debra mcdonald

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free association vsg style - I went to my doctors office today and the receptionist nearly freaked out...I have lost about 70 pounds since I started this journey and she just made me feel so good... This is my...

I love my sleeve - It has been three weeks since my surgery... I could not be happier... this whole thing has been great from the beginning...I am down one size... and will weigh tomorrow... I only w...

its been a couple of weeks - It has been a couple of weeks since I posted anything and so much has happened in that time. One... and this is a big one... I had my surgery on 10/11/10... My youngest son was ...

thanks to all those who are beating the drum - There has been more on emotional issues and suicide with those who have had bariatric surgery, and I could not be happier that this is at the forefront, but at the same time I want...

the importance of getting emotional help - There has been alot of posts lately on the emotional aspects of obesity, and the fact that weight loss surgery does not address those issues.  I have made it no secret here that I ...

today I start my two week liquid diet - *takes a deep breath*... just two weeks until the day of my surgery... I think I am going to just focus on getting through each day without eating something.... when i think about ...

I have a date - October 11, 2010 is my "re-birthday"... that is what I am calling it... That is my surgery date... I have two weeks of doing the  liquid diet thing, and that is ok ... I am prepare...

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TWO MORE DAYS TIL I MEET WITH THE SURGEON TO SET T - I am starting my liquid diet in hopes that it will shorten the time it takes to get the surgery. Its not so bad exceot what I find I really y so the liquid thing is not that hard. ...

looking at the finish line (for this race anyway) - September 15, 2010  I am so excited that I seem to be coming to the finish line of this race I have been running this year and I have in a reflective mood this morning. I have bee...

I have been approved!!!!!! - My life in Limbo is over..... I have been approved.  My case manager with the insurance company called me today to discuss my "proceedure"...That is how I found out that I have bee...

My life in limbo - my life is still in limbo... I am still not able to go to work, still can't see that well, still waiting for the approval from the insurace company for the surgery... if nothing el...

still waiting to hear from the insurance company - Still waiting but it really has only been about 6 days. I did get the eye doctor to move up the appointment from the 25th to this thursday...I don't know what they can do to keep m...

Its been an interesting week - I went back to my mothers house to finish up some stuff there for her, and got stuck there. I only planned tp stay a day or maybe two. I kinow one thing for sure I really have to g...

Inspiration - When I sat down here tonight I was wondering what I would write about tonight. I sat here looking at the blinking curser on a white screen without a single thought. I just could no...

Went to the doctor today - I went to the doctor today. My blood sugar is all kinds of messed up still. When I asked him about the release so I can go back to work, he advised me that he wants me out of wor...

Home from the hospital - Finally home... My blood sugar still stays between 250 and 300... but even at that I feel so much better. It is strange how sometimes you don't know how bad you feel until you star...

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high blood sugar sucks air - Back in the hospital again. I have had a very strange two weeks. My blood sugar has run amuck and now I sit here back in the hospital, but at least this time it has nothing to do w...

addiction - I was watching Ruby the other night, it was about addiction. Now Ruby is not an easy show for me to watch sometime mostly because I just cannot stand whining. Its why I don't watch...

transformation - Transformation is an instant-moment thing, open to us and available to us in any and every second. Life starts anew when you say it does. Therefore be gentle with yourself about yo...

when the student is ready - on the days I start to get depressed and a little angry with myself because I am going to be 50, and how could I wait so long to get my act together and do something about my life,...

if no one told me who i was - If no one told me who I was, who would I be? A question such as this searches the mind and the heart equally. If no one told me who I was, who would I be? Would I stil...

Life's little changes - I am pondering on life's little changes today. For so long I have kept myself apart from others, namely men. I was so ashamed of what I was that I did not really let anyone close e...

you don't have to be who you think you are - "You don't have to be who you think you are".... I read that quote and thought WOW... what a concept... think about. For many of us we have lived with low self esteem for most of...