Dannygirl9136
July update
Jul 12, 2010
Updating Again for 2010!
Mar 18, 2010
HAPPY RE-BIRTHDAY TO MEEE!!
Mar 27, 2009
JUST A LIL UPDATE
Mar 10, 2009
IM BACK!!!
Jan 20, 2009
Hey fam!!! I know its been a while since my last update so here we go.
As you may or may not know, I had my surgery 3/27/08 and it started out great but two months out I started getting really sick. I was not able to hold food down. So I stayed in and out of the hospital for about six months. As a result I lost a lot of weight but when Sept rolled around I began to feel better. I guess my body needed time to adjust to the surgery. I started out at 246 and now I'm 114!! I had hit my goal weight of 130 in Oct, so at that point I began starting the process for getting my tummy tuck and breast reduction. I had my tummy tuck 12/23/08 and I'm scheduled for my breast reduction 02/05/09. Life for me is great, I would have never imagined so much happiness! I'm gonna be brief for now but if anyone want to know about my journey in detail please feel free to ask. Once again, hello to all my old and new friends and it feels great to be back
FIRST UPDATE!!
Apr 11, 2008
THE DAY OF SURGERY MY HUBBY, MY MOM, MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND I TOOK THE 30MIN TRIP TO THE BARIX CENTER AND WE ARRIVIED ON TIME AT 8 AM. WE TOOK A COUPLE OF PICTURES AND I CALLED MY SISTER IN NY AND MY BEST FRIEND TO TELL THEM I LOVED THEM. THEN I WAS CALLED UP TO PRE-OP. ONCE UP IN PRE-OP, I WAS WEIGHED, BLOOD WAS DRAWN AND MY I V WAS PUT IN SO THEY CAN GIVE MY FLUIDS AND MEDS. OH, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TENDING TO ME WERE SO WONDERFUL, I'M SORRY I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYONE'S NAMES. MY MOM AND HUBBY GOT A CHANCE TO COME UP AND SEE ME BEFORE I WENT IN, MY DAUGHTER COULD'NT BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO YOUNG. I SPOKE WITH MY DR. AND SAID BY GOOD BYES TO THE FAM AND CLOSED MY EYES. NOW HERE THE CRAZY PART. THE NURSE SAID THAT HE WAS GONNA GIVE ME A MED CALLED VERSAID THAT WILL MAKE ME FORGET EVERYTHING. SO, I WAS ALREADY KINDA TIRED FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE AND I DON'T REMEMBER HIM GIVING ME THE MED. BUT ONCE I CLOSED MY EYES, ITS SEEMS LIKE MINUTES LATER THEY WERE WAKING ME UP SAYING THAT I HAD THE SURGERY. WOW! ONCE I GOT WHEELED TO MY ROOM, I START HAVING INTENSE PAIN AND THE NURSE STARTED WORKING TO RELIEVE IT FOR ME. AFTER A SHORT WHILE, THE PAIN STARTED TO GO AWAY AND I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. MY FAM CAME UP AND MADE SURE I WAS OK AND STAYED A WHILE. WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THEM TO GO, MY SISTER IN LAW CAME ALONG WITH MY GOOD FRIEND MARYANN THAT I MET ON THE BARIX MESSAGE BOARD. I SPOKE TO THEM FOR A WHILE AND ONCE THEY SAW THAT I WAS GETTING SLEEPY THEY STARTED GETTING READY TO LEAVE SO THAT I CAN GET SOME REST. I STARTED HAVING A REACTION TO THE MORPHINE SO THEY WERE GIVING ME MEDS TO RELEAVE ME AND SWITHED TO ANOTHER PAIN MED. THEY STARTED ME WALKING SOON AFTER SURGERY AND I DID'NT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS THERE. I DID SOME OF MY WALKING WITH MY OTHER GOOD FRIEND CARLA, WHO I HAD ALSO MET ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. WE HAD THE SAME SURGERY DATE AND DR., SO IT WAS GREAT TO SHARE MY EXPRERINCE WITH HER! THE NEXT DAY I STARTED HAVING PAIN FROM THE GAS, AND WOW DID IT HURT. RIGHT THEN, MY TEAM STARTING WORKING TO GET THINGS BETTER. FROM THEN ON EVERYTHING WENT BY SMOOTHLY. I WENT HOME THE FOLLOWING DAY. FROM THE DAY I LEFT THE HOSPITAL TILL NOW, THINGS HAVE BEEN GOOD. I STOP USING MY PAIN MEDS BY THE THIRD DAY HOME. I BOUGHT SOME GAS X SRIPS TO HELP RELIEVE THE GAS. AND BOY DO THEY WORK WONDERS!!!. AND I JUST BEEN WALKING AND SIPPING TRYING TO GET MY PROTEINS IN. GETTING MY PROTIENS IN HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE BUT I'M TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS TO SEE WHAT WORKS BEST. THINGS SHOULD BE BETTER NOW THAT I CAN EAT PUREED FOODS NOW. SO I'LL LET YALL NOW HOW THINGS WORK OUT LATER. I HOPE I DID NOT GIVE YALL A LONG DRAWN OUT STORY, I JUST WANTD TO LET YALL KNOW IN DETAIL WHAT HAPPENED ON MY JOURNEY. THANKS TO ALL FOR THE SUPPORT AND TAKING AN INTREST TO MY STORY. LOVE YALL
ONE MORE DAY!!!!!
Mar 26, 2008
HAD MY PATS!!!
Mar 19, 2008
NEW DATE!!!!!!
Mar 15, 2008
I GOT MY DATES
Mar 10, 2008
I FINALLY GOT MY DATES, 3/25/08 PATS AND 4/08/08 SURGERY IN YIPSILANTI MI WITH DR POPLAWSKI! PERSISTANCE GOES A LONG WAY, I KEPT CALLING, FOLLOWING MY CHARTS AS IF I WAS WORKIG THERE LOL. I GUESS THEY GOT TIRED OF ME CALLING AND GAVE ME MY DATES. PRAISE OUR FATHER GOD!!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY BECAUSE I WILL FINALLY GET A CHANCE TO LOOK THE WAY I FEEL! I MUST SAY THAT MY JOURNEY WAS'NT ALL THAT BAD, I GOT ALL THE PAPER WORK THEY REQUIRED OF ME TO THEM IN A NICE AMOUNT OF TIME. THEY SAID IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 90 DAYS FROM CONSULTATION TO SURGERY DATE AND IT DID...JAN 9 TO APRIL 8. I'M TOO HAPPY TO REALLY JOT DOWN MY THOUGTS, BUT I PROMISE I'LL POST LATER IN DETAIL. I JUST WANTED TO KEEP EVERYBODY UPDATED ON MY PROGRESS.