MelissaF
9/05/09 - 3rd 5K and 5 Months Postop LBL!
Sep 05, 2009
Hey there everyone!!! Hope everyone has had a terrific summer so far as we are winding down and heading into the fall season once again! My absolute favorite time of the year!!!Many things have happened since I last posted.
1 - The decision was made that Dee and myself will now do a 1 year + group for Mason City as there was a burning need. So far 18 people have replied with interest. We will be doing some sort of back on track program and our first meeting will be Sept 15th. We are excited about this change! Seems many are also! YEAH!
2 - Amy, my friend from Boston, who I met on the RNY board here on OH came to visit a couple weeks ago with her 8 year old son, Zachary. They were only here a few days but we had a blast even if the weather was cloudy and overcasted the entire time. Darn it! We got to do lots of things and more than anything I remember all the laughs till we almost cried. So much fun!!! I am going to visit her now the end of October and very much looking forward to visiting with her again and meeting her close friend and another OH friend, Martha! We will be running a 5k together, the Witches run in Salem.. HA! Awesome right?!?!?! I think so! I love Halloween, so visiting this time of the year is going to be SOOOO "wicked" cool (as they say in Boston terms! ROFL, sorry Amy had to!)
3 - I am now a little over 4 months postop from my lower body lift and feel great. I have spit out some internal stitches that apparently my body didn't like too much but otherwise feeling ok and now seemed to have stopped rejecting the sutures. I see my doc for a 6month follow up the first week of November. I have some scar tissue still above the pubis line that needs revising possibly and we will talk about that then but overall I am very excited about the results. I need to get more pics up, I know I promised. Might wait till 6 mos postop, not much different honestly. I healed rather nicely.
4 - Ran my 3rd 5K race for cancer awareness and prevention again today in Rockweel, IA with a friend from work named Dustin. He is one of the security officers that works part time at the west campus where I work. This was his first 5k and we both managed to cross the finish line in 29 minutes and 59 seconds! WOOT! That averages out to be 9 minutes and 39 secs a mile, my best time yet! This is incredible to me b/c I was holding back for him in the beginning b/c I wanted to see him to the end of this race and not do it for my own time this time. I didn't train well before this one and to my surprise it is a record for me.. crazy. Last two were in 30 mins. So very close but hey, I will take it, amazing! My goal is to complete the witches run in Salem, MA in October at 9 minutes a mile. So we will see! To run this race with both Amy and Martha - two good OH friends, will be incredible! I think I might just weep LOL. I also may be running with my long time friend from OH that I help administer a small support group with (inspiration) here on OH, Britt. We are begging her to join us, fingers crossed! (come on Britt!!!! No pressure! HA!!) She is a busy mom going back to school so it may be hard but she is still trying to decide.
ETA: Dustin and I are shooting to run a 5k in December called the "jingle bell run" and then a 10k.... YES 10k in April in Clear Lake for Earth Day! I know we can do it!!!!!
I think that is about it for now... had a very unseasonably cool summer and that is ok with me! Hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer! Keep in touch!!!
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About Me
Northwood, IA
Location
33.8
BMI
Surgery
12/04/2006
Surgery Date
Mar 09, 2004
Member Since
Before & After
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Me before... wow, was that me
328lbs
Below goal and feeling fantastic!
133lbs
