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Teresa B. King George, VA, USA Post Op - BMI: 25.8 Surgery Type: RNY Member ID: B1075585164 Surgeon: James W. Maher M.D. |
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 ~*~*~*~*DR. JAMES MAHER DID MY SURGERY. HE JOINED DR. DEMARIA IN MAY.  . THERE IS NOT ENUFF WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW HAPPY I AM FOR THE LIFE DR. MAHER HAS GIVEN ME!!!~*~*~*~*.  "How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar." Hosted by SiteGadgets Free! 
Weightloss~~~and #'s to go till I reach goal  12-5-03 I sent my package to Dr. DeMaira's office 1-08-04 Got call from Penny @ Dr. DeMaira's office today to start with the dietician. First appointmentwith the Dietician is 1-23-04 @ 10:15 1-31-04 Started my journey here on this site. I am 45 years old, 5'10 and weight 290. I have 3 wonderful sons (twins)are the oldest 26, and my youngest is 21. I also have 4 of the the best grandchildren (and one on the way). I have always been BIG and have arthritis in my back and legs. I would love to have this surgery so that one day I will be able to play and get around with the grandkids without being out of breath or in pain. My sons are great, they are concerned about my health, but they have never said anything to me about my weight. Since I have stopped working, cuz of the arthritis in my back and legs, I have gain MANY MANY pounds. Now I do much of nothing. I useto go everywhere they ask me to with them, now I just set @ home and do nothing. I have a sister who has had gastric bypass and she is doing great and most of all she LOOKS GREAT! I have seen what my sister has done to improve her life & health and I know this is a LIFETIME COMMITMENT and I now have Medicare for which I am hopeful will approve me to have this surgery and I want to do it. I don't want to die a "FAT PERSON". I want to be able to have a normal life. Being overwight is not something I would wish on my worst enemy. Thankfully my son's all took after thier father, and didn't get the "FAT" gene.  1-23-04 I have had my 1st appointment with the dietician, 294# so I hope this is the start to a wonderful life ahead of me. 2-6-04 Had 2nd appointment with dietitian, I am watching what I eat (have cut ALOT of the snackin out) but I am not losing any weight. I still weigh the same 294# she wants me to lose. I also smoke and I am trying harder to quit than to lose weight right now. I must be a NONsmoker by my appointment with Dr. DeMaria. which I am not sure when that will be yet.:{ 2-14-04 OMGoodness My profile looks great THANKS so much for your help Rene' for making it look this good. I have to say that the Volunteer’s on this site are DA BEST!! EVERYONE I have met in this group thur post or emails have been so nice and caring. I have been in alot of sites on the internet and I can say without a doult this group is the sweetest, most caring and most of all friendly & helpful. 2-16-04 Today Penny called me from Dr. DeMaria's office and I wasn't feeling well so I was laying down. Well someone else took the message and I never got it till the office was CLOSED! So now I have to wait till tomorrow to find out what she may have wanted...Mercy this will be a lonnnnnnnnng nite. I only hope & pray she was calling to say she has a opening and to give me a date I may see the Dr. well I won't know the news good or bad till tomorrow.:-/ 2-17-04 Well got a friendly call from Dr. DeMaria's office today. They wanted to know if I was seeing the dietician and to make sure I called their office as soon as I had been 4x. Well I am going this Friday. Than instead of making my next appointment for 2 wks. I will ask can I come back next week. See her every week instead of every other week.:-) 2-20-04 Ok went to the dietician today I lost 2 1/2 #'s. I have another visit with her Wednesday the 25th. And BEFORE I leave MCV I will be placing that call to Penny to get my date. LOL MERCY!! this is worse than when I was a kid waiting on X-mas. SMOOCHES LUV YA ALL AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE SHOWN ME :-) 2-21-04 OK TODAY!! I promise will be the LAST day I pick up a cigarette. I posted on the message board and got some great response. I know with my freinds I have met on this site and with your & my prayers for this surgery I can do it. I send each and everyone of my wls freinds I have made in the past few weeks a BIG HUG!! You guys are da best. If I have never told ya THANK YOU all. SO MANY great people here. 2-25-04 Well... I went today to my 4th visit w/the dietician. While I was there I got appointment with Dr. DrMaria, I go to see him on March 25 @ 9:00am. I ask Penny if she got a opening soon to please give me a call. I am doing sorta ok on my smokin. I have cut down to about 4 cigarettes a day. I was smoking 2 packs a day. I hope I will have STOPPED for good by March 1st. I really want to have stopped by the time I see the DR. >2-27-04 I was doing some reseach on Medicare and gastric bypass today and I found these links on coverage copy and paste the link........ http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10116.pdf http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/R125CIM.pdf (page 3 on this one) 3-3-04 Went to see Margaret again today, she is my dietician. I had gained 2.5# last week well I lost them this week. Still got 22 days before I see Dr. DeMaira. I go on the 25th. 3-4-04 Well.........I smoked today!!:-( stress is getting to me. Not just one thing bothering me it's MANY! I know I can stop... and I shouldn't have smoked,... but that was my way of dealing with it today. OH well I hope tomorrow is a better day.... 3-10-04 Went to see Margaret again today lost 1#. ( guess thats better than gainin 1 LOL). I ask her why she wanted me to be losin weight before I see the Dr. she said it will let the Dr. see you are committed to this surgery. Makes sense I guess. 3-14-04 Well today is Sunday. I am just setting here wonderin when it the hell I will be able to "be on the lossin side" I feel like a loser now, but it's from not havin the motivation to do anything. My legs hurt if I try to walk more than a few mins. I have walked up&down the steps to wash clothes but I feel so depressed. I had the grandkids Friday and Saturday, they have left now. Seems I am just setting here feelin sorry for myself. Oh well, tomorrow is another day, hopefully I will feel better. 3-17-04 I went to see Margaret again today. I lost another 1#, like I said before I guess that is better than gainin 1. The next time I see her will be next Thurs. the 25th when I see Dr. DeMaria. I have waited so long to see the Dr. (well it's been 4 mos. since I 1st started my journey, when I made the 1st call to see where I should start) So I guess I will update again when I get back from Dr.'s visit next week. 3-25-04 Well I went to see the Dr. today. He had to be in the OR, he had an emergency and didn't have time to talk to me. He did come in and said hello explained why he couldn't talk and said he would look over my chart and call me to see if I had any questions for him. I was so hopeing for a date today but.... Penny told me as soon as he gives my chart back to her she would call me to tell me what I would do next. test etc.. that the Dr. wanted. I don't have to wait on approval. I just pay my deductible. So here I set waitin for the phone call from her. I will say EVERYONE in that office was VERY nice. 3-29-04 As I posted last week I went to see the Dr. He had an emergercy and was unable to speak with me, He did say he would look over my chart and call me. Well I called his office today and left a message for Penny to call me and let me know what was happening, well she didn't call. I am so down right now. I feel like I have fell in a hole and there's no one to help pull me out. I only talk to people on here about what I am planning on doing. This is not something I talk about with my family.(I do with just my sister) I just feel like I won't get this done, I feel like this is just a dream, I want so much to have this surgery done. It useto be my sister and I were both were overweight, she had wls last yr. and is doing great. I don't go around my family for gathering cuz I am the "FAT" child. My sister is with me 100% and NEVER says anything about my weight. She tells me it takes time, that I just need to hang in there. I want so bad to have this done before the summer gets here. So I can be with my family at gatherings and not feel I am being singled out. NOT THAT I AM. Just how I feel!!!~~~~~~ Well guess I will just have to pray I will get a call from Penny tomorrow, and she has a date for me. 3-30-04 I called Dr.'s office today and left 3 message for someone to get back to me. Well Debbie & Penny returned my call. I talked with them both, I don't know if it's me or what but I didn't feel I got anywhere.... still don't know whats happening with my chart. Penny called me back and told me she put my chart on top and the nurse would see it first thing this tomorrow and I should get a call in next few days. 3-31-04 Well Penny called me back this morning and told me all was ok, all I need is a letter clearing me for surgery from my heart Dr. after they recieved that I would get a day. Well I called the heart Dr.'s office and ask that they send this to Penny. I also emailed Dr. Arrowood myself that I needed this to be done. So now I guess I will wait to see if they do it soon. Dr. Arrowoods office is very good (or has been) about getting any reports I have needed so far. I hope the infor. is faxed today. WELL HELL!!!!!!!! heart Dr. called me back this evening:-( and cuz it's been a year since I seen him I need to see him again before he will release me for surgery. So I made appointment and was told the next opening wasn't till MAY. OMG I said I am fine I just need for him to see me and fax a letter. The lady said she would send message to somebody hell if I know who now to say I needed appointment ASAP so I can have surgery. So now I wait to see if I get a call back tomorrow.( gastric Dr. will not even give me a date without the letter from heart Dr.) If it aint one thing it's another.! 4-6-04 Debbie called me this morning and bless her heart she got me an appointment with a cardioligist. It's April 16th @ 11:30. So that is the last thing I need to do is get a release from him so I can get a date for wls. 4-10-04 Went to see Shelia Johnson today @ MCV she had wls yesterday. OMG she is doing so good. She was up and almost runnin thru the halls. I hope I do as well as Shelia has. 4-16-04 Well I went to the cardioligist today........can you say...... PISSED..........he is telling me I need a 2day stress test. the earlies date I could get was April 30 than 3 days later May 3 for the second half. I mean I know I am BIG but take 2 days to found out if my body is in stress....LOL.........stress is this damn waiting game and hoops I am jumpin thru. Than he says wait a week and give him a call and if everything is OK......he will than send info to Dr. DeMaria. So at least another month before I can get a surgery date. Please I pray the time goes by fast......... I so want this surgery before the end of the summer. As it is now the Dr. is into Aug. for surgery dates. 4-27-04 Well to add to my stress....my ONLY (baby) brother left for Iraq this evening @ 4pm. He will be there for 8 to 10 weeks. He does maintenance for the gov. so he has been sent there to do repairs. He says he will be in a safe place well.....I be damned if I know of an "safe" places there right now. All I can do now is pray he will be safe and return home. Well only 3 more days before my stress test. I have no idea what all I have to go thru with this test but it must be a dosey.....it takes 2 days to do it. Only good thing I see about this is I will get a good workout and maybe I will lose a few pounds..........LMAO well.....it's a thought. 4-30-04 Well I just got back from the 1st part of my Cardiac Stress Test... it wasn't bad at all. I got there signed in, they took me back told me to take shirt & bra off and put on grown...OMG the grown was BIG enuff...LMAO than they put an IV in my arm so they could put dye in me and they xrayed my heart....than I had to drink 2 cups of water and wait about 30 mins. than I was taken to another machine where I had to lay on a table and it moved very slow around my chest and took pictures of my heart. Took about 15 mins. That was it. (((The only thing bad about it was that damned table hurt my back so bad!!!))) I was done till Monday. I go back than for the 2nd part. I think that would be on a treadmill, not sure will found out Monday. 5-3-04 Well went for the 2nd part of my stress test........Can ya say...GLAD IT'S OVER lmao I thought I would be walkin on a treadmill......well I never was to good with thinkin....anyhow I had to do a medicaided stress test...they put a IV in and than put meds in it to open up my arteries. EVERY one in my body!! OMG my head hurt so bad. Anyways all this only took 14 mins. than they gave me a drug to close them (or back to norm) all up and my head stopped hurting. Than they let me set for about 45 mins than took more pic of heart and it was over. So here I set.... prayin I passed this and I get a date soon. I have to call in a few days to see if all is OK...if so I THINK......lol we know how that goes......I am done with all tests and can get a date for surgery. Believe me.... when I have a date EVERYONE who knows me will know. 5-5-04 Well I took a chance and called the cardologist to see if he had my stress test back today ...........and guess what I PASSED YES THAT IS RIGHT I CAN NOW GET A SURGERY DATE!!!!!!....I AM SO HAPPY :-) So I called Debbie @ Dr.DeMaria's office to see if I could get a surgery date. She said..........Teresa I need the letter from him sayin you passed, I said well he told me he was going to write it. She said for me to call back Monday and she should have it by then. I said also Margaret (dietitican) told me the Dr. had a NEW Dr. startin there in June.... was there anyway I could get him to do my surgery.........she said PROBOBLY..... OMG that would mean I would get a date in June or July and not Aug. or Sept. How cool is that? I told Debbie if she didn't have letter by Monday I would drive down get it and walk it up 2 floors to her. LMAO She said he should fax it to them anyday now. I hope so. ~~~~~~Did I say how HAPPY I AM RIGHT NOW???????LOL WELL I AM VERY HAPPY.~~~~~~ Gosh I hope I get that date in June. 5-11-04 Well... today is Tuesday, and last Wedensday when I spoke to Debbie in DeMaria's office she said to call back Monday..... I did and she STILL DOES NOT have the report from my cardologist. So I still don't have a date. When I called today....was told she would call me when she got it. Well I just called the cardologist to see if he had faxed it to her. I am waiting on him to call me back. This waitin has got me on edge. I can't get along with anyone (not even myself) I feel that this is never going to happen for me. I have done all they have ask of me and still I have gotten nowhere. Everytime I think I am the the date stage there is a hold up. I know almost everyone has had this happen to them but........how in the sam hell have they made it thur it and still been sane enuff to have surgery. It's only been 6 months since I started this jounrey.......so I know it's just me. Others have waited years for this. All I can say is....GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCES!!!!! I hope I can update this later today with a postive note.... 5-12-04 Well it's 11:50am Wedensday morning and guess what........Debbie from Dr.DeMaria's office just called me. She has my report from the cardologist. Now she says she has to give it to the nurse to sign off on it. I ask how long will that take?.... she said.........oh no time now that they are all working in the same area. Well that is nice but why couldn't see get her to sign off on it before she called me.......guess it will be another week before I get a date. As soon as the nurse does her job Debbie will call me back with a date.......still playin da waitin game....will it ever END! 5-14-04 Well today is Friday......and no date yet....DAMNIT!!!!!!!! I called Debbie @ Dr. office to see if the nurse had signed off on my chart and she never returned to 3 message I left on her voice mail. I am PMSing and I could slap the sh*t out of anyone right now. I am trying to stay away from anyone I might care about because I am about to go off on someone....ANYONE (LMAO)..I called my son earlier and told him to make sure he found his way home tonite because first thing in the morning we were cleaning out the garage....If he was here now the way I feel....would be nothing left in there but the floor and walls...I hate to feel this way...PMS is always worse when something is bother me and right now the Dr.'s office has me on the friggin edge....Oh well that was my day. 5-20-04 I GOT A DATE~~I GOT A DATE~~I GOT A DATE~~I GOT A DATE ~~WHEN YOU ASK IS IT.......AUGUST 27, 2004 Debbie called me and said I might get moved up...but hey... @ least I know I am on my way. OMG I AM SO HAPPY!!!! 5-21-04 Hello just to clarify something...Dr. DeMaria has Dr.James Maher joinin his staff in June. (He was a surgeon in Iowa City, IA -University of Iowa Hospital) They have NO IDEA WHEN HE WILL START DOING SURGERIES...but when he does I have ask to be added to HIS LIST to have him do mine. I have read on the Iowa message board where MANY have praised him. Also I do not think Dr, DeMaria would have him join his team if he wasn't the best. So when I say....I hope my surgery date gets moved up... this is why. 5-28-04 Tonight I was reading post on the main message board and this is what I read there, it was posted by "Robin MacAhan" ~~ she had surgery 8-31-01 and was concerned about gainin a few pounds...well her husband said this to her......He said, 'the surgery was like the transportation to a vacation spot. The plane was paid for, but once you get there, you have to keep paying every day if you want to stay there. (i.e., hotel room, Six Flags, Sea World, etc.) I am sure these words will be wisdom to me in the coming days, yrs. 6-7-04 Well I just called Debbie @ Dr. D's office and ask when Dr. Maher will start doing surgeries. She told me she should know something today or tomorrow .........YESSSSSS I hope I can get this done by next month.......OMYGosh this would be the greatest thing that has happened to me since the birth of My Sons and grandchildren. I will keep ya posted. 6-9-04 I just got a call from Debbie from Dr. D's office. I have a appointment with the new Dr. that has joined his team. (Maher) on June 28th. WOW! I hope this means I can get him to do my surgery in July. If he is able to do it, it should be soon...he can't be booked that far inadvance he just got there 1st of June. I am so happy......I already have all the test done, and I have a date for Aug. for Dr.D....But I ask to be put on Maher list cuz the wait is not as long. I just want this surgery done and over with. I am so sick of being in pain with my back and legs from being overweight. I know my back will never be 100% free of pain.....but losing weight I am sure it won't hurt like it does now. 6-28-04 I went to see Dr. Maher today. He will now be doing my surgery. My new date is July 14th. He is just as good of a surgeon as Dr. DeMaria....He is in the same office. I got him cuz he just started in the office and I was able to get a July date instead of end of Aug. >WOW can ya believe it ....that's only 16 days away. 6-29-04 Debbie from the Dr.'s office just called and said they need to move my surgery to Friday July 16th. She said the OR was full on the 14th. I go for pre-op testng on July 6. I hope that is the last change. LOL unless they call and say they can do it tomorrow.....LOL I'M READY. 7-4-04 HAPPY 4 OF JULY EVERYONE Well I spent the day with my son's & their family's. We had a great day. All the grandkids just loved the fireworks As I seat there with them, watchin the fireworks all I could think about was, this will be the last holiday I would be this big. In away, seeing the fireworks, was like a big party for me. Cuz my surgery is so close, just 11 more days. Also I heard from my brother today. He has been working in Iraq since April 27. He will be leavin Iraq July 21. and will be home July 23. My surgery will be done and I should be OK by than. 7-13-04 Well today is the 13th I got 2 days and a "wakeup" (not that I will be sleeping Thursday nite) before my surgery. Seems like the time is standing still. It's about 56 hrs..........well I may update more later. 7-14-04 Well I changed my name on here today. I am still the same person.......for at least 2 more days..... than I will be on da lossin side. This time next yr. I hope I am HALF the person I am today. As yesterday was.. today is also.........MOVING SLOWWWWW as of right now I have about 39 hrs. till surgery. Well guess I will go read the message board some more....than maybe pack my bag for the hosptial. I have it all together just haven't decided which bag I want to put it in. 7-16-04 Well it's 1am and I have to be at MCV @ 5:30am. I am not nervous YET I just want to be on my way to the OR. I have never in my life been a small person. So this will truly be a new life for me. I look forward to it tho. I am 45 and my son's have their own family's now and I want to live so to speak. I would not give anything for the life I have had with them this far I just want it to get better. Well.... I want to say I am VERY VERY thankful I have gotten the chance to have this surgery. I hope I do as well as the others I know personally have done. Hugs to all of ya............see ya on da lossin side:-) 7-19-04 Well, I made it thru surgery just fine. I got to hospital at 5:30am and I was the 1st one to go back. They had me in back and in hosptial gown by 6am. I was to be in operating room @ 7:30. At 7:10 they put something in my IV to calm me down and a something for the pain in my back and I don't remember anything else till 1pm when I woke up in the recovery room. I got really overheated and got sick and was throwing up. That lasted awhile. It was so hot in the recovery room and everytime I moved it would cuz me to get sick. I was taken to my room at 6pm where once again I got sick cuz it was so hot. After they got my room cooled down I was fine. I had the best nurse her name was Sandra Hurt. She was very friendly and was always there if I needed anything. I had her 2 days of the 3 I was there. Saturday morning @ 9am I was taken down for my leak test. OMG IT WAS AWFUL!!!! I got it all in and as soon as the test was done and they moved me......WELL IT ALL CAME BACK UP.I had to wait for the test to come back before I could get anything to drink that was not till 5pm. I was given a pureed lunch and dinner on Sunday. I was let out of hospital at 6pm Sunday. I have done fine I am in very little pain. And the 6 places on my stomach haven't even bruised yet. Dr. Maher said that he ran into some scar tissue from where my gall bladder was taken out 20 yrs. ago. but he said that chipped away fine. My stomach is now about 2oz. I have 4 staple lines and he said everything done great. I feel great. I had surgery on the 16th and today is the 19th. and other than being tired and not hungrey I am fine. I got my vitamins and zantac in this morning with no problems. I also got a protein shake down... took awhile but I got it. LOL. 7-26-04 Well I had my 1st check up today. It's been 10 days and I have loss (drum roll) 13 lbs. I think that is just great. I had blood work done and talked to the dietitian. I haven't been taken my Iron pills so I was told I need to take them. I met Melanie G. from Chester, Va. She was so nice. I met a few other ladies as well but have forgotten their names. All of the ladies were so nice. It was so good to talk to others that are going thru some of the same things I am. 8-03-04 Well tonite I went to our local fair with my Son's & Grandkids..we had a great time....I did LOTS of walking and NO EATING..I think that is the 1st time I have ever been to a fair and not eaten till I was half sick when I got home. The kids eat and it never bothered me. Not even the smell of the food bothered me. And some stands did smell good!!All in all I am doing great. I think the good Lord everyday to have been blessed to be able to have this surgery. 8-13-04 Well today it's been 4 weeks and I have lost 27#. Seems like it's slow but I am happy. I know if I eat more I could probobly lose faster, but I am just NOT hungrey. It takes alot to make me eat. LMAO who would have ever thunk it????? that I would ever make that statement. But it's so true. I am sure as time goes on I will want to eat but until than I will just try to drink my water and get my protein in. 09-07-04 Well Friday it was 7 weeks since surgery. I have lost 43# I know I have lost inches but don't know how many. Last week-end I went to a party @ my brother's house and I had a ball. LOL So many people told me how nice I looked. WOW did that feel good. My BMI has gone from 42.2 to 35.9 09-13-04 Will I'm 8 weeks out and I weighed this morning and I weigh 240 that is 46# I have lost. OMGOODNESS I hope I never find them LMAO! Lossin weight has not helped the pain from the arthritis I have in my back it is still there and somedays it hurts so bad. I sure miss my Celebrax. Hopefully it will get better. 09-23-04 Well I am doing great. I am so soooooooo happy I got this "tool" I weighed today and have lost 51#. I want to have lost atleast 75# by my birthday which is 9th of Nov. I know I can. 10-09-04 Well yesterday was 3 ms. since my surgery. I have lost 59# and my BMI is 33.5 which means I am only OBESE.......I started this journey out as a Morbidly Obese person. I thank God everynite for helping me thru this journey. Everyday I get more energy. I often do too much during the days....my back tells me. I have arthritis in my back and even tho it doesn't hurt all the time like it useto...it still hurts. It takes alot to get me going in the mornings...but I know I must in order to loss this weight. I have my check up with Dr. Maher on the 28th. I would love to lose another 10# by than. Wish me luck. 11-02-04 Well I went for my 3 mo. checkup yesterday. All tho it's been 15 weeks since I had surgery. I have lost~~~~~~~~~drum roll 64# I told Dr. Maher I felt I was loosin slow, he said it has been steady tho, which is very good. I also ask how much he bypassed and he said 50cc. I have been having some pain in my stomach past week or so, so he gave me Nexium to take for a month and if I still have the pain he will run a scope. He feels I may have a ulcer just starting. I told him I could eat a few tums and the pain would ease up alot. Well........just 2 days to go than I will be going to Washington DC to meet some of you wonderful people that are on this site. 11-07-04 Well got back from DC today.......I HAD A BLAST!!! so many wonderful people I got to met. Ones I have only talked to online. And I must say they are ALL as nice in person as they are online. What a nice looking and freindly bunch of people we have in this group. Di Nore from Va. so freindly and nice David Becker from Va. ( mmmmm........what a sexy man! ) Track McCreary from Va. Beach ( played music for us... was great, very nice lookin man ) Tony Talarico from N.Y ( all I can say is WOW! has done a great job. Very nice looking ) Sketch G(Tony & his lovely wife Lisa) from N.Y. ( what a great couple Kari from Ca. ( what a pleasure to finally met her. Beautiful lady) Nannette R. from N.J. ( very sweet & beautiful lady ) Monica from Ca. ( I enjoyed hearing her speak to the group ) Roxxi ~*~ Gina from NV. ( very nice ) La Woman~Leigh Ann from Pa. ( such a party girl LOL very nice ) Kim B. ( beautiful smile, great lady ) Ted K from Pa.( nice guy ) Val~~Izdawnie2 from DC (I think) great lady, done great job getting us altogether. Richard Pack from Va. ( nice guy..fun to be around ) There were others also and please forgive me I am having a senior moment right now and can't think of everyone's name. But I will get it soon. Everyone was just a pleasure to hang out with. I hope I get to to do this again soon.( looking forward to Altantic City in April ) My sister went with me she loved the group. She had GBS in March of 2003.  Group of us from the DC concvention Well today is my Birthday. YES 'da BIG 46'. I wanted to have lost 75# by now but, I am happy to have lost 68# in 16 weeks. I started out the day of surgery @ 286 and today I am 218. So I am now shooting to be under 200 by X-mas. What a present that would be to myself. 11-16-04 Went to the support meeting @ MCV tonite. Was a good meeting. Dr. Maher spoke. 'mother nature' is here is week so my weight is the same. Which I guess is good...means I haven't gained any, which before surgery I would always gain! I should see a loss of a few lbs. next week. I really need to exercise EVERYDAY! I know if I don't start soon it will be too cold to start. 12-13-04 Well I had a endoscope done today. I have been having awful pains in my stomach so I called Dr. Maher and he said to come in. So he does the scope and I have 2 ulcers. He gave me meds to take for the next few mos. and than he will do anther scope to see if they are healing. 12-14-04 I went to a Christmas party tonite that the support group @ MCV had. It was held at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Va. OMYGOODNESS that was the most beautiful hotel I have ever seen. We had a great time. Was so good to see so many people who had surgery yrs, ago and STILL look great. The food was just wonderful. Once again it just goes back the the wonderful staff that Dr. Maher & Dr. DeMaria has. They done a great job. My weight is slowwwwwwwwwly coming off. My BMI is 30 now which is still Obese. I have about 2# to lost to just be overweight. I still have 10# to lost by Xmas to be under 200. I so want to be under 200 by the first of the new yr. I know I will make it. It's been 2 days I have been on the meds for my ulcers and I already feel 90% BETTER. I know my ulcers came from me smoking and drinking regular coffee. Well I have promised Dr. Maher I WILL quit smoking and I now drink decaf coffee. 1-3-05 Well I went to the Dr. today for my 6 mo. check-up and I have lose a total of ***81*** lbs. Dr. Maher was very pleased with this. I have 6# to lose to be under 200. OMG I do not remember the yr.I was that small.I have, get this...... (.5) on the BMI scale to be just overweight. Lossin the 6# will put me there. I thank GOD ever nite that I was able to have this surgery. I may have been FAT all my life (atleast all of my son's lives) and the oldest is 27, but I won't be for my grand-kids. I ask Dr. Maher what the goal he has for me and he said 170 would be wonderful and anything after that would be a plus. So I can't believe I only have 35# to lose to meet my Dr.'s goal for me. What a great year this is going to be (weight wise)  5-6-05 OH MY I can't believe its been 4 months since I posted here. Well......just a little update. I have had a 'huge ulcer' that is attached to the outside of my intestines that will not heal. I go back Monday May 9th for another scope to see if it is getting any smaller. I have lost 114# so far and I feel better about myself. I can do much more than I could this time last yr. I have been working on my yard.....Must say.......Dang it's starting to look good!! LMAO. Can wait till all the flowers start to bloom I have planted. I have even got a little vegatable garden going. Can wait to met some of you wonderful people from Va. in Richmond in June. I am sure David will see that we all have a blast. Well I promise not to be so long updating my profile from now on. 6-17-05 Well I just got back from a wonderful vacation In sunny California. OH MY GOODNESS was it great. What made it even better was I never gained a # while I was there LOL. I got on da scales this morning and I weighed 179. I almost passed out. I can't believe how well I am doing. Having this surgery was the best thing that I could have ever done in my life for myself. I would do it all over in a heart beat!!! I will be attending the Va. get-to-gather in Richmond tomorrow. It will be so nice to met some of the Va. people who have or is going thur what I have with thier weight. It is so nice of David Becker to put this all together for us. He has done a great job. I will post more later this weekend. ;-) 6-18-05 OH MY GOSH!!! did we have a nice time in Richmond today. Can't thank David Becker enuff for the great pool side get together he made possible for us. I FINALLY!!!!!!! got to met Leilani :)~ today. I have so wanted to met this wonderful lady for soooooooo long. She is da best... so sweet and just a ball to be around. Lei is such a beautiful lady. She has done a great job with her weightloss......Gosh I hope I can do 1/2 as well as she has. There was so many people that I had never talked to till today and they were wonderful....I am so sorry to say I am awful with names....so please forgive me for not mentioning you all by name. Rick Pack was there WOW!! he has done great also since I seen him in DC in Nov. Natalie (Irish Pixie) what a wonderful, sweet and kind lady. Was such a pleasure to set and talk with her. Beautiful lady. And ofcourse David Becker who is even sexier than ever. And Amber .....girl you have done so well ;-) Glad I got to finally met you also hun. I hope I get to see all the ones from today and MORE in Va. Beach in November. -7-31-05 Well its been well over a month since I last posted..........SORRY! I have not felt worth anything past few weeks. I hope I am not letting myself fall back into the same rut I was in a yr ago. My back has been hurting so bad and it has me in a awful mood. I have had numbness in my left foot. I went to the Dr. and I have appointment on Aug 16th where they are going to shot stuff in my back to see if it helps ......if I don't see any difference in 2 weeks or so after.... than they will do a nerve test on my back.....nurse told me that was not a pleasant test........if it's anything like the one they did on my arm........OMG!! I will die. I so want to do the walk in Spet. with all the Va. peeps.....I want to walk and keep up with them.....and the way my foot is now I have to really take it slow or I will trip.......which I have done so many times....I know people look at me and think I am drunk....:-( Well I only have like 1. to go and be @ a normal weight........OMG I never in my life thought I would ever get to say that. But this past week I have been in such a shitty mood....and @ the end of the day I look back and think about ALL THE BAD chooses I made for food that day. i go to bed and pray tomorrow will be better...and to start off with it is.......but at the end of the day.......same shit........GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I have not gained any.........but I know that I could be @ goal now if I would just get with the program. I know what I need to do....I went the other nite and read the "Pouch rules for DUMMIES" and I know them but I just must be the biggest dummy out there. I hope that when I see the Dr. in 2 weeks he will do something that helps with my back. I SO WANT TO BE @ GOAL BY THE TIME THE WALK IS IN SEPT. AND BE ABLE TO WALK WITH ALL THE GREAT PEEPS I HAVE GOTTEN TO MET. Keep me in your prays. I love ya all.  Are you a slow loser? There's an easy way to find out. A bariatric coordinator gave these averages for WLS patients... In the first month, the average loss is 20 - 30 lbs The following months, the average loss is 7 - 14 pounds This isn't the mode (most) or the median (middle), it is the mean (the average). So if you do the math... 27 - 44 pounds is an average range for 2 mos post op. 48 - 100 for six months. So are you really a slow loser or are you just suffering from unrealistic expectations?
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 1-14-04If you'd like your profile spruced up write to one of the HTML Volunteer’s here:  6-9-04 6-10-04 Such a sad day....Our very own Angel here @ AMOS has passed away... MommaAngel was truly an ANGEL here on this board. She spent endless hours makin sure every person felt welcomed when they started their journey here. Paula (MommaAngel) will be missed, there wasn't a day that passed that she wasn't postin to someone's surgery page wishing them the best, to let them know she had them in her prayers durning their surgery and journey here. This poem was written by a member here..... Heaven's New Angel A bright light appeared, A deep voice he heard. Come with me my child, Fly like a bird. Your Heavens New Angel, Now you have wings. Come with me my child, Come see what heaven brings. The trumpets are sounding, For you a new home awaits. As I guide you through Heaven"s pearly gates. I've prepared for you a halo, And your white Angel gown. Welcome home my child, Your Heaven's Angel now. Sherry McClure Copyright ©1997 Sherry Lynn McClure ~~~~MommaAngel, I know ya are in heaven now, I ask that you still watch over me as I continue my journey here. I will truly miss ya hun. You done well here on this earth, with your unselfish love you shown us all. Paula (MommaAngel) profile page.... http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=b1015026750 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This post is from Dan, Momma Angels son. 6-10-04 This morning at 8:20 the lord took my mother (Momma Angel) home to be with him. She will not suffer anymore physically or emotionally. My mom has had a very difficult life but she has always shined through it all. I always seemed a little jealous of her relationship with God. It seemed he always answered her prayers like she had a direct line. I tried but always seem to get disconnected. I know it is because my mom was a true servant of the lord. She won his favor with every thing she did in his name. My mom has voluteered in church and foodbanks since i was little and when her health got to bad she found AMOS and gave herself to you all completely. I know you all think she did so much for AMOS, but you should know how much AMOS did for her. She would call me all the time all exited telling me how much you all loved her. She loved you all and had a story about each and everyone she emailed. She loved to talk about all the very special people she knew at AMOS. I cannot tell you how much all the emails cards and well wishes has helped us to get through this. We all feel like we have this new family that cares for us and it means so much. Here is a poem we found written in my moms hand, we think she got it from someone at AMOS when her sister died a few months back. It was in the popcorn can next to her chair where she kept all her important papers. To those I love, and those who love me. When I am gone, release me let me go, I have many things to see and do you musn't tie yourself to me in tears. Be happy that we had so many years, I gave to you my love. You can only guess how much you gave me in happiness, I thank you for the love you have shown, but now its time I travel on alone so grieve a while for me , if grieve you must. Then let your grief be comforted by trust. It's only for a while that we must part, so bless the memories within your heart I won't be far away for life goes on, so if you need me call and I'll come. Though you can't see or touch me i'll be near, and if you listen with your ear you'll hear, All my love around you , soft and clear. And then when you must come this way alone,I'll greet you with a smile, and welcome you home. Thanks to all at AMOS. Dan Malfroid (Paula's Son) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photos
Hospital Reviews Product Reviews Weight Loss Survey Responses Click Here To View Member Interests: Click here to see interests of other ObesityHelp members. Surgeon Info: Surgeon: James W. Maher M.D. Dr. Maher was in Iowa, he is now in with Dr. DeMaria. Dr. Maher will be doing my surgery. He was VERY nice (and not bad lookin either LOL) he has the same staff as Dr. DeMaria.....office staff was very pleasant. Dr. Maher was there to talk to me before I was taken into surgery and was there to talk to me after. I was very pleased with him and his staff thru my surgery stay. I can't say enuff good things about MCV and Obesity Surgery Program. Insurer Info: Medicare part A&B |
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