Andi190827
18 Months...
Jan 12, 2009
It has been a long while.... too long.... I am a selfish/bad buddy.
Well, life has been going good health/weight wise. I'm staying steady 150/153 lbs for over 10 months now. Made it through the holidays without a gain!! I'm eating normally, feel normal and often forget I even had the surgery (until I try to over eat, then this awesome stomach of mine reminds me) I LOVE MY POUCH!!
My low blood sugar episodes are doing a lot better. Instead of an almost daily occurrence there will be a day or two every few weeks now where I need to stay on top of getting my snacks in/avoiding too low blood sugar. But they are getting fewer and farther between. So I guess my body is starting to figure this all out.
My low blood pressure is doing a lot better too. I only feel light headed/oooopps feeling while standing on occasion now. It has been a long while since I totally blacked out. I'm very thankful about that!!
I've been thinking about finally taking the plunge and starting plastics. I want to do my neck first. It isn't horrible, but I feel like it makes me look 20-30 years older; KWIM? I have a 60 year old woman's neck not at 33 year olds.... The rest of my loose skin has bounced back better than I thought it would (looks TONS better than it did back in March when I first reached this weight) and is easily concealed with clothing and a good bra of course! 
So the neck will come first. I'm thinking about using Dr. Fremont Eaves over in Charlotte. What I've read/researched about him so far I'm impressed with! I just need to find out when having the procedure done is a good time. Soon I hope.
Other parts of my life... We went to DC for New Years, I'll post some pics. We had a lot of fun! It was cold though. The boys are old enough to understand/appreciate the history now. Brian (oldest son) LOVED the museums; he would read everything in each exhibit. Sweet Bailey slept a lot. She was bored most of the time. But she did really like Natural History Museum; seeing all the animals. We got a lot of 'wow!'s and 'what is that?!' from her there. Jason I think was just happy and content with us being all together as a family. He was joyful and helpful and excited about everywhere we went. We really had a great time!
We've been trying to get pregnant for a while now with no luck. This isn't new for us; very OLD hat. And is a little frustrating. But I KNOW without a doubt it'll happen eventually all in God's time. In His perfect time. My 3 children are a huge testament of that! And evidently our 4th will be no different. 
Rob is deploying again. He'll be leaving at the end of March. I'm sad but knew this is what I signed up for when I married him 15 years ago. So I try not to mope/complain about it too much. THANKFULLY I live on post and have a great group of friends who love me. So I won't be lonely or left floundering. And I've done year long deployments before, so I know I can and will survive this. I'm just going to miss him SO much! He is my best friend, the first person I go to for anything. He is my rock. Luckily I have no time to wallow in my self-pity once he leaves. I have 3 kiddos who need me. I keep telling myself, I'll be fine. And I will be. I'll be fine....
I've been peeking around at some blogs (okay a lot of blogs) and am so happy to see so many of you having so much success!!!! But for the few that are struggling for whatever reason here are some (((HUGS)))). I probably should post comments in the blogs but feel like I'm invading peoples little world since I've been MIA so long. But I truly do hope and wish everyone will find happiness and contentment on their journeys!!
