Michelle S.

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Hey peeps....this one is toooo funny....

Many of you know that my fiance (oh yeah, forgot to tell yall I'm getting married) (Almost eloped this weekend too) Anyway, my fiance is going through the process for WLS.  We were at his final appointment on Thursday.  Now keep in mind, he's going to the same Dr. that did my surgery.  So Dr. Klein comes in and he's going over test results with us.  He keeps referring to our neice when making references to the surgery. (My neice had the surgery 3 months before me and got pregnant 2 months after her surgery).  Anyway, we're in there for about 30 minutes and Dr. Klein steps out of the room to get something.  I turn to my fiance and say....."he doesn't know who I am."  So, Dr. Klein comes back in and I say to him....Dr. Klein...do you know me?  He looks and me and says, "no."  I laugh it off and them tell him, "you did my surgery in Feburary."  He looks at me again...and says, "I did?"  "What's your name?"  NOW I'M PISSED!   So I say, Michelle and before I can get my last name out he says...."OMG, yes I know you.  Wait, you don't look the same."  (Well, hellllo,of course I don't I lost 85 lbs...the size of a human 4th grader.)  So he parades me around the office to his nurses and he asks them if they know me.  They all say NO.  OMG.  He tells them to pull up my initial picture.  The nurse pulls it up on the computer and i nearly passed out.  WTH! I looked like a super sized twinkie.  I'm so glad that he didn't recognize me.  I know yall wanna see the before pic, so let me see if i can upload it.  Looking back, it feels good to ask the man who changed my life....DO YOU KNOW ME?

 

Hey Fam...I was reading through a friends blog and I thought it would be a good idea to post my latest experience.....

Many of you know that following my surgery, I reunited with my fiance after a 4 1/2 year split.  Things have been great up until recently. Prior to my weight loss I was a shopping whore (that's right, I said it).  Nordstroms, Macy's, Sack's, TJMAXX, etc.   Now that I'm down to a size 10, I love shopping even more. With this awesome work schedule (2 1/2 days) I'm able to spend more time at the mall; in fact, I can stay there at least 5 hours on any given day. So anyway, 2 weeks ago I was at the mall and misplaced my cell phone.  By the time I found it, I realized that my BF had been calling.  I returned the call and he was livid.."where you been, who you been with, what you been doing...yada yada yada."  We worked it out, but I noticed that he's starting to act jealous.  So this week, I go to the gym for a few hrs and then decide to go to the mall (yeah, I was sweaty).  So I go and after a few hours there, I realize that my phone hasn't rung.  I check it and it's dead.  I go back to the car and charge the phone (takes a few mins) and I call him.  What do you know...he's ranting and raving again...then he hits me with the big one......"IF YOU'RE SEEING SOMEONE, LET ME KNOW SO I CAN MOVE ON!"  LOL, right?  Me, big, fat, me?  And then suddenly I realize that I'm not that person anymore and my BF realizes that.  My weight loss has not only changed me and my life; but it makes them change as well.  Anyone else experiencing the same thing? 

Let a sista know

Yall will never guess what happened to me today......wrong....wrong....ok, I'll just tell you.  So  I get up this morning and I decide that I'm my new body and my new hair to the mall.  Just to get out of the house.  My "boyfriend" decides he doesn't want to go.  So I'm driving down street and this car next to me honks the car horn.  Now normally it's because I'm driving like a bat outta hell.  So I ignore it.  I drive a few more blocks and the horn honks again.  This time I decide to look and what do I see?.....A fine man in a black 650 convertible BMW.  WTFFFFFFFFFFFF.  So he rolls down his window and I roll mines down.  So he goes into this spiel about my driving and he's gonna give me a ticket....yada yada yada.  Now at this point, I'm stunned because no man has approached me like that in YEARS.  I was completely shocked.  So here's where I messed up.  He asks if I'm married.  I lie and say NO, I'm engaged.  WTFFFFF.  I'm not engaged.  Why did I say that?  So he says, "I'm sorry beautiful, I just had to meet you.  Have a nice day." 

As he drives off, I'm trying to take my left foot and kick my own a&%.  What was I thinking?   Oh well, what a missed opportunity.  Next time I'll be ready.  I guess this was one of those milestones that you don't realize you'll have. 

Peace and Love

Hey friends and family....sorry I've been gone so long.  It's been a roller coaster ride.  I don't even know where to start.  Well, I'm 5 months out from surgery and my body has changed a great deal.  Every time someone sees me that I haven't seen in a while, they don't recognize me.  It's a great feeling. Awesome even.  I'm down to 180 lbs and I'm wearing size 10 jeans, medium tops and my shoe size even shrank.  I wear 81/2 or 9 from a 10.   Just about every stitch of old clothing has been given away or donated to yard sales.  I have been very fortunate, in that, I have not had to buy a whole new wardrobe.  My mother is a shopaholic and when I say "holic, " I mean the worse kind ever.  I now have 3 closets full of new clothes that came from her closet (tags  still on).  I still get amazed by the little things that happen to me. 

For example, I was walking through the living room and I had on an old pair of PJ's.  Halfway through the living room, they fell to my ankles.  LOLOLOL.  My boyfriend says...Babe, time to get rid of those too.  Yesterday, I'm with friends and we're at this ritzy mall.  We walk into this boutique store and we're looking at all the cute clothes.  Well, I'm picking up dresses and tops and accessories with 2 of the other girls I'm with when I notice that my best friend was missing.  I look outside and she's sitting there with the men.  It dawned on me that, that use to be me, not being able to shop with everyone cause it wasn't a Lane Bryant or Ashley Stewart.  I felt so bad for even being in there.  I was happy with my purchases; but, I couldn't really celebrate.  Anyway, the good news is, she has finally decided to start the process for WLS.

Anyway, It's so good to be back and I can't wait to check up on everyone.  I'll be going through yall's pages one by one.  If anyone has any questions, please write.  I will be sure to answer. 

Smooches yall

Need help guys...i am losing my hair in clumps.  I am so afraid to even touch, let alone comb my hair.  Is there anyone out there that has a remedy for this?  HELP

Hello Oh Family....It has been 4 weeks since my last post and things are still going good.  This morning I weighed in and I'm at................199.4.  Yaaaaahooooo!  Finally in onederland.  I'm very happy and excited.  I'm wearing a size 12 or 14.  I had the experience of going "belt" shopping this week.  I can't remember the last time that I needed to wear a belt.  So I go to the store and I'm trying on belts.  Everything is glittery and studded and fashionable.  What happened to the simple black strip of leather?  LOL.  That was a great experience.  Before the surgery, I was a shopaholic...and I'm even a bigger one now.  I know that I shouldn't be buying so much now, but I hate to wear anything from my old inventory.  I was a big girl, but never sloppy and that's what I feel like when I wear those big clothes.  I bought my first pair of Calvin Klein jeans last weekend.  Size 14 and the waist is too big (smiles).  Anyway, I got rid of all my 22/24, 18/20, xxxl, xxl and xl clothing.  Fortunately, my mother is a shopaholic as well, so I went over to her house and left with a large trash bag full of new clothes (tags still on them),  And she has tons more.  I'll post pics this weekend. 

Anyhoo....yall keep up the good work and I'll be checking in on ya more often...smooches.

Hey OH Fam, I have been wanting to update yall for a while, but have been busy trying to get my $#@% together, ya feel me?  Today makes one full month from my surgery and I'm glad to tell you that I am doing so much better.  My life has really changed.  I woke up this morning weighing 213 lbs.   I never thought that I would be this close to onederland.  By this time next month I hope to be there.  I have gone from a size 22/24 to 16 pants, large tops and dresses.  It's so wonderful that it's scary at times.  I bought some 16 pants at Old Navy and I wore them out to lunch with some friends.  One of them said, "Michelle it's time to get rid of your old clothes."  After telling them that this was a new outfit, I decided to go back to Old Navy and return the 16's for 14's.  I was thinking that I would be able to fit them in a month or so.  Well, they sat in my room for a couple of days and I decided to try them on to see how far I had to go.  Girlllllllllllllllllllll they fit.  I could not believe it.  So I'm thinkin...maybe it's the cut of the pants.  Went to another store and tried on 14's.  WOW.  Needless to say, I'm floored.  Most of you know that I hated taking pic's before, Now I carry my camera with me.  I'm so happy that I stuck with this and even though the first week or two was pure HELL, it was so worth it.  I'm working out daily and I have attended boot camp classes at 24 HR Fitness. 
Even though I complained about my illness in the beginning, something wonderful happened.  Remember I told yall about my EX a few blogs ago?  Well, we had been separated for about 3 years.  When I couldn't walk or move, my son called him to rush me to emergency. He came immediately and we have been back together ever since.  Things are good! Great even.  I'm more in love now than I was back then.  Or maybe just wiser.  My whole life has changed because of WLS and I pray that those of you that are reading this and are pre-op just know that yours will change as well.   

Gotta give a shout out to my girls Free, AdifferentMe, What Ego and Kyra (please forgive me if I forgot some) who checked on me so often.  It made me feel really good.  Thanks girls.

Lata....

Hey OH Fam...I wanna thank all of you who sent words encouragement during a very difficult period.  I am feeling 1000% better.  My energy is back and I started back at the gym today.  I think I might have overdone it though.  3 miles on the treadmill and I was exhausted.  I have lost the 7 lbs of water weight that I got while in the hospital and have lost an additional 2 lbs.  It doesn't seem to be coming off fast.  And the weird thing is, I have not felt that full sensation yet.  I wonder if the Dr just told me he was going to do the surgery and really didn't.  Maybe I'm part of a study he's doing and I'm the control group.  LOLOLOLOL. 

I'll check in later...smooches.

Hey OH Fam.  Just writing to let yall know what I've been up too.  My journey has been horrible.  My surgery was un-eventful and before I knew it, I was in recovery.  Woke up with pain, thank goodness for the morphine button they put in my hand.  Day 2 and 3 was horrible.  I had gas so bad and my stomach was bloated beyond belief.  I walked and walked to try and get it to escape, but no luck.  The male nurse that I had decided to give me suppositories.  Great right?  Wrong!!!!!!!  He put them in the wrong hole, if you know what I mean.  By the time I realized it, I had a burning sensation in my va-gee-gee.  He ran and got the head nurse and an administrator to reassure me that I would not be adversely affected.  They then proceeded to place new suppositories in the proper place.  Still no gas escaped, just diarrhea.  It was not until Friday, that I had a few happy explosions.     Since coming home, I have been back to the Dr's office twice, emergency once and am currently waiting for the Dr. to call so I can go to Radiology to have a stint (semi-permananet IV) placed in my arrm....why you may ask?  I have been severly dehydrated since I came home.  I am so weak, that I have to have someone carry me.  When I go to the restroom, someone has to help me off the toilet.  So, as you can see, I'm not doing very well right now.  Hoping to get better soon.  And yes, as of right now, I regret this decision. 

Lata.....

Hey OH Fam, just wanted to let you know that I'm packed and ready for tomorrow.  I'm still nervous, but, I know everything will be just fine.  I'm leaving for the Hospital around 5:15 AM, as I have to be there by 6:00 AM.  Hopefully, by the time everyone wakes up and gets into their respective offices, I will be in recovery.  Thanks for all the support and well wishes, especially at those times when I thought I was losing my mind.   See yall on the losers bench...smooches.