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3/3/2003
Well here I am... I am just now really able to sit here and type I dont know if it will be alot but I will try my hardest im sure some of you have keep up with how I have been doing all I have to say is it SUCKS!!!! Im so tired of everything I know it will all get better But when?? Well Here It goes I went to the hospital all ready to have this done on January 21 2003 not nervous at all just wanting to get it over with all went well and I did not have to stay in recovery overnight went straight to my room I got up and started walking right away and they thought that was GREAT!!! I was so proud of myself well the whole time after surgery I keep a small fever and I started coughing ALOT!!! they did tons of x-rays on me and they was thinking that i had punuimiona(SP) well at first they didnt see a leak when I did the swallow but then they just werent sure about my lungs i was spiking high fevers and feeling like crap and For about 3 days i was vomiting up like brown smelly stuff and so they sent me down for a cat scan this was on monday night around 630 or so on January 27....Well the docs came right back up to my room and said we have a problem you need to have emerangacy surgery right now.... I was so scared I had a leak and i had puss filling adomial cavity up(which was not good) my husband and i started crying my mom was crying gee whiz it was scary...while the doc was in there he said I had some fluid around my spleen well that was not of worry to them at that time PLUS!!!! This time they left my tummy wide open and I had to have it packed 2 times a day OMG!!! that hurt so bad but even after i had my 2nd surgery i still had my fevers well the following monday after my 2nd surgery they let me go home well bad idea!!! I was home from 2:00pm until 1:00am and went to the ER cause of pain and discomfort they addimited me back in for another week well still with fevers and lots of pain and coughing tons of pain on the left side i went home again they tried giving me stronger meds and oh yah I am stiched up this time the wound is closed i have 6 retension stitiches...Still having fervers and having to take tons of meds at home I had home health care i was getting TPN anitbotics pepcid bendryl and i had a pain patch on which was not helping well my mom and dad came here in the begining to help with my son and expected to only stay for around a week or so well guess what they were here for a month ok... well i got back out of the hospital on sat and my mom and dad were planing on going back home to Ohio Wednesday well i was still running a fever and they left to go home.. Well on Valentines day Guess what Yep I was back in the ER and they addmited me again!! well this time in the Er they did an x-ray and a catscan to check everything out well keep in mind i was still with tons of pain on my left side and still coughing well Friday night after my xray the Doc came in and said I had a plurrall enfusion (SP)well i asked he said its fluid or an air sack in the lung that is why the pain sooooo they had to drain it off my lung OUCH!!!!!!!! i had to sit in the bed and lean over while they stuck a big needle in my back to drain it off well they got some off alright 500 cc which = 16 oz WOW huh!!!!well after all that they finally got me a room at 1:00 am i was beat i was coughing and in pain well remember they did a cat scan too on my that night well they said i had an abcess and it needed to be taken care of well saturday around 5 or so they were suppose to come get me to take care of it well i was getting ready to go to bed at 10:00 well they knocked on my door they said its time NOW!!!i was like cant we wait till mornin they said nope needs to be taken care of now i was crying and very very scared my husband and son were up there with me and they stayed until i got back to my room i went down to special procedures and i had to lay on like a operating table which are very small and they numbed my left side up and started doing what they do it hurt some but after wards is the worse pain and OMG!!!! when the was draining the abcess i needed a gas mask the stuff stank so bad i thought i was gonna be sick but the did get 8oz of infection off my spleen no wonder why i have been so sick they did do a culture on the infection and found out it was a strep infection and when they opened me up some how it landed on my spleen... Well I stayed in the hospital for a week that time so my total hospital stay has been about a month or so but as of today as I am sitting here I still have a bag attached to my side draining the stuff from my spleen my husband is having to flush it out 2 times a day which is not bad and i am still on TPN almost going on 6 weeks of no food UGHHHHHH!!!!!! I want some food dangit!!! But there is no more fever and my side only hurts cause there is a tube hanging in myside my cough is almost gone so i guess you can say i am Improving I go to the Doc on March 6 and i hope he says EAT MISCHELLE!!!!well I guess this is enough for now I am starting to hurt so i need to go take my pain meds and go to bed thanks to all of you that have left kind posts on my page God Bless all of you ~Mischelle~

3/11/2003
Well I had a disapointment I was so ready to go to the doc on Thursday last week but they called and cancelled until Monday the 10th they wanted me to have a chest x-ray and another swollaw test done just to make sure.... well I got up yesterday and went at 8:00am and first they did the chest and then the swollaw they checked the front side and back I asked when they were all done if my plurrall enfusion (SP) was gone they said it is alot better than b4 and smaller so that is one good thing if you dont know how you get it here is how when you have an infection somewhere blow the diafram(SP) which I did In my spleen that is how the fluid from the infceted part goes where its not suppose too....Ok after that visit i had to go see the doc YAY!! I was early and of course i had to wait But He left the drain in my side and I wanted that out sooo damn bad beleive it or not I does hurt But GUess what He did STOP the TPN he said NO MORE!!!! I was so worried the leak was still there but he said eat so I said OK..LOL but he also said come back Thursday and we will take the drain out I told him I would like my pic line to stay in just incase Cause you never know specially after what I have been through so now I am just waiting for Thursday I did come home and try a lil jello but that was all until later that evening then I had my husband fix me some soup and it was good and I did real good and then this morning i did eat some cream of wheat YUMMY it was good I dont feel as sick as i had been feeling maybe cause there is food going in me now ok nuff for now ~Mischelle~

3/21/2003
Well today is 2 months for me since my surgery...And Boy oh Boy has those 2 months flew by considering i was in the hospital a month of that time..lol well all seems well with me I have some problems such as the Nausua feeling and the feeling of being fool I have only just now been eating for 2 weeks and I really feel like i am not getting enough to eat and drink I know it takes time and i have to be pacitice(SP)well my weight is coming off I am not going to take my measurments until next week but as right now i am down to 245 and so that makes it 55 pounds that i have lost WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO me.... All my clothes are too big and i look like a hobo....lol well im going to bed later all ~Mischelle~

4/23/2003
Well I havent been on here in a while.... beleive this or NOT I am still sicker than a dog and its getting OLD!!!! Not everything I eat comes back up but i get sick just bout EVERYDAY!!!! and I hate it I went out of town to go back home for Easter and it was the first time my family had seen me since my surgery in January and Guess what I was sick the whole Damn time I had no enegery on Saturday and i was pukin all day Sunday it was like 8 times But when I got home I did call the doc office and talked to them they said if it keeps up and not able to keep anything down go to the hospital and if i feel like im ok I go see the doc on Monday cause something is not right I am just now 3 months out and still doing this but i am still losing but I think im losing cause nothing will stay down I am down to 226 that is almost 75 pounds in 3 months i feel GREAT except for the being sick and i dont feel that way all day long but after i eat it is BLAH!!!! well i am gonna be takin my measurements later on so i will update again soon talk to all of you soon
~Mischelle~

4/30/2003
Well here I am...I am getting ready to go for a ct scan to see if there is anything going on in there lets hope not but i went to the doc on monday and he put me on an anti acid pill to see if that helps with the nausa and i have to call in 2 weeks if not better he wants to do a scope down into my belly cause i am 3 months out and i should not be getting as sick as i am (ITS GETTIN OLD ) I am still losing and it feels so good to be able to wear an xL shirt instead of 3 or 4 x well nuff for now i have to go get ready for my test talk more soon bye for now
~Mischelle~

5/08/2003
Well here I am ... I went to the Doctor on monday to find out about my ct scan well guess what there is still fluid on my spleen and my lung i had to take the films to the surgon and he has to compare the old and the new I am still getting sick way to much I go see him on Monday so hopefully we will figure something out I am tired of this I dont know what will be said about my ct scan my pcp said surgery would be the last resort so who knows i just want to be better and get on with my life well I will keep you updated on what happenes next talk again soon
~Mischelle~

5/14/2003
Well back again... I am getting ready to go get an endoscope done to see if this will slove the problem with being sick all the time ...The doc said we dont need to worry about the ct scan so I am not even thinking about it keep your fingers crossed that this scope will take care of things well gotta run
~Mischelle~

6/12/2003
Hi everyone It has been awhile since my last update I am here in Ohio visting my family.. I did have an enscope done last month and Yes It helped very much I have only been sick 3 times since I have been here in Ohio YEAH!!!! The doc did have to streach my hole I will give Numbers but I have No idea what it means it was a 32 and he took it to a 42 so if you know you tell me ..lol I am only 11 pounds from the 100 lbs marker I am weighing 211 right now and in a size 16 from a size 26/28 and some 30/32 I think I am doing great I am starting to feel like this was worth But I have to put the worse behind me and move on which I think I have done I still think about it a little bit but not as much cause you know when your close to dying its kinna scary but its all good I am alive and doing GREAT!!!! I do miss talking to my friends back home in Kcmo But I will be back home in a month and I am going to start going back to support group meetings well I will Update soon...
Jenn I will call you ..
~Mischelle~

6/19/2003
Well Back again...This past week has been very bad I have been throwing up since Monday night (Today is Thursday) I went to the ER on Monday night and they did chest x-rays and gave me iv fluid and nausa meds DIDNT HELP they sent me home All Blood work and xrays were fine no sign of anything being wrong (I WENT FOR A COLD) then I came home and took the antibotic they gave and went to bed well since Monday night I started Throwing up Big Time well Tuesday I went back to the same Er and the hooked me up again to Iv fluid and gave me some more nausa meds and a pain med cause my belly was hurting I was there for about 8 hrs they did a gall bladder ultrasound and it was fine they took more blood and that was fine also well they gave me som phengerin suppositories (SP) and sent me home I was still throwing up well then on Wednesday I went to a different Er up In Cincinnati They Hooked me up to Iv fluids and gave me 2 bags within 2 hrs and they gave me zofran for the nausa and tordal for the burning I have in my throat are I told the Er doc there has to be somthing wrong with my tummy since all my labs and x-rays were perfect I said I think I need a scope to see why I am throwing up so much Between Mon and Wed I had to vomit at least 60 times or more well he talked to another Doc that was there explained I am from out of town and I need a scope done well this morning i called this Docs office and I had to go back up to the hopsital In Cincinnati i was there at 10:30 am and got hooked up to the iv and it was taken care of I had been sicker than a dog for 3 days all because when I went to the Hospital the first night the doc gave me a BIG pill to take and guess what that pill was lodged in my opening to my tummy so guys PLEASE be careful when takin meds that are big cause it can happen I am so much better just real tired from being sick but I thought i would share my little story with ya all
take care...
~Mischelle~

7/16/2003
IM FEELING GREAT!!!!! That is all I have to say and its about damn time... My highest weight was 320 and im down to 199 finally under 200 WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

8/12/03
Been long time since I have been here... Things are going GREAT for me (KNOCK ON WOOD) But I am pretty much able to eat just about anything I mean I get the full feeling and I know when to stop eating (BUT YOU NEVER WANT TO)..LOL I am Now down to 195 and I have started losing very slow now which is good I guess I am thinking I need to lose about 25 or 30 more pounds and i will be just right... I am wearing a size 14 and I bought one pair of size 12 shorts and they fit but yes it was a tight fit BUT I GOT IN THEM!!!!!! and they didnt look bad on me.. Just this past week I turned 30 yrs old and I started working which is something I have never done I had no confindince and didnt think i needed to be out in the world working with people but guess what I CAN DO IT!!!! and I love it... well Jenn here you go I updated (Sticking my tounge out at ya ...lol) Thank you Jennifer Gouldsmith for the compliment we need to get together again and met at applebees and yes Lori im talking about you too...
and Patti Blackburn if you need any advise im just a phone call away...
~Mischelle~

9/13/03
OK OK OK JENN... I AM HERE TO UPDATE..LOL BY THE WAY I MISS TALKING TO YOU.. OK HERE IS MY UPDATE I AM NOW DOWN TO 189 I NEED TO LOSE ABOUT 29 MORE POUNDS TO BE AT GOAL I WANT TO WEIGHT ABOUT 160 TO 165 WHICH WILL BE IN NORMAL RANGE WITH A BMI SO I GUESS THAT WILL MAKE 131 LBS THAT I HAVE LOST AT THIS POINT I AM STILL WORKING AND LOVING IT AND I AM TRYING TO GET EXCERISE IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT I HAVE RALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT A TUMMY TUCK BUT AFTER ALL I WENT THROUGH WITH THIS SURGERY IM NOT SURE IF I CAN GO THROUGH ANOTHER BIG SURGERY KINDA SCARED BUT I DO WANT TO GET A LIFT FOR MY CHEST AND A TAD BIT SMALLER THERE ..LOL
NOW ABOUT MY INTAKE.. I REALLY DONT THINK I AM GETTING ENOUGH CALORIES IN A DAY I AM GETTING ROUGHLY 800 TO 1100 AND THAT IS ON A GOOD DAY I DO EAT ABOUT 6 TIMES A DAY AND I KNOW IM NOT GETTING ENOUGH WATER IN BUT WHEN EVER I GET BLOOD WORK DONE IT ALL COMES BACK FINE SO THAT IS A GOOD THING OK I GUESS I WILL GET OFF AND I WILL BE BACK TO UPDATE AGAIN BUT I DONT KNOW WHENSO UNTIL THEN..
~MISCHELLE~

9/23/2003
Well here to make a short update.. I am now at 181 I lost to much weight these past few weeks due to stress But all is good now and I hope to get back on track i dont want to lose to much more My husband said I think your getting to thin But he has to think how it was when i was larger he is now able to pick me up and carry me that was a big deal to both of us... I am still working and it keeps me busy but I do love it I am getting more excerise in now and drinking ALOT more waterEvery time I do feel a pain I do get worried Just because of all the crap i went through but i do see my pcp once or twice a month to let her check me out...well I will come back in a few weeks and let you know whats going on
~Mischelle~

9/28/2003
WELL I AM BACK AGAIN I TRIED TO POST A QUESTION ON TH EBOARD AND IT WONT LET ME SO I AM GONNA POST IT HERE AND MAYBE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT IF THEY SEE IT HERE IT GOES...

I AM 8 MONTHS POST-OP AND I AM DOWN 140 LBS WEIGHT LOSS IS GOING GREAT!!!DOCTOR SAID SHE ONLY WANTS TO SEE ME LOSE ABOUT 15 MORE POUNDS AND THEN THAT IS IT QUESTION 1 HOW CAN YOU MAKE THE WEIGHT LOSS STOP JUST LIKE THAT.. QUESTION 2 I KNOW I AM NOT GETTING ENOUGH TO EAT I DO EAT ABOUT 6 TIMES A DAY BUT I AM ONLY GETTING ABOUT 600 TO 1000 CALIORIES A DAY AND I DONT THINK THAT IS ENOUGH I DO GET MY BLOOD WORK DONE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH AND IT COMES BACK FINE EVERYTIME BUT WHAT CAN I DO TO GET MORE CALIORIES IN A DAY..IF ANY ONE HAS ANY IDEAS AND OR CAN ANSWER MY OTHER QUESTION PLEASE LET ME KNOW THANKS A BUNCH
MISCHELLE

SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS PLEASE LET ME KNOW THANKS
~MISCHELLE~

10/16/2003
WELL HERE I AM GOING TO A PLASTIC SURGON ON NOVEMBER 4 TO SEE ABOUT A LIFT I THINK I AM PRETTY MUCH DONE LOSING WEIGHT I AM HAPPY WHERE I AM BUT THE THOUGHT OF LOSING MORE STILL SCARES ME I JUST KEEP THINKING DOC SAID SHE DONT WANT ME UNDER 165 AND I AM GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT I AM LOSING WEIGHT STILL BUT VERY SLOW AND I NEED SOME HELP GETTING MOVATIVED TO GO EXCERISE I CANT DO IT I HAVE TOLD MY SON 3 TIMES THIS WEEK LETS GO WORK OUT HE WAS READY TO GO AND I SAY NAWWWWW I CHANGED MY MIND I HAVE TO STOP THAT CAUSE I KNOW I NEED IT I DO WALK SO I MEAN I AM GETTING SOME IN BUT I KNOW NOT NEARLY ENOUGH WELL I WILL UPDATE MORE LATER
~MISCHELLE~

10/30/2003
HELLO ALL!!! JUST A LITTLE UPDATE I HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT AT CURVES FOR THE PAST WEEK AND IT FEELS GREAT!!! ITS SO MUCH MORE FUN WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO WORKOUT WITH (THANKS BECKY) AND THIS PAST MONDAY WE TOOK A PILATES CLASS THAT WAS FUN WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN THIS COMING MONDAY AND THEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT TAKING A HIP-HOP SALSA CLASS WELL I WENT TO THE DOC YESTERDAY AND I WEIGHED IN AND I HAVE NOT LOST ANY WEIGHT IN 20 DAYS YAY!!!!! I WAS RELEIVED I AM AT 178 AND HOLDING.... WELL I GUESS I WILL UPDATE AGAIN IN A FEW DAYS AFTER I GO TO THE PLASTIC SURGON TO SEE ABOUT THE LIFT SO I WILL LET YAH ALL KNOW WHAT IS SAID.. OH YAH BY THE WAY IT WAS GREAT SEEING EVERYONE THAT WAS AT THE REUNION I ENJOYED SEEING AND TALKING EVERYONE...YOU GUYS LOOK GREAT!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
~MISCHELLE~

11/25/2003
Hello all!!! I am back for an update went to the plastic surgon and yah he said sure we can fix you up BUT you will have to pay for it since I dont have rashs and sores on the body the total for a lift and tummy tuck was 7,000 so maybe some day I will decide to do it the skin is not that bad but maybe someday.. I will just keep working out for the time being..Went to the Doc today cause I have a knot on mine spine I have to go get an MRI done tomorrow YAH!!! but I am weighing 174 that was at the Doc office I need to try to stay at one weight but its hard...She told me to try to add a TBSP of butter or Sour cream stuff like that to anything I eat and try to eat a bowl of Ice cream everynight so I can try to get the calories in I need she said that is why I am losing I am not getting them all in she also told me to go back to drinking Instant carnation Breakfast everyday It was ok tasting but I guess I have to try it again well I will be updating again later...OH Yah My BMI has went from 46.5 to 26.5
~Mischelle~

11/29/2003
OK I AM BACK ALREADY..I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS WAS THE WORST THNAKSGIVING I HAVE EVER HAD FIRST I WOKE UP ON THURSDAY MORNING AND FIXED MY SOME EGGS FOR BREAKFAST AND I KNEW AFTER THAT I WAS GONNA PUKE WELL I DID ABOUT 30 MINS LATER AFTER EATING THEM .. AND THEN WE WENT TO OUR FRIENDS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER I ATE JUST FINE EVERYTHING DID FINE ON THE TUMMY WELL AFTER THAT WE LEFT THERE AROUND 5:30 OR SO AND WE DECIDED TO STOP AT THE STORE TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD ON SALE THAT DAY WELL BEFORE WE EVEN GOT OUT OF THE CAR I HAD TO PULL OVER TO PUKE IT WASNT BAD SO I WAS FINE AFTER THAT THEN WE WENT INTO THE STORE AND I STARTED FEELING THAT FEELING AGAIN SO I WENT TO THE BATHROOM IN THE STORE AND DID IT AGAIN THE WE LEFT AND GUESS WHAT YEP BEFORe WE GOT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT PULLED OVER AGAIN AND WHEN WE GOT HOME I WAS SICK EVERY 15 MINS OR SO AND I GOT A SICK A TOTAL OF ABOUT 15 TIMES THAT DAY SO MY DAY PRETTY MUCH SUCKED!!!!! I SEEM TO BE FINE NOW JUST NOT ABLE TO EAT ALOT BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IN THE HELL MADE ME SO SICK THAT DAY BUT I WAS FEELING SO BAD PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY WELL THAT WAS MY FIRST THANKSGIVING SINCE MY SURGERY AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE IT SUCKED!!!! I HOPE CHRISTMAS IS A LOT BETTER...LOL
~MISCHELLE~

12/20/2003
HELLO AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE WHO READS MY PROFILE I CANT BELEIVE NEXT MONTH AT THIS TIME I WAS GETTING READY TO GO TO THE HOSPTAIL AND GETTING ALL MY LAST MIN THINGS I NEEDED.. PRETTY WERID HOW TIME FLIES IT JUST DOESNT SEEM LIKE ITS ALMOST BEEN A YEAR SINCE MY SURGERY I AM DOING GREAT AND FEELING WONDERFUL I AM PACKING MY THINGS UP NOW MY FAMILY AND I ARE LEVING TO GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (IN OHIO) INCASE SOME OF YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT I SEEM TO BE MAINTAINING MY WEIGHT I AM AT 165 AND HOLDING SOME DAYS MIGHT BE 166 OR SOME MIGHT BE 164 JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT I EAT THAT DAY ...LOL I AM WEARING SIZE 10 JEANS AND A LARGE SHIRT ALOT BETTER THAT A 26/28 JEAN AND A 3 OR 4X SHIRT ..I AM KINDA OF NERVOUS I HAVENT SEEN MY FAMILY IN ABOUT 7 MONTHS AND I WAS WELL OVER 200LBS I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOW EXTREAM MAKEOVER AND SEEING MY FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! I KNOW SILLY BUT THAT IS HOW I FEEL WELL I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE A HAPPY AND FUN FILLED HOLIDAY AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR I WILL UPDATE WHEN I GET BACK HOME (HERE IN KANSAS CITY) AND LET ALL OF YOU KNOW HOW MY CHRISTMAS DINNER WAS ...LOL SINCE THANKSGIVING SUCKED BIG TIME WELL TAKE CARE ALL OF YOU I WILL BE BACK SOON
~MISCHELLE~

01/08/2004
WOW!!!ANOTHER YEAR TIME IS FLYING BY.WELL CHRISTMAS DINNER WAS BAD MY MOTHER N LAW FIXED A CHRISTMAS DAY DINNER AND THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS ABLE TO EAT IT I TOOK LIKE 2 BITES OF HAM AND IN THE BATHROOM FOR ME... SO GUESS WHAT I ATE ...LOL A BOWL OF FROSTED FLAKES WHILE EVERYONE ELSE WAS EATING TURKEY AND HAM AND ALL THE FIXENS MADE ME MAD BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY BAD DAY I HAD I DID TRY TO EAT SOME OF MY FAV FOODS WHILE I WAS IN OHIO AND ONLY ONE OF THEM MADE ME SICK SO I THOUGHT I WAS DOING GOOD..i AM HOME NOW AND SEEM TO BE DOING GOOD I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHY I GET SICK SO OFTEN I HAVE NOT LOST ANYMORE WEIGHT AND I HOPE I DONT I AM SET WHERE IM AT I AM WEIGHING IN AT 165 SO THAT MAKES IT A TOTAL OF 160 LBS LOST FOREVER YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!! I HAVE TO TELL YOU THO THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN REALLY HARD WITH EVERYTHING THAT I HAD TO GO THROGH I HOPE NOBODY EVER HAS THE TROUBLE I HAD CAUSE IT WAS TERRIBLE THE DOCS SAY I WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS FOR THE PAIN TO GO AWAY COMPLETELY IN MY CHEST FROM THE PLURAL ENFFUSION AND EVERY NOW AND THEN I WILL GET A BAD PAIN OR LIKE A CATCH IN MY LEFT SIDE AND ITS HURTS BUT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT (I HOPE)LOL WELL I GUESS THIS IS ENOUGH FOR NOW JUST A LITTLE UPDATE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THINGS WENT OVER CHRISTMAS AND BY THE WAY I WAS FEELING REALLY GOOD ON NEW YEARS ...LOL TALK ATCHAS LATER
~MISCHELLE~

01/20/04
WELL WELL WELL I MADE IT A WHOLE YEAR YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! MY LIFE HAS CHANGED IN SO MANY WAYS.. WELL LETS START FROM THE BEGINING.. JANUARY 20TH LAST YEAR I WAS NERVOUS AND VERY SCARED MY PARENTS WERE HERE WITH ME AND MY DAD WAS FIXING CHICKEN FAITIAS YUMMYYYY AND OF COURSE ALL I COULD EAT WAS STOOPID SOUP AND JELLO WELL THAT NEXT MORNING ME AND MY MOM GOT UP WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE NERVES WERE CALMED DOWN I WAS READY TO DO THIS AND BE DONE WITH IT I JUST WANTED TO GET BACK HOME IN MY OWN BED AND SLEEP BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS YEP I GET SICK AND ALMOST DIE TOOK ME ABOUT 6 MONTHS TO ACTUALLY START TO FEEL GOOD AGAIN AND IN THE MEAN TIME WHILE I AM FEELING LIKE CRAP I AM LOSING WEIGHT AND LOOKING AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR EVERYDAY WONDERING WHO THAT IS I HAD GOT SO CAUGHT UP IN BEING SO SICK I NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO LOOK AT MYSELF AND ONE DAY ITS A WAKE UP CALL I WAS LIKE WOW!!! BUT STILL TODAY A YEAR LATER AFTER EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH I STILL LOOK AND SAY WHO ARE YOU .. EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED ABOUT ME I AM STILL THE SAME PERSON DEEP DOWN INSIDE SAME OLD WILD AND CRAZY MISCHELLE BUT I JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT LOOK ABOUT ME THAT EVERYONE IS LIKING EVEN ME I AM USE TO THE LOOK NOW BUT I STIL WONDER WHERE I WENT AFTER SEEING MYSELF WEIGHING AT MY HIGHEST 320 AND NOW WEIGHTING 165 I HAVE LOST A WHOLE PERSON SO I AM GOING TO SAY I LOST MY TWIN JUST FOR THE HUMOR...LOL
I HAVE MEET SOOOOOOO MANY PEOPLE THRU THIS WHOLE BIG STEP IN MY LIFE AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM AND THE PEOPLE WHO SENT ME CARDS OFF THIS WEBSITE WHEN I WAS AT MY WORSE THAT REALLY MEANT ALOT TO ME EVEN IF I COULDNT PICK UP THE PHONE AND SAY THANKS.. LORI DID A GREAT JOB KEEPING EVERYONE INFORMED ABOUT MY STATUS AT THE HOSPITAL AND I THANK HER FOR THAT GOOD JOB !!!! WELL I AM GOING TO BE TAKING THE NEXT CHAPTER IN MY LIFE AND I KNOW IT WILL BE A GOOD YEAR JUST THOUGHT I NEED TO UPDATE ON MY 1 YEAR POST OP THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THERE SUPPORT AND KIND WORDS I WILL BE BACK TO UPDATE AGAIN THIS IS NOT GOODBYE...LOL I WILL UPDATE THE PIC PRETTY SOON

~MISCHELLE REYNOLDS~
JANUARY 20 2003 WEIGHT 320
JANUARY 20 2004 WEIGHT 165

01/28/2004
WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO I bought a size 8 pants today so exciting I think last time I ever wore a size 8 is when I was still in Diapers...JUST KIDDING If anyone happens to read this I need to ask a question...here is goes How can you tell if your new tummy is any bigger cause im a year post op and I feel like I am still eating the same amount as I was after the surgery... well thats all Just had to share the news bout my pants
~Mischelle~

02/15/2004
OK I AM HERE AGAIN BUT I HAVE TO SAY I AM KINDA GETTING WORRIED I AM 5'8 AND I AM BIG BONED (I COME FROM A LARGE SIZE FAMILY SERIOUSLY) BUT ANYWAYS LIKE I SAID I AM GETTIG WORRIED.. I AM NOW WEIGHING IN AT 160 AND TRUST ME THAT IS LOW FOR ME I THINK... I AM THINKING OF IT THIS WAY IF YOU WAS TO TAKE MY LOSE SKIN OFF I WOULD PROLLY WEIGH ABOUT 145 OR 150 WELL THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO SAY FOR NOW CAUSE THIS PLACE IS FOR US TO COME AND WRITE OR GREAT NEWS AND OUR WORRIES OH WELL I NEED TO GO FIND SOMETHING TO EAT...
~MISCHELLE~

2/19/2004
I FEEL LIKE A BIG DUMMY!!!! I WAS RESTING YESTERDAY AND I WAS FEELING MY SCAR AND I FELT A KNOT AT THE TOP OF THE SCAR SO I CALLED THE DOC THINKING WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS WELL I WENT AND I WILL SAY MY WEIGHT WAS THE SAME YAYYYY I WAS HAPPY BOUT THAT BUT I LAID ON THE TABLE (DONT LAUGH) AND SHE FELT IT AND SHE SAID WELL ITS PART OF YOU SHE SAID NOW THAT YOUR SKINNY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL THINGS YOU NEVER HAVE FELT BEFORE I CANT REMEMBER WHAT SHE CALLED IT BUT EVERYTHING WAS FINE... I TOLD HER AFTER ALL I HAVE BEEN THRU I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN I FEEL SOMETHING ITS SUPPOSE TO BE THERE LOL
WELL I HAD LABS DRAWN LAST FRIDAY AND SHE CHECKED EVERYTHING AND IT ALL CAME BACK PERFECT SO IM HEALTHY YAYYYYY AGAIN WELL I JUST HAD TO TELL ABOUT MY DOC APPT YESTERDAY ... BUT HEY YOU NEVER KNOW

~MISCHELLE~

3/11/2004
WELL BACK AGAIN I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I HAVE MOVED OUT OF KANSAS CITY I AM NOW LIVING IN SHEFFIELD LAKE OHIO... I DO PLAN ON FINDING A SUPPORT GROUP OUT HERE AND I WILL KEEP MY PAGE HERE WITH YOU GUYS CAUSE DR. HELLING WAS MY DOC AND I DONT WANT TO LOSE CONTACT WITH ANY OF YOU MY WEIGHT IS THE SAME HAVENT GANIED OR LOST I AM FINDING MYSELF VERY VERY TIRED ALL THE TIME NOW SO I HAVE TO FIGURE WHY THAT IS... I HAVE UPDATED MY NEW EMAIL ADDY ON MY PAGE WHERE IT SAYD EMAIL ME BUT INCASE SOME OF YOU WANT IT HERE IT IS MREYNOLDS8@ADELPHIA.NET EMAIL ME ANYTIME WOULD LOVE TO HERE FROM ANY OF YOU I WILL MISS EVERYONE THAT I HAVE BECOME VERY CLOSE WITH...
~MISCHELLE~

3/21/02004
WELL I JUST HAVE TO SAY I HAVE BEEN THRU HELL THIS PAST WEEK AND A HALF WELL EVERYONE KNOWS WE JUST MOVED OUT OF KANSAS CITY... WELL LAST SAT THE 13TH I WENT TO THE EMERGANCY ROOM I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING BAD GAS PAINS WELL THEY RAN TEST AND FOUND OUT IT WAS MY GALL BLADDER SO I HAD TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK I JUST GOT HOME ON FRIDAY THE 19TH MY TUMMY NOW LOOKS LIKE A ROAD MAP I HAD TO BE CUT COMPLETEY OPEN I HAVE AROUND 30 SATPLES ON THE RIGHT HALF SO THEY COULD TAKE OUT THE GALL BLADDER AND NOW I HAVE HAVE A TUBED CLAMPED OFF AND I HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN FOR 2 WEEKS I DO GO TOMORROW TO GET THE STAPLES OUT AND OH YAH GUESS HOW LONG THE SURGERY TOOK.... 3 HOURS THEY SAID I HAD STONES STUCK IN MY BILE DUCT AND THERE WAS SO MUCH SCAR TISSUE.. I HOPE TO GOD I AM DONE WITH THE TUMMY SURGIERS WELL I NEED TO GO I AM SITTING HERE KINNA IN SOME PAIN JUST THOUGHT I WOULD UPDATE REAL FAST EVERYONE PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH!!!!! TALK TO YOU ALL SOON
~MISCHELLE~

4/5/2004
HELLO ALL!!!! JUST A LIL UPDATE SINCE MY GALL BLADDER SURGERY..I AM DOING SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER I SEEM TO BE ABLE TO EAT SO MUCH BETTER AND IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE I CAN EAT A LIL BIT MORE THAN BEFORE I STILL HAVE SOME PAIN IN THE BELLY WHERE SHE HAD TO CUT ME BUT OTHER THAN THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL I AM WEIGHING IN AT 153 AND I HOPE I STAY AROUND THERE CAUSE YOU ALL KNOW I HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT LOSING TO MUCH WELL IM OVER THAT..IF I LOSE MORE I WILL BE OK WITH THAT BUT I REALLY NEED TO TRY TO STABLIZE THE WEIGHT THAT I AM AT I NEVER KNEW HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO TRY TO STAY AT ONE WEIGHT AND I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT I WOULD BE SAYING I DONT WANNA LOSE ANYMORE...LOL WELL WE ARE SETTLED HERE IN OHIO AND EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT JUST MISS ALL MY FRIENDS BACK IN MISSOURI BUT I DO PLAN TO TRY TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH EACH OF YOU WEATHER ITS PHONE OR E-MAIL HOPE TO HEAR FROM SO OF YOU SOON... BE BACK LATER....
~MISCHELLE~

4/28/04
WELL I JUST HAD A NEW PIC ADDED AT THE BOTTOM THIS IS IT I AM MAINTAING MY WEIGHT PRETTY GOOD AND SINCE THE GALLBLADDER SURGERY I HAVE ONLY GOTTEN SICK 2 TIMES THAT IS REALLY GOOD I THINK... MY PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THAT I EAT A LOT MORE AT NIGHT THAT IS WHEN I SEEM TO BE THE HUNGRIEST AND I SEEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE FOOD AWAY THEN ...LOL WELL JUST A SMALL UPDATE I WILL BE BACK AGAIN WHEN SOMETHING NEW HAS HAPPENED TALK TO ALL OF YOU SOON I HOPE ALL MY FRIENDS IN KANSAS CITY IS DOING WELL AND KEEPING UP THE GOOD WORK BE BACK SOON..
~MISCHELLE~
JANUARY 21, 2003 320
APRIL 28, 2004 153
A TOTAL LOST OF 167 POUNDS YAYYYYYYYYYYYY

5/03/2004
WELL BACK AGAIN NOT REALLY ANY NEWS OR ANYTING BUT I DONT KNOW IF ANY OF YOU KNOW I HAVE HAD 10 KNEE SURGIERS WELL I WENT TO THE ORTHO DOC YESTERDAY AND HE SAID I NEED A REPLACEMENT BUT OF COURSE I AM TO YOUNG WELL HE WANTS ME TO GO TO PHYSICAL THERPY AND SEE IF THAT WILL HELP HE SAID THE WEIGHT WAS A BIG PART OF THE DAMAGE TO THE KNEE BUT THE WEIGHT IS GONE AND IT HAS DAMAGED IT SO BAD THAT I NEED A NEW ONE WELL I WILL START PT TOMORROW AND HE IS HOPING IT WILL STRENGHTIN MY QUADS THE LEFT ONE IS SO SMALL COMPARED TO TEH RIGHT SO I AM HOPING THAT I WIL BE ABLE TO WORK ON BOTH LEGS AND BUILD THE MUSCLE SO THERE ISNT THAT MUCH LOSE SKIN BETWEEN MY THIGHS BUT WE WILL SEE I JUST THOUGH I WOULD ADD THIS TO MY PROFILE SINCE I REALLY DONT HAVE ANY FRIENDS OUT HERE WHERE I MOVED TO... I KNOW THIS IS LIKE A DIARY OR JOURNAL OF EVERYDAY STEPS WE TAKE IN OUR LIVES AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP SO I FELT THE NEED TO ADD IT IN HERE....BE BACK SOON
~MISCHELLE~

5/5/2004
OK I AM BACK SOONER THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD BE... I JUST HAVE TO SAY I AM WORRIED AGAIN.. I HAVE BEEN GETTING SICK AGAIN ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS AND IM HOPING THE HOLE IS NOT CLOSING UP AGAIN I HAVE ALREADY HAD 2 ENDOSCOPES DONE AND IT DID FIX THE PROBLEM BUT SINCE YESTERDAY I HAVE GOTTEN SICK ABOUT 5 TIMES SO IF IT DOES KEEP UP I WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DOC SO LETS KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED.. JUST THOUGHT I NEED TO PUT THAT INFO IN HERE..LOL I WILL BE BACK SOON
~MISCHELLE~

5/13/2004
GUESS WHAT !!!! I AM SO EXCITED TODAY I WENT TO MY MAIL BOX AND THERE WAS A PACKAGE FOR ME AND I OPENED IT UP AND IT WAS A BOOK... CALLED "THE PATIENT'S GUIDE TO WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY" I THINK I WROTE SOMETHING A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE AUTHOUR ASKING ME IF SHE COULD USE MY BEFORE AND AFTER PICS IN HER BOOK WELL GUESS WHAT THEY ARE IN HER BOOK YEAHHHHHHH!!! SO EXCITING SHE ONLY POSTED 5 DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN HER BOOK AND MINE IS ONE OF THEM HERE IS A LINK TO HER BOOK ITS A GREAT BOOK IT TELLS EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW

THE LINK

http://store.yahoo.com/hatherleighpress/pagutowelosu.html

WELL EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING GOOD AS OF RUGHT NOW SO I WILL UPDATE AGAIN SOON
~MISCHELLE~

5/27/2004
WELL JUST A SMALL UPDATE I WENT TO THE DOC YESTERDAY CAUSE I HAVE BEEN HAVING ALOT OF PAIN ON MY RIGHT SIDE UNDER MY RIB CAGE IT HURST TO TOUCH IT AND LAY ON MY BELLY ITS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE (SP) BUT ANYWAYS SHE TOLD ME I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE SURGON WHO DID MY GALL BLADDER SURGERY SHE WAS THINKING THERE MIGHT STILL BE A SMALL STONE OR SOMETHING IN THERE BUT WHO KNOWS THAT WAS MY PCP IDEA PLUS I AM STILL GRTTING SICK I HATE IT I AM A YEAR AND HALF OUT OF THIS WONDERFUL SURGERY AND I AM STILL GETTING SICK (IT SUCKS)LOL JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE NOT LOST ANYMORE WEIGHT AND I HAVENT GAINED ANY SO I AM DOING REALY WELL IN THAT WAY BUT I GO SEE THE DOC AGAIN JUNE 2 AND HOPEFULLY I WILL FIND SOMETHING OUT SHE DID CHECK FOR A HERINA AND THERE WAS NOT ONE SO THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT SO LETS JUST PRAY THERE IS NO STONES IN THERE TOO BUT YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH NOTHING HAS BEEN SIMPLE FOR ME ITS ALWAYS BIGGER THAN WHAT ANYONE WOULD EXPECT...LOL SO I AM KEEPING THE FINGERS CROSSED SO IF ANYONE DOES READ THIS AND THEY HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON WHAT THIS PAIN MIGHT BE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE WITH ME ....LOL I WILL TAKE ANYTHING...
~MISCHELLE~

6/3/2004
OK JUST A QUICK ONE HERE... WENT TO THE DOC YESTERDAY AND SHE WANTS ME TO HAVE A CT SCAN DONE AND I GO DO THAT ON MONDAY PLUS SHE HAD SOME BLOOD WORK DONE AND THEY CALLED ME TODAY AND SAID ALL OF THAT WAS FINE SO JUST GO HAVE THE SCAN DONE ON MONDAY AND GO BACK TO SEE HER ON WED SO I WILL LET YALL KNOW WHAT SHE SAYS ....
~MISCHELLE~

6/11/2004
BACK...JUST WANNA UPDATE ON WHAT THE DOC SAID WHEN I WENT TO HER...SHE SAID THAT THE CT SCAN LOOKED FINE AND SHE HAD TALKED TO A GASTRO DOC ABOUT DOING A SCOPE ON ME AND HE TOLD HER HE WOULD FEEL UNCOMFY DOING IT SINCE HE IS NOT FIMILAIR WITH MY NEW PLUMBIN SYSTEM SOOOOO SHE IS GOING TO FIND A DOC AND GET ME IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SINCE I AM STILL GETTING SICK AND NOT ABLE TO EAT THAT MUCH FOOD SOOOOO WHO KNOWS WHAT IS NEXT MY FEELING ON THIS IS I AM A YR AND HALF OUTTA THIS SURGERY THAT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER AND I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE JUST FINE BY NOW WITH OUT GETTING SICK AND BEING ABLE TO EAT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING BUT I COULD BE WRONG IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT DOES COME AND READ THIS JUST DROP ME A LIL NOTE AND LET ME KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR YOU LIKE... ARE YOU STILL GETTING SICK CAN YOU EAT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING BUT IN SMALL AMOUNTS CAUSE I STILL EAT IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS.... OK NUFF FOR NOW I GUESS HOPE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE... ~`~`~HUGS AND KISSES~`~`~
~MISCHELLE~

6/14/2004
I ADDED A PHOTO ALBUM IT IS AT THE TOP OF MY PAGE AND THERE IS PICS OF ME B4 AND AFTER MY SURGERY ALSO PICS OF MY FRIENDS... I WILL UPDATE AGAIN SOON
~MISCHELLE~

6/19/2004
A QUICK UPDATE I HAVE TO GO HAVE A SWALLOW GRAM DONE ON MONDAY MORNING AND THEN ON WED I HAVE TO GO TO A GASTRO DOC SO THEY CAN FIND OUT WHY AND THE HECK I AM GETTING SICK SO MUCH I AM SOOOO SICK OF BEING SICK EVERYONE I HAVE TALKED WITH THEY DONT GET SICK SO I JUST WONDER WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME I AM GETTING SICK SOMETIMES JUST 1 OR 2 TIMES A DAY UP TO 6 TO 8 TIMES A DAY AND I STILL CANT EAT HARDLY ANYTHING IT IS GETTING FRUSTRATING IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WELL I WILL UPDATE AFTER I DO SEE THE DOC ON WED SO UNTIL THEN
~MISCHELLE~

6/23/04
WELL IM BACK... WENT TO THE GASTRO DOC THIS MORNING AND HE HAS PUT ME IN THE BOOKS TO HAVE A SCOPE DONE ON JULY 13 BUT THE THING IS I DONT HAVE A STRICTURE I HAD A BARIUM TEST DONE THIS PAST MONDAY AND THE DOC JUST CALL AND SAID THAT I HAVE A ULCER AT THE BOTTOM OF MY STOMACH GOING INTO MY SMALL BOWEL SO WHEN I HAVE THE SCOPE DONE SHE SAID SHE WANTS A BIOSPIY OF THE ULCER SHE SAID THAT THE ULCER IS WORSE ON A GASTRIC BYPASS STOMACH CAUSE THE STOMACH IS SOOO MUCH SMALLER SO SHE TOLD ME I NEED TO TAKE THIS MEDICINE FAITHFULLY LIKE IF I HAD A HEART PROBLEM AND NOT TO FORGET IT ONE DAY I ASKED IF THIS IS WHY I AM SO SICK AND THROWING UP ALL THE TIME SHE SAID OHH YES SO PROBLEM SOLVED.. OH YAH I WAS WEIGHED THIS MORNING AT THE GASTRO DOCS OFFICE AND I WEIGH 151
~MISCHELLE~

7/14/2004
I AM BACK!!!! JUST WANNA SAY THAT I HAD MY SCOPE DONE YESTERDAY AND GUESS WHAT HE TOLD ME AND MY HUSBAND THAT I WAS ALMOST CLOSED UP ALL THE WAY AND HE ALSO SAID THERE IS NO ULCER THAT I HAD IRRATION(SP) FROM 2 STAPLES THAT WERE STICKING OUT AND RUBBING SOME WHERE I WAS HALF OUT OF IT ..LOL BUT HE SAID THAT HE REMOVED THE 2 STAPLES AND I SHOULD START FEELING SOMEWHAT BETTER BUT I HAVE TO GO BACK IN 4 WEEKS TO HAVE ANOTHER SCOPE AUGUST 10 AND THEN HE SAID PROLLY ONE MORE TIME AFTER THAT SO THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME NOW SO I WILL BE UPDATING SOON WEIGHT IS THE SAME AND I HOPE THE FEELING BAD AND THROWING UP WILL STOP SOON
~MISCHELLE~

8/10/2004
WELL I AM FINALLY BACK JUST GOT HOME FROM HAVING THE SECOND SCOPE DONE AND HE SAID THAT THERE IS SO MUCH SCAR TISSUE FORMING OVER EVERYTHING AND THAT IS WHY I NEED TO KEEP GOING BACK AND THAT IS WHY I AM GETTING SO SICK CAUSE THE SCAR TISSUE WONT STAY OUT OF THE WAY... I HAVE TO GO BACK AUG 31 FOR THE 3RD ONE AND HE SAID THAT IF THINGS AREN'T LOOKING ANY BETTER I WILL NEED TO HAVE SURGERY TO HAVE A TUBE PLACED IN ME FOR 6 MONTHS TO MAKE IT STAY THE SIZE ITS SUPPOSE TO BE HE IS STICKING A BALLOON IN THERE NOW TO DILUTE IT WAS AT THE SAME FROM THE LAST TIME WHICH IS FRENCH NUMBER SO I WAS STILL A 32 AND TODAY HE STRETCHED IT TO A 36 HE SAID HE WANTS IT AROUND A 44 OR 45 BUT THE SCAR TISSUE IS THE PROBLEM I HAVE LOST SOME MORE WEIGHT DUE TO ME HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME EATING AND KEEPING IT DOWN ... BUT I DID GO TO MY PCP LAST WEEK AND SHE IS HAVING MY BLOOD DRAWN AND SHE IS THINKING I AM GOING TO NEED TO COME IN HER OFFICE ONCE A MONTH TO GET A B-12 SHOT CAUSE I HAVE NO ENERGY AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING ANYTHING I HATE IT MY SON STARTS FOOTBALL THIS THURSDAY AND I JUST HOPE HE DOES WELL HE HATES SEEING ME LIKE THIS HE HAS BEEN THROUGH WAY TO MUCH WITH ME AND I NEED TO REALLY START FEELING BETTER SO I CAN ENJOY HIM AND DO THINGS WITH HIM WELL I AM SLEEPY FROM THE STUFF THEY GAVE ME THIS MORNING SO I AM GOING TO GO TAKE A NAP I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL AND FEELING GOOD I JUST FEEL LIKE I GOT THE BAD END OF THE DEAL IT WASN'T SUPPOSE TO BE LIKE THIS ME BEING SICK ALL THE TIME BUT I GUESS THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO WILL HAVE TROUBLE AND BELIEVE ME I HAVE HAD IT ALL IT SEEMS JUST NOT FAIR I GET SO UPSET AND MAD AT TIMES AND I JUST WANT TO CRY BUT I KNOW THAT WILL DO NO GOOD SO I HAVE TO STAY STRONG SO I WONT DIE!!! LOVE YOU ALL AND TAKE CARE MAKE SURE YOU EAT GOOD AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH I HATE THAT I CANT SEE ANY OF YOU BUT PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME WHEN I DID WEIGH TODAY I WAS AT 149 I TOLD MYSELF I WAS NOT GOING TO GO BELOW 150 SO I REALLY NEED TO EAT MORE SO EVERYONE PRAY THAT THIS GASTRO DOC CAN HELP ME TAKE CARE AND LOVE TO ALL

8/19/2004
HELLO TO EVERYONE!!!! JUST GOTTA TELL YOU WHATS BEEN GOING ON THE PAST FEW DAYS WELL MY GOOD FRIEND PATTI BLACKBURN WENT TO SEE DR HELLING AND SHE HAPPENED TO TELL HIM WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH ME THANKS PATTI..WELL DR HELLING TOLD HER HE WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ME WELL I CALLED HIS OFFICE AND LEFT A MESSAGE WITH MY NEW PHONE NUMBER AND HE CALLED ME BACK HE ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON I TOLD HIM I CANT EAT THAT GOOD AND WHEN I DO I GET SICK AND SOMETIME DRINKING IS THE SAME WAY I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE SCOPES I HAVE HAD DONE AND HE SAID WELL GET A FEW MORE SEE IF IT TAKES CARE OF THE PROB IF NOT THEN WE WILL SEE ABOUT A REVISION WELL I WAS ON MY WAY TO SEE THE DOC WHO DID MY GALL BLADDER SURGERY AND WAS TELLING HER ABOUT EVERYTHING SHE SAID WHY WAIT WE NEED TO GET THIS TAKIN CARE OF NOW SINCE I HAVE ALREADY HAD A TOTAL OF 4 SCOPES SO RIGHT NOW SHE IS IN THE PROCESS TRYING TO FIND A DOC HERE IN CLEVELAND THAT WILL DO A REVISION ON ME FOUND TEH HOSPITAL ALREADY SO NOW I JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR HER CALL TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS I AM SUPPOSE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE MY SCOPE DONE ON AUG 31 BUT IN THE REPORT IT SAID I WAS SEVERLY STRICTURED SO THAT IS NOT GOOD AFTER HAVING 4 SCOPES DONE WELL I WILL KEEP ALL OF YOU UPDATED AND PATTI THANKS AGAIN FOR SPEAKING UP ABOUT ME I AM GLAD DR HELLING STILL CARES... HE IS A GREAT DOCTOR TALK TO ALL OF YOU SOON
~MISCHELLE~

8/27/04
HI EVERYONE I JUST WANT TO SAY I MADE A BARIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP IN YAHOO GROUPS AND I WANT TO SEE WHO EVER READS MY PROFILE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN WE CAN ADD PHOTOS AND MESSAGES AND LINKS AND JUST TRY TO REALY STAY IN TOUCH WITH EVERYONE BUT IF YOU ARE READING THIS RIGHT NOW I AM GOING TO PLACE A LINK TO THE GROUP AND YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN I HAVE TO GO TUESDAY TO HAVE MY 3RD SCOPE DONE SO WHEN I GET HOME I WILL UPDATE AND LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE DOC SAID.. OK HERE IS THE LINK..
~MISCHELLE~

9/2/2004
WELL I AM HERE TO UPDATE I HAD MY 3RD SCOPE DONE THIS PAST TUESDAY AND HE TOLD ME AND BILLY HE TOOK IT TO THE MAX WHICH IS 54 AND HE SAID THE OPENEING IS ONLY LIKE THE SIZE OF A PEN SO NOT THAT BIG BUT HE DID TALK TO THE SURGON THAT DID MY GALLBLADDER SURGERY AND THEY BOTH AGREED THAT I NEED TO SEE A BARIATRIC DOC AND HE NEEDS TO GO IN AND FIX ME WELL THE DOC CALLED THIS MORNING AND SAID SHE FAXED ALL MY REPORTS OVER TO ST.VINCENTS HOSPITAL. AND NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT DOC TO CALL HER BACK ITS JUST A BIG OLE MESS I WISH I WAS FINE AND COULD EAT WITH OUT BEING SICK WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER I STILL DO GET SICK BUT NOTHING LIKE I WAS AND THE GASTRO DOC SAID I SHOULD BE ABLE TO EAT ALOT MORE THAN I DO I STILL EAT LIKE A BABY AND THATS NOT VERY MUCH I MAY TAKE 5 BITES OF SOMETING AND BE DONE I FEEL SO FULL AND SICK I DID GET MY RESULTS BACK ON MY LABS AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL BUT I DID HAVE A BLADDER INFECTION WHICH I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ABOUT BUT SHE GAVE ME 3 ANITBOTICS TO TAKE 1000MG EACH AND THEY GAVE ME THRUSH IN MY MOUTH I WILL TELL YOU I CANT WIN FOR LOOSIN..LOL WELL I WILL COME BACK AND UPDATE AS SOON AS I KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME HUGS TO ALL
~MISCHELLE~

9/14/2004
UPDATE!!! WELL YESTERDAY MORNING MY DOCTOR CALLED AND SAID SHE FOUND A BARIATRIC DOC IN CLEVELAND AND SHE FAXED ALL MY RECORDS OVER TO HIM AND SHE SAID THAT THE DOC THAT DID MY SCOPES ON ME IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS DID NOT DO SOMETHING RIGHT SO THAT HAS ME A LITTLE BIT SCARED BUT I DO GO SEE THIS DR.MARSHALL TOMORROW AT 9:00 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME I ONLY HOPE FOR THE BEST I THOUGHT I WAS DOING SO GOOD I HAVENT BEEN SICK IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AND BOOM TONIGHT AFTER DINNER I GOT SICK ITS JUST A NEVERENDING STORY WITH ME... IT IS SO DEPRESSING WE WENT DOWN TO CINCY THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR MY COUSIONS WEDDING AND MY MOM SAT DOWN NEXT TO ME AND SAID MISCHELLE YOU HAVE GOT TO GET HELP YOU ARE LOOKING SO BAD THAT JUST MADE ME CRY AFTER I WENT BACK TO OUR HOTEL ROOM ITS NOT THAT I LOOK BAD I AM JUST SO DAMN TIRED I GUESS ITS FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THAT MUCH FOOD IN ME I JUST THINK IF I COULD GET MORE FOOD IN ME MY ENEGRY MIGHT GET BETTER I AM TAKING B-12 PILLS EVERYDAY AND THEY ARE NOT HELPING.. WELL NUFF FOR NOW I WILL POST AGAIN AFTER I KNOW WHAT THE DOC SAYS TOMORROW SO UNTIL THEN...
~MISCHELLE~

9/22/2004
WELL COME TO FIND OUT THE DOC THAT MY GENERAL SURGON FOUND I CANT GO TO HIM HES NOT ON MY INS... RIGHT NOW I AM SO DEPRESSED I JUST FEEL LIKE GIVING UP EVERYTHING I CANT STOP LOOSING WEIGHT I AM AT 147 AN I WAS TOLD I SHOULD NOT GO UNDER LIKE 160 I BELEIVE AND THEN MY NEW DOC HERE WHERE I LIVE SAYS 146 I JUST CALLED HER CRYING TELING HERE NURSE I AM REALLY GETING SCARED I AM NO LONGER GETTING SICK AND I HAVE NORMAL BATHROOM VISITS I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO MY HUSBAND SAID JUST CALL DR HELLING AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS IF I NEW HE COULD MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH ME NOW I WOULD BE IN MY CAR RIGHT NOW COMING TO MISSOURI I AM SO WEAK AND TIRED I HAVE NO ENERGY TO DO ANYTHING MY SON IS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND HE HAS PRACTICE I TAKE HIM DROP HIM OFF AND COME BACK HOME AND SLEEP AND SET THE ALARM CLOCK I HATE SEEING MY FAMILY THEY JUST SAY HOW BAD I LOOK AND DRAINED THAT IM WAY TOO SKINNY WELL I ALREADY KNOW THIS I AM 5'8 AND WEIGH 147 I MEAN GEE WHIZ I AM BUYING UNDIES IN THE LIL GIRLS SECTION NOW THAT IS SAD... I JUST NEED HELP AND MY DOCTORS HERE ARE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH I AM SCARED TO DEATH I AM GOING TO DIE BEFORE THIS IS ALL OVER WITH IF ANY ONE HAS ANY ANSWERS PLEASE HELP!!!
~MISCHELLE~

11/1/2004
OK I KNOW ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE AN UPDATE I HAVE JUST BEEN WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN... WELL HERE IT IS... I AM ON REMERON TO SEE IF IT WILL HELP ME GAIN SOME WEIGHT MY DOC JUST INCREASED IT FROM 15 TO 30 AND IT SEEMS TO BRING ME A BIGGGG APPITIATE(SP) SORRY AND THEN THIS PAST FRIDAY I WENT TO FINALLY SEE A BARIATRIC DOC... HE WANTS ME TO HAVE ANOTHER BARIUAM STUDY AND HE WANTS THE WHOLE PIC OF EVERYTHING STOMACH INSTINES. HE IS MAKING SURE I HAVE NO ADHESIONS OR AN INTERNAL HERINA OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER HE SAID THE DOC THAT DID MY SCOPES DID A GOOD JOB AND DID WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. WELL THEN THE DOC SAID THIS KINDA PISSED ME OFF OK NOT KINDA IT DID!!! HE SAID WELL IF THIS TEST COMES BACK NORMAL AND DOES NOT SHOW ANYTHING WRONG THEN WE NEED TO SEE WHERE THE PROBLEM IS AND HE ASKED ALL THE MEDS I WAS TAKING I TOLD HIM AND THEN HE SAID WELL IF THE TEST IS OK THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO GO TO A PHYSCOLGISTIS(SP) BEACUSE THIS HAS BEEN ALMOST 2YRS AND YOU SHOULD BE OVER THE FACT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHEN YOU HAD THE SURGERY !!! MAN i WAS MAD... OK i WILL ADMIT I SOMETIMES THINK MAN WHAT IF I WOULD OF DIED WHERE AND WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD TYLER HAVE DONE....BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I AM PRETTY MUCH OVER IT AND I AM ALIVE AND THAT IS WHAT I LIVE ON NOT THE FACT THAT I DID ALMOST DIE IF I AM DEPRESSED IT IS ABOUT HAVING TO PICK UP AND MOVE 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 3 YEARS THAT WOULD BE HARD ON ANYONE AND THE FACT THAT I HAVENT BEEN VERY WELL.. OH WELL THAT DOC JUST MADE ME MAD I WILL GO FOR THE TEST BUT I AM HALF TEMPTED TO CAOME BACK AND SEE WHAT DOC HELLING CAN DO FOR ME HE CALLED ME LAST WEEK AND I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO THIS DOC HE TOLD ME TO CALL HIM BACK THIS WEEK WED OR THURS TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT WAS SAID MY WEIGHT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS LAST TIME JUST A FEW POUNDS LIGHTER BUT YOU KNOW THOSE FEW POUNDS ARE POUNDS I REALLY NEED FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS I DONT WANT TO JINXS IT BUT I HAVE BEEN EATING SOOOO GOOD AND ITS SO GOOD BILLY (HUBBIE) SAID DO YOU HAVE A TAPE WORM ..LOL MY WEIGHT NOW IS 144 AND I PRAY I DO NOT GO BELOW 140 I WANT TO GAIN ABOUT 15 POUNDS AND THEN I THINK I WILL BE MUCH BETTER IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 2 YRS BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I AM IN NO WAY DEPRESSED ABOUT MY DECISION ON THIS SURGERY . IF THE DEPRESSION IS THERE IT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO STOP LOOSING AND I CANT I DO EAT EVERYTHING IN SIGHT WE ARE GOING TO THE GNC STORE TO GET THIS POWDER THAT HAS LIKE 1200 CALORIES IN IT FOR ONE SHAKE THIS DOC AND DR HELLING SAID I NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE I GET ALL THE CALORIES IN THAT I NEED AND I STARTED TAKING MORE CALCIUM INTAKE AND B-12 INTAKE AND VITIAMS 2 TIMES A DAY NOW SO I AM TRYING EVERYTHING THE DOCS SAY TO DO I GET MY LABS DONE EVERYT MONTH AND THEY ALWAYS COME BACK GOOD BUT MY PERSONAL GOAL IS TO GAIN AT LEAST 6 POUNDS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR SO GUYS BE PULLING FOR ME I NEED ALL THE SUPPORT I CAN GET WELL IT SEEMS AGAIN I HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK SO I WILL STOP FOR NOW I WILL UPDATE AGAIN TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH TO LET YOU KNOW IF ANYTHING HAS CHANGED LIKE MAYBE THE WEIGHT IS UP .... LOVE AND MISS ALL MY FRIENDS IN MISSOURI EVERYONE THERE HAS BEEN SUCH AN INSPERATION TO ME AND A WONDERFUL SUPPORT TEAM
~MISCHELLE~

11/17/2004
HELLO I AM BACK I TALKED WITH DR HELLING THIS PAST WEEKEND AND I TOLD HIM WHAT THE DOC HERE IN CLEVELAND SAID AND WHAT HIS PLAN WAS FOR ME SUCH AS HAVING THE UPPER AND LOWER GI DONE DR HELLING AGREED AND SAID YES HAVE THAT DONE BUT HE SAID HE DOUBTS THAT THERE WILL BE ANYTHING WRONG HE IS STARTING TO THINK AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM BUT I STILL DO WORRY BUT THIS IS THE THEORY WHICH MAKES SINCE... HE SAID AS LONG AS THE UPPER AND LOWER GI DOES COME BACK FINE AND ANY OTHER TEST THAT THEY DECIDE TO DO ON ME IS FINE AND AS LONG AS ALL MY LABS COME BACK FINE IF MY DOC IS MARKING THE RIGHT LABS TO BE DRAWN EVERY MONTH DR HELLING IS SENDING MY DOC A LETTER OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE EVERY MONTH THEN HE REALLY THINKS THAT I AM JUST ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST GOING TO BE REALLY REALLY SKINNY AND ONE WHO LOST MORE OF THERE BODY WEIGHT THAN EXPECTED.. WHICH I HAVE I AM AT 139 AS OF TODAY...AND AS LONG AS I AM EATING AND GETTING THE NUTRITURITION IN THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY AS LONG AS THOSE LABS COME BACK FINE EVERY MONTH WHICH MAKES PERFECT SINCE TO ME BUT DAMN I AM WAY TO THIN... I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS I WOULD EVER SAY THAT BUT ITS TRUE I NEED TO GAIN ABOUT 15 OR 20 POUNDS MAYBE IT WILL SLOWLY COME BACK ON IN A FEW YRS BUT THAT IS WHAT ME AND DR HELLING TALKED ABOUT NOW IF FOR SOME REASON THEY WERE TO CAME BACK LOW OR SOMETHING WRONG THEN THAT IS A DIFFERENT STORY THEN I WOULD HAVE TO CALL HIM BACK AND SEE WHAT TO DO THEN.. CAUSE WE DID EVEN REALLY TALK BOUT THAT CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IF KNOW WHAT I MEAN...WELL I WILL BE UPDATING SOON MAYBE AFTER THANKSGIVING LAST YRS WAS BAD I WAS SICK AND IT WAS NOT FUN... SO UNTIL THEN
~MISCHELLE~

4/14/2005
HELLOOOOOOO ONCE AGAIN YES I AM STILL HERE BUT I AM SURE ALL OF YOU THOUGHT I FEEL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH...LOL WELL THINGS WERE PRETTY BAD WITH THE WEIGHT LAST TIME I WROTE I HAD GOTTEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 132 AND IT WAS FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS BUT NOW WOOOOO HOOOOO THINGS ARE KICKIN IN GEAR I HAVE GAINED SOME WEIGHT.. I AM AT 146 NOW AND I AM GONNA TRY TO GAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IF I CAN ITS REALLY HARD TO GAIN IT.. BUT NOW I HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM TO FACE WELL ACTUALLY 2 FIRST THERE IS MY THYROID IN MARCH OF 200 I HAD TO HAVE THE RIGHT HALF REMOVED CAUSE I HAD A NOUDULE THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL THERE WELL I FELT A SMALL KNOT ON MY THROT AND THE DOC WANTED ME TO HAVE A ULTRASOUND DONE AND IT CAME BACK SHOWING THAT THE LEFT HALF WAS ENLARGED AND I HAVE SEVERAL NOUDULES ON IT SOOO NEXT THURSDAY I HAVE TO HAVE A NUCULAR TEST DONE TO FIND OUT AND THERE IS A CHANCE THAT I AHVE TO HAVE SURGERY ON THE LEFT HAVE NOW SO KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT I WILL NOT HAVE TOO... AND HERE IS THE 2ND PART OF MY BAD NEWS WHEN I HAD MY WLS I HAD SOMETHING CALLED A PLURAL ENFUSSION THAT IS WHERE YOU GET AN INFECTION SOMEWHERE BELOW THE DIAFRAM WHICH MINE WAS IN MY SPLEEN AND IT WENT TO MY LUNGS WELL THAT IS WHEN THEY HAD TO TAKE THE NEEDLE IN MY BACK AND DRAIN 16OZ FLUID OFF MY LUNG OUCH!!!! WELL THEY SAID IT COULD TAKE UP TO 2 YRS FOR THE PAIN TO GO AWAY WELL MY PAIN IS NOT GOING AWAY IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AND I TOLD THE DOC ABOUT IT WELL HE CHECKED MY LUNGS THEY WAS CLEAR AND THEN HE HAD ME GET A CHEST XRAY WELL IT CAE BACK AND YES I HAVE A POCKET OF FLUID SITTING ON MY LEFT LUNG SO NOW I HAVE TO GO HAVE A CT SCAN TO SEE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT NEXT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ITS NEVERENDING....LOL BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS WONDERFUL I CAN FINALLY EAT AND DO THINGS ITS GREAT.. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AND I WONT TAKE 5 MONTHS TO DO IT THIS TIME..
~MISCHELLE~

6/26/2005
HELLO EVERYONE!!!! OK FIRST TO TELL ABOUT THE CT SCAN OF MY LUNG IT CAME BACK AND THE DOC SAID I WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE PAIN THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE THAT I HAVE SCAR TISSUE ON THE LEFT LUNG DUE TO MY PLURAL EFFUSION WHEN I HAD MY SURGERY KIND OF STINKS CAUSE IT HURTS PRETTY DARN BAD... NEXT THE THYROID SCAN CAME BACK TOO AND IT WAS NO WORRIES NOW ... BUT ONE MORE THING WHEN I HAD MY GALLBLADDER OUT LAST YEAR THEY HAD TO CUT ME ALL THE WAY OPEN CAUSE SO MUCH SCAR TISSUE WELL MY RIGHT SIDE HAS BEEN HURTING EVER SINCE AND THE PAIN SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE SO THE DOC ORDERED AT CT SCAN AND IT SHOWED THE THE BILE DUCT WAS VERY ENLARGED AND THERE WAS NO STONES LEFT BEHIND WHICH THEY THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WAS A STONE LODGED IN THERE BUT ON WED OF THIS WEEK I HAVE TO GO SEE A SURGEON SO THEY CAN SCHEDULE SURGERY TO TRY TO REMOVE SCAR TISSUE .. BUT THIS IS MY LATEST NEWS YAY!!!! EASTING IS GOING VERY WELL NOW JENN YOU WAS RIGHT I AM STARTING TO BOUNCE BACK WITH THE WEIGHT I CAN HAPPILY SAVE I HAVE GAINED 30 POUNDS WOOOOO HOOOOOO AND I AM VERY HAPPY WITH MYSELF I WAS CONSIDERED ANOREXIA (SP) BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD IS....LOL WELL I WILL UPDATE AFTER I SEE THE SURGEON ON WED SO UNTIL THEN PEACE OUT
~MISCHELLE~

6/30/2005
BACK AGAIN!!!! WENT TO THE SURGEON YESTERDAY AND I WILL BE HAVING SURGERY NEXT THURSDAY THE 7TH OF JULY SHE IS GOING TO REMOVE ADHESIONS I HOPE IT WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PAIN BUT SHE SEEMS TO THINK IT WILL SO KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED I JUST HATE THAT I HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY DONE ON MY TUMMY WELL JUST WANTED TO LET WHO KNOW THAT MIGHT READ MY PROFILE I WILL UPDATE AFTER THE SURGERY TO LET YOU KNOW HOW I AM DOING UNTIL THEN PEACE OUT!!!
~MISCHELLE~

7/11/2005
WELL IM HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE I HAD MY SURGERY ON JULY 7TH AND I WAS IN SURGERY FOR 1 AND 1/2 HOURS TO REMOVE SCAR TISSUE IT WENT WELL SHE DID NOT HAVE TO CUT ME OPEN THANK GOODNESS I AM STILL IN PAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND IM STILL ON PAIN MEDS I GO BACK TO SEE THE DOC NEXT FRIDAY AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OK I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS SHORT CAUSE I AM NOT FEELING TO GOOD TODAY SO UNTIL THE NEXT TIME
~MISCHELLE~

7/24/2005
WELL I AM BACK SOONER THAN I WANTED TO BE I HAD TO GO GET A CT-SCAN DONE LAST WEEK CAUSE I WAS STILL HAVING PAIN ON THE SIDE WHERE I HAD SURGERY... WELL THE DOC CALLED ME FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE REPORT OF THE SCAN AND ITS BAD NEWS THE MAIN VEIN GOING FROM THE HEART TO THE BELLY BUTTON ITS NAME IS (VENA CAVA) WELL THE REPORT SHOWED THAT I HAVE A NARROWING BEHIND THE ABDOMEN WHEN SHE DID MY SURGERY SHE SAID THE MY COLON WAS UP UNDER THE LUNG AND SHE MOVED IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE.. SO NOW I HAVE TO GET AN ULTRA SOUND DONE AND SEE A VASCULAR SURGEON WELL I TOLD MY MOM I AM NOT GOING TO THE DOC ANYMORE CAUSE EVERY TIME I GO FOR ONE THING SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP ITS JUST SO DEPRESSING OH WELL I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN I WAS TOLD TO ASK IF IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BYPASS BUT I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME....
~MISCHELLE~

12/18/2005
WELL IT IS ALMOST THE END OF THE YEAR AND THINGS ARE GOING OK I HAVE BEEN WORKING AND I AM ENJOYING IT SO MUCH... I JUST WENT TO THE DOC A FEW DAYS AGO I WENT BECAUSE MY MOUTH HAS BEEN SO SORE THE ANGELS OF THE MOUTH ARE CRACKED AND THEY WOULD NOT HEAL AND THEN WHEN I GO TO EAT SOMETHING MY TONGUE HURTS SO BAD SO I DECIDED TO GO SEE HIM HE CHECKED ME OUT AND I HAVE TO GO GET SOME BLOOD WORK DONE BECAUSE I HAVE A VITAMIN DEFICIENCY AND HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT TO BE ABLE TO TREAT ME BUT THAT DAY I STARTED MY FIRST B-12 SHOT AND HE TOLD ME TO KEEP TAKING MY VITAMIN AND THE B-12 PILLS THAT I HAVE BEEN TAKING SINCE THE BEGINNING.. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT JAN 21 IT WILL BE 3 YEARS SINCE MY LIFE HAS CHANGED. I DO MISS ALL MY FRIENDS IN MISSOURI LOVE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF YOU.. JENN I HOPE EVERYTHING WENT WELL WITH YOU SURGERY.. OH YAH I HAVE GAINED SOME WEIGHT I AM EXACTLY WHEN I WANT TO BE I WEIGH 170 SO I GAINED A GOOD AMOUNT BUT I HAVE BEEN STAYING AT THAT WEIGHT FOR A WHILE NOW.. WELL SORRY BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE UPDATED I WILL COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT VITAMIN I AM MISSING...
~MISCHELLE~

2/28/2006
HELLO... ONCE AGAIN OK ALOT HAS HAPPENED THIS PAST MONTH ON JAN 31 I HAD TO WAKE MY SON UP FOR HIM TO CALL 911 MY TUMMY WAS HURTIN SOOOO BAD WELL THEY CAME AND TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEN THEY RAN SOME TESTS AND SAID WE NEED TO SEND YOU TO A DIFFERANT HOSPITAL SO THEY TOOK ME BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL THAT WAS 45 MIN AWAY FROM MY HOUSE...COME TO FIND OUT I HAD A BOWEL OBERSTRUCTION(SP) WELL I HAD SURGEY AND WAS IN THERE FOR 3 WEEKS AND DURING THEM 3 WEEKS I HAVE LOST 25 LBS AND TO TOP IT OFF MY INCISION WAS INFECTED AND HAD TO LEAVE THIS WOUND OPEN AND I HAVE MY HUSBAND PACKING IT AND CHANGING IT 3 TIMES A DAY AND I HAVE A HOME HEALTH NURSE COMING OVER ALSO IT SUCKS BIG TIME WELL THAT IS NUFF FOR NOW IM GOING TO BED!!!
~MISCHELLE

3/4/2006
OOPS I FORGOT TO WRITE SOMETHING WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL THEY SAID I WAS ANEMIC MY IRON LEVEL WAS SO LOW THAT I HAD TO HAVE AN IRON INFUSION WHICH IS WHERE THEY HAVE TO GIVE YOU AN IV BAG OF IRON WELL AS OF NOW I AM GOING TO THE BLOOD DOC TO GET AN INFUSION I GO EVERY MONDAY AND HE SAID I WILL NEED THIS THE REST OF MY LIFE SO I AM GOING THERE FOR 4 MORE WEEKS AND THEN HE IS GONNA DO BLOOD WORK TO SEE WHERE MY LEVEL IS.. OK THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO SAY I CANT BELEIVE I FORGOT TO TELL ABOUT THAT SO EVERYONE WHO READS THIS PRE AND POST PLEASE REMEMBER TO TAKE YOUR VITIAMS AND LIKE WITH ME IT JUST WASNT ENOUGH SO IF YOU START FEELING WEAK AND TIRED TALK TO YOUR DOC EVERYONE NEEDS THERE IRON...
~MISCHELLE~

MARCH 3 2007
HELLO ALL WOW HAS BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE WELL THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL HERE I JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL I WAS IN AGAIN FOR SEVER STOMACH PAIN SINE JAN 1 2007 I HAVE BEEN ADMITTED 6 TIMES WELL MY MOM FOUND A DOC ON THE COMPUTER HE HIS THE CHIEF OF SURGERY AND MY MOMS EMAIL READ PLEASE HELP MY DAUGHTER WELL HE RESPONDED AND I SEEN HIM 2 DAYS LATER AND THEN I WAS TOLD I HAVE A BOWEL OBSTRUCTION AND IT WAS GOING THROUGH A HERNIA THE SIZE OF A LARGE SAUCER WOW HUH WELL I WENT IN TO SURGERY AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL EVERYTHING WAS GOOD SO I WAS ONLY IN THERE FOR 5 DAYS WELL I WENT THIS PAST MONDAY TO THE OFFICE TO GET MY STAPLES REMOVED OH YAH I HAD TO BE CUT BACK OPEN WELL WENT TO THE OFFICE AND SINCE MONDAY UNTIL TODAY I HAD LOST 15 LBS IN 4 DAYS... OK HAD TO GET A WATER... WELL MY INCISION HAS BEEN HURTING ME REALLY BAD SO HE SEEN ME TODAY AND GUESS WHAT I HAD AN INFECTION SO KNOW WE ARE PACKING THE WOUND.. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK OK WELL I THINK I NEED TO BE ON WRITING A LOT MORE THAT I HAVE BEEN.... OK BE BACK SOON
~MISCHELLE~

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