.6....wow, wow, wow!!! I'll take it! I changed my height on my profile and I am NORMAL, NORMAL, NORMAL.... (whatever normal might be!) I also noticed my boobs stick out futher than my belly!!!!! Thats wonderful since I have NO boobs anymore, must mean I've lost a whole lot of belly! YEA!!!! Love it, love it, love it!!! Have a great weekend! 1-25-07 I'm still stuck on a loss of -99 pounds. This 100th. pound is the hardest yet to get off. Hopefully the scales will move soon. I am trying to drink constantly today hoping I can atleast drop one pound. I know it will happen for me soon. I thought I would have reached my goal by now, but I'm still one pound away, but my husband still did something special for me...... he bought me a jet ski!!!! I love the water and I've always wanted a jet ski (I can pull the kids on the hydroslide, tube and ski with it) now I can't wait for summer time. We also needed a lawn mower so we bought a new lawnmower from Sears. Also we got a new 50" HD TV flatscreen.... we only had a 19" TV and the den is so big in our new house that we needed a bigger TV. We were not looking for one, but just happened to be in the right place at the right time. We got an excellent deal. The TV was 1498.00 and we got it for 600.00 (pretty good huh) I don't watch much TV, but my hubby and the kids love it. Now its like being at the movies right in our house. Cool.... I hope my next update is to inform you that I've hit goal and the century club but for now I'll just keep drinking my unsweet tea and work. *I'm going out tonight with two of my best friends. One has not seen me since my surgery so I hope she is just in awe of my results. She was so excited for me when she found out I was having WLS. I can't wait to see her face tonight. Later .... 1-27-07 Boy what a night. We had a youth lock in at church last night. We had 44 teenagers ages 11-18 come and spend the night. Although, NO ONE WENT TO SLEEP. We played games, sang praise & worship songs, learned bible verses, played bible jepoardy, family feud, and even make up skits to tell bible stories. We had a blast, but I was so tired and sleepy & SICK the next day. 1-27-07 WOW... I DID IT.... I'M A CENTURY MEMBER!!!!!! I've loss -100 pounds!!!! 1-29-07 Oh no... the scales stole my wow moment this morning. I've gainned a pound.... so now I'm back to a loss of -99 pounds. Will I ever get this one pound to just disappear and NEVER return? Oh well, I'm not giving up. I'm still sitting at a loss of -99 lbs and currently I weigh 139 lbs. I am really hoping to hit my goal of 138 lbs soon and actually would like to get to @ 135 lbs..... 1-31-07 I DID IT.... I LOST 100 POUNDS!!!!! I weigh 138 lbs. HIP HIP HORRAY!!!!! Special thanks to Lizzy for making me this Century Member Club Card!!! I love it.... You are a real sweetie. Thanks for all your kind words and encouragement!!!! Thanks again for helping make my day more special.... Lots of love!
1-31-07 WOW.... 100 lbs gone forever!!!!!
2/01/07 Guess what???? Thats right I loss another 2 lbs. WOW a total LOSS of 102 lbs. This morning I weighed 136 lbs. YEAAAAA!!!!! I am more and more excited each day! (Thank you Lord) 2-12-07I WEIGHED THIS MORNING AND I HIT MY ULTIMATE PERSONAL GOAL 135 LBS. I AM SOOOO HAPPY!!!! I SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE ER WITH MY DAUGHTER LAST NIGHT. THE DOCTORS THINK SHE HAS ULCERS. WE ARE TRYING TO FIND A DOCTOR TO SCOPE HER ,BUT BECAUSE OF HER AGE (14) MY FAMILY DOCTOR HAS NOT FOUND ANYONE YET. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO TO KINGS DAUGHTERS IN VA. SHE HAS HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH (WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GALLBLADDER), BUT NOW THE ER DOCTOR SAID HE WAS 99% SURE IT IS ULCERS. SHE WAS DOUBLED OVER AND ROLLING IN THE FLOOR, CRYING & SCREAMING. SHE KEPT TELLING ME SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. THANK GOD FOR GI COCKTAILS.... IT SOOTHED THE PAIN AND THE ER DOCTOR GAVE ME ONE TO TAKE HOME INCASE WE NEEDED IT LATER. OF COURSE, WE HAD TO FOLLOW UP WITH OUR FAMILY DOCTOR THIS MORNING AND NOW I'M JUST STILL WAITING ON AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE LIGHT RAN DOWN HER THROAT AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AS TO WHATS GOING ON. 2-13-07 Well Valentines Day is tomorrow and I need to give my husband something.... He has everything. I decided to go to the one hour photo studio and do some pictures. I haven't done professional pictures in years. At first I was a little scared and embarassed, but the photographer made me feel comfortable and he kept telling me I was beautiful.... I finally told him I had lost -106 pounds and this is the first picture I've had made since. Boy, he was AMAZED.... the shoot went good and here are the results. (Welp, for some reason the pictures will not copy & paste.... I'll try later)
2-14-07 The scales moved again. I have now lost 104 pounds. I currently weigh 134 lbs. Oh by the way, my husband loved the pictures. He gave me a beautiful necklace. 2-16-07 Today is my 9 month post op date. I had a follow up visit with Dr. Clark yesterday and it went great. He said I look beautiful and definitely at a great weight. He is VERY pleased with my progress and results. Todays picture below. Total loss of 106 pounds. current weigh is 132 lbs. God is GREAT!!!!!
2-16-07 Nine mth post op. 132 lbs.... 3-8-07 I am 9 months and 3 weeks post op. I've lost another pound. I am currently 131 pounds. I hope to maintain my weight from this point. I am starting to get flabby hanging skin (especially on my stomach) I look like a 80 year old woman. MY boobs are still deflating and my bat wings (arms) look awful..... but I am still SO GLAD and BLESSED to have had WLS. I am much healthier and happier. OH I forgot to tell ya'll I'm going to HAWAII.... (Girls ONLY).... Mostly family... Me, my sister, sister-in-law, her twin sister, and my neice.... We leave June 19-27th. I can't wait. (no kids & no men) we won't know how to act! 3-16-07 The weigh loss has certainly slowed down (thats good, b/c I'm just trying to maintain at this point) although I'm addicted to seeing the scales go down (I get so excited).... I am currently 130 pounds....YEAAAA. thats 5 pounds below my goal, but I love it. I will post pic's later of today, but I've got to go get some batteries..... Love ya'll....Hugs, Wanda
3-19-07 I loss another pound. I weighed 129 lbs yesterday morning (didn't weigh today). We had a great weekend. I planted about 200 buttercup bulbs. Our church watched the movie "Facing The Giants" great movie. It is the third time I've watched it and I love it. I get something different out of it everytime I see it. I bought the movie and have shown it to many people. If you want to watch a EXCELLENT movie please rent or purchase "Facing the Giants" you won't be disappointed. 4-10-07 I lost another 2 pounds over Easter weekend. Currenting weighing 125 lbs. My entire family was together over the weekend (first time in years). My sister in the Army was home and my sister that lives in Tenn. was home, along with my other sister and brother.... All five of us and all of our spouses and children! It was like a family reunion. We had a nice visit (it was just too short). My sister from Tenn had not seen me since my WLS and she great I looked great. She said if I had not just sent her a recent picture she would not have recognized me, but she was prepared and was very excited for me. Of course, my other sister said some pretty hurtful things about me (but I think she is just jealous). We still had a nice weekend. Now my daughter is spenting this week at the beach (with my neice). Too bad it is cold.... hope they still have a great time. I keep losing weigh, but I'm not trying. I am still trying to maintain, but the scales keep going down. Atleast if I do gain back 10% of what I loss I will be right on target with where I want to be. If not.... I HAPPY where I am. I give God all the praise, honor and golory for where I am..... Have a great day!!!! 4-16-07 I am 11 months post op today. Still weighing 125 lbs. Total loss 113 lbs.
don't let the support bra fool you.... I honestly have NO BOOBS!!!! 5-12-07 This is a picture of me and my daughter at a Mothers Day luncheon.... I am alittle smaller than my daughter OMG!!!!! Cool....
5-15-07 Well tomorrow will be my one year surgery post op date. I can't believe it's already been one year. WOW.... I am currently 122 lbs. and below goal. I have an appt Thursday with Dr Clark. Wonder if my picture will go on the WALL OF FAME....?
5-15-07 OMG.... Can't believe I'm posting this pic, but here I am one year after WLS at 122 lbs.... (ugly tummy)
5-16-07 TODAY IS MY ONE YEAR SURGERY DATE!!!!! I am currently 122 lbs. 5-17-07 I had my one year follow up appt today with Dr. Clark. He was so pleased with my results. He said my weight should level right on off now and start maintaining. We talked about getting boobs and he said that would complete the process.... he thought boobs was a great idea. My husband is thinking about it (I'm sure IF I really want them he will let me). I don't have to to back to see Dr. Clark for 6 months. My next appt is November 15th (10:45).... Today all my bloodwork was good. My sugar levels were a little low, but nothing to worry about. He also said to eat more protein. OH... MY PIC GOT PUT ON THE WALL OF FAME... 5-22-07 I've been busy calling around getting breast augmentation prices today. My husband said if I wanted to get boobs I could..... I have an appt June 8th for a free consultation. I am hoping I can just get implants and not absolutely need breast lifts. Guess I will find out in a few weeks. I think having some boobs back would make me feel better about myself.... it will make my journey complete. 5-31-07 Just wanted to check in. I'm bored.... still at work and its 7:30 pm. My son has a baseball game at 8:00 so I'm heading out in a few minutes. Austin is a good little ball player. He hit a home run the other day. (He hit the ball all the way to the fence) must have taken his batting skills from his mom!! Ha-ha.... I have a softball game this Saturday. It will be our first game of the season. I'm excited. I haven't played in 18 years. I'm enjoying practice and doing quite well. I really need the exercise and thats why I decided to play.... Gets me motived and moving and have FUN all at the same time. I'm getting pretty excited about my trip. I leave for HAWAII on June 19th. I can't wait. I will miss the kids and hubby, but hopefully the paradice of the island will keep my mind busy and I will just soak up the rays and do all kinds of fun things. I can't wait to go snorkling and parsailing and hopefully scrubba-diving... What a great trip with the girls. This is my celebration of WLS and making GOAL. I am also trying to go back to school for nursing. I took my entry test Tuesday and waiting to get the results. Their are 52 people trying to get into the class, but they will only accept 15-18 students.... SO PLEASE say a prayer for me. I need a career, not just a job. I am the only bread winner in my household (my husband is disabled) and I need a job where he can go on my insurance. His insurance (Cobra) ran out today so now he won't have any insurance. Guess I better go. My son's game start in a few minutes. He always bats first and I don't want to hit him up at bat. 6-1-07 The scales FINALLY moved.... I loss a pound..... I am down to 121 pounds. I've loss 117 pounds.... and I am 14 pounds below goal!!!!! SUPER-DEE-DO-PER...
My kids (Austin & Brandy) at her Middle School Prom 6/2/07 she was beautiful. 6-29-07 WOW, what a vacation. I'm back from Hawaii.... I had a BLAST!!!!! It was BEAUTIFUL and nice to get away with the girls and just relax, shop, swim, snorkel, eat, (oh, did I mention SHOP?) It was very nice!!!! I took lots of pictures but for some reason they don't want to download so I will try again later. I am still weighing 119 lbs. I actually wore a two piece swim suit while in Hawaii. Everyone said it looked great on me, but I was alittle self-consious. I am debating on having a tummy tuck done instead of boobs. I'm still waiting to hear about nursing school. I should know something by next week. I'll update later. Hugs..... |
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130 lbs. (10 months post op)
I am 122 lbs here!!!
This is a "Four Generation" pic... My Grandma, Mother, Me & My Daughter 
