SuzysTigger
1/3/04 - 11/24/04
Feb 20, 2007
*2004*
1/03/04 Hey Everyone. 2004 can you believe it? I can't; seems like yesterday we were celebrating 2000. I got a call from the surgeons office yesterday with my pre-op testing appt.. It is going to be Tues January 20. I have to be at the Hosp at 7am. Nothing to eat or drink after 12 midnight. The strange thing is. I am only having an ultrasound of my stomach a mamogram and an appt with the nutritionist?? I asked about all the other test and she said that was going to be it? WHAT? WHAT ABOUT BLOOD WORK, EKG, PULMONARY FUNCTION, CT SCAN, UPPER GI, ENDOSCOPY, X-RAY OF THE CHEST? I don't understand. I am going to ask my PCP what he thinks and if he can get these test done for me. I will not have this done if I am not positive they know everything there is to know about my health. I had everything but the upper gi, endoscopy, & pulmonary function test back in Aug. But they said they are no good after 3 months? I am a bit worried now. I am going to call somebody Monday. I will update then. 1/07/04 I just got off the phone with Katie Dr. Browns Head Nurse and she informed me that I will be having all the Pre-Op test's and she will give me the order to have them done when I go in there on 3/4/04. She said I am not going to get out of them that easy.. Well that makes me feel much much better. Katie is a sweetheart. I have bugged her so much and she told me that if I needed anything else to please call. I know I have been a headache. This Surgeon and the office personel are so very nice I know I made the right choice when I picked them.. will update later Peace.1/10/04 I HAVE AN ANGEL! Her name is Jeanette Jones and she is really sweet. She is going to go into the chat room's and update everyone on my progress while in the hospital. She told me that if I have any question's to ask her and if she didn't know the answer she would find out for me. That is great. I have some Pre-Op test's on tuesday 1/20/04 I have to be at the hospital at 7am. That is early. Well I will update later. Peace1/16/04 Hey everybody, I just found out that my Angel Jeanette's Birthday is on the same day as my surgery March 19th. That is so weird. She was meant to be My Angel. This has to be a good sign. My Friend Sherri went to her consultation yesterday and she had to watch a movie for 2 hrs and then the surgeon drew purple marks on her stomach to show her how and were the incisions would be. She should be having surgery in February. WAY TO GO SHERRI! Well I am going to close for now. Peace. 1/21/04 I just wanted to post today because yesterday I had to go for some of my Post-Op test's. My GallBladder is fine and so are my boobies. I met with the nutritionist. Chantaye is really sweet she also does the meetings every month so I knew her before. I have the life insurance company coming tomorrow for a physical for the policy. I am so ready for this surgery. I will update later. Peace1/26/04 I got a letter in the mail Saturday from the hospital saying that my mamogram was inconclusive and I need to come in for another one. WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I am REALLY scared. I am going to get on the messege board and ask if this has happened to anyone else? Is this going to stop my surgery? What if there is something wrong with my boob's? I haven't been able to sleep very good because of this. I finally passed out Sunday morn around 4am and here I am at 5am still up and shaking in my slippers. I don't think there is breast cancer in my family. HA 1 thing that my family doesn't have. go figure. I am going to scream! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH1/27/04 I got up this morning at 8am to make breakfast for Chris, at 9am I called Dr. Brown's office to see about rescheduling another mamogram. Katie informed me that I was scheduled at 9:45 this morn for one. I ran to the hospital and made it with 15 min's to spare. They took another mamogram and that one also came back with a mass on it. I seen it! It looked like a marble in my left boob. So they took an ultrasound and I won't hear anything for 3 days. If they aren't happy with that one I will have to have a biopsy. When did this surgery turn into a breast problem? I just want to be healthy! Someone slap me and wake me up PLEASE! I am going to go nuts. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO SO RUDELY SAY THIS IS THE EASY WAY OUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS!! 1/29/04 I just got off the phone with Katie, My surgeons assistant. She said the ultrasound came back and they think it is just a swollen lymph node. They will be doing a breast exam in the office to be sure. Thank you God. Prayers do get answered. Pastor Hundley and Everyone Who Prayed for me THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. Katie is such a sweetheart. With all she has to do she still took time to call me and answer my question's. She could have been really mean to me because I have been a real pest but she was nothing but nice. What ever she is getting paid it isn't nearly enough. Blessed Be....2/01/03 HELLO FEBRUARY! I am so tired of the cold weather. I want spring to hurry up and come. Well 6 weeks and 5 days from today I will be in surgery. WOO HOO! Tomorrow is GroundHog day I sure hope he doesn't see his shadow. If he does that means 6 more weeks of winter. PLEASE LET IT BE CLOUDY!! LOL2/02/04 Well the groundhog seen his shadow so we will have 6 more weeks of winter. Oh No! I am tired of the cold weather. Let there be Spring. 6 weeks and 4 days more and I will be having surgery.. Yeee Haww!! 2/10/04 Today was a wonderful day my good friends Melinda & April got great news. Melinda's PCP is going to give her the letter she needs saying that the surgery is medically necessary. April got word today that she is approved. She should be having her surgery February 26th. WOO-HOO YOU GO GIRL'S. CONGRATULATIONS!!2/14/04 Happy Valentines Day! Today was a beautiful day. My husband and I went to Captain George's for dinner and then we went walking in the mall. We bought a new vacuum which we needed very badly and a scale for me. We had a great time. I have lost 9 pounds somewhere. I have been eating everything in sight getting ready for this surgery and I lose weight?? I don't get it. I try to diet and I gain and I eat everything and lose. Maybe I should have done this a long time ago..lol On another note My good friend Sherri got another denial today. She is very sad & upset. I am so very hurt and sad that this has happened to her yet again. I can not understand why Wal-Mart's insurance is doing this to her. 2/21/04 WOW! less than a month to go.. 27 days 21 hours to be exact.. lol I went out yesterday and got my broth, SF Jello, Protein drink's and SF Popsicles. My Hospital bag has been packed for 2 months now, LOL. I am ready for my new life, Or as they call it here at OH my Re-birthday. I have been doing weight lifting for my arms so that I will be able to move myself around without using my stomach muscle's after surgery. I went last night and got my Cocoa butter vit E and aloe lotion for my incisions. So the scaring will be minimal. I am ret to go..lol My emotions are still crazy. I have written all my GoodBye letter's just in case I don't make it out of this alive. Talk about emotional. I think they all have tear stain's on them. But I wanted to let those know how much they have meant to me, that I love them and I really wanted to do this surgery to help my health. I also put in them that if I die doing it then I died doing what I wanted and to not be sad for me. Well April had her pre-op's on thurs and she has her surgery on February 26th. Way to go April and congrat's you will be in my prayers. I will update later. Peace2/25/04 OMG! It is getting so close so fast.. I wanted to post today because I have wonderful news. I HAVE THE BEST ANGEL IN THE WORLD. HIS NAME IS TRACK. Yes I said HIS. He lives here in the area and even goes to the same group meetings as me. He is a wonderful person. I got on today and my e-mail was bombed by all the well wishes from people. He had sent out a msg for everyone to sign my surgery page. He really has been working it for me. I am so glad he was sent to me. He also has been thru this and has done so very very well. check out his profile. He had surgery on Nov 10th and has already lost over 112 pounds. That is freakin wonderful. April is having surgery tomorrow. Here is her Profile please sign her surgery page for me. I got some bad news the other night my aunt passed away. She was 76 and had alot of problems. I think she just gave up because she had told my Dad that she was tired. Well I will update again soon. Peace3/07/04 Hey everyone, I just wanted to tell you what I have been doing. On Thursday I went to see my surgeon Dr. Brown. She likes to see you before surgery to see how you are feeling, make sure you aren't sick and to give you the pre-op instructions. I have to be at Leigh Hospital at 7am on Tuesday 3/9. For Pre-op tests. That is EARLY. I have a chest X-ray, Blood work and an EKG that I have to have done. Nothing else! WOO HOO I sure lucked out. I don't have to do a bowel prep or wash with antibacterial soap. But to be on the safe side I am going to do it anyway. Well I am going to close for now. I will update soon. Only 12 more day's. OMG!! ONLY 12 MORE DAYS.. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME. Blessed be! 3/11/04 I am on my way to take my husband to emergency surgery. He has a bad hernia. He is really scared. He, like me has never had surgery and is scared. I told him that is normal. I wouldn't have known that or how to calm him if it weren't for this site and the chat room. This is a great site for surgery info. Prayers for my hubby. Blessed Be3/14/04 Well today makes only 5 days and a wake up and I will be a big loser. Chris is doing better he has been in alot of pain since his surgery. He did get up and walk a little today. I can't wait for my day. I am so very excited. Well I will be measureing and Weighting myself later today. Peace3/18/04 Hey everyone! Well my big day is tomorrow. I am busy today doing the dreaded bowel prep. Running running trotting sqeezing the cheeks. you get the idea. For those who have to drink that awful stuff. I have found that if you get it real cold {ie} the freezer and add some sugar it isn't to bad. It is still not the greatest but I could get it down. I am not scared any longer just really excited and ready to get this over with. I want to thank everyone who has been my strength and friend and has been there for a shoulder to cry on or bitch at..lol My angels Track, Sherri, April & Barry. You are so very beautiful and I love each of you for your kindness. Melinda the angel pin is oh so special to me I will have it with me till they pry it out of my hands. You are a wonderful friend and I will be here for you when it is your turn. I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WAS EVER GOING TO GET HERE! Chris my hubby you are my rock and you have put up with alot of my emotions the last few months. I love you all. From this day forward I am going to be a big post-op LOSER!!
1/27/04 I got up this morning at 1/03/04 Hey Everyone. 2004 can you believe it? I can't; seems like yesterday we were celebrating 2000. I got a call from the surgeons office yesterday with my pre-op testing appt.. It is going to be Tues January 20. I have to be at the Hosp at 7am. Nothing to eat or drink after 12 midnight. The strange thing is. I am only having an ultrasound of my stomach a mamogram and an appt with the nutritionist?? I asked about all the other test and she said that was going to be it? WHAT? WHAT ABOUT BLOOD WORK, EKG, PULMONARY FUNCTION, CT SCAN, UPPER GI, ENDOSCOPY, X-RAY OF THE CHEST? I don't understand. I am going to ask my PCP what he thinks and if he can get these test done for me. I will not have this done if I am not positive they know everything there is to know about my health. I had everything but the upper gi, endoscopy, & pulmonary function test back in Aug. But they said they are no good after 3 months? I am a bit worried now. I am going to call somebody Monday. I will update then.
1/07/04 I just got off the phone with Katie Dr. Browns Head Nurse and she informed me that I will be having all the Pre-Op test's and she will give me the order to have them done when I go in there on 3/4/04. She said I am not going to get out of them that easy.. Well that makes me feel much much better. Katie is a sweetheart. I have bugged her so much and she told me that if I needed anything else to please call. I know I have been a headache. This Surgeon and the office personel are so very nice I know I made the right choice when I picked them.. will update later Peace.
1/10/04 I HAVE AN ANGEL! Her name is Jeanette Jones and she is really sweet. She is going to go into the chat room's and update everyone on my progress while in the hospital. She told me that if I have any question's to ask her and if she didn't know the answer she would find out for me. That is great. I have some Pre-Op test's on tuesday 1/20/04 I have to be at the hospital at 7am. That is early. Well I will update later. Peace
1/16/04 Hey everybody, I just found out that my Angel Jeanette's Birthday is on the same day as my surgery March 19th. That is so weird. She was meant to be My Angel. This has to be a good sign. My Friend Sherri went to her consultation yesterday and she had to watch a movie for 2 hrs and then the surgeon drew purple marks on her stomach to show her how and were the incisions would be. She should be having surgery in February. WAY TO GO SHERRI! Well I am going to close for now. Peace.
1/21/04 I just wanted to post today because yesterday I had to go for some of my Post-Op test's. My GallBladder is fine and so are my boobies. I met with the nutritionist. Chantaye is really sweet she also does the meetings every month so I knew her before. I have the life insurance company coming tomorrow for a physical for the policy. I am so ready for this surgery. I will update later. Peace
1/26/04 I got a letter in the mail Saturday from the hospital saying that my mamogram was inconclusive and I need to come in for another one. WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I am REALLY scared. I am going to get on the messege board and ask if this has happened to anyone else? Is this going to stop my surgery? What if there is something wrong with my boob's? I haven't been able to sleep very good because of this. I finally passed out Sunday morn around 4am and here I am at 5am still up and shaking in my slippers. I don't think there is breast cancer in my family. HA 1 thing that my family doesn't have. go figure. I am going to scream! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
8am to make breakfast for Chris, at 9am I called Dr. Brown's office to see about rescheduling another mamogram. Katie informed me that I was scheduled at 9:45 this morn for one. I ran to the hospital and made it with 15 min's to spare. They took another mamogram and that one also came back with a mass on it. I seen it! It looked like a marble in my left boob. So they took an ultrasound and I won't hear anything for 3 days. If they aren't happy with that one I will have to have a biopsy. When did this surgery turn into a breast problem? I just want to be healthy! Someone slap me and wake me up PLEASE! I am going to go nuts. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO SO RUDELY SAY THIS IS THE EASY WAY OUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS!!
1/29/04 I just got off the phone with Katie, My surgeons assistant. She said the ultrasound came back and they think it is just a swollen lymph node. They will be doing a breast exam in the office to be sure. Thank you God. Prayers do get answered. Pastor Hundley and Everyone Who Prayed for me THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. Katie is such a sweetheart. With all she has to do she still took time to call me and answer my question's. She could have been really mean to me because I have been a real pest but she was nothing but nice. What ever she is getting paid it isn't nearly enough. Blessed Be....
2/01/03 HELLO FEBRUARY! I am so tired of the cold weather. I want spring to hurry up and come. Well 6 weeks and 5 days from today I will be in surgery. WOO HOO! Tomorrow is GroundHog day I sure hope he doesn't see his shadow. If he does that means 6 more weeks of winter. PLEASE LET IT BE CLOUDY!! LOL2/02/04 Well the groundhog seen his shadow so we will have 6 more weeks of winter. Oh No! I am tired of the cold weather. Let there be Spring. 6 weeks and 4 days more and I will be having surgery.. Yeee Haww!!
2/10/04 Today was a wonderful day my good friends Melinda & April got great news. Melinda's PCP is going to give her the letter she needs saying that the surgery is medically necessary. April got word today that she is approved. She should be having her surgery February 26th. WOO-HOO YOU GO GIRL'S. CONGRATULATIONS!!
2/14/04 Happy Valentines Day! Today was a beautiful day. My husband and I went to Captain George's for dinner and then we went walking in the mall. We bought a new vacuum which we needed very badly and a scale for me. We had a great time. I have lost 9 pounds somewhere. I have been eating everything in sight getting ready for this surgery and I lose weight?? I don't get it. I try to diet and I gain and I eat everything and lose. Maybe I should have done this a long time ago..lol On another note My good friend Sherri got another denial today. She is very sad & upset. I am so very hurt and sad that this has happened to her yet again. I can not understand why Wal-Mart's insurance is doing this to her.
2/21/04 WOW! less than a month to go.. 27 days 21 hours to be exact.. lol I went out yesterday and got my broth, SF Jello, Protein drink's and SF Popsicles. My Hospital bag has been packed for 2 months now, LOL. I am ready for my new life, Or as they call it here at OH my Re-birthday. I have been doing weight lifting for my arms so that I will be able to move myself around without using my stomach muscle's after surgery. I went last night and got my Cocoa butter vit E and aloe lotion for my incisions. So the scaring will be minimal. I am ret to go..lol My emotions are still crazy. I have written all my GoodBye letter's just in case I don't make it out of this alive. Talk about emotional. I think they all have tear stain's on them. But I wanted to let those know how much they have meant to me, that I love them and I really wanted to do this surgery to help my health. I also put in them that if I die doing it then I died doing what I wanted and to not be sad for me. Well April had her pre-op's on thurs and she has her surgery on February 26th. Way to go April and congrat's you will be in my prayers. I will update later. Peace
2/25/04 OMG! It is getting so close so fast.. I wanted to post today because I have wonderful news. I HAVE THE BEST ANGEL IN THE WORLD. HIS NAME IS TRACK. Yes I said HIS. He lives here in the area and even goes to the same group meetings as me. He is a wonderful person. I got on today and my e-mail was bombed by all the well wishes from people. He had sent out a msg for everyone to sign my surgery page. He really has been working it for me. I am so glad he was sent to me. He also has been thru this and has done so very very well. check out his profile.Track's Profile He had surgery on Nov 10th and has already lost over 112 pounds. That is freakin wonderful. April is having surgery tomorrow. Here is her Profile please sign her surgery page for me.April's Profile I got some bad news the other night my aunt passed away. She was 76 and had alot of problems. I think she just gave up because she had told my Dad that she was tired. Well I will update again soon. Peace
3/07/04 Hey everyone, I just wanted to tell you what I have been doing. On Thursday I went to see my surgeon Dr. Brown. She likes to see you before surgery to see how you are feeling, make sure you aren't sick and to give you the pre-op instructions. I have to be at Leigh Hospital at 7am on Tuesday 3/9. For Pre-op tests. That is EARLY. I have a chest X-ray, Blood work and an EKG that I have to have done. Nothing else! WOO HOO I sure lucked out. I don't have to do a bowel prep or wash with antibacterial soap. But to be on the safe side I am going to do it anyway. Well I am going to close for now. I will update soon. Only 12 more day's. OMG!! ONLY 12 MORE DAYS.. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME. Blessed be! 3/11/04 I am on my way to take my husband to emergency surgery. He has a bad hernia. He is really scared. He, like me has never had surgery and is scared. I told him that is normal. I wouldn't have known that or how to calm him if it weren't for this site and the chat room. This is a great site for surgery info. Prayers for my hubby. Blessed Be
3/14/04 Well today makes only 5 days and a wake up and I will be a big loser. Chris is doing better he has been in alot of pain since his surgery. He did get up and walk a little today. I can't wait for my day. I am so very excited. Well I will be measureing and Weighting myself later today. Peace
3/18/04 Hey everyone! Well my big day is tomorrow. I am busy today doing the dreaded bowel prep. Running running trotting sqeezing the cheeks. you get the idea. For those who have to drink that awful stuff. I have found that if you get it real cold {ie} the freezer and add some sugar it isn't to bad. It is still not the greatest but I could get it down. I am not scared any longer just really excited and ready to get this over with. I want to thank everyone who has been my strength and friend and has been there for a shoulder to cry on or bitch at..lol My angels Track, Sherri, April & Barry. You are so very beautiful and I love each of you for your kindness. Melinda the angel pin is oh so special to me I will have it with me till they pry it out of my hands. You are a wonderful friend and I will be here for you when it is your turn. I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WAS EVER GOING TO GET HERE! Chris my hubby you are my rock and you have put up with alot of my emotions the last few months. I love you all. From this day forward I am going to be a big post-op LOSER!!
POST-OP
Things you might need to take to the hospital:
1). Small personal fan. Like a desk fan. This was my best friend.
2). Chapstick
3). Loose fitting gown
4). Nice robe for walking in
5). Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Shampoo, Conditioner
6). Soap for washing I didn't like there's it dried out my skin and made it itch
7). Hairbrush
8). Slippers
9). Lotion
10). Walkman to drown out the noises
11). Magazine or a good book
12). Back Scratcher the morphine will make you itch like a dog
13). Baby wipes to help clean up
HELLO EVERYONE I MADE IT THRU! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND WELL WISHES.
3/25/04 I will be posting every detail of what happened just as soon as I feel better. I have been having some trouble. I was throwing up everything. Even water. Couldn't even take my pain meds. I called the surgeon thinking it was my Med making me sick and she phoned in a diff one. That wasn't the problem. The pain {felt like something trying to break through my chest} was aweful and I was getting so weak. I called the surgeon today and she told me to go right to the hospital for another leak test and sonagram to look for a leak or blockage. The test came back fine everything looked great. So she wants to see me today in her office at 11am. I came home and went to bed for about 2 hours. I woke up and came out into the kitchen to sit with my hubby while he ate a whopper. MMMMM I just wanted to sniff the paper {yes just like the commercial} Not cool..lol So I asked him to make me a little oatmeal and I was going to try to eat one more time. A glutton for punishment. After just 2 bites I immediately felt better the pain Was gone and I stopped puking? I have since found out that if I don't feed this thing every 2 hours or keep it full I get really sick and the pain is terrible? I will be asking the surgeon today about this? Doesn't sound right. Well anywho. God Bless you all. Peace3/26/04 Hello Beautiful Life. I am down 15 pounds.. I am going to walk you thru my surgery experience. I got up on Friday at 9am.. Well the alarm was set for 9am.. I was up all night..lol I took my shower at 9am and washed with the antibacterial soap. When my hubby got up I had him take some before pictures of me with the polaroid camera I wanted some naked ones to put in a scrapbook for myself. Of course chris wanted some naked ones for his own..lol Men. I then tried to wake my Daughter up and she was too tired so me and Chris got my Hosp. Bag and left. I drove and smiled the whole way.. I got to the hospital at 10:30am and checked in. They told me to go to the day surgery room and sign in. They then told me to sit down and wait. My wonderful friend Barry was already sitting there waiting on me..lol I sat down for maybe 10 min's and talked to Barry and My hubby took Pictures of us and they called me to go back. Chris went with me. they told him to go and wait in my room while they checked me in. They then asked me to verify my name, Social security # and what I was having done. They took my blood pressure and it was a little up but they said it was because I was so excited to be there.. lol OK. They weighed me 317 Lbs Then they took me to the room. There they told me to get undressed and take off everything I didn't come into this world with..lol They gave me a big gown to put on thank you nothing worse than those things being to darn small. I got into the bed and they put my I.V. in. I really started to get scared then. I laid there with Chris beside me and cried. I was in there for about 30 mins. they came and wheeled me to the surgical holding Chris kissed me and told me he will love me forever. I cried all the way there. When I got in there 2 Nurses came over to talk to me and made me verify everything again. They also asked me if I was sure I was ready. Because I was crying. I said yes! I have been waiting for over 3 years. I am just scared. When am I going to get my margarita cocktail?? lol They said after the anesthisiologist talks to me. OK! He came and talked to me asked me to verify all the info again asked if I had ever been put under before and if there was a problem with it before. He then explained what was going to happen and gave me my margarita. I was still crying and he had to give me a second. I have always been a big drinker..lol After that second one WOW I felt good..lol I started humming songs..lol they came in at 1:15 and told me that Dr. Brown had an emergency and was going to be a little late.. What? Oh well I am feeling no pain..lol I asked them to call and tell chris in the waiting room so he wouldn't worry. they came and got me at 2:10pm. They put the designer hat on and rolled me into the operating room. They had me scoot over onto the table. Brrrr cold. and Very very bright I needed sun glasses. They hooked me up to the heart monitor put a blood pressure cup on my arm and the finger thing for the oxygen level's. They put the massaging boots on for my circulation. They said Sweet dreams and I don't remember anything else until I woke up in the recovery room.OMG!! The pain was extreme. I wimpered and that was it Morphine heaven. No more pain. I asked about the surgery if there were any complications and they said no everything went great. I looked down at my stomach likeit was going to be smaller?? LOL I asked if Chris new and they said yes. I was wheeled to my room and Chris, My Daughter Tabatha and my son T.J. were there waiting for me with flowers, balloons and animals. awwww. I was in no real pain at this point and I even wanted to get up and walk. They said no. The next day I started having alot of gas pain OMG!! this is worse than being cut on. I could not get comfortable so I asked if I could please walk and they said ok. That helped some. The next day they came in to take out the drain tube. OMG! This is the weirdest feeling i have ever experienced. Like something is crawling around inside you and the Nurse said on 3 take a deep breath. 1. 2. 3. OMG!! BIG OUCHIE. Then the pain was all gone. That drain tube is what was causing all my pain. Much Much better. The Next day I Went down to have my leak test done and it was fine so they let me go home. So that is what happened and It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I will update later. Bye. 3/30/04 Hello everyone, I have been doing alot of spring cleaning. I have so much energy since surgery I am going crazy doing things. I love it. Not in any pain now. I feel like I am eating way too much though. I am eating 4 oz's every 2-4 hours Dr. Brown says that is ok. She said eating that often is better for you because it boost your matabolisum. OK? She is the surgeon. I feel absolutley wonderful. My hips and Back don't hurt as bad and I am off my blood pressure meds. I have been doing alot of walking and low impact arobics. Life couldn't be any more sweet. As far as the amount that I was suppose to pay ie. The co-pay 20%. I will be billed for it. God is Great. Peace4/02/04 Hey everyone! Today is the 2 week mark since surgery. I am down 19 pounds. I am below 300 now WOO-HOO!! I am doing great. I haven't found anything I can't eat yet. I am still taking it easy though not pushing it yet. I tried some wendy's chili and ate 1/2 a small and it was wonderful. The weight just seems to be melting off. Chris says he can see a difference in my belly and butt. lol I will be taking pic's next week and sending them out in a mass e-mail. The scale moves almost every day. The scale is a friend now and not my enemy any longer. I accually like getting on the scale now..lol I walk everyday. I use my treadmill like I use to use my mouth..lol I feel like a new person and each day is getting better. This Surgery is the best thing I could have ever done for myself. I wish I would have done it sooner. I am sure I will still have my good days and bad but for now I am enjoying my life and Thank God Every Day for it. Peace4/11/04 Happy Easter! I am 3 weeks out and down 25 Pounds. I feel great. I finally started getting that full feeling. I was getting scared it wouldn't happen for me. I guess the nerve endings in my new pouch had to heal. That would make since huh?? DUH! I still haven't found anything that makes me sick yet. Not even sugar. I was hoping it would. I am being real careful though not trying to much sugar just a little so far and nothing has happened. I like the splenda anyway. I have so much energy, I have been spring cleaning everything. lol I LOVE THIS NEW LIFE! I just wish I could have done this years ago. Now I will say it does take some getting use to and I do have my good days and bad. I think on some days I am even mourning food a little. but nothing can compare to the way I feel. No pain and so much energy. This is great! Tomorrow is my 42nd birthday. I refuse to turn a day older than 35..lol I will update later. Peace4/16/04 Hey everybody, everybody hey! Today is the 4 week mark since surgery. I feel wonderful. My clothes are fitting me better and I can even get into some things that I never thought I would ever get back into. YEE HAW! It is like having brand new clothes. As a matter of fact some of the things were brand new I never got to wear them. I was measuring and taking pic's every week up until the 4 week mark. Now I am only going to measure and take pic's every month. I hope this really helps those of you that are just starting out in your journey to the losing side. I will tell you this. The gas pains after surgery are a real killer. That was really the only real pain I experienced after the first wake up after surgery. The drain tube being pulled out of me was a relief. I was so full of gas that the tube being out gave it a little more room and that made a big difference. So be expecting the gas people. I had a wonderful birthday. My oldest daughter came over and brought me some lillies a balloon some cookies and a card.. She is so very thoughtful. I am now 42, However I am turning it around so I am really 24.. LOL I will update later. Peace4/23/04 Hello one and all. I am now down 31 pounds. I have found Wendy's chicken nuggets to be very good. I can only eat 2 and I am full but yummy. I also like the chili. I tried to eat a piece of a wendy's hamburger and it made me sick? I don't get it the same meat is in their chili? oh well. This new pouch is something. I love being able to feel full on just a few bites.. I am not spending my life eating now. It is great. We went to our church today to give some items for their yearly yard sale and I seen a treadmill so I asked how much for the treadmill and they said $20.00. I brought it home cleaned it up and plugged it in and it works great.. God is very good to us. I am going to that yard sale they are having on May 8th. I also took 3 big bags of clothes to the salvation army. Clothes that have gotten to big for me. WOO-HOO! I love saying that.. lol I will update later. Peace4/27/04 Hello! I just wanted to post today and say I am down 32 pounds and another dress size. WOO-HOO! Chris says he can see me melting away right in front of his eye's. That makes me feel good. I still eat between 3-6 ounces of food per setting depending on what I am eating. If it is more of a liquid like soup then I can eat 6 ounces but if it is solid's like chicken then I can only eat 3 ounces. I am drinking alot of gatorade. It is wonderful stuff..lol For some reason water hurts my pouch no matter what temp it is? I think that is really strange. A person from my church said to try and put lemon in my water. I am going to try that tomorrow. I am almost to the point where I want to start jogging on the treadmill. I think I will wait for a few more pounds to drop off first. Well I will update again soon. Peace5/7/04 Hey everyone. I just wanted to post this update my computer is broken so I am sorry it has been so long. I don't know when the next one will be either but I will try to do it as often as possible. I am down to 279 pounds so I am no longer super obese I am just morbidly obese now. I bought me a swim suit the other day and I accually tried it on can you believe it. I don't think I will be wearing it to the beach yet though..lol Maybe when i lose a bit more. I am however going to lay out in my back yard and get a much needed tan. Something I have wanted to do for so many years I can't even remember what it is like to have a tan on my whole body. I feel unbelievable I even jogged a little on the treadmill yesterday. I can't get over it. I could never have jogged before my knees and hips would have broken under the weight. I love life. Today my Friend Sherri is having her surgery I wish her much luck because she has waited so very long for this. Now she will be a big loser also. Here is her profile please post a comment on her surgery page. Thanks. Peace!5/18/04 Hey everyone It has been a long time. My computer is down and I am using my daughter's. I am now down to 276 pounds that is a total of 41 pounds. I feel better and better everyday. I helped Chris power wash my parents house today and got some sun. I was careful to not get to much. I now have a new thing that happens to me when I start to get full. I call it squaking. I will be eating and all of a sudden "SQUAWK" It is the funniest sound. but when that happens if i don't stop I will regret it. I seen my surgeon on thursday and she said I was doing awesome. I am so blessed to have had this surgery. Update later. Peace6/01/04 Hello everyone, I am at my daughters and wanted to update. It is the first of June already. Wow! I am down 50 pounds and feeling great. I went yesterday and walked on the beach in Cape Charles VA. I loved it. It has been so very long since i have been able to do things like that. I really miss my computer. I can't wait to get it back. My friend Lynn is fixing it for me and updateing it for me. I am so excited. Well I am going to jump off here for now. I will update again soon and I will also have some pictures to post. Peace6/26/04 Hello everyone, I finally got my computer fixed. Thank you Lynn. I have just one problem. Since I got my computer fixed I can't get my camera to work on it any more?? I guess I will have to call Lynn. It has been raining too much I haven't been able to lay out for 4 days now. I am losing my killer tan I got going. I accually bought me a bikini and I have been laying out in my yard. I love it. It has been many many years since I have been in a bikini. I have lost more weight. I am now down 58 pounds. I love it. I will be updating more often since I have my computer back. I am thinking about changing my profile. I am getting a little bored with this one..lol I want to post a new pic but my camera won't work. Dang. I will update soon. Peace6/27/04 Hello, Today is a very sad day for me. I just found out last night that a friend from obesityhelp.com passed away on 6/10/04. Her name was Paula also known by all as She will be truly missed. It is so very sad that there are people dying everyday fighting to have this surgery. This surgery saves lives yet the insurance companies still deny them. Something has to be done about this! But what?8/08/04 Hello everyone, I know it has been so very long since my last update. My computer is still down and my daughters house got hit by lightening and it messed her computer up too. She just got it fixed. She was in Japan for a whole month and she brought me back some really cool things. I am glad to have her home. I am now down 80 pounds. Woo Hoo! In a size 18/20. I went back to work last month and I am doing ok so far. No problems with my health. I really don't see anything happening there. I feel wonderful. My loss is slowed alot but it is still coming off. I went out dancing friday night and had a ball. I will update more often now. I hope to have my computer back in a few weeks. Peace9/11/04 Hey, I got my computer back and John the one who was working on it for me said my board was fried. So no computer. I just got out of the hospital yesterday. I had a blockage in my intestines. The pain was horrible. It felt like my pouch was over full and it was going to explode and my lower back was hurting alot. They did it lap they didn't find a blockage but they did find a cyst on my left overie the size of a grapefruit and they removed my overie. So that was a big shocker.. I ain't having no more babies anyway..lol well i am going to close now. I have to go get some fruit for my friend Dave. As of right now I am down a total of 90 pounds.. woo hoo.9/20/04 Hey Everyone! I had a great weekend. We had a great party for my husband chris on Saturday and he had a ball. Then on Sunday I went with my oldest Daughter to Richmond to see the place where she will be getting married next august 6th. It is going to be beautiful. She is going to have it at Maymont gardens in the Japanese garden. I am so very excited for her. I am now down -94 pounds. I have had alot of pain with this last surgery. This was 10 times more painful than the Gastric Bypass surgery. Even though I have had some complication's I would still have the Gastric Bypass. Well I am going to get off my Daughters computer for now. I will try to update soon.
3/25/04 I will be posting every detail of what happened just as soon as I feel better. I have been having some trouble. I was throwing up everything. Even water. Couldn't even take my pain meds. I called the surgeon thinking it was my Med making me sick and she phoned in a diff one. That wasn't the problem. The pain {felt like something trying to break through my chest} was aweful and I was getting so weak. I called the surgeon today and she told me to go right to the hospital for another leak test and sonagram to look for a leak or blockage. The test came back fine everything looked great. So she wants to see me today in her office at 11am. I came home and went to bed for about 2 hours. I woke up and came out into the kitchen to sit with my hubby while he ate a whopper. MMMMM I just wanted to sniff the paper {yes just like the commercial} Not cool..lol So I asked him to make me a little oatmeal and I was going to try to eat one more time. A glutton for punishment. After just 2 bites I immediately felt better the pain Was gone and I stopped puking? I have since found out that if I don't feed this thing every 2 hours or keep it full I get really sick and the pain is terrible? I will be asking the surgeon today about this? Doesn't sound right. Well anywho. God Bless you all. Peace
3/26/04 Hello Beautiful Life. I am down 15 pounds.. I am going to walk you thru my surgery experience. I got up on Friday at 9am.. Well the alarm was set for 9am.. I was up all night..lol I took my shower at 9am and washed with the antibacterial soap. When my hubby got up I had him take some before pictures of me with the polaroid camera I wanted some naked ones to put in a scrapbook for myself. Of course chris wanted some naked ones for his own..lol Men. I then tried to wake my Daughter up and she was too tired so me and Chris got my Hosp. Bag and left. I drove and smiled the whole way.. I got to the hospital at 10:30am and checked in. They told me to go to the day surgery room and sign in. They then told me to sit down and wait. My wonderful friend Barry was already sitting there waiting on me..lol I sat down for maybe 10 min's and talked to Barry and My hubby took Pictures of us and they called me to go back. Chris went with me. they told him to go and wait in my room while they checked me in. They then asked me to verify my name, Social security # and what I was having done. They took my blood pressure and it was a little up but they said it was because I was so excited to be there.. lol OK. They weighed me 317 Lbs Then they took me to the room. There they told me to get undressed and take off everything I didn't come into this world with..lol They gave me a big gown to put on thank you nothing worse than those things being to darn small. I got into the bed and they put my I.V. in. I really started to get scared then. I laid there with Chris beside me and cried. I was in there for about 30 mins. they came and wheeled me to the surgical holding Chris kissed me and told me he will love me forever. I cried all the way there. When I got in there 2 Nurses came over to talk to me and made me verify everything again. They also asked me if I was sure I was ready. Because I was crying. I said yes! I have been waiting for over 3 years. I am just scared. When am I going to get my margarita cocktail?? lol They said after the anesthisiologist talks to me. OK! He came and talked to me asked me to verify all the info again asked if I had ever been put under before and if there was a problem with it before. He then explained what was going to happen and gave me my margarita. I was still crying and he had to give me a second. I have always been a big drinker..lol After that second one WOW I felt good..lol I started humming songs..lol they came in at 1:15 and told me that Dr. Brown had an emergency and was going to be a little late.. What? Oh well I am feeling no pain..lol I asked them to call and tell chris in the waiting room so he wouldn't worry. they came and got me at 2:10pm. They put the designer hat on and rolled me into the operating room. They had me scoot over onto the table. Brrrr cold. and Very very bright I needed sun glasses. They hooked me up to the heart monitor put a blood pressure cup on my arm and the finger thing for the oxygen level's. They put the massaging boots on for my circulation. They said Sweet dreams and I don't remember anything else until I woke up in the recovery room.
OMG!! The pain was extreme. I wimpered and that was it Morphine heaven. No more pain. I asked about the surgery if there were any complications and they said no everything went great. I looked down at my stomach likeit was going to be smaller?? LOL I asked if Chris new and they said yes. I was wheeled to my room and Chris, My Daughter Tabatha and my son T.J. were there waiting for me with flowers, balloons and animals. awwww. I was in no real pain at this point and I even wanted to get up and walk. They said no. The next day I started having alot of gas pain OMG!! this is worse than being cut on. I could not get comfortable so I asked if I could please walk and they said ok. That helped some. The next day they came in to take out the drain tube. OMG! This is the weirdest feeling i have ever experienced. Like something is crawling around inside you and the Nurse said on 3 take a deep breath. 1. 2. 3. OMG!! BIG OUCHIE. Then the pain was all gone. That drain tube is what was causing all my pain. Much Much better. The Next day I Went down to have my leak test done and it was fine so they let me go home. So that is what happened and It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I will update later. Bye.
3/30/04 Hello everyone, I have been doing alot of spring cleaning. I have so much energy since surgery I am going crazy doing things. I love it. Not in any pain now. I feel like I am eating way too much though. I am eating 4 oz's every 2-4 hours Dr. Brown says that is ok. She said eating that often is better for you because it boost your matabolisum. OK? She is the surgeon. I feel absolutley wonderful. My hips and Back don't hurt as bad and I am off my blood pressure meds. I have been doing alot of walking and low impact arobics. Life couldn't be any more sweet. As far as the amount that I was suppose to pay ie. The co-pay 20%. I will be billed for it. God is Great. Peace
4/02/04 Hey everyone! Today is the 2 week mark since surgery. I am down 19 pounds. I am below 300 now WOO-HOO!! I am doing great. I haven't found anything I can't eat yet. I am still taking it easy though not pushing it yet. I tried some wendy's chili and ate 1/2 a small and it was wonderful. The weight just seems to be melting off. Chris says he can see a difference in my belly and butt. lol I will be taking pic's next week and sending them out in a mass e-mail. The scale moves almost every day. The scale is a friend now and not my enemy any longer. I accually like getting on the scale now..lol I walk everyday. I use my treadmill like I use to use my mouth..lol I feel like a new person and each day is getting better. This Surgery is the best thing I could have ever done for myself. I wish I would have done it sooner. I am sure I will still have my good days and bad but for now I am enjoying my life and Thank God Every Day for it. Peace
4/11/04 Happy Easter! I am 3 weeks out and down 25 Pounds. I feel great. I finally started getting that full feeling. I was getting scared it wouldn't happen for me. I guess the nerve endings in my new pouch had to heal. That would make since huh?? DUH! I still haven't found anything that makes me sick yet. Not even sugar. I was hoping it would. I am being real careful though not trying to much sugar just a little so far and nothing has happened. I like the splenda anyway. I have so much energy, I have been spring cleaning everything. lol I LOVE THIS NEW LIFE! I just wish I could have done this years ago. Now I will say it does take some getting use to and I do have my good days and bad. I think on some days I am even mourning food a little. but nothing can compare to the way I feel. No pain and so much energy. This is great! Tomorrow is my 42nd birthday. I refuse to turn a day older than 35..lol I will update later. Peace
4/16/04 Hey everybody, everybody hey! Today is the 4 week mark since surgery. I feel wonderful. My clothes are fitting me better and I can even get into some things that I never thought I would ever get back into. YEE HAW! It is like having brand new clothes. As a matter of fact some of the things were brand new I never got to wear them. I was measuring and taking pic's every week up until the 4 week mark. Now I am only going to measure and take pic's every month. I hope this really helps those of you that are just starting out in your journey to the losing side. I will tell you this. The gas pains after surgery are a real killer. That was really the only real pain I experienced after the first wake up after surgery. The drain tube being pulled out of me was a relief. I was so full of gas that the tube being out gave it a little more room and that made a big difference. So be expecting the gas people. I had a wonderful birthday. My oldest daughter came over and brought me some lillies a balloon some cookies and a card.. She is so very thoughtful. I am now 42, However I am turning it around so I am really 24.. LOL I will update later. Peace
4/23/04 Hello one and all. I am now down 31 pounds. I have found Wendy's chicken nuggets to be very good. I can only eat 2 and I am full but yummy. I also like the chili. I tried to eat a piece of a wendy's hamburger and it made me sick? I don't get it the same meat is in their chili? oh well. This new pouch is something. I love being able to feel full on just a few bites.. I am not spending my life eating now. It is great. We went to our church today to give some items for their yearly yard sale and I seen a treadmill so I asked how much for the treadmill and they said $20.00. I brought it home cleaned it up and plugged it in and it works great.. God is very good to us. I am going to that yard sale they are having on May 8th. I also took 3 big bags of clothes to the salvation army. Clothes that have gotten to big for me. WOO-HOO! I love saying that.. lol I will update later. Peace
4/27/04 Hello! I just wanted to post today and say I am down 32 pounds and another dress size. WOO-HOO! Chris says he can see me melting away right in front of his eye's. That makes me feel good. I still eat between 3-6 ounces of food per setting depending on what I am eating. If it is more of a liquid like soup then I can eat 6 ounces but if it is solid's like chicken then I can only eat 3 ounces. I am drinking alot of gatorade. It is wonderful stuff..lol For some reason water hurts my pouch no matter what temp it is? I think that is really strange. A person from my church said to try and put lemon in my water. I am going to try that tomorrow. I am almost to the point where I want to start jogging on the treadmill. I think I will wait for a few more pounds to drop off first. Well I will update again soon. Peace
5/7/04 Hey everyone. I just wanted to post this update my computer is broken so I am sorry it has been so long. I don't know when the next one will be either but I will try to do it as often as possible. I am down to 279 pounds so I am no longer super obese I am just morbidly obese now. I bought me a swim suit the other day and I accually tried it on can you believe it. I don't think I will be wearing it to the beach yet though..lol Maybe when i lose a bit more. I am however going to lay out in my back yard and get a much needed tan. Something I have wanted to do for so many years I can't even remember what it is like to have a tan on my whole body. I feel unbelievable I even jogged a little on the treadmill yesterday. I can't get over it. I could never have jogged before my knees and hips would have broken under the weight. I love life. Today my Friend Sherri is having her surgery I wish her much luck because she has waited so very long for this. Now she will be a big loser also. Here is her profile please post a comment on her surgery page. Sherri's Profile Thanks. Peace!
5/18/04 Hey everyone It has been a long time. My computer is down and I am using my daughter's. I am now down to 276 pounds that is a total of 41 pounds. I feel better and better everyday. I helped Chris power wash my parents house today and got some sun. I was careful to not get to much. I now have a new thing that happens to me when I start to get full. I call it squaking. I will be eating and all of a sudden "SQUAWK" It is the funniest sound. but when that happens if i don't stop I will regret it. I seen my surgeon on thursday and she said I was doing awesome. I am so blessed to have had this surgery. Update later. Peace
6/01/04 Hello everyone, I am at my daughters and wanted to update. It is the first of June already. Wow! I am down 50 pounds and feeling great. I went yesterday and walked on the beach in Cape Charles VA. I loved it. It has been so very long since i have been able to do things like that. I really miss my computer. I can't wait to get it back. My friend Lynn is fixing it for me and updateing it for me. I am so excited. Well I am going to jump off here for now. I will update again soon and I will also have some pictures to post. Peace
6/26/04 Hello everyone, I finally got my computer fixed. Thank you Lynn. I have just one problem. Since I got my computer fixed I can't get my camera to work on it any more?? I guess I will have to call Lynn. It has been raining too much I haven't been able to lay out for 4 days now. I am losing my killer tan I got going. I accually bought me a bikini and I have been laying out in my yard. I love it. It has been many many years since I have been in a bikini. I have lost more weight. I am now down 58 pounds. I love it. I will be updating more often since I have my computer back. I am thinking about changing my profile. I am getting a little bored with this one..lol I want to post a new pic but my camera won't work. Dang. I will update soon. Peace
6/27/04 Hello, Today is a very sad day for me. I just found out last night that a friend from obesityhelp.com passed away on 6/10/04. Her name was Paula also known by all as "MOMMA ANGEL"
She will be truly missed. It is so very sad that there are people dying everyday fighting to have this surgery. This surgery saves lives yet the insurance companies still deny them. Something has to be done about this! But what?
8/08/04 Hello everyone, I know it has been so very long since my last update. My computer is still down and my daughters house got hit by lightening and it messed her computer up too. She just got it fixed. She was in Japan for a whole month and she brought me back some really cool things. I am glad to have her home. I am now down 80 pounds. Woo Hoo! In a size 18/20. I went back to work last month and I am doing ok so far. No problems with my health. I really don't see anything happening there. I feel wonderful. My loss is slowed alot but it is still coming off. I went out dancing friday night and had a ball. I will update more often now. I hope to have my computer back in a few weeks. Peace
9/11/04 Hey, I got my computer back and John the one who was working on it for me said my board was fried. So no computer. I just got out of the hospital yesterday. I had a blockage in my intestines. The pain was horrible. It felt like my pouch was over full and it was going to explode and my lower back was hurting alot. They did it lap they didn't find a blockage but they did find a cyst on my left overie the size of a grapefruit and they removed my overie. So that was a big shocker.. I ain't having no more babies anyway..lol well i am going to close now. I have to go get some fruit for my friend Dave. As of right now I am down a total of 90 pounds.. woo hoo.
9/20/04 Hey Everyone! I had a great weekend. We had a great party for my husband chris on Saturday and he had a ball. Then on Sunday I went with my oldest Daughter to Richmond to see the place where she will be getting married next august 6th. It is going to be beautiful. She is going to have it at Maymont gardens in the Japanese garden. I am so very excited for her. I am now down -94 pounds. I have had alot of pain with this last surgery. This was 10 times more painful than the Gastric Bypass surgery. Even though I have had some complication's I would still have the Gastric Bypass. Well I am going to get off my Daughters computer for now. I will try to update soon.
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About Me
Norfolk, VA
Location
30.6
BMI
Surgery
03/19/2004
Surgery Date
Jun 18, 2002
Member Since
Before & After
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Very sad and very painful!
320 LBSlbs
141 LBS gone forever! Very happy and feel wonderful!
179 LBSlbs
