Jeanette Sprague
FIRST ENTRY IN JOURNAL
Age 42
Weight about 330
Highest weight 400+ never knew how much cuz the scale pegged at 400. I walked it off over a year but had to do all walking with lots of vicodin in order to take the pain. My weight started to slowly rise when doctors in oregon would not give vicodin for pain. So before weight got out of hand I started researching!
Well after a years worth, if not more, of research, I have finally followed thru with a Dr. I wasn't scheduled to see Dr. Tersigni until March 25th. But someone canceled and I got in Feb 18th. Yesterday, Feb 27th, Mindy called from Dr's Office and told me my Insurance company had approved. I said, but I haven't had my phych eval or dietician visit yet? She said I know but they approved it. OMG!!!
My story.....After researching all of this and being 42 years young, well old verrrry old, I decided I was pretty sure I wanted to do this surgery. Talked to family and friends and of course they were worried, as was I, about years down the road. Well when everyone had researched it on their own and decided it might be a good thing to do, we decided PRAYER would probably be a good thing to do. I told them I had been praying about it, but knew that my hearts desire was to have the surgery. Soooo I told the Lord that if the insurance denied me the benefits I would take it as an answer of No from Him. Realize I have Blue Cross of California and if you have researched much you will find they do approve this surgery if medically necessary. So I figured a NO would be God saying, this is not a safe thing for you do to. Needless to say, the fact that everything happened sooooo incredibly fast, we are taking it to mean YES Jeanette you can do this! Sooo many people have been praying and I have tremendous support from my friends and family and my families friends. Wow
So here I am in a state of shock. May 23, 2002 is my surgery date. I am scared, elated, shocked, stunned, over joyed, afraid to believe that for the second time in my life I might actually hit a normal weight. Only once for about a year was I a normal weight. I have been at least 100 lbs overweight all of my adult life. I weigh 330 lbs and am 6' tall.
The one thing I am looking for is someone who had a C-Section, had gained ALOT of weight during pregnancy, (I gained 100 lbs.)that carried weight for quite a few years and had the Bypass, I am having lap/rny. I am concerned about the fact my stomach was cut from one side to the other, and the muscles and weight (panniculus/apron) skin hanging etc. If you have had the surgery and a c-section could you please email me and I will visit your profile page or just read what you have to say.
Well next update will come closer to surgery!
******APRIL 7TH 2002******
I am still in a state of shock and unbelief. I watched the 20/20 the other night and when they said 57,000 people will have this surgery this year I started crying. My roommate asked why I was crying and I said I am scared and happy I am one of those 57,000 people!
I have two outfits in my room that are about 10 sizes smaller then I am right now. I have a friend, Sheila, who wanted me to have something to work for on my walls. So she had me pick out an outfit out of catalogs. I picked about 4 and made her pick which one she wanted me to have. She got me two outfits. Its amazing to think I will no doubt even be smaller then those clothes. But I can't wait to get to those sizes!!!!! ***(I am about 10 lbs from wearing them, 2/17/03)*****
I went to the dietician that Dr. Tersigni asked me to see. It was hilarious cuz you know those little pill cups you get in the hospital, the ones you put pills in? Well she told me that is a meal. That liiiiittle tiny cup. I laughed and said NO thats a bite and stuck it in my mouth. You should have seen her face. I died laughing! But it was a dose of reality. And whats even wierder is that you are supposed to make that "Meal" last 20 to 30 minutes! O.Kay. Well reality is setting in.
As the time for surgery gets closer I will update.
APRIL 30th 2002,
Well at least half a bazillion years has passed! Whew. Boy time sure does go slowly once you have a date set. One gal where I work had her surgery on the 8th and a hubby of a gal at work is having his on the 7th of May, I will be next on the 23rd!
I have not been to a support group meeting yet, but I get to go on the 14th. Then our Dr has a "class" on the 16th that tells the in's and out's of eating, surgery care etc. AND they have samples of a few different protein products. It costs 30 bucks but to me its worth it to not go and buy a bunch of protein products that are just disgusting! I will report here after the class and "review" the products.
I am buying small clothes already. Whats funny is I won't buy a size 16 cuz I don't really believe I will actually get that small. I am 6 ft tall and was once a 16 top and 18 bottom. So I bought 18's. Wal-Mart closed out their sweats for a dollar each so I bought two sweat outfits in ladies xl. (****1/14/03 I wear them to sleep in every night now!*****)Plus I found a fairly simple but cute skirt for $3.00. I am watching the sales Cuz I work there and grab something here and there.
My roommate is going to start ATkins diet, the day I go into surgery. She is about 2 sizes smaller then me and I can use her clothes as I go down.
I am worried about a couple things still but know in time I will get past it. I am worried about getting enough water. I dehydrate at work everyday. I sweat profusely cuz wal-marts heating thermostat is in bentonville Ark. We are in Oregon. So its always hot. If I can't stay "Normally" hydrated now, what am I going to do after surgery. I can drink water at work, but not enough.
The other things that are not a worry so much are Diet Coke and CANDY!!!! ;-) I am drinking Diet Coke like there is no tomorrow. Well there isn't for diet coke. hahahahah And the sugar part! Ugh. Between antibiotics and eating so much sugar I got a yeast infection in my whole body. So sugar is out for a while. But thats probably better cuz I am slowly weining myself off of it. Has anyone gone thru sugar withdrawls after surgery?
Well next update after the 16th. I sure am thankful for this place!
Jeanette
@@@@@@@*******MAY 10TH*******@@@@@@@
Yesterday marked two weeks until my surgery!!!! I am so excited! But also worried, typically that it won't work for me. And then I had a twinge of fear that something would go wrong. A gal I know here had a rough time with her surgery and its a bit scary. But I have to say there is more excitement then fear!
I have all my appointments for blood work, ekg, support group and diet class. We have a diet class here that gives you samples of the different protein products.
I have found something that I am gonna ask Dr. T. about. Its a Wieder protein powder. And its delicious. It has more protein then Boost Plus. And it has fructose rather then sugar. And its soy protein. I was amazed at how yummy it was. I bought out what wal-mart had put in clearance. Normally its about 18.00 per 12 servings. This was marked down to 4.00 and its good thru 2003! Check your wal-mart!
Well more as the time gets closer!!!!!
Jeanette
**********May 20th********
Wooooo Whooooo Just 3 more days. I rec'd a letter from my best friend in California. I am gonna type here what she wrote. It made me cry and what an awesome way to use words to music to fit my life change.
"I sure wish you were closer so I could help and be there for you. I also want to see first hand all the weight disappearing and your spirit rising to new heights. You are going to sore like an eagle! You are going to boldly go where you have never been before! Climb every mountain, ford every stream, follow every rainbow, you will find your dream!!! My bestest buddy is going to be going thru great things and I want to share it with her!"
I just thought it was wonderful and the words are good for all of us!
I am so excited! And the waiting is just killing me. I am actually just waiting for my last day at work. Then as far as I am concerned, my surgery is happening. Cuz after my day at work, I go to a meeting about the surgery and then the support group. Then the next day I do my "poop prep" giggle. So it starts right there!
I would say the only concern I have now is my water. I really and truly am worried about it. I am very dehydrated at work now. Its to hot in our wal-mart and I can only drink water between customers. Then on top of that the dietician told me for my height and weight I am to drink 3 quarts of water a day. I may end up asking to transfer to another department after I return. I am a cashier right now.
We went to a meeting the other day, where we got to try the different protein products. And the ones they serve at the hospital. Uhg, they serve the diabetic one and sugar free instant breakfast. They both sucked. But we tried vanilla myoplex and it was good. I am gonna bring my own. Then when I get home I am gonna use different flavored extracts. Like rootbeer!! Banana, peppermint etc. Plus the sugar free coffee syrups would be good too!
Well its way past bedtime so I will wrap this up. I don't know if I will write again before surgery! But I will most definitely write when I am able to Post surgery! My new birthday is May 23rd, 2002!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to meeeeeeee
Jeanette
@@@@*****May 23rd*****@@@@
IIIIIIII'm off to see the wizarrrrrd the wonderful wizard of weight looooooosssssss!
See ya on the other side
Jeanette
*****May 26th******
! I loved getting to type in POST OP!!!!!! Wooooooo Whoooooooo
My surgery was at 12:15 p.m. on thursday the 23rd. I came home on saturday and today is sunday. I am struggling a bit with my typing but hey I can handle that! I had gastric bypass/lap.
Get this,,,,my watch band is already to big! aaaaahahahahahaha.
Ok little hints I have learned. First when you have to do the Xray thingy to see if your pouch is leaking or has a block, tell the hospital to call Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay Oregon and ask how much Kool-aide they put in the yucky stuff! Oh it helped so much. Evidently one of Oregons Learning hospitals does this!
Two Myoplex ready made was allowed to be brought in to our hospital. Ask if you can bring your own if they don't offer it. I personally thing the myoplex ready made chocolate and myoplex deluxe vanilla pudding well drink, are good! Not gourmet of course but its still nice.
You will possibly be very emotional after surgery. Heavens to betsy I cry at the drop of a hat. Good tears not sad.
It will pass! No matter what you are going thru,,,,,It will pass. Just say, In an hour, day, month etc it will be over. It helps with your head!!!
Well speaking of heads I have a slight headache and am gonna quit. But as soon as I weigh in I will let you know. I weighed 321.5 the day before surgery. I have no scale!
Jeanette
******May 28th***** 5 days out!
Well I went in to have my drain taken out. (BTW That was no biggie! I was scared to death but I didn't feel anything except when she was taking out the one stitch.) I got to weigh for the first time. I weighed 321.5 lbs the day before surgery. Today for the first time in years I weighed............drum roll please.............299 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would write more right now but I just took a full dose of the liquid vicodin and I am getting loopy. (Haven't had to take that yet, not that there hasn't been pain, but my back is really hurting from laying around and not carrying myself like I normally do)
********June 3rd**********
Well I have to say, Life Is Different now. Part of me wonders what I have done. 2 ounces is not very much. And choices of what I can eat right now are so limited by my doctor.
Someone asked me the other day, if I was hungry? I said stomach is not hungry,,,,head is. The battle in your head is very tough. I went off of the myoplex. I got sooo sick of everything we could eat being sweet that I would get the gag reflex everytime I took a sip or bite of the myoplex. They need to come up with a creamy soup made of myoplex proteins or something.
I still am feeling a bit weak. My walking has not been very much. And whenever I stand up or straighten up from bending over I almost black out. I see my doctor for my first visit this wednesday. I have a hunch my blood pressure is getting lower! I also have taken no glucophage since surgery. (diabetic meds) My sugars have been completely in the normal range! So Cool. Hopefully he will take me off of one more of my blood pressure meds.
My back really hurts through all of this and I think its due to my stomach muscles feeling not quite right. But I am sure they will get stronger as time goes on and I heal more.
Anyone got any hints on how to remove the adhesive left on my skin from bandaids and stuff? Its so ugly. ( I figured out how to get it off. Use cooking oil, just rub it on the adhesive and then wipe off. Works if you bend over and hit your hair on a Fly Trap STRIP!!!!! Yucky gross ewwwwww. But hey the oil took it out! Whew!)
Well I will write more when I get back from doctors on wednesday
Jeanette
********June 10th********
Well I have officially lost a total of 39 lbs in 13 days! I was totally blown out of the water!!!! I am so pleased.
I have had my first weekend away from home. Eating was really fun. I had things I had not been able to eat yet. Doctor gave me the go ahead, I just have to remember to eat 2 oz's and chew chew chew...uhg uhg uhg! Had a few rough spots but no throwing up which is what I was afraid of.
Will write again when I know another weight loss number
Jeanette
************July 19th***********
I am now 2 months out and I have lost 60lbs! Just amazing! I had a 2 week period where I didn't loose anything and it scared the tar outta me! But I caught up again.
I am walking about 2 miles 4 times a week now. I love walking again. NO PAIN KILLERS! Haven't walked without pain killers for a loooong time. Well actually I never did walk without them. I lost 100lbs prior to the surgery and maintained it for about 3 years, but I had to walk with pain killers.
I will put a newer picture up soon. My face looks so different and people say I look Brighter? hahahaha Nope just skinnier!
*********October 1st. 2002 *************
Yeah Yeah Yeah, its been months since I wrote. But I am at 92lbs loss now and feeling "Maavelous dawling just maavelous!" My only problem I am having is I have lost so fast my back does not quite know what to do and hurts pretty bad. And a nerve has pinched and caused my right foot to be dorky! I can't walk right anymore and its very weak. I have to walk on very even ground or my ankle rolls. But hopefully it will work right again as time goes on.
Someday I promise I will put pics up!
Till a few months from now!
Jeanette
*************OCTOBER 23RD 5 MONTHS POST OP.**************
HALLELUJAH........HALLELUJAH.........DO YOU HEAR THE CHOIR SINGING? GIGGLE!!!!!! I do,,,,,,,,,,I HIT 100 LBS. LOST TODAY!
Wow its been a tough last month, I only lost like 4 lbs. A bit scary I must say. And of top of that I couldn't do any exercise cuz of my dumb ankle. I still don't have use of it, but we do know WHY Now! Get this, and pay close attention! After years and years of not being able to cross my left leg over my right leg, I was taking FULL advantage of FINALLY being able to! Well I pinched the nerve the runs right down the outside of my knee cap on my right leg. And guess what nerve it is? Yup, the one that controls my right foot. Good Grief, Can you believe that. So after years of not being able to, I still can't. Boo Hoo. Oh well, I guess I can handle that. hee hee. Its so hard not to though, I have been sitting that way about 85% of the time, cuz it relieves back and tail bone pain.
Ok, now I have another really funny thing that bugs me. My butt, which has never been big, is now bony to sit on. My knees, which were never fat, hurt to lay on each other at night. Are skinny people that aware of all the bones they have? Or is it just cuz I am still carrying about 80lbs to much. Weird huh? But Hey, I HAVE BONES! HA AND I HAVE HIP BONES! HA. I put my hands on my waist, ya know, just standing around, and Whoa I have bones at the top of my hips! Giggle, people hug me and go "Wow I can get my arms all the way around you!
My son, who has never seen me thinner then 280 all of his 23 years, is visiting next month! I cannot wait to see his face!
Well I will write again soon. If you have hit a slow period in your weight loss. Don't panic, it will come back!
Jeanette
*********NOVEMBER 8 2002************
I had an interesting experience the other day. I was walking up this hill and in my mind I kept thinking, hmmmmmm why am I not breathing hard. hmmmmmm normally I have to stop 3 or 4 times going up this hill. I am not in good shape due to my foot recently going numb, so Why is it easy? HAAAAAAAAA I then realized its cuz I am not carrying an extra 100 lbs on me anymore! Wooooo Whoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
*********January 8th 2003********** Total Loss 117 lbs.
Well Ok, Just call me Grace, Or call me someone who follows in her mothers foot steps! Giggle. Yesterday I was jogging, which is something I have been doing recently and just love it. However yesterday I did not take my cell phone like a dummy and left my house at about 4:20. I knew I might be cutting it close with darkness but it had been sunny and not really dark until after 5:30 and I knew I would more then likely be ok.
Oh first let me say the beginning of the afternoon started with me hitting a pet mallard male duck while driving down the road. I just loved watching him and his brother walking everywhere together. The owners did not keep them in their fenced yard. Very typical of me I bawled after I hit it. soooooooo tramatic, so traumatic I tried to talk the kid who makes my sugar free hazelnut latte, into giving it to me for free. I told him I had a traumatic experience and I needed a free latte. Did he laugh when I told him. giggle,,,,,not free but upsized and a quack or two! giggle
Soooooooooo a lot of you know that since I have lost my weight, I have pinched a nerve in my right leg, that left my ankle floppy. (If you loose weight after years of not being able to cross your legs, DON"T do it all the time. giggle you will get "drop foot". OH well it was getting so much better, thus I was able to jog. IN fact I could jog better then walk because of the way I would hold my legs.
Sooooooooooo I was at about the half way point of my run, over 2 miles from home and my stupid ankle rolled and I went down. ON the blasted ground in front of the whhoooooooooooole world. Thank goodness everyone was at work. giggle. And typical of Jeanette I had to find the humor in this. My bottle of water rolled like two houses down the road. Uhg. Well I had taken some liquid vicodin with me cuz I knew I would be pushing myself a little and tend to get blisters. Thank The Lord, cuz I had to jog home!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I probably could have stopped and asked for help, but either the people weren't home yet or if they were they had biiiiiiiig dogs or they houses were just not anything I would approach alone. So again thank the Lord it was almost all uphill home. Had it been down hill I probably wouldn't have made it home for hours. Uphill didn't hurt as much. If I stopped my ankle would get so tight it scared me. So I kept jogging. My driveway hurt more then the whole jog home. it was downhill, semi-dark and rocky!
Sooooooooo I called mom and dad and told them what had happened and we decided that I should probably go to emergency cuz I had a half a baseball on my ankle from the swelling. Weeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllll
When the muscle pulled away from the funny little sticking out bone thingy on the side of the ankle, it pulled a piece of bone out. Then I tore ligaments and am in a walking boot. Which I can't walk on. I have to be on crutches for a week, no weight on the foot at all. ON top of this the other leg, of course, took the brunt of the jog home and I messed up my knee. Makes it verrrrry hard to get up and down from the toilet. And going up and down two flights of stairs is most scary and needless to say I am totally grounded now. And I didn't even do anything bad! giggle
Sooooooooooooo this morning at 7:00 I have to use the restroom and let Hollie Pig, my dog out. I make it to the bathroom and I know something is wrong. I feel like I am gonna pass out. I barely called roommate twice and she came in. I evidently did pass out and I guess it scared the snot outta her cuz I started jerking like when a person is dying. I came out of it and instantly was sweating from head to toe. I told her my sugars dropped. She fed me 2 glasses of OJ and gradually it came back up. Since surgery I am not diabetic, however I am hypoglycemic. Which is good and bad. Good cuz I am pretty stinking good about not eating sugars anymore. Bad cuz my sugars drop when I am stressed for any reason. Like a instant stress, not just every day type.
Sooooooooooo I went back to bed but went into my living room chair to sleep. I was really afraid to sleep, but of course I woke up. Sooooooooooo Lessons Jeanette learned yesterday………….#1 always always always, take the cell phone when I go walking or running or ok anything! And when I feel funny,,,,,,, drink orange juice. giggle. OH yeah and quit crossing my legs!
******FEBRUARY 17, 2003*********
Well I now weigh 205 lbs. I am so excited! I cannot wait to hit 200 and then 199. That is what I weighed thru most of high school. 176 was the lowest I weighed as an adult sized high schooler. I do believe I will even lose more then that as time goes on.
I still have a big stinking belly and I can't stand it. And WRINKLY SKIN??????!!!!!! Oh My Gosh its just awful. If you are young and thinking about this surgery, Do it now while you are young. I have carried this weight for 25 years and am 43 now. My skin will never look right again, and I cannot afford any plastic surgery.
My tummy is coming up I will say, but it still is so big. But I do look mighty fine in clothing! I am now wearing an 18/20 depending on the maker of the clothes. Its just shocking to be in that size. I find myself still going to the fat ladies dept. whenever I shop. And I really don't need to be. I can wear an XL in womans clothing now. I am officially smaller then my mother..........OH OH OH OH What a feeling!
My son and his fiance, did not make it to Oregon for Thanksgiving. Therefore, he has not seen me yet. He will not look at any pictures I have sent to family down there, as he wants to see me in person the very first time. As I have said before, he has never seen me at less then 280 lbs. They are getting married on June 13th and that will be his first time of seeing me. (shhhh I just have to make sure I don't outshine the Bride! giggle) I can't wait, I look at clothing in catalogs all the time trying to decide what I will wear to the wedding!
Well I will update again soon.
Jeanette
*********April 3, 2003***********
Well I finally Hit my first huge huge huge goal. I weigh 199, well 197 now, but that is what I weighed thru high school! In the 70's!!
I am walk/jogging 5+ miles a day now and I absolutely love it. I had no idea I could enjoy it so much. Plus I walk in the most beautiful country! On a river affected by tide changes, with cows, horses, goats, otters, birds of all kinds, and fish of course! I plan on doing a race there this summer! Its a 10k which is 6.2 miles. I just don't know if I can jog the whole time.
My doctor has sent a request to my insurance to have my "Beast", otherwise known as the "Apron", or tons of skin called a belly, removed. I am praying they say yes. Cuz I hate "The Beast". To me its all I see anymore. Just this huge thing out in front of me.
I have to say, the wrinkles and wrinkles and more baggy wrinkles are a little shocking. Yes I knew I would have them I just didn't know they would be as bad as they are. At some point I am going to take pics for everyone to see, so you too, won't be shocked.
Well I will write again, when I hear from the insurance co.
Jeanette
**********December 7, 2003***********WEIGHT 172!!!!!!!!!
Sorry it has taken so long to write. My life is sooo busy now with work and RUNNING!!!! Yup I love to run and I do run in beautiful country!
My son's wedding was absolutely wonderful. He cried and told me how proud he was of me and that I was beautiful. Course he always thought that before too! Everyone's comments were wonderful. But the funniest of all was "Oh you are sooo tall". Duh I have been 6' tall for a loooong time. Now I am described as the tall skinny woman. hee hee I love it.
I am going to have another picture put on here but its from the wedding and I can't figure out how to send a new picture anymore? hmmmmm Well maybe I will get a better one taken anyways. I now wear a 14/16 tall and wear smaller jeans then I did in high school! I am very pleased but hate my belly and extra skin. My insurance said they wouldn't decide if it was medically necessary until after the surgery! So needless to say I did nothing. I have fat days every now and then but they are getting farther and farther between. I just hate my profile, Tall, skinny, big fat belly sticking out over my legs. Oh well. I am still happy and healthy!
When I get a better pic I will write again,
Jeanette
*****July 18, 2005******
Wow I can't believe how long its been since I updated! Shame on me!!
Part of it was my puter was down. But I am once again up and running.
I am doing pretty good. I ended up at about 200 lbs. Which is ok with me. I still have a huge belly sticking out and I have to say it REALLY messes with my head. I have a hard time with it daily. Its very depressing. And unfortunately the pain in my back is actually worse then when I was fat????? I just don't get it. If I could get the belly taken off I know the pain would subside. I can pick up the belly and put it on the back of my couch from behind and the pain instantly goes away. But of course the insurance says its cosmetic. And the Dr. wants $3000 down to just cut it off. We are not talking a plastic surgeon here, just a surgeon. I would have little points on my hips he says. Where as a plastic surgeon would do it correctly.
I jog or walk at least 4 times a week now and really enjoy it. But I have to say the flip flapping of my upper arms hitting my arm pits is a bit embarassing. But at least I can jog! The broken ankle ended up healing just fine.
One of the gals Where I worked, that had the surgery don't even look like they had the surgery. I can tell you this, she was eating normal food as soon as she came back to work. And as far as I am concerned EXERCISE is the key! You can pretty much eat like a normal person as far out as I am and do great as long as you exercise.
So my words of wisdom are EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE! And please be prepared for the extra skin. Friends I have to say, No one prepared me for what I would look like. Granted I carried my weight for 25 years and I know that makes a difference. But I was not prepared for how horrible it would be. To be quite honest I will never have sex again. I am now separated and have been for 7 years. Therefore I will never meet and get married again. I look great in clothes. But it is truly scary to see my body. At least when I was fat, people looked at me and knew I was fat. However, now if I was to fall in love with a different man, I would never allow him to see me. To say that my upper legs have wrinkles is an understatement. And to put it graphically so you can visualize how bad it is, my upper legs look like a mans "sack" if you know what I mean. When its cold, not when the sack is relaxed. Yes its gross but I want you to really understand how gross it is.
I remember reading all these "whiners" pages about their extra skin. And I thought geez shut up at least you are skinny. Well if they look like I do???? they are not whiners. I just wish someone had put pics up of what it really looked like. And when I figure out how to use my digital camera I was given with out a manual I will put up pics. Because there is about 50% of me that wishes I had not had the surgery. Because at least when I was fat, anyone who fell in love with me, knew I was fat and ugly underneath the clothes.
I know what I have written is negative but its also the truth.
Jeanette
*****January 7, 2006********Well life has moved on. I wish I could say in a good way. I am gaining weight. I am still wearing about half of the clothes but I am able to eat more and more. I hate it. I also went off massive amounts of pain killers and therefore have quit exercising. I am not following my own advise. I just never dreamed it would hurt so bad.
So my New years resolution was to start walking/jogging again. I did it one day this week at lunch and it really helped me function at work for the rest of the day. I work in a call center answering calls for Nextel Customers, who now reeeeeally don't like the fact we are associated with the "cuss word" "Sprint". Ugh.
Today was Saturday and yesterday an old "crush" from high school wrote that he enjoyed reading my "Journey" of surgery. And then wrote, Keep Up the walking...........ugh,,,,stab of guilt in the heart! Sooooooooooo Today while driving home in the rather dreary weather of the oregon coast, I am pep talking myself into walking when I get home,,,,,"I love walking in the rain, you stay cooler,,,,I love walking and listening to my music,,,,,,,,, blah blah blah. Course the rain has actually subsided for the last half hour, so I am reasonably sure that I will have a wonderful time. I swear to you,,,,I get all ready to go and walk out the front door and the sky opens up wide! Hail, rain, and dark dreary-ier weather. I walked back in the house complaining and my room mate goes "you love the rain, you stay cooler." Kinda pissed me off but I went. I am on my way home again and I get 100 yards from the house and Ta Daaaaaaa, it stops raining. Course I am sopping wet and my feet are soooo cold and wet and hurt like the dickens! OH well at least I did it!
So think positive thoughts for me!
Also I am going to try to post a new picture that I took at christmas last year. The only really pretty one I have. I rarely dress up and did for this one!
Once again, take my advise, EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE!
Jeanette aka Big Bird
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