CVanscyoc
I am a mother, of 3 children ( 18, 14, and 10) and I teach school ( 6th 7th and 8th grades).
In Jan 2004 I became fed up with being overweight, tired and unhappy wiht myself and decided with God's help I was going to find a way to make a difference in my life. I knew a few people who had the surgery done and I thought if the doors open I would walk through them.
I contacted my friend to get the dr's phone number and she informed me that she had a free consult coupon that expired the next week if I wanted it. When I called the dr's office the receptionist said that there probably were no appts. at that short of a notice, but guess what? There was a cancellation and I got in for my consult. My life began to change at this point.
I took my mom because my husband works insane hours... and I was so impressed with the people at the Barix clinic that I decided to begin jumping through the hoops. It was a long process with my insurance and after they said okay I had to do a lot of pre-evaluations just to get final approval, but everything has happened in a timely fashion.
Now I am scheduled for June 18, 2004 for surgery and I am nervous and excited at the same time. I know I will need sites like this to get me through. ( I thank GOd for this site)
I am thankful that God has empowered the medical community to give me this chance to start living again and doing things with my family. I will keep in touch so that I can let you know where this new journey is taking me.
July 6, 2004----I have lost 14 lbs since I left the hospital and 19 since the day of surgery. YESSSSS!!!!
I am 2+ weeks post op and am doing pretty good. THe biggest exception is the nausea that I feel after I drink before I drink and when I drink...lol get the picture. I know it will pass. I have also found out that I am LACTOSE INTOLERANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is something that I hate. It makes my life so much more difficult to get the protein in but I am gonna make it. Only 4 more weeks til I can at least have real food. I get pureed (foods) mashed potatoes on Friday and I can't wait. I have gotten pretty sick of the chocolate ( can you believe I said that?) and vanilla flavored food drinks I am sooooo ready for normal salty food. THat certainly is a change for me. I will post back in a week or two. I just try not to get on the computer too much anymore I am too busy trying to get my walking in.... of which I love.
Until then...tty later! and happy losing!!
September 2004: Okay I know I didn't keep my promise on the updating of my profile...but its been truly insane just keeping it together. lol ANyways.... as of yesterday I am down 59# and feel like a million bucks. i haven't weighed this little in baout 9 years. WOW! its a great feeling.
Still need to improve on the walking but its getting better.
December 2004: Still losing at a great speed! I am officially below 200 pounds and Feeling like a million bucks. I wnat to be a part of the century club, but it doesn't seem that this is going to happen anytime soon. I have been at the 93 pounds loss mark for a while. My weightloss has really slowed down this month and I am trying to deal with that. I joined curves last month..and I LOVE IT....it's just so nice ot be active. The paying money is a motivator to go as well. ALthough my husband says the treadmill is free..( gotta love men)..it just doesn't call my name like Curves does. ANyway....hope you all have a great Christmas ...and A happy New YEar!
NEW UPDATE!!!!!
Wow it's hard to believe that its been almost 7 months since I updated....But here it goes....
I just passed my 1 year mark on June 18th and had my check up with the doctor last week. I have lost 125 lbs. and feel marvelous!!!!!! I went from 287lbs. to 162 lbs. in one year. I want to lose another 20 lbs. and my doctor says I should be able to do that in the next 6 months if I keep applying the rules.
For that past 5 months I have been taking care of my 15 yr. old son who was found to have a brain tumor and had emergency surgery on March 18th. I took a leave of absence from school and stayed home with him....that is when it became very hard to exercise....When we came home 2 weeks after his surgery he couldn't feed himself, bathe or walk unassisted and he had double vision for about 4 months. So my life took a total turn. AND GUESS WHAT???? emotional eating is still a real part of my life. GRRRRRR!!! I dealt with alot there. It was interesting to see that the demons that haunted me before my surgery re-appeared so quickly. But even though I only had a period of one time when I gained 6 lbs. I felt that I was able to get back into things and still went from 183 before his surgery to the 162 I am at now. I have begun walking again...of which I am soooo happy about. We went to Myrtle Beach (Surfside Beach) 2 weeks ago and I felt like it was the first time I had ever been there....even though we go every other year. I was a new person on the beach....and I didn't care that I wasn't completely to goal...I felt like a million bucks!
It was an amazing feeling.
As for Jared...God has truly performed a miracle in his life. He is doing so much better and loved going on vacation. He has only a few side affects taht we are dealing with right at the moment, that is his balance is still rough at times and his fine motor skills are rough. His left side was more affected thatn the right and he is ( you guessed it) left handed.
But we are just thank ful we still have him in our lives and praise GOd for each new day.
AS for me and my weightloss....I LOVE how I feel now....except for the feeling of ....when is this going to end and I am going to wake up fat again. From what I read from some others...taht is a common feeling. I just want to feel like I have totally beat this thing.
