D. Robertson

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Well I hit the 80lb lost yesterday so I am now 247lbs. I can remember how long it's been since I've been this small. I upped my protien and really so watch what I eat and it's make a huge difference. I love having energy ! I had a water balloon fight w/ my kids yesterday and it was a blast. 
Life is good and so is GOD.
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Well a friend gave me a bunch of clothes from when she lost weight and they were mostly 18's and a few 20's. I've been really needing clothes so I thought what the heck I'll see how close the 20's come to fitting and guess what??? They fit !! Kind of snug but I got me butt in them!!
I still am at 75lbs. lost but I guess I'm losing inches.
YAHOO!!
Now I really want to get to those 18's because she gave me a ton of pants and capri's. I need to get this butt a moving!
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Well it's been a slow scale moving time. I am in 22's tops and bottoms. I am waiting for my application to the YMCA to come back so I can get this  body moving. My hair is falling out BIGTIME. I don't have much to begin with so I can see my scalp already. It's scary. The weight loss has made me have so much more energy and the desire to just do stuff. Before I would have taken a nap over any other activity.
I have been making better food choices lately. I prayed for dumping symdrome but I dont  get it. I'm glad I'm not a big sweet eater or I would really screw this up. My issue has been salty/crunchy stuff like chips. I just tell myself that it is empty calories and space in my stomach. I did go thru a phase where I was eating them but I had to remind myself how hard I fought for this surgery.
I am grateful and need to act like it by succeeding.
I am in the 250's.I haven't been this small in a LOT of years. I'm ready to keep that scale moving down and look good on my birthday on August 5th.
Well until next time...
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Ok well I had typed an update and it disappeared...so here we go again.
I am 10 weeks out and have lost 60lbs.It feels really good . I haven't been this small in years. 
I had some issues with a hernia and it was really painful and caused me a lot of nausea for awhile but I am back on track now.
I have been really open about my surgery at work so daily I get lots of ?'s. I dont mind answering them because I want people to know the truth about WLS and not just the horror stories that are spread over and over. 
I want to be a success story not only for me and my family but to help people see how wonderful WLS can be for the right person.
I'll try to update more later and I need another picture. 
I really thought I'd be better at keeping this profile updated but ....I am not.
Til next time,
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Well at 6 wks. post-op I have lost 47lbs. I am in the 280's but close to the 270's zone. I am able to get into stuff I wore last summer and had grown out of and some of it is looser than it ever was. 
I am able to eat pretty good it's just a matter of fitting it in.
I did realize that Chinese food is the DEVIL. I was so nauseaeated that I tried to make myself puke and couldn't. The misery lasted about 2 hrs. then went away.
Nothing exciting to poast .Life marches on. The weather is beautiful and I am looking forward to each new day.
Life is good.
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Well at my four weeks mark I had lost 34lbs. Now at 4 weeks and 4 days I have lost about 37. I do better when I get in more water and protien.
I am onto regular foods now which makes getting your water and protien even harder because now you are trying to fit food in there too. My first real thing to eat was some chicken. It was wonderful. It didn't take much but it was great. I've been lucky so far that nothing has made me sick.  I think part of it is because I will not try anyhting sweet at all. I have to work on slowing down my eating. I have eaten a bite too many once or twice and been uncomfortably full. 
I am so happy the weather is warmer. I have more energy and want to get out more. I haven't done much in the way of excerise,except I am more active overall. I want ot start walking my dog around the neighborhood now that it's warmer. He will love it and it will be good for me.
I need to update more often so I am  making that a goal. I also am setting the goal to be more active. I am off work today so I will be running around a lot. I have to go and get Eater basket supplies. I head up a committee at work that donates and helps the community. One of my favorite projects that I started is the Easter basket drive. We make Easter baskets and dontate them to Crosslines Churches of Joplin who gives them to needy children. We made about 95 last year. It's a lot of fun and it feels good.
I was a struggling single mother of 3 and I know how it feels to not be able to get the extras for your kids. We also do a food and clothing drive for them at Christmas time. I wish I were wealthy enough to be able to not have to work so that I could just volunteer somewhere.
Well this has become a novel...
More soon,
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I am late getting this profile updated. Let's see I had my IVC filter put in on 2/13/07.It wasn't too bad.Then the next day was my surgery2/14/07(Wednesday).
It was supposed to start at 11am but they were backed up so I didn't go back until after 4pm. I don't know when I woke up but I was drugged. They came in the next morning and I wanted to get up so we tried it.BAD IDEA. I almost passed out. My blood pressure fell and my heart rate went way up.I got worried because 4 nurses were surrounding me. The doctor said I was dehydrated and gave me lots of IV fluids and 4 units of blood over that first 2 days.I was so thirsty because I was too weak to have my leak test so I couldn't drink anything.One nurse felt so bad for me the second day she snuck me about 7-8 ice chips. 
I had my leak test and then I could get up and around. Very clow going at first .I was really sore and weak from the 2 days in bed.
They let me go home on Sunday. It was great to be home.I sleep on my couch still since my bed feels too hard still.My couch felt like heaven after the hospital bed.I just could not get comfortable enough to sleep in there.
Anyway I am a little over 3 weeks out and have lost 30lbs. I am off the liquid stage which was not hard and now I am in soft foods. I struggle to get all of my protien and water but I keep trying.
I went back to work after my 2 week check up. All is good there. I just oculdn't sit at home anymore.
I feel good .I haven't gottne sick at all so far but it's because I follow the rules.It's worth it. 
Well more later....d

Well I had my EGD done today. Its a scope down your throat to make sure everything is cool for surgery. Anyway they started the IV and then came and got me after about 30 minutes. They had me swish this NASTY stuff in my mouth and gargle with it. IT WAS SO BAD!!. Then they said swallow it. YUCK!! It was to numb my gag reflexes and mouth and throat.It did too. Then they had me bite on this green thing and straped it to my head--hard to really explain the device. Next thing I know my hand is burning( they put meds in my IV). Then BAM! I was waking up feeling like I was in the  Matrix. It was so weird. I could not be a druggie. I didn't like that looped feeling. Anyway as soon as I was steady enough they ley me go home. WOW ! I swear I have never experienced anything like those drugs. I was crocked !! 
Well the next step is on Monday I have to go to a support group meeting and then Tuesday 2/13/07, I get my IVC filter and the next day is surgery.
Soon !
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Well I went back to Tulsa Monday  2/5/07for my cardiologists follow up,dietician class and pre-op consult with Dr.Kirk. All of that went well.
Tuesday 2/06/07 I started my Lovanox shot.I went to Tulsa again for my pre-op lab screening and pulmonologist appointment. All went ok except they took blood twice because the first nurse didn't realize she needed more. --not thrilled with that.
Anyway I get home and the nurse calls me and says I need to be admitted because my INR was a 6.8. The doctor said Kool-aid would clot faster than my blood. I ask which hospital? Joplin or South Crest. She forgot I was from Joplin.She'd call me back. I called my cardiologist and told them--they'd call me back. Well they both called at the same time, Joplin doc said I could stay home rest and not take my bloodthinners for 2 days then get rechecked. Tulsa doc said I culd be admitted here. I advised them of what my doc said and they were ok with it.
I had my blood checked today and it was fine.
So tomorrow morning I am off for my EGD. I started back on my Lovanox shot tonight and decided I dont like shots in the stomach--especially when I have to give them to myself. It doesn't really hurt it is just yucky and feels weird afterward.
So next step is tomorrow. It's getting close.. I 'm ready.
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Well on 1/29/07 off I went to Tulsa for blood work ,chest x-ray , breathing test and then psychologist appointment #2.
All went fine except the blood gases draw. Blood gases hurt to begin with but it really hurts when they miss the artery and dig and dig and dig. Then the first nurse tries the other arm and misses,digs and digs. Then off we go to the lab who sticks me,misses,digs and calls for someone else(needle still in my wrist) and the next nurse digs and finally hits it. 
I was crying,praying and taking deep breaths to calm down. It was really painful. I have very small arteries and veins so I knew it might be rough. Most people wont have this same outcome.
It's over though and I am yet another step closer to surgery. I have 3 trip to Tulsa next week for appointments and then the following week is surgery. It's getting close. It's weird but I am so calm about it. My girlfriend said I used to talk about the surgery all of the time but after I got my approval she has to drag it out of me to talk about it. I guess I am focused on each next step. It has made the time go by quickly and has helped me not get impatient. 
My girlfriend says that I am just so prepared . I am not even doing the last meal thing. I dont crave stuff in fact very little sounds good these days.  I guess my mind is ready too. 
Well until the next time...
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