Jenn A.

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We held our meeting on Friday December 14, 2007 at 7PM. The holiday's are a very busy time of year and proved so for our Holiday Party. Present was myself  and we had Rodger who had surgery 11-26-07, Adan and his wife he had surgery 11-29-07 and Cindy who had surgery 10-05-05. Iwas great seeing the new faces. Cindy is a neighbor to Adan and came more so for the support of Adan. With the large number of County workers and the fact that it was their Xmas party we missed them. Our new members are eager to meet the long time members and expecially the men members. Well that is all for now. Hope to see you all back this month. Jenn

At 1230PM 04-23-07 Pacific time the door bell rang. I found a women and a man in Green dress uniform. I knew right away even though they could only tell my Husband. It was one thing we always keep in the back of our minds on the two tours of our Marine but I guess we got comfortable thinking that Jeff had survived other attacks and hey MP's are there to protect, Not get hurt or killed. I have more closer today than yestday hoping that the news reports are true, it was fast and painless. But I know also that the news is not always correct most importantly when it comes to stories from Iraq. Well more will come but for now I need to go eat and maybe get more sleep.

THANK YOU TO MY OH FAMILY FOR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My husband and I went to the seminar at Dr. Felix's office and it was great. I found out that he thinks he may only have to go in and re-route my bowels and not a full revision. At this point I would be happy with anything that might make me feel normal and lose some more weight.  

Sometimes I just feel like I don't fit in to the whole WLS group. I do not take a multi or B12 anymore because my body absorbs to much of it and I have never gotten close to goal. I wonder at times am I really a good choice for being a Support Group Leader.

But after last nights group I feel so much better about myself and feel like a normal WLS Patient. My husband is in full support as always and he also really liked Dr. Felix. He did not use big words that most people would not understand and he really seems to follow you along. He said you have this surgery for life and he or his office will follow you for life. 

Well that's all for my blog today, I am full of smiles and I am going to the mountians now for a long walk.

Here are three of my pet peeves of Post ops.
1) I can eat Pork Rinds they have 9 grams of Protien in them~ Well sweetie there is also 70 calories of which 40 are from fat . Also it tells you not a significant source of Protien.

2) If I use half splenda and half sugar to bake my cookies it is okay to eat 2 a day. Not but if you like to risk getting hooked on sugar again.

3) It's okay to drink diet soda it has no calories and is good for me. Have you heard of empty calories, and if the taste doesn't satify you and you go to full flavor, well one pepsi will add to another and another. 

Well with these feelings on food you weight may just come back if you don't change your ways.

Well over the last few weeks I told my main supporters that I was going to talk to some doctors about a revision. They are all for it. Well one of them I will not tell until after I have it done and that is Jeff my step son in Iraq. He doesn't need to worry about me when he has other things to worry about. 
I made a list of the reasons to seek the revision, so here it goes; short but sweet.
1) Finding out only 45 CM was taken on the disection of my intestion.
2) I was never able to get below 185lb.
3) I gained 31lbs on a diet of low fat, low sugar no junk. I floated between 900-1800 calories to try and beef up my weight loss.
4) I was exercising and burning 1000 calories to 2000 calories, again it was tied into reason number 3.
5) I know this is one many would not complain about but I am I have found that I do not suffer from protein deficiency and vitamin deficiency in fact it is the total oposite. I have had to go off of my multi and B-12 because I my levals of Vit A, B-12, Iron and Zinc were 2 1/2 to 3 times the normal range. Which in some cases are just as bad as being low. I now have to take hand fulls of the vits each day to get my daily recomended a llowance of the other vits that I could not get in my diet. 

Well that is my reasons for a revision. Talk with you later.