sara S.

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Hey there peeps. well, i'm now 15 months and 2 days out from my rny surgery. I feel fabulous!  i am now 140lbs down from 285lbs. holy shit!!  What a different world.  I recently started working in a new salon with a woman i never knew before.  One day she was introducing me to one of her clients, and refferede to me as "a cute little thing"  HA! thats one i never heard a year ago!  I told her about my journey. she didnt even believe i could ever have been big!  i actually brought a pair of my "before" jeans in and some photos. so now i am kinda the side show, but you know...i dont mind, i love the congratulations i get, i've earned it damn it!!  I have to say i havent been on OH for months. i just check in once in a long while nowadays.  I do check up on y'all though, and am so proud of all your successes.  Anway, i'll post some pics and creep around for a bit, and until next time......:)

Well, well, well.   So it has been just over 7 months since my rny surgery. I havent posted anything here for a whiiiiile, because, well, to be honest, I am busy living life!  I am down 107lbs, and i feel fantastic. I love clothes shopping now, except when I cant find my size, cause they're all TOO BIG!!!!  WTF?? right? 
The surgery went great, no complications, but BBBAAADD gas pains. didnt last long though.  recovery was pretty good, emotionally it was tougher than physically, cause everyone is eating like normal, and you feel like you will for real never eat anything good again!!!  Well, it isnt true.  I eat what everyone else eats. (Well, not the sugary gooey stuff, but you can get reeeeaally good sugar free chocolate, and cookies, etc...) I eat pizza with the family, and chicken, pork chops, ground beef, HELL - New years eve i had a steak!! It took me a good while to eat it mind you, but still. i don't feel deprived anymore. and i am a pretty cheap date, cause i only eat a childs size  portion. LOL.Anyway....i gotta run - that happens a lot nowadays - but i will try to check in again sooner, cause i would love to think i can help out anyone just beginning this journey.  It is a wild ride, but an awesome one!!!!!

well, yesterday i had my PATS done at Barix. i was impressed with how thorough they were. they did blood tests, urine test, chest xray, breathing tests, ekg, gall bladder ultrasound, questions, question, questions...... really great! i like that they dont just slap you up on the table like a number ("next"). they make sure they know you inside and out. that makes me feel secure. so......12 days till surgery! aaaaahhh!!! i am sooo excited, but of course scared too. i am not really scared about the surgery, but the afterward. this isnt like  a tonsilectomy, where you have surgery and then a week later it's back to life as usual. I will never again live my life "as usual". it is kind of hard to imagine such a radical change of lifestyle. No more daily drive thru at mcdonalds. no more super sized caramilk bars from the donation box at work. these things shouldn't worry me so much, but they do. i guess if they werent such a huge part of my life, i wouldnt need this surgery to begin with.

anyway, on a happier note, my PATS did go great. apparently i am as healthy as a horse. (a fat horse, but a horse none the less. lol) i think that it is nothing short of a miracle that at this size i am so healthy, and this just reinforces the fact that i am taking this step at the right time - before i have serious weight related health issues. Also a cool thing, was that the doctor said my lung capacity was probably better than his,that i was functioning above 100% ( I didn't know it was possible to be ABOVE 100%) so....i guess quitting smoking was a good idea huh? i am 4 months smoke free now. Anyway, onward and upward!

Allrighty, this is it  people! July 21 2009, I will go to Barix in Yipsilanti and have lap RNY!!  I am so excited.  i would lye if i said i am not scared too, but i am really psyched. i was hoping i could get in sooner, like june maybe, but i'll take what i can get right??? What a crazy ride this is.  It is so great meeting all these OH friends, i have gotten so much help, and now i am even able to help some of the newbies.  We are all on such a wild rollercoaster together!! Anyhoo......i got people to call with the news, so...check in soon!!!!
P.S. my PATS are July 8

So.....after the back and forth, i finally got OHIP approval to pay for rny out of country!! My Doctor held on to the papers for way to long, so, if you take off the 20 days the letters sat in his office doing nothing, it took less than a week for approval.

Also, since last i posted, i quit smoking!!! it has been 1 month and 4 days.  The only thing that sux is that now i am having trouble breathing in bed.....apparently this is normal as my lungs are getting used to all this fresh air, and clearing themselves of the skack i have accumulated over the last 10 years as a smoker. Hopefully this will pass soon, geez.......who knew i would quit smoking and THEN have breathing trouble???? LOL

I have to say, OH has been a God send.  so many things have come up that would have totally freaked me out if i hadnt had these boards.  I am sure that after surgery the same will apply.  So, to all of you here who are so helpful........thanks guys, you all ROCK!!!! and i will depending on you a lot more, so dont go anywhere! HEE HEE!!!

Well, i went to my family doctor on Monday night and he is totally on board to get my rny over at Barix in Yipsilanti!  So , he filled out my OCC forms for OHIP and checked the two "boxes of doom"....and now we wait with bated breath.....come ooooon ohip, mama needs a new start!