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Here is my ROLLERCOSTER RIDE...Hang on and enjoy......
1/08/2004 Ok check this out....I was told that surgery in Fresno was taking place late Feb or even early April of next year. I asked about going to South San Francisco and they told me that they are no longer taking surgerys from Fresno. I called members services and told them that I wanted to go to SSF and in 5 mins I was on the phone with SSF getting a new surgey date. The lady that does all the Kaiser approvals in Northen Ca told me that I could have my surgery in less then 3 months, if everything goes ok with all the testing. I will get my new date next week so I will post it and all the other info then. Gezz Kaiser. Thanks to everyone for all your support. Love you all....
1-09-2004 I went to get my cpap thing going today. They told me that I stopped breathing 15 times the night I did the test. I was really suprised, I did even think that I slept that night. wow.
1-12-2004 This was a real good day. I called SSF and the main person told me that I might have my surgery in March. I was in shock, I started to cry, then got scared. Boy what a fun rollercoster ride this wls journey is. Then later I went to a local support group tonight and boy did it really help. I am pre-op and I met so many nice people that gave me alot of insight on wls. I would recommend any pre-op's to go to your local support group. I got so much more information on the pros and cons, what to and not to do, what to eat what not to eat...etc.....Everyone have a great week !!!!!
1/25/2004 I have alot of appointments up in South San Francisco next month. Orientation class on Feb.7, then I have a meeting with two different doctors and then a case management class the end of Feb. I hope with all this I will have surgery sooner. WooHoo. Some people have told me that I might be required to lose 10% of my weight before they will do surgery. I have been trying to loose this weight for 15 years how do they except me to lose it in a couple of months? If I must loose it then I will try, heck I will do aything for this to happen I am soooo ready. I will post more after I get back from each appointment. Everyone have a great day and good luck to all the new members.
2/8/2004 Wow what a fun class. There was about 150 people that were at the class. We got to meet one of the surgons Dr Gorrin, oh my gosh what a great doctor and funny. The class was from 9:30 till 1:00 and I thought that I had lots of information before, boy was I wrong. The main speaker was a wounderful lady Gity Baxter, she was so understanding, funny and had alot of us crying (good cry). Another lady was Nadia and she talked about the case managment part of the program. Got into all the diffeent parts of the program that you must agree with, they even have you sign a form at the end of class. You must lose 10% in order to have surgery and then she got in to detail why. She was also very nice and understading. Then we had guest speakers that have had the surgery and shared their stories made everyone in the whole room cry. There was tons of questions and everyone sigle one was answered. My next appointment is on Thursday Febuary 12, 2004 and I will do another update then.
2/15/2004 WOW.... That is the first thing I can say today. On Thursday Feb 12, I had a appointment with Beth Trumbo (the diet lady) in South San Francisco, everything went great. On Feb 7, 2004 when I went to class I weighed 320 and at the appointment with Beth I was 311, I lost 9 lbs. On Friday I called to see if Dr Linda Stiles had any cancel and she had one for that day at 2:00 at the time I called it was 11:00 and San Fran was a 2 1/2 hour drive. WOW..I made it with no problem, I think sometimes that there is Dale Earnhardt Jr just waiting to get out. The meeting with her went great, asked ALOT of medical questions and I got weighed agin, 309 I was in shock I most another 2 lbs in a day. After I left her office I ran into Nadia and told her I was looking at having surgery date the end of April she said Oh we can do better then that how about March 1st? I was like sitting there with my mouth wide open. WHAT !!! You must be joking? Nadia had to calm me down then after the shock wore off I said "HELL YES, I WILL BE READY". Then Dr Stiles came in and said that I would do great. Nadia told me that I have to go to class in the morning at 9:30-12:30 and after that class I go to another one from 12:30-3:30pm. I was not even ready I had to go home for my doggies so, back to Fresno then in the morning back to San Fran. Boy I am really getting used to all the driving. Got to San Fran about 7:00am had to get some lab work done so got that all taken care of then up to class we go. Checked in got weighed again and then I about passed out, 304 I lost another 5 lbs. How in the hell did I lose 16 lbs in one week? After being in shock class went great, got a tour of the unit where I will be having surgery and got to meet alot of really nice people. Here is a question, why are big people so nice and very understading and small people don't have a clue on how to be nice and friendley? Well I am back home....gezzz what a full 3 days. I would like to thank Alma at Dr Stiles office on being so nice and very helpful. You are the best! Good luck to everyone. Oh one more thing WooHoo Dale Earnhardt Jr won Daytona 500!!
2/17/2004 13 days to go...Oh my Gosh!!! I went to go see my PCP today gave her the good news on my date, she was oh so verry happy. I got all my test done today, ekg, lab work, galbladder ulrtasound and chest ex-ray. Woohoo how fun. I called South San Fran to let them know, so now I just sit and wait for the phone to ring with my appointment to see Dr Gorrin and the Dr that puts you to sleep (not even going to try and spell it). Alma called and I should get a call from Lisa in the morning with those appointments. Will give and update when I get more knews. Thanks.
2/25/2004 OH MY GOSH 5 DAYS !!!!! Yesterday I went to Kaiser in South San Francisco got to see Dr Neal Gorrin, he is a dead head how funny. My surgon is a Jerry Garica fan, BIG TIME. He is super nice with a silly side too and good looking on top of that. Got to all my questions and had alot for me as well. I would give him 2 big thumbs up. After I saw him it was off to see Nadia who got all my paper work ready to go and asked tons of questions. Then I went to lunch at this great place ToDia a all you can eat seafood place, boy last meals are soooo good (sorry Nadia). Then back to Kaiser to see the sleep lady Johanna, real nice and very soft spoken, asked more questions, boy my head is swimming. I got to meet alot of very nice people in the waiting room and I gave them all obesityhelp cards. They had no clue that this website was out there, I think doctors should tell them about us it is so very helpful. I got thumbs up from everyone and all I need to do is come up on Sunday night Feb. 29 to get more blood work done. I check in at the hospital on Monday morning March 1st. All I can say is WOW, I don't think any words can express the way I am Feeling. Thank you to everyone for all your support, I love you all !!!!
3/11/2004 First of all sorry about taking so long to post. I will start this on Sunday 2/29/2004. I left in the morning about 9:30, got to South San Francisco about 1:00pm. Checked into the motel went to the room and took a nap. Drove into Frisco my belly was up set so we didn't get to stay long. So, back to the room we go. 3/1/2004 Woke up and got ready to go to the hospital went to ammitting got all the paper work done. Then I was off to the waiting room and about 5 min later they called my name and said they are ready for me so off I went. I went and got all undressed put a real big gown on got in bed then about 3 lady's came over and one started my IV, another one was asking questions about my health and the last lady was hooking up my heart and BP to the mechine. Then off I went to OR, wow really fast all that in about 15 min. All I can remember is that the sleep lady told me to take 5 deep breaths, then out like a light I was. Surgery went great about 3 hours. I woke up in ICU with family right by my side, they took pics of me while I was out, cool. It was about two hours after surgery I was up and walking about and I was feeling great, no pain at all. Family went home after first walk to take care of my doggies. I went for about 3 more walks then I was getting sleepie. I got woke up by a real bad pains in my new belly it was like spazems. Hurt like hell evey min they would come, they lasted for 1 hour then went away, thank God!!! Then I was off to my new private room, real nice and clean. Family came back up Tuesday afternoon and we went for more walks and had a real nice talk. Wednesday 3/3/2004, eveythig was going great then after a walk I was getting in bed and I stepped on my cathader, OH MY GOSH OUCH!!! After I was done screaming Dr Gorrin came in around 8:30am and told me I was the poster child for gastric bypass surgery, I was doing and felt great. He asked me if I wanted to go home wow only afte 2 days? SURE! Got all my stuff together and I was ready to go. One thing, I packed everything I thought that I would need for the hospital and did not use anything, nevereven opened my bag. The only thing I did use was chapstick, BRING CHAPSTICK!!! I would like to thank eveyone who called, it was great talking to you. I have my doctors on March 16h I will post more then. Thanks again to everyone, I love you all.
3/15/2004 I went for my 2 week check today and everything went great. I lost, are you ready??????? A total of 31LBS in 2 weeks. Oh my gosh I can not belive it. I am feeling so good, I asked my doctor if he even did the surgery or did he just put 5 holes in my belly (lol). I am so very happy that I got a chance to have this surgery it has changed my whole life. I am walking without any pain, sleeping without my CPAP, not taking BP meds, smiling all the time and I am even showing my belly to everyone who wants to see (boy that is not me at all). I wish luck to everyone that is thinking about having this surgery, it will change your life for the better!
4/4/2004 Hi Everyone, Sorry it has taken a while to post. I jump on the scale this morning and did body measurements and I have lost 55 LBS and 47 1/2 inches. WOW. I don't know where it went and I sure don't want to find it...lol. I feel so good I am also walking every chance I get about 5 miles, 2 times a day. Before surgery I would walk to the bathroom and be out of breath. Geeezzz. I wish I would have done this surgery alot sooner. I went from taking 2 meds for high BP, 2 meds for my joints and had to sleep with a CPAP for my sleep apena. Now I am taking NOTHING!!!! I am going to South San Francisco on April 17, for my post op class, we have one once a month. I can not wait to see everyone and there progress.
Have a great week and Happy Easter!!!!
6/15/2004 Hi Everyone, Sorry it has taken so long to do a update. My 3 months has just passed and I am doing GREAT !!! I have lost 75 LBS thats right 75 LBS...WOW. I go up to South San Francisco on the 29th of this month to see Dr Stiles. Boy I can not tell you how great things are going and how better life can be after weight loss surgery. I know it has saved my life. Bye all and I promise I will do a update after Dr appointment. Have a great day!!!!
9/11/2004 Hi everyone, Sorry I have not been on for so long. I got to weigh myself this morning and I was at are you ready.....drum roll.....198 lbs. I just about passed out. Just to think 6 months ago I was at 320 and now I am 122 lbs lighter. WOOHOO !!!!!!
I sure hope everyone is doing great, I have missed all of you.
Keep in touch.
9/17/2004 I got my 6 month check up and I started this journey at 320 and now I am 126 pounds lighter. WooHoo! I do need to put a add out for a missing butt and boobs. I have looked everywhere and I can not find them. I not sure if I want to find them, I don't even miss them. But sometimes late at night I hear them calling my name and it reminds me of how much I want no I need to stick to this tool that was given to me. I make a promise to myself that I will never put anything harmful into my body again. Lord knows how very hard it has been, then I look in the face of my family and friends see there smiles and how proud they are of me and it is at that point I know I will never go back to fat.
Thanks to every person that has given me support, I owe you my life. I know that sounds :crazy: but I was at the end of my rope 10 months ago, so thanks from the bottom of my heart and the heart of my family. God Bless.
Have a great weekend.
10/1/2004 Oh my gosh, it has been 1 year that I got this whole big ball rolling. Gezzz, I started weighing 320 and now I am down 133 pounds and weigh 190, I still have about 50 pounds I would like to lose but heck I am feeling GREAT !!! Someone asked me if I would do this surgery all over again and I told them I would do it over a million times. I have been very lucky not to have had any problems at all. I wish that every person that needs this surgery could get this wonderful tool that has been given to me. Some people think that having this surgery is the easy way out and we have no will-power to lose weight on our own. All I say to that is "how easy is it to dig yourself out of your own grave"? I do feel that without this surgery I would still be sitting on my ass complaning on how bad my back and feet hurt or wanting to stay at home while my family goes out. Now I am the one always on the go wanting to go out all the time and my family is the one getting tired, how funny is that. One thing I am really looking forward to is going to 6 Flags and getting my butt on a rollercoaster without the worry of "will I fit". I think the best part is that I am thinking of the future of all the things I want to do, hell that I can do. My life has really changed I now look at things I eat like, when I go shopping I look at nutrition facts on Everything, if it's not good it's not going in me. When the family gets together I bring my own food or just eat 3 oz of salad, my family is so understanding. One thing I would like to tell people that are thinking of having this surgery or that has had it is, Please make sure you go to support classes they are the only ones beside this website that know what you are going thru and can help. Boy does this website help it has been a lifesave for me, really it has. When you think all hope is gone your feeling like crap all you have to do is log on and like Emerial says "BAM" you are getting advise from EVERYONE!!!
Thanks to everyone that has given me support you are true friends and I love you all!!!
12/02/2004 My oh my what a GREAT year this has been so far. I got on the scale this morning and I am down a total of 147 pounds and have lost 117 inches, WOW!!!! I started wearing a size 26-28 and this morning I put on a size 14 Levis and they fit great not even tight, what a differance 9 months can make. I am going to make a dr's appointment to have them look at my "sag fat" and see when I can get it cut off and get my boobs done. I am thinking about sometime in April my birthday present to myself. Thanksgiving was kinda hell but I think I did otay, didn't eat much at all just looking at food makes me sick. Maybe this will pass before Christmas, hope so. Well, got to get going will post more by Christmas. Have a great day.
03/01/2005 Happy 1 year to me!!!! All I can really say is thank you God. I am down to 175 and everyday is a new adventure, I love it. I went to the mall (yes I said mall) yesterday and was trying to find clothes for new job and I tried on a size 14 and they were to big, all I could do was cry. This lady asked me if I gained weight, I just looked at her and started smiling, then I took out before pics and then she started to cry. Before you knew it the whole store was crying. How funny being over weight can be. Size 12 for me baby. On the 17th of March I go to see PS about my sag fat and boobs give more of a update then. I am living life to it's fullest without pain. Thanks to everyone for your support.
4/26/2005 Hello everyone. On Friday I was talking to my mom on the phone and all of a sudden I had the worst pain ever, even worse then passing a kidney stone. I called the er at Kaiser and they wanted me to come in ASAP. Oh shit!!! I thought I was going to die. They did a bunch of test and told the doctor the pain was like having a heart stabbed over and over again. I could not breath at all. This pain was right in the middle below my ribcage oh my gosh what pain. The doctor after 8 hours of hell, that my gallstone needed to be removed like 8 hours ago. So off to surgery I go. You know when I had my WLS I was not scared at all. But when it came to get this done I was scared to death. After about 2 hours I was awake in ICU don't remeber much at all. Then I was taken to my room and the nurse came in WooHoo his name was Arlis and he was sooo nice and good looking too. Got all my vital signs and then came my 2 best friends in the world joking and having a great time. Bunchies of assholes I say. LOL. Boy I love them, make me smile all the time. It was so cool, in my room I had a tv and a dvd/vcr player so my friends went and got some movies came back and we or should I say they watched movies and had pizza while I was flying high as a kite and passing out from all the druges. Gezz life can be so crazy, one min you are having a nice talk with someone you love, the next min I think I am going to die and then after that life is so great again all with in a matter of 24 hours.
Love and out, Have a great day and enjoy life it is to damn short to have your head up your ass smelling the "WRONG" roses.
5/26/06 Wow, is all I can say
But then again I am not known for only 3 small letters. Ok here is what happened: First of all I had my surgey 1 1/2 years ago and I have lost 215 pounds, again, WOW. This morning it really hit me and hit me hard. I got up had my coffee and was reading the paper, lots of sales ads and Carrie just got paid (I love my new job), so I thought, Hummmm I need new clothes, so off to the mall (oh my gosh I said the "M" word) I go. I was looking at some real cute sexy tops and some Levis so I grab a xl top and size 16 jeans. Well to my wonder the top was way to big and the jeans fell off me. so I go and get a smaller size and no help still to big. I am in the fitting room just crying my eyes out and a lady that worked at the store came and asked if eveything was ok. All I could do was cry and try to tell her whats wrong (right) and then she helps. Ok, 1 1/2 years ago I was over 350 and I don't know what size I was wearing all I know is that it was big. I walked out of the "M" word with 5 med tops and levis that are READY??????? A size 8 and my fat didn't even hang over the top, YEEEE PEEEE !!!!!
I came home so fast through all my clothes off and jumped on the scale and it read 148 pounds. I just about passed out. I was sitting on the end of my bed crying my eyes out but this time tears of complete joy.
I have so many people that I would like to thank, I am so so greatfull to all of you. Well, I thank you all so very much for letting me have my few min of fame.
I love you all, Carrie
11/12/06 WOW... I can not remember the last time I was here. I was at work today and one of my friends really nice person named Karri told me how she found me. So much has happened in my life I am down 227 lbs wearing a size 6, working my ass off and loving every moment of what God has given me, a second chance. I truly think I would be dead if I did not have this surgery.
Well, I will write more often I promise. I miss you guys so very much. Keep in touch with me. I will write more this week-end. Bub bye but just for now.
12/30/06 I just wanted to drop in and wish everyone a VERRY HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR!
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