Tammi Sandoval
Life changes,The Loss of a loved one, Being strong
Jun 29, 2009
I am going to try to finish this today, but it may take another day.Today is June 30th 2009 in 7 more I will be 1 year out from my surgery. I have lost 170 pounds and I am a new person I actually found myself.
I FOUND MYSELF, My inner self My Beauty the person that was lost inside. Life is truly a miracle
Thankyou God for my life, My life, for letting me live.
During this change in my life I was able to share it with a dear friend Irma, I met her about about 4 years ago. She began to become more then a friend more as a mom she was their during my whloe life change she would call me her blooming flower, well I lost my dear friend my mom on June 26, I found her sleeping, and she passed in her sleep. She had some health problems, but was such a strong person, her death was not expected and my finding her certainly was not to be expected, she is with God now he needed her, I am at peace with this, I of course being a recovering addict was thinking what I could do to "feel better" I know now that I am a stronger person a very strong person that I did not need to use to feel better, Irma helped me through this also she too was in recovery and we shared so much. We had alot in common, The world is going to miss her, our church was blessed by her she was the bakesale queen, always baking for fundraisers,giving her time for a friend in need.
She was with me during my RNY. Her plans was to have the lapband but because of an artory problem her surgery was on hold. I am truly going to miss her. I love you Irma and you are in my thoughts daily.
The last 2 and a half weeks have been crazy those of you may know I am active in raising funds for my church for Mission trips and I was to leave June 15th we had a huge yardsale, bakesale and we had 2 car washes, raising enough money to send 9 people to Special K Ranch in Montana.
June 5th and 6th we had the yard sale and as we where cleaning up I started having some stomache pain I had gone to the hospital that following Thursday and found out I had galstones and I would not be allowed to go on the Mission trip, I had been raising money for this for the last several months, by Saturday they where taking me into surgery.
They took the whole galbladder,
I have been in school taking computer classes and I missed that week I then had a week off for summer break and now with my dear friend passing I will miss this week, on top of it all I was in the middle of moving and was to move in by the first but it is now dragged to the end of July sad thing the place we live in has been rerented have I been stressed no and its hard to believe I really felt things will just work out my friends think I am crazy because I should be breaking down by now, I really feel God has my hand and things are just flowing.
A friend that I had not talked to in a while called yesturday and mentioned they had a 5th wheel we could go and look at and if we wanted to stay their we could, so I went and of course its perfect, and to top it off they have a pool which I just melted in I felt as if all the weight has been lifted.
Irmas family is at her house she has a son in the Navy in Japan (Red cross flew him in) and a daughter that lives in Lynwood they are here my whole live was a mess when finding my dear friend and having to tell her daughter. I am writting and sharring this because I want you guys to know that life is special and we need to live, being heavy is not life, if you are thinking of having this surgery and have a doubt I say go for it, its living, life can change in 1 day, one minute,live, love and laugh its living.
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About Me
monitor, WA
Location
28.3
BMI
Surgery
07/16/2008
Surgery Date
Apr 13, 2008
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