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Oct 1-- Well i just have got to tell ya what happened.... I WOKE UP BEFORE GOIN TO BED LAST NIGHT...lol k so SUPERMAN and i are gettin ready for bed and i ran to averys bathroom with these new PJs that i bought at the beginnin of summer... well anyway lately i could see the scale sayin that i have been droppin lbs like it was cool... but my clothes were still fittin me the same... i didnt care bc the scale was goin down... So i go in her bathroom and put on the carebear night outfit...YES i still wear CAREBEAR STUFF...lol and hubby walks in and says please tell me u didnt go shoppin... and i said yeah like a 4 months ago and he was like and they fit... while he is worried about bed i am jumpin up and down bc i can actully see that i am losin and instead of bein a size 28W i am in a 22W... guess i can stop wear those streach pants all the time... anyway i still have 9 days to lose wt before i can say i am a month out but i have already lost 40lbs .....is that a bad thing???? Manda ~40lbs 09-09-04

1 Month Update
Oct 9th-- Welp all its been a really good 1st month i have lost a total of 47 lbs.... i cant tell yet in my face like others but i can tell a difference in my clothes... i am in a 20W from a 28W and i personally think that is wonderful... i am walking and doin my gazelle and really enjoying everything... I flew home to see the family and for the first time i didnt have to ask for a seat belt extention... my Superman can put his arms around me and i can play and run with my little girl. I am just soooo amazed by all this... but for some reason i am waitin for the yo yo effect... yeah i know it wont happen but all my life it has been the yo yo effect... So i guess its just a natural way of thinking...lol. I guess if anyone is keepin updated with me or just readin my story... i have been one of the few to not have complications... knock on wood my only problem that i had was bein allergic to the staples... My motivation is my baby and my SUPERMAN... i want to be all that i can for them and that is now starting to happen... I just wish I had done this surg back in 2000 and had not waited so long but then again i probley would not found the love of my life and my baby girl would probley not be here. So i am glad i did it after i got my life straitened out... Oh and yes i do have my 1 month pictures taken too i just dont have them developed yet... So as soon as i do i will post them.... Later

Oct 15th-- i am havin a blah day... i stopped losin wt last wk i have been stuck at 300 for a long while.... i know that i will have a phase of that its just agrivationg bc the scale wont move... then this wk i have been contipated and man i think i bought out the drug store... and tried everything... well i finally got some good advice on this SMOOTH MOVE TEA...lol and i actully pooped and it was great i dont care if i have to keep it stocked i will...I just really want to see 299 on the scale... it bounces from 300 to 309 every day...lol i have been pushin fluids and protein and double the exercising... but i guess i just have to my body time.... Oh and i called work since i havent worked since april and asked them if i was still an employee and they didnt know so i called ohio and the lady that i spoke with said well yes ur still employed so bring on any shift....lol I woke this am with chest pains and as long as i dont move to much or get overly excited then i dont hurt.... so no gym today for me... well guys thats about it... Not really exciting this time but hey at least i am updatin ya....lol


50 LBS GONE
Oct 17th-- Welp aunt flo came back for another visit this month and i dont even care bc i have lost 50 lbs in a 45 days.... i cant believe it... i have not been in the 200s since my 7th month of pregnancy .... i cried and jumped and well kinda acted like i won the lotto...lol and i took a bath for the first time since i was pregnant .... i can fit into a tub.....yippee


Oct 29th--i think-- well i posted today about losin a child i should had just said i have lost 60 lbs... in less then 2 months... So for posting something like that i got flamed now i know that i was just trying to bring a smile to faces but i wasnt thinkin about people that have lost a child... i am one of those i never even told my parents or a member in the family i went through the whole process by myself... and never told a soul but the father of my baby... and he refused me and left... so yes i have lost a child... i did tell my SUPERMAN and i made him promise that he would not tell bc i didnt want to be flamed in my own family... with that being said i want to apologize again for posting "I lost a child..." and i am sure that if ya follow me then you know what i am talkin about... Now i need to go bc i cant handle anymore posts today... I did have them pulled but they keep commin so me and my daughter will be gone for the day... love ya all and take care....

Sept 1-- now lets start at the beginning of my day... I get up at 8 am do some house work and it started drizzaling i had planned on goin to the bank to drop off the paycheck and then drop avery off at the babysitter so i could go do my final preops well apparently it started down pouring and by the time i got her loaded and to the car the road was flooded... me thinkin i am not goin to miss my pre ops i get in the car and start driving thru yards to get around the water...and i was doin good til this huge disel truck comes by bc there was so much water it picked my car up and moved it to the middle of the road and my engine was flooded... still in high spirits i call my SUPERMAN and he comes to my rescue now i am already 45 min late getin on the road... Do my SUPERMAN tells me take the truck i will get a ride home from work well i went to Greenville to do the last of my preops and i went to get on the scale i was thinkin in my head the whole time that even though i have been on this diet since aug 13th that i had gained instead of lost any...well to my surprise i have lost 10 LBS.... i couldnt believe it so i was floatin on air.... i go to the hosp for blood draws and come out of the hosp and the tire on the truck was FLAT... Now any normal person would probley be a nut case by now... so me at 338 lbs climbs under the truck and attemps to change the tire on this Dodge ram...meanwhile there is a guy that works at the hosp just watching after 30 min he comes over and says i saw it go pop and then it went flat... now normally i would smart off bc i am know to be a smartass but i needed help and so i was like ya wanna help??? and he was like sure so we get it changed i then go to the support group meeting DIRTY and walk in and head straight for the bathroom where this lady is passin so much gas that it could had blown the place up ..with the right match...lol so meeting is over and i realize i havent eaten since this am and it was now 830p so i am drivin home windows rolled down just singin/yellin right along with the radio...havin a good ol time bc .... I LOST 10 LBS.

Sept 6th-- Well its Labor Day... My 1st baby got towed today to go get fixed bc it got flooded and could not swim out she tried her best but became ill real quick... But dont work she should be home tomarrow if they can fix...which we are really hoppin that she gets fixed...I mean she was born in 2001 and is paid off... Alrighty now back to me...lol I ate my last big meal and to tell ya the truth I felt really guilty... Ya see i really have counted all the carbs and all the protein and then this evenin oohhhh wow i just let go and i do feel bad almost to the point of throwin up.... Guilt can really get to you when you have really tried real hard to do your best... Otay surg is like 2 days and some hours left and i dont know if i need a new pych eval done but i am not nervous or nothing. I am ready for it but its not like i can push it any faster to get here so i just wait. So i guess that is my advice to everyone is dont lose your mind waitin on ur surg day to get here... come on the hard part is over ur approve and that is all that matters. I am quit sure that i will post again before i leave at like ohh say 2 am on the 9th .... that really stinks that i have to be at the hospital 2 hrs away at 4 am but i am k with that... its just my SUPERMAN wont sleep i know him too well So i am going to feel bad that he wont sleep... Can ya tell that i am a worry wort about everyone but me... well i should go.... Later MAnda

Sept 7th-- Well i just got the call..... my car is not goin to the junkyard... It is costin me $186.75 to get her back... which i dont have... So now what.... I was told it would only cost me $30 dollars... and thats it... Well i guess i should call then and ask what is up with that...Well i called and they said the reason for a higher price is bc if they would had let me drive out of there then my engine would had blown... so the said if i just pay $170 that i can have my car... So i paid it and bc there was still water in the engine it smoked all the way home i was so embarrassed i had people honkin at me to let me know that there was smoke...i wonder if they knew that i wasnt blind???

Sept 8th-- Wow the 9th has came quick!!!! i started having the "Am i doing the right thing last night?" I know that is normal, i just hate to be a burdon... and then i started cryin bc i dot to thinkin about not makin it, WOW my SUPERMAN was like if you dont quit i wont let ya have the surg... I shut up real quick... i know that there is no other choice for me... So i put the tears away and went to sleep... i slept wonderful Avery woke up at like 1030 am and i know that i slept too long bc my back hurts really bad... I called the family Doc to get some meds changed to liquid and the nurse had lots of questions about the surg...she has followed me all the way through... So I a to get some info bc there are a lot of people wantin surg now and they dont know where to start... SO i am goin to help them... I am the first one that my family doc has sent out for surg and if it hadnot been for me findin my own surg then it would had never happened... Welp i got things to do so i will post later on towards the leavin for the hosp....

Sept 9th - SURGERY DAY!!!! here i go wish me luck
 


Sept 11th- Well the day came at 4 am was suppose to start at 3 am but we slept thru the alarm clock... Anyway we got to the hosp at 5:11a and was escorted to get a IV and a shot in the belly and freeze my tush off bc the gowns were cold. Anyway then took me to holding where i sat for about an hr... I was then rolled to surg at 730a got onto the table and when i woke my moth was really dry but i really didnt start to hurt til about 4ish so i became close friends with my morphine and got up and walked ...i did 3 laps and that was enough after that the phone kept ringing bc friends and family kept callin... i am really sorry if i dont remember the conversations...IT WAS THE DRUGS....lol So the next day i am up and walkin by myself at 4 am. At 8 they took me for the swallow test ....Really that is a gross test....Really.... so i pass and i get my ultrasound of my legs and i am cleared... but still no liquids til Dr Mann says so so i waited til around 7 or 8 and he came strollin in and said you can drink..... I LOVED THOSE WORDS... anyway all went well i came home on the 11th....

Sept 20th-- Welp i went for my 2 week checkup or maybe i should say 11 day checkup.... And i am doing quit well... they took out the staples and i have lost a grand total of 28LBS yip i couldnt believe it 28 lbs in 11 days.... yipppeeeeee.....

Sept 28th-- K well i am now down 36lbs in 18 days.... AND YES I WEIGH EVERYDAY..... I have also had my 1st plateau this last week and i still weighed myself everyday.... The scale tells me how i am doin and if i change somethign it gives me feedback... I am sorry but this is how i tell that i am or am not losin wt... AND I DIDNT GO NUTS ON MY PLATEAU...like others do... i was just fine knowin that it was goin to happen and bein prepared... i even got more sex bc i thought that if i just get "MORE" that that is exersizing.... and fun and dirty at the same time... SOOOOO i woke this am and i hade lost 4 lbs i do have a goal i want to be 299 before i go home to Illinois on the 5th of Oct... so now i am down to 312lbs... But i know that if i dont get there...I TRIED and i will be fine with that. I have been doin some experimenting with baking and no i dont eat the experiments SUPERMAN does... I am still doin really well and i still havent started any B12 i am feelin great... Yesterday i did do something really BAD i turned my SUPERMANS undies and shirts and all BRIGHT PINK....lol well at least i will know where he is in the dark...lol welp i gotta go its GAZELLE time... 

          OTAY THESE ARE ALL MY TWINS 
       THAT HAD SURG ON SEPT 9TH 2004:

09/09/2004 Elaine Poole Goshen, IN RNY
09/09/2004 Tammy Lehman Wappinger Falls, NY
09/09/2004 Charlane Beckner Princeton, KY RNY
09/09/2004 Brenda Taylor Benson, NC RNY
09/09/2004 Brandi J Nashville, TN RNY
09/09/2004 Amanda Davis Jacksonville, NC RNY - proximal
09/09/2004 Kristi Dafney Blacklick, OH RNY
09/09/2004 Theresa Sisson Fortuna, CA RNY
09/09/2004 K Johnson Dallas, TX Lap Band
09/09/2004 Michelle L East, TN Lap Band
09/09/2004 Vanessa Williams Bozrah, CT RNY
09/09/2004 Kellie Smedsrud Yankton, SD RNY
09/09/2004 Tonya Puckett Mayfield, KY
09/09/2004 Julie Strothman Shoreview, MN
09/09/2004 Elizabeth Harris Chicago, IL RNY
09/09/2004 B W Modesto, CA RNY
09/09/2004 Angela Beyer Sulphur Springs, TX RNY
09/09/2004 Elaine C Buffalo, NY RNY
09/09/2004 Robin Lemieux North Port, FL RNY
09/09/2004 Dori Scott Los Angeles, CA
09/09/2004 Caretta Garland Arlington, TX RNY
09/09/2004 Stacy Cowman Green Bay, WI RNY
09/09/2004 Jeanette K. Roanoke, VA RNY
09/09/2004 Joseph Harrison Washington, DC RNY - proximal
09/09/2004 Janice Orzechowski Taunton, MA
09/09/2004 Debbie Underwood Cape Coral, FL
09/09/2004 Delta Hall Vermilion, OH Other
09/09/2004 Martha Shields Ovid, NY RNY
09/09/2004 Patricia Moffett Visalia, CA
09/09/2004 Dana Gaines Montclair, NJ Lap Band
09/09/2004 Pamela W Lexington, KY
09/09/2004 Christa S ????, MN RNY
09/09/2004 Wendy H North Bergen, NJ
09/09/2004 Camille Sharp Oklahoma City, OK RNY
09/09/2004 Debbie Graham Twentynine Palms, CA RNY
09/09/2004 Brenda R. SF Bay Area, CA RNY
09/09/2004 Elizabeth Brooks Northville, MI RNY
09/09/2004 Jim French Jacksonville, FL Lap Band
09/09/2004 Scary Larry Paris, IL RNY
09/09/2004 Robyne CaliGirl Rowland Heights, CA
09/09/2004 Debi Ali Ridge, NY RNY
09/09/2004 Cindy W Nashville RNY
09/09/2004 Marie Rodriguez WEst New York, NJ RNY
09/09/2004 Marcus Harrell Jackson, AL RNY
09/09/2004 Pj Manning Montello, WI RNY - distal
09/09/2004 Candi Kinney South Central, TN Lap Band
09/09/2004 Amanda Miller Westmont, IL Lap Band
09/09/2004 Martin Rivera Joliet, IL
09/09/2004 Lisa Raebig Spring, TX RNY
09/09/2004 Jennifer Harbin Scobey, MS RNY
09/09/2004 Michelle Waddell Sterling, VA RNY
09/09/2004 Kelly Jackson Philadelphia, PA Fobi Pouch Gastric Bypass
09/09/2004 Sonja Lima San Diego, CA RNY
09/09/2004 Pam P Wheelersburg, OH
09/09/2004 Travelle Wilson Ypsilanti, MI RNY
09/09/2004 Shirley H Brewerton, NY RNY
09/09/2004 April Clausen Springville, CA RNY
09/09/2004 Barbie Hamby Westminster, MD RNY
09/09/2004 Laura Cruz Chicago, IL RNY
09/09/2004 Jen B Mt. Juliet, TN Lap Band
09/09/2004 Ceasar M RNY
09/09/2004 Elizabeth Harris Chicago, IL VBG

August 3rd-- Well had a bit of a scare yesterday i recieved a letter stating that my Medicaid was bein terminated due to us being on it for a yr... I broke down and just cried i was really mean to my hubby yellin and all. By the time i had gotten the letter the office was closed...So in terms of sleepin last night ...i didnt even know what sleep was. At 8 am i called Medicaid and found myself talkin to voicemail...so i waited at 11 am today i finally got to talk to a human and she was so mean to me... and finally after the 3rd time of telling her i dont understand she opened my file and she was like you need to hold i will be back so i waited like 5 min which was the longest 5 min i have ever had i think... She gets on the phone as i am trying not to let her know that i am crying...and she says we are so sorry its our fault we sent you the wrong letter ...She then stated that we have Medical Coverage til January 2005 ...So i cried even more... Now the lesson i learned from this is...(Dont tell My hubby) When my hubby says dont worry ...he means it. Everytime somethings like this happens he always reasures me and i blow him off and always think the worst...K Now for some good news my momma is out of the hospital and it was not cancerous it was a cyst that was formed bc of her saliva glands... AND my momma and daddy are flyin in today from illinois......yipppeeeeeee...i have not seen them since Christmas.

Aug 11th-- Now what kind of mommie would i be if i didnt post a pic of my baby girl on her 1st Bday... Isnt she just a ham???

                                         

Aug 13th-- Well finally they sent out the info on the 12th to insurance so i should know something pretty soon...I just feels like it will never get here. I am just trying to keep busy and man with a 1 yr old everyone keeps busy...lol

August 27th-- alrighty well i finally got to talk to Gloria in a nice mannor and i think i pulled all her teeth for an answer...but anyway any person on Medicaid had a 30 day wait period for your 1st submission of ur paperwork anymore submissions after that Medicaid only has 10 days to respond.... So i still have two more wks of waiting but now that i know that it is normal i am k..bc i am not thinkin that something is wrong... So i told Gloria that i would not bug her again til Sept 11th. I am still staying on the Low Carb/High Protein diet and i am stayin off my meds.... so yeah i am waitin am i worried about it all now NO...... I just cant believe that it took twos of me buggin her 2 times a day.....lol

Aug 31st--- I GOT APPROVED my date is Sept 9th which is my sisters birthday and my mom is also havin surg that day in illinois....i cant believe it.... i gotta go tell the world and change my undies.... bc i think i peed them....lol but thats otay bc i am HAVING SURGERY.......

July 8th- WOW its really been a long time since i have updated...I have COMPLETED all of my pre op tessting on the 7th...I called today and made my appt with kerry to see the surgeon Which is the 20th of july. I am all cleared to have the surg. I just have to wait for my baby girls bday next month on the 11th to send in all the info to Insurance. I cant wait to have surg. Anyway its been a little rough today my back knees feet and all just hurt i am guessing its my arthrisis acting up. The docs had to change my meds bc insurance would not pay for it, So they put me on something else that isnt working as well. Well until the 20th i wont kknow much more...Also i got got back my report from the EGD. come to find out i have a stomach disease, and its called Gastroparesis, What it does it makes it so you cant digest food. So basically the food sits in the stomach until it turns to liquid or is rotten and it will then leave my body. Apparently they said that the reason for me so heavy all my life was bc of this disease. So i feel like i was cheated out of my childhood. All the names that i was called all the times i had a tear run down my face was bc of this disease.... how nice. Manda

July 14th- Well i just had to update...BC vicki one of the helpers at OH.com just made my page really pretty and I want to thank her for it... This week i avery and i have been busy little beavers...lol. We went to the gym yesterday and and thankfully it wasnt too crowded. So I got to workout for the first time in like 3 months but that evening i came down with a cold or something bc i was just blahhh. Adam my wonderful hubby let me take a nap and i even got to go to bed early. But i still woke up with the headache...it wont leave me. Well all i guess til Monday the 20th i wont know anymore.

July 20th-- Well i had my consult with Dr Mann and he was so ready to schedule the surg that he kept repeating himself about scheduling. Anyway i have been cleared or pre approved from all the doctors and tests all i have to wait for is them to send my package to Medicaid on Averys bday... Wow she really is getting ready to be a yr old...(cryin) As soon as i get that call they will give me a SURG DATE. but until then i am just waiting....I will post more when i know more...Manda

July 27th- Well I recieved some bad news my momma is in the hospitial. She has a growth on her face and the doctors have yet to determin if it is cancer or not. In a way i wont be surprised if it is... Cancer runs in the family. I just wish i could be there with her. So i just keep checkin in with family to find if they have heard any news. I am still waitin for Averys 1st bday. Well i guess i will keep this profile updated just in case i need to breakdown....Manda

July 30th- Well i sort of just need to talk...As most all know i married a USMC in 2002 then in 2003 we were kinda pushed out bc of no boat spaces were availible....so we had to get out we have been trying to get into the USAF ever since. We have waited almost a yr but the doors for prior service is closed for another yr and a half. So we have been kicked down again. But there is always the Army...Man i did not want to go into the Army but we need the insurance and adam misses the military. So we are going today to sign the papers for the Army... I just have always had bad thoughts of the Army due to my Aunts hubby... I hate that i think that way just bc of him so i am trying to look past that...how am i going to do this i dont know. The military is the military and i am all for that....too bad the Army cant change there name??? Then i have this other thought how do i become a ARMY WIFE when all I know is A MARINE WIFE???? I know nothing about the Army ...The Marines i know about...i have tried to read on "What a Army Wife IS?" and i try real hard to understand but i just seem to grasp it. I love my hubby and i will stand by him and i will follow him where ever the military puts us i just have this hurdle that i have to get over...and i just dont know how too??? Also the USMC is considered the best of the best....i Hear very little about what the Army is. Anyone reading this please dont get mad or angry at me... these are just my thoughts and i just needed to let them out.

June 5th--- yes i know i have not been here for awhile and i am so sorry. K well i met with a new doc well his nurse anyway in greenville on the 1st and we are starting from scratch bc the clinic didnot like the test results that had already been done. Oh and for those of you that have Medicaid You have to wait until your youngest child is a yr old to summit the request for surg. And your labs can be no older then 3 months old prior to your childs 1st bday. I called the people that made the decisions on whether or not you are approved for it. I was on hold for almost an hr but i got thru. So anyway that is just a update. Anyway We are starting the labs and all the poking and probing and yucking tasting things so that way when my baby girl turns 1 yr in August all they have to do is summit. Well if ya'll have any questions email me i try to send back info but sometimes the messages that i recieve dont have a email to send back so just put that in your message when ya send it talk to ya later....Manda

May 3rd-I am a little hot right now....my Dr back in Illinois says that they have 30 days to fax out my records of my weight and i told them that i needed it by the 6th so that way it would be there on the 7th for my pre op appt. The lady said that if she had time that she might get it faxed by then...i wanted to reach through that phone and well grab her little chicken throut...ahhh. So then i thought that my parents could go pick them up and mail them to me overnight so i called her back and being very polite she says NO again(I am thinking i am trying to spare you some work and still i get NO) and hangs up. Oh yeah on top of that i quit smoking 1 month ago and now i am thinking one more pack wont kill me... But i promised my little girl(that is only 8 1/2 months old) that ma-ma wont smoke anymore. And i am not going to let her down. I have even thought of flying home just to get those records myself. Yeah i am talking like a weirdo but that is just me venting.

May 7th- Well as of today i am out of the race to becoming a loser bc of me if you wanna call it smoking i cant have surg til oct/nov. Oh i was so mad. I cried all the way from Wilmington to Jacksonville. I cant believe it i quit smoking a month ago and i am being punished it seems. But i did have some good news i had lost 2 lbs in a wk but the blizzard that is melting everywhere probley isnt helping either...adam took me out for ice cream. Oh and my records from Illinois showed up ...not on time but they showed up. I always seem to get kicked hard when i get knocked down. Well i will type again when i know something or i feel the need....Manders

May 18th-well i was feeling like i was being punished for quiting smoking so i called another doc and his nurse told me that beings all my tests are done that i could have surg within a month.....i was like yippeee so i go pick up all my paperwork from Wilmington on Friday and go to a Appointment at Greenville June 1st. I cant wait.... all i need is approval for surg thats it.....Manda

Its now April 6th 2004 and I am Scheduled for a surg consult (finally) With Doctor Harris in Wilmington on May 11 2004. It took what it seemed like forever to find a Phychologist in Jacksonville NC... and never did find one that would take Medicaid or self pay. So I called and talked to Dr. Harris's Nurse and she was very helpful. Yee haw i am on my way to becoming a loser

Yahooooooo it is april the 19th and i just called the dr office and someone called and canceled there appointment on april 21st so they gave it to me and i dont have to wait til may 11th ...... yes i know i sound a little overly exited but i really want to lose alll this weight...scratch that i just wanna move like i use too i dont care about how small i will be. i will be happy with what i was before i got pregnant and then i was 228lbs yeah it would be nice to be 199 no lower then 170 i just wanna be able to keep up with my family even if it meanS crawlin with my baby on the floor. well i gotta go talk to ya all later...manders

Otay it is now the 27th of April and I have done 1 diet class and i finish up my Psych Elvaluation tomarrow and then I will be done and then i will be waiting on my surg date. It seems to be going on a fast pace...and now that i have said that it will probley slow down. Well my baby girl just woke later...manders