 Yeah , I have a surgery date ..March 19th 2003 at 7 in the morning . It took Cigna 2 months to approve me ..but it was worth the wait .IM having open RNY, due to scar tissue from previous surgery . I live in Chapin SC 30 mins from Cola at Lake Murray .. MY Email address is nan054@aol.com My name is Ruthie ,Im 48 ,I dont work , I have 2 sons 21 and 23 .I would love to hear from you.
Ok this waiting is so hard...I now have 26 days untill the day of my surgery ,,Im excited but starting to feel all alone .. I need an angel if interested please email me @ nan054@aol.com
Yeahhhhh I have a wonderful angel .. her name is Rhonda ..Thank you , Thank you Rhonda ...for saying yes :)
March 10 03 ... 8 days and a wake up :) Im so excided and yet so scared .. It helps to know that I am not the only one who has had these feelings :)
Well on a sad note , 2 days before my surgery , my EKG came back abnormal . I was told by my surgeon I needed cardiac clearence to proceed with surgery .. This was on Friday before my Wednesday surgery , The appt he made for me was Monday .. he did a ultra sound of my heart ..said it was good .. then he said I had to have a nuclear stress test :( Guess what they couldnt do it untill .... WEDNESDAY .the day of my surgery .. so they cancelled my surgery and I cried . I went back Wednesday and they did the test .. again he said its somewhat abnormal but couldnt tell me why .. He now wants me to have a heart cath on Monday . If its good he will clear me ..BUT GET THIS he wont be back from vacation untill April 7th .. needless to sat my surgery is on hold .. I hope nothings wrong and if it is .. I hope they can fix it and work me back into that WLS schedule .. I waited 3 months after cigna approved me .. Ok I am through crying for now anyway . I will post again after monday to up date . I wish I knew how to make a profile like the ones I read , with the separations and all ... mines just one long blob :( oh yeah and Im gaining weight .. too many last meals .. I have to stop this since now Im not sure when my surgey will be .
Ok .. my surgery is in the morning at 9:45 .. Im scared but very excited .. I will post when I return :) Please God let me return .. I love you all ... Ruthie
IM home !!! Had surgery on Wednesday and came home Saturday morning :) Im feeling better today .. I have slept in my bed since day one when I came home and can even sleep on my side :) I have lost 10 lbs on the clear liquid phase in the last 6 days :) I will be glad to get pureed mush ..although Its head hunger because Im not really hungry . I will write more later .
HI All , Today is April 1st .. I am doing better everyday :) this is my 4th day home from the hospital.. I am tolerating ..mashed potatoes, carnation instant breakfast. FF SF Pudding,and of course SF popsickles it has been 7 days since my surgery and DRUM ROLL PLEASE ...I have lost 18 lbs :)
April 7 03 Hey all . I just discovered that I am not morbidly obease anymore :) now I am severly obease lol my new BMI is 36.6 ..het thats an improvement :0 I now weigh 212 .. thats 27 lbs in 14 days .. I am amazed .. I know it will slow now and I have to make myself happy with that for a while . I am still eating soft foods ...no nausea ,no throwing up and no dumping .. so I feel blessed .. I have this sharp pain in my incision from time to time ..when I turn a certain way .. I go back for my chk up on Friday so I will ask .. but I feel its my insides healing .. muscles making themselves known :)
Today is June 17th My profile has been messed up so I havent been able to update.I have now lost 51 lbs , I am in a size 14 and some 16s depending on the style . I am going to the gym , working out and walking and have just joined a water aerobics class .I have achieved this weight before on my own so its still hard for me to imagine that I will continue to lose and get smaller than a 14.This surgery is by far the best thing I have ever done for myself .Had I listened to family who were scared for me to have it I would still be 245 and maybe bigger by now , I am so glad that I took the attitude that this was my body and my health . Now I have more energy than I have ever had and no more bck aches and life again is good . and would do it again if I had to .
Today is August 19th I havent updated in a while , I started a new job which keeos me busy I now weigh 167 and I feel great I am wearing mostly size 14s and some 12s . My hair is starting to fall out more but its ok I just keep moving my part over :) a small price to pay for thSe weight loss I have been enjoying .My skin is starting to sag and this bothers me . I know I will need a tummy tuck and hope ins will pay but since I am only 5 months out I wont allow myself to start worring about that yet . I am still very optimistic that I will reach my goal of 135. I had not lost anything for the last 3 weeks but I kept doing all that I knew to do and dropped 5 lbs over night . Sometimes its so hard to be patient but Im trying . Today is Sept 24th I now weigh 156 and I can wear anything from a 10 to a 12 and some 14s depending on the style . I havent had any problems and can eat most anything . Do my dismay I discovered this weekend that I dont dump on sugar so I will have to be very careful with that . Over all I am very pleased with my weight los since my surgery on March 26 of this year . Would I do it again ? you bet I would 100 times is I had to .tart typing here
Start typing hereHI all , today is October 11 . I went shopping for jeans yesterday and DRUM ROLL PLEASE got into size 8s :) Im so proud . I still weigh 154 but im losing in inches ..I guess the weight will keep coming down as Im not even 7 months out yet.I still feel so fat though even in size 8 ..can anyof you old timers relate to these feelings ? Does it ever get better ? I hope so ..I just feel like a smaller fat person ..oh well I wont spend any time worring about it ,thats for sure ..all take care and anyone who reads this feel free to Email me ,,I would love to hear from you :)
Today is Jan 11 .. I have not posted in a while ,shame on me . I gained 6 lbs over Thanksgiving and Christmas and have just now gotten those 8 off plus 2 more to make it 152, I am still in size 8 and on the protein train once again , now to make myself get back to the gym . I know to take this last 20 off I need to up my protein and water and hit the gym , I will update you on my progress Today is jan 14th 2004 my weight is still not budging :( I have increased protein and added more excersize ,of course its only been a few days so I will be patient .I cut out all bad carbs and Im eating grilled or backed and stewed meat , cheese , eggs cottage cheese fruits and good low carb veggies ,doing my protein and water .. keeping my fingers crossed that the scales will start to move soon :)OK its march 5th and I am still at 152.although my jeans are getting lose as I did join the gym and I am working out 5 days a week . Since I have reached my surgeons goal I plan to lighten up on the #s and just keep eating and excersizing as I know I will need to do for life and let my body stop where it wants to . All is well , I am enjoying life again and would have this surgery again in a heart beat . Its still the best thing I have ever done for myself as well as my family ..hugs RuthieStart typing here
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