hoosierdaddy
whoa!!!
Jan 21, 2010
i cannot believe i never posted any kind of blog after my approval!!! not even right after surgery!
well...as my previous entry said, i had my surgery on february 4, 2009 (almost a year ago!!) and ive lost 178 pounds. i started out at 370 pounds and now weigh 192! i feel incredible!
i really dont know what to say! so much happened between 370 pounds and now. i have so much more energy now! i was actually able to shovel snow a couple of weeks ago and not feel like i was gonna die afterwards!! i have collar bones!! i can buy clothes at walmart....AND not have to pay $2 extra for the extended sizes!!! i can fit in regular seats on an airplane!!!! i was able to go to disney world and didnt get tired with all that walking!!! i can actually find clothes in my size at good will!!! lol!! i have so much more confidence in myself!! its been a fun ride!
im actually a few pounds below goal. for the first time in my life, im actually trying to GAIN a few pounds!
i thank the Lord so much for the gift of my ds. im a new man!!!
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well...as my previous entry said, i had my surgery on february 4, 2009 (almost a year ago!!) and ive lost 178 pounds. i started out at 370 pounds and now weigh 192! i feel incredible!
i really dont know what to say! so much happened between 370 pounds and now. i have so much more energy now! i was actually able to shovel snow a couple of weeks ago and not feel like i was gonna die afterwards!! i have collar bones!! i can buy clothes at walmart....AND not have to pay $2 extra for the extended sizes!!! i can fit in regular seats on an airplane!!!! i was able to go to disney world and didnt get tired with all that walking!!! i can actually find clothes in my size at good will!!! lol!! i have so much more confidence in myself!! its been a fun ride!
im actually a few pounds below goal. for the first time in my life, im actually trying to GAIN a few pounds!
i thank the Lord so much for the gift of my ds. im a new man!!!
Date Update
Sep 24, 2008
well, i got good news and bad news today. the bad news is that the date i got before was a 'dummy date' given to insurance companies to kinda speed things up on their end. the good news is i got an OFFICIAL date today!!! february 4, 2009. i can wait 4 and a half months....i think. :)
A DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 19, 2008
well, i got my date today. its bittersweet tho. its only 6 weeks away!! im excited about that. what im worried about is telling my bosses. i work retail and having the surgery at this time means that i will be gone the whole Christmas season. ugh! what should be a happy time in my life is making me sick at my stomach. add a sinus infection on top of it all and im falling apart!
anyway...IM HAVING SURGERY IN 6 WEEKS!!!!!!
UPDATE....i forgot to mention the actual date! its november 10, 2008.
anyway...IM HAVING SURGERY IN 6 WEEKS!!!!!!
UPDATE....i forgot to mention the actual date! its november 10, 2008.
APPROVED!!!
Sep 11, 2008
i found out yesterday that i have been approved by my insurance to have the duodenal switch surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im so excited!!!! no date, yet. probably mid january 2009. hooray for me!! lol!
my wifey....
Sep 02, 2008
its 6:55 a.m. and im sitting in the waiting room at st. vincents hospital. my wife is having her wls today at 9:00. its a very exciting time for her, but she very nervous. i love her so much! im praying for her and for Gods hand of protection on her. im so happy for my wife!!! i think she is absolutely HOT right now. shes really gonna be smokin' after wls!!!
in the midst of all this i find myself thinking, i will prolly be here in a few months. its so wierd.
well...thats all for now.
in the midst of all this i find myself thinking, i will prolly be here in a few months. its so wierd.
well...thats all for now.
chapter one...page one....
Aug 28, 2008
well, im not too good at this blogging thing. i usually blog on my myspace (www.myspace.com/stevespaur) but they are usually a devotional type of thing. so i guess i'll just start out the beginning of my journey for the duodenal switch surgery.
i have been overweight most of my life. ok...all my life. i weighd 10 lbs., 1 oz. when i was born and was 22 and a half inches long. my mother is still not speaking to me. lol! anyway, things happen in life and for me, i turned to food to find my comfort. and tho i have learned to trust in Christ for my comfort these days, i have made food my addiction. its my drug of choice! i am at my heaviest right now at 360 pounds. my wife and i married a little less than a year ago. i have two new beautiful children that i want to see grow up as well as having more of my own. i want to be around for a long time. and at the rate im going, that mahy not be as long as i hope. somethings gotta give.
my wife and i talked about having wls. at first, she and i were going to have it together. but then i chickened out. now you may be thinking that i chickened out because i was afraid of dying and the complications that can come with wls. but that wasnt it at all!! see, even tho i want to live my life, i also know in faith, that sudden death = sudden glory! what made me chicken out is i didnt want to give up my addiction. i love food too much. i want to keep eating my favorite foods (which, by the way, if you look at my pictures you can tell that "healthy" foods are not in my favorites category!!). so i decided to back out, but would support my wife 100%.
then one day, i went into work and heard that one of my co-workers had to leave early. her son had had a heart attack. her son is a year younger than me and tho he is a big guy, he doesnt weigh quite as much as me. that floored. i didnt want that happening to me. again, i wasnt afraid of dying. i was afraid of not living. does that make sense?? i didnt want to leave my new bride a widow. i didnt want to leave my kids fatherless again (technically my kids are "step children" but we dont use that term in our home). i had too much living that i still wanted to do. not to mention that i had a lot of living for the Lord yet. He placed me on this earth for a reason. and im bound and determined to find out why!!!
so i decided to go ahead and have wls. im at the very beginning stages right now. i had my psych eval yesterday. the shrink fella approved me. now we're just waiting on insurance. i have looked at several profiles and before and after pics and im so excited about my future now!!!
i look forward to getting to know some of you on here.
God is faithful....
stephen
i have been overweight most of my life. ok...all my life. i weighd 10 lbs., 1 oz. when i was born and was 22 and a half inches long. my mother is still not speaking to me. lol! anyway, things happen in life and for me, i turned to food to find my comfort. and tho i have learned to trust in Christ for my comfort these days, i have made food my addiction. its my drug of choice! i am at my heaviest right now at 360 pounds. my wife and i married a little less than a year ago. i have two new beautiful children that i want to see grow up as well as having more of my own. i want to be around for a long time. and at the rate im going, that mahy not be as long as i hope. somethings gotta give.
my wife and i talked about having wls. at first, she and i were going to have it together. but then i chickened out. now you may be thinking that i chickened out because i was afraid of dying and the complications that can come with wls. but that wasnt it at all!! see, even tho i want to live my life, i also know in faith, that sudden death = sudden glory! what made me chicken out is i didnt want to give up my addiction. i love food too much. i want to keep eating my favorite foods (which, by the way, if you look at my pictures you can tell that "healthy" foods are not in my favorites category!!). so i decided to back out, but would support my wife 100%.
then one day, i went into work and heard that one of my co-workers had to leave early. her son had had a heart attack. her son is a year younger than me and tho he is a big guy, he doesnt weigh quite as much as me. that floored. i didnt want that happening to me. again, i wasnt afraid of dying. i was afraid of not living. does that make sense?? i didnt want to leave my new bride a widow. i didnt want to leave my kids fatherless again (technically my kids are "step children" but we dont use that term in our home). i had too much living that i still wanted to do. not to mention that i had a lot of living for the Lord yet. He placed me on this earth for a reason. and im bound and determined to find out why!!!
so i decided to go ahead and have wls. im at the very beginning stages right now. i had my psych eval yesterday. the shrink fella approved me. now we're just waiting on insurance. i have looked at several profiles and before and after pics and im so excited about my future now!!!
i look forward to getting to know some of you on here.
God is faithful....
stephen
