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MY GOALS

* To weigh under 300 pounds -12/30/02
* To weigh under 250 pounds - -3/19/03
* To get BMI under 40 --3/24/03
* To lose 100 pounds -6/20/03
* To weigh under 200 pounds -7/28/03
* To fit into size 20 -5/5/03
* To fit into size 18 -5/5/03
* To fit into size 16 -9/1/03
* To fit into size 14 -11/8/03
* To fit into size 12 -7/8/04
* Goal Weight of 150 -12/9/04
* To cross my legs easily! 2/20/03
* To fit into a plane seat comfortably!10/13/03
* To shop for clothes at any store!9/1/03
* To feel comfortable at the beach!7/07
* To fit into any restaurant booth! 2/6/03

Feb 2002 **** I am desperate to lose this weight. I have tried many diets and drugs over the last 20 years trying to lose it. My BMI is 50.1. I am married and a mother of 4 wonderful children and 1 stupendous grandchild, who I desperately want to be able to actively participate in his life. I will be 40 in June and I am more ready now then ever before to lose this weight.



July 23, 2002 **** Well I have an appointment with the surgeon on August 12 and I am getting very excited I just keep praying I will be approved. I have been feeling miserable with the heat and humidity. My body aches all over and my feet hurt so bad at times I can't walk. I just can't wait to be approved and get going on my new life. I know it isn't going to be easy but I am up for it....after all living like this isn't easy either.



August 15, 2002 **** Well I had my consultation with Dr. Holwick on Monday and was told that I could possibly have my surgery by the end of September, depending on how quickly the Insurance Company approves it. Well I am really praying to hear something soon. I have my appointment with the Internist next Friday and my Sleep Study next Thursday. After these are done then it's a waiting game for the Insurance. Well Lord willing I will be on the other side in less then 45 days.



September 11, 2002 **** I AM APPROVED!!!!!!! I just got the mail and there it was the letter from the insurance company saying I am approved. So I called the Dr's office just to be sure and they said the nurse will call me in a few days to schedule my surgery. I am so excited and also Thankful to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I have been praying that if it be His will that I would get the approval and I did so now I am believing in faith that it is His will and He will carry me thru. My husband is a little worried about it because I have told him about the recent deaths of a few people who have had the surgery, but I keep telling him not to worry about the surgery, if wants to worry then he should worry about my health from being obese. I am praying for him and he will come around once I am home and recovering well. Well now it is more waiting for me but at least I know the end result.



October 2,2002 **** Well I got my surgery date today; It is December 19th....don't know what time yet the hospital calls the day before to let me know that. I have to go on the 9th for my pre-op testing and on the 13th for the vein Doppler's. Then we are headed to Michigan for our family Christmas. We had to change our plans because of the surgery but that's ok I want this surgery so very much and there will always be next year and all the years after. And I will be a new thinner healthier person. I will be able to take my precious grandson sledding and actually enjoy it. Well more later.....



December 17,2002**** Here it is one day and a wake up. It has taken so long to get here and now I can't believe it is finally here. I am so excited and maybe just a little scared not so much of the surgery but of life after it. I am so ready to be a smaller size, but I guess I have the same questions everyone else has had, Will it work for me? Will I be able to loose the weight? Will I be able to keep it off? I know the answer to these questions is yes but they are still there nagging at me. I just a little while ago realized today is the last day I will ever be able to eat the way I am used to.....and that to me is scary, I have never been able to stick to a diet! I just pray the Lord will give me the strength to get thru each day, and I
believe He will. Well I just wanted to post one more time as a pre-op the next post I will be on the loosing side....YAHOO!!!!! I can't wait.



December 27, 2002**** Well I am on the other side officially now. Surgery was on the 19th and everything went great. I was up and walking on the 20th(not very fast, but walking). My Dr released me on Sunday the 22nd so I took a shower and was getting ready to go home. The nurse came in to redress my incision and seen it was all red and inflamed, so she called the Dr. on call and he said I had to stay, my incision is infected. So back to the IV antibiotics and guess who's veins are hardly there? Mine of course....every time they would get a pick line started the antibiotics would blow it. My arms are so covered with bruises. Every time they had to start a new IV line they would poke me 5 or 6 times before they could get one in. Finally on Christmas Eve after being poked 6 times I told them no more....I wouldn't let them poke me again. The nurse called the Dr. on call and told him and he started me on oral antibiotics. On Christmas morning at 9:00 my Dr. called and said I could go home once again...so I was getting ready took a shower and was waiting for the nurse to redress my incision. The Dr. on call came in to check my incision and said I couldn't leave till my Dr. came into the hospital to see my incision. Boy my hubby wasn't very happy after driving 2 hrs. to get me...without even having breakfast. Well I did come home Christmas Night....we got home finally at 7:00 PM. Luckily the cafeteria was open so my hubby and son could get dinner. Well needless to say I am very happy to be home. I have to go back to the Dr's office Monday to have my incision checked. It looks a lot better. I have eaten tomato soup, SF pudding, cream of wheat, instant mashed potatoes and even a little gravy from KFC. In general things are going good. I am sore but that is to be expected. I'll write more later.



January 6, 2003**** I went to the Dr. today to have my staples removed, boy does my tummy feel better with them out. I am down 30lbs....YAHOO!!!! I am still learning how to eat, of course...it is a learning process. Cottage cheese goes down very easy as does the french onion soup I have been eating but most everything else is a bit of a struggle. Some times it feels as tho it is stuck in my chest, then I start burping and eventually it goes down. Some times it scares me but I still keep trying. I am not getting in enough water....the taste makes me nauseated....we live in town so we have city water. It didn't bother me before surgery but it sure does now. I have gotten a little down....so I wrote to Stacie O and her words of wisdom has helped me....I know it is just a matter of time....and I am not a very patient person but the Lord has been working on that with me. Thank You Jesus.



March 17, 2003****Well it's been a while since I have posted anything, so I thought I would. Well it's been almost 3 months since surgery and I feel so so much better, I have so much energy I am getting very restless just sitting home all day. I don't go away very often unless my husband is home and we go together because I don't have any friends here. I know people from church but they are either working or just don't need another friend. We have been here a year and 2 months now and I just wish the Lord would give me one friend that I could talk to or go out shopping with or something just so I am not sitting here all alone. I keep telling myself to get out and take a walk but I just never seem to do it. It is much more fun when you have someone else to walk with. Well enough whining! I am doing great physically. I take my vitamins and do my protein supps. everyday. I have lost a total of 41 inches in just 3 months. I am going to go buy some new clothes this week, all my dresses I have are to big.....YAHOO!!!!! and I need some new undergarmets, so I will be buying a few things but not to many I will be shrinking out of them quickly so why waste my money. I have also went from needing wide width shoes to wearing just regular ones....this the first time in 20 years I haven't need to get the wide shoes.....I am so happy I had this surgery....it has been a tough learning process but I am learning....a little more each day. I have some throwing up but it isn't bad....my incontence is almost completely gone...when I throw up I still have a problem but so far thats the only time I have found....Praise God....it was getting very bad before surgery. I am still using my bipap machine but I think I need some lower settings. I will be going to see my sleep Dr. soon for a 6 month check-up, hopefully he can lower them then. My blood sugar has been running in the 80's and 90's so that is doing great also. I have added a measurerment chart but I am having trouble getting up where it should be, but it is here. I will update my weight in a few days after I get an official weight from the Dr.TTFN



June 20, 2003*****Boy how time flies, It has been a very busy couple of months. I think I am getting the hang of this new way of eating. I still don't eat alot of soild food. I have had some trouble with staying away from the carbs. I know I am not eating any where near the amount I used to eat but sometimes I think I eat to many. I am doing at least 3 protein shakes a day, so I feel pretty good about that and do take my vitamins and minerals so I am feeling good where that is concerned.
We have moved back to Michigan from Virginia, I am very happy to be back home, but I have found I am so busy I don't not pay as much attention to myself and my eating and such as I did in Virginia. That is one thing I really need to get back in control. I am so happy to be back with my kids and my wonderful grandson. I will just have to get myself on a new schedule or routine and things will be good. We have only been back home for a couple of weeks so I am still in the process of getting things in order. I joined the CENTURY club today!!!!!! I am so geeked I can't beleive it. Well thats enough for today, be back later.....TTFN



August 22, 2003*****Boy, I can't believe it has been 2 months since I posted on here. Things have been so busy since we have been back in Michigan. The Lord moved me back home 1 month before my mom passed away on July 1st. I am so very thankful for that, I was able to spend time with her. We didn't even know she was so sick, so that made it even more shocking. I am just so happy the Lord works the way he does. It would have been very hard for me if I would have been in Virginia instead of here. Well the weight loss has surely slowed, but that probably has something to do with the fact i am not paying as much attention to what I am doing. I also do not get much exercise. I am working a desk job now so i really don't get much exercise at work....but atleast I am able to work now. Well just wanted to post my 8 month update...got go to work now....see-ya



September 19, 2003***** Well it hasn't been as long between post this time, but my last month has been just as eventful and sad as it was in June. My stepdad (whom I've never considered him as a "step" dad just a dad) of 24 years passed away very unexpectedly. We live about 15 miles from and him and just spoke to him about going out to dinner with us, which he declined because of a prior engagement, and my sister who was in Indiana visiting had to call us to tell us the paramedics called her on her cell phone to tell her he was gone. So we rushed over to his house to meet with the police. The people who were his prior engagement found him laying on his kitchen floor dead. The medical examiner figured he had a heart attack right after we got off the phone with him and he died instantly. So needless to say I am very tired of this death thing. His funeral was on the 2 month anniversary of my mom's funeral, I guess they are together again now for eternity....I Praise God they both were Christians....so I will see them both again someday.
Well enough of the sad stuff....today is my 9 month anniversary for my new life(post-op) I am down 125 pounds!!!!!! I am sooo geeked about it. My husband,kids and family are so happy for me. They can see how much happier I am. I got a new son-in-love yesterday. My daughter got married, she was so beautiful and happy....I pray for blessings on them. Well enough for this time. I will write again soon. see-ya......



April 19, 2004*****Boy has it been a while since I updated. Today is my 16 month WLS anniversary. I can't beleive how far I have come, I am almost half the woman I used to be(in size only, you know)I can't thank God enough for allowing me to have this surgery. I wouldn't be functioning without it. I feel so good and I look so much better too.
So much has been going on since I last updated, I went to India for 3 weeks on a mission trip at the beginning of March. I think I was ministered to as much or more then I ministered to the people of India. They are so loving and giving and they really don't have much to give because the majority of them are very poor, but they will give their last meal for the Lords sake.....We saw some very beautiful country while we were there. It was the beginning of their summer so it was very hot, in the 100's everyday....we won't go back in March again....it will be November or December because of the weather being better for us Americans.....I have also just gotten a new Granddaughter, Breyjahna Louise, on April 7th.....she is so absolutely beautiful...but then I am a bit partial.....this makes 2 grandchildren for us. They are brother and sister. Big brother Ty is almost 3 and he is very protective of his little sister.....We are also buying a house here in Ravenna, MI we will be 6 doors down from the grandbabies....what could be better!!!! Well I guess thats enough for this time, I will try to update again a little sooner next time....God Bless & Thanks for reading my profile.....see-ya.....



October 30,2004 ******Well the house we were trying to buy fell through because the owner lied to us about her financial issues. But we have bought a different house. We are still in Ravenna where we really wanted to be, just not 6 house from my grandbabies house. Boy have I had a busy summer. My oldest son has gotten engaged to a wonderful girl from our church, she has 2 little boys and they have already started calling us Grandma & Grandpa...we are very blessed to have them as part of our family. She is just what my son needs.
Well I went to the plastic surgeon on Monday and he is going to submit my paper work to have an abdomnoplasty and a pannictomy (spelling). I am hoping and praying for it to be approved, but we just found out my husband's employer is changing insurance so we may have to resubmit it. Well I am doing great...I am getting very bony though. Well enough for now God Bless & Thanks for reading my profile.....see-ya.....

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