1-5-06
It seems so strange to write 2006, LOL well the start of the new year hasnt beeen so good for me I have had a nonstop headache for 5 days, lots of pain in my chest from the hernia, everytime I eat im getting sick to my stomach, and Im getting a cold again. I have put off the hernia repair, due to the fact I am scared to have any kind of surgery again, but Im tired of suffering, so when I see my doctor on the 9th Im gonna tell him Im ready do take care of this.....

My weight losss is still slow but still going down, so I am happy.
My sister in law is doing great afer her surgery, I am so very happy for her. so far no complications at all. Thank YOu Lord.
My Puppy had her surgery monday,, they removed 4 almost galfball size stones and one smaller one, she is pretty sore but getting around much better today.
I will update more later
hugggggggggggggggggg Cyndi



1-9-06
I went to see my surgeon today, I lost a whole one pound, this really is so discouraging for me. I talked to him about the problems I have been having with my hernia, he said we could schedule the surgery. I also told him I wanted to do the tummy tuck at the same time, he discussed with me about having a metabolism test done, hopeful the results from this will help jump start my weight losss again…. I have that and blood work done this Thursday. I have another 38lbs I want to lose. So hopeful I can get this done quickly therefore I can concentrate on the repair, and tummy tuck.
Will update more after I get the results from this test.
huggsssssssssssssssss



1-13-05
Well I feel its time to discuss my weight loss, It stinks right now, does it bother me Ohhh Yeah. I have lost one pound in the past few months. I can remember before surgery I ran from scales if I went to the doctors office I would panic knowing I had to get on a scale. Well Monday when I went to see my surgeon I had that same feeling. I can not get my weight losss to kick in again. Now I haven’t gained anything which is wonderful, but im not losing anymore and that really scares me. From day one I have had this major fear of losing weight with this surgery and then gaining it all back again, I guess it’s a fear we all have from time to time. I am very happy with the new changes in my body, and I believe I could be happy to stay at this point (after a tummy tuck and boob job) but greedy me wants to lose more, I would love to get down to 135 which was my first goal weight, but as time goes by I believe that that is a unreasonable goal. I have a new goal of 150 and believe I can be happy with it. My biggest issue now is all this sagging hanging skin. I do hope to have a tummy tuck and boob job, lord knows they really need some uplifting…lol its really strange how I still see myself, FAT when will I ever get past that? Don’t know if I ever will, I still find myself hiding behind huge clothes, I have been doing this for so long its just a habit that is hard to change. But one very important thing I want to express is PICTURES I feel it is so very important to have a before surgery picture and each month take a new one and put them side by side, that’s when the realization hits ya, pictures are where I see my weight losss not looking in the mirror. At this point in my life, I am happy with where I am at. I know that having this surgery is the best thing I did for myself, but I think I will always have the fear in the back of my mind wondering when the other shoe will drop and I will gain my weight back, like I have always done before. Is this a fear I will have to deal with the rest of my life?? Right now I believe so, but in time that may change. Well its time for me to go to work so I will continue this later. Huggssssssss to all Cyndi M



1-13-06 Doing this 2 day food diary has slammed reality right in my face. See for months I have not kept up with my food or fluid intake, man was I way off base. For instance my highest calorie intake was 800 for the whole day, they want me to get 1770, my fluid intake im so very ashamed to admit less than two bottles of water a day, and 2 larger cups of coffee per day. So I know that I am gonna have to do some major work on my diet. I have to do better on my water and fluids intake. How did I let myself get to this point??? Why is it soooo hard for me to drink, Before surgery I always had a drink in my hand and usually drank 6 cans of soda a day, why cant I push fluids in me now why is it so hard? This is a major problem that I shall work on. Will update more later huggssssssssss Cyndi M



1-15-06
Well it is Sunday and the weekend is almost gone, I have worked on getting in more fluids the past two days, evern though Im getting better im still so far behind on my liquid intake.... i had two 16oz bottles of propell, about 8oz water and two cups of coffee yesterday.. today i have had less but still sipping. I have also noticed that my hair is starting to fall out again, right now its very little, I pray it dont get as bad as it was before...

I have been reading updates on Joie every chance I get, I dont know her personally but Randall did help me alot during the first of my journey and alot along the way. I do belive our surgery dates were pretty close, him having it first. His faith is what was so very incouraging to me along the way. I have keep them in my prayers, and only beliving that God will touch Joie's body. Also praying for streanth for the family.
huggssssssssss
cyndi m.



1-20-06
Well I went back to my doctors office, It looks like i am going back every week, to try to get my weight losss back on track, they have lowered my cal. intake form 1700-2000 to now 1300, one thing we did find out is my cal intake and fluid intake is really bad, I belive my max cal intake was maybe 850 and less than 40oz of water.... She also did blood work, I feel my body is lacking in something, to be this far out I shouldnt be so tired and no engery at all, so Im waiting on the restults she also told me to start taking b6 that may help with the engery level. I sure hope so. I have had two children home for three days very sick, so things have been crazzy here this week. will update when I get my lab results back huggssssssssssss cyndi m



2-3-06
Wowwwwwww where did January go??
Not much to report on my weight losss, Im still holding, but thats ok I will get past this bump in the road, I have switched to new vit. with iron, and I belive it is making me feel better. I have decided to hold off on the hernia repair and tt for as long as I can, Im not ready to go under the knife anytime soon. Besides I want my mom to be here so I will wait. I am so very thankful for everything I have been through so far, It has made me a stronger person I belive. Thank you Lord for everything you have done for me and everything you are going to do. Luvss you all
Cyndi



2-9-06
Well I have had a pretty wild week, for some strange reason I have broken out all on the left side of my face in itchy dry red pacthes everywhere, I really look like some sick freek, it feels like it is drawing my skin up the only thing i have changed in the past couple of weeks is the new vit. with iron. to top that all off i am having a period ever two weeks, which really sucks, I feel like i take on step forward and three back and Im getting nowhere fast......



2-12-06
~~~HAPPY BIRTHDAY POP!~~~
Today is my dads 78th birhtday, He is such an amazing person, ohhh how I wish I was there to celebrate with him, days like this make me so homesick. After they get home from church I will give him a call. Thank You Lord for Putting Pop in our lives.
hugggsssssssssssss



2-16-06
ok all I am soooooooooo excited, tonight I drank one cup of a protien drink and kept it down. Now being 18 months out this may not seem like much but I havent been able to keep any kind of protien drink down since right after my surgery. So needless to say I am jumping for joy, maybe now I will be able to get the right amount of protien in a day.
will update more sooon huggsssssssss to all



2-20-06
Ok I am so excited an juming for joy, I have lost two pounds, that dont seem like much but the scales have been stuck for months and today finally im down 2 pounds..... I belive me upping my calorie intake and also finaly getting some protien in me is helping.. This just goes to show you never give up.
I am so ready for warmer weather huggs to all



2-28-06
Well the end of February is here, it has been a wild month, I did today purchase some new liquid vitiams, I feel this may help me better than the pills were. I hope this will up my engery level. I am really tired way more than I like. On the bright side I have dropped 4 lbs, woohhoooooo this may not seem like much but it is huge for me, since I have been at a stand still. I have to say I am sooooooooo very thankful for the Lord helping me along in this journey, it has been an up and down ride, but in the end I have to say I am thankful, I am healthy, I have three wonderful children, and a very loving husband who has been by my side the whole trip. what more can a girl ask for.... I have to admit there are day that I hit some lows, but all I have to do is look at my before and after photos and it really helps.
I am looking forward to a wonderful March, and warmer weather I pray. Luvsssssssssss u all
cyndi





3-18-05
Just a quick update, I have been fighting a head cold for about a week and then it moved to my chest, needless to say I have been feeling like a tuck hit me, due to the coughing my belly where the hernia is very sore and at times when I have a major coughing spell it will burn like something is tearing. I am sooooooo ready to get rid of this thing growing in my belly I call it my little monster… lol I am taking Tylenol cold and flu it seems to be helping some My weight loss is at a stand still and I am now wondering if I am done. I want to lose about 30 more pounds, its just going to be really slow. I believe I am going to try to have the hernia repaired in June, my vacation time… what a way to spend a vacation. I am also going to try to get a tummy tuck done. I pray my insurance will cover it. I am doing so much better getting my protein in. cant wait until the weather warms up so I can get out and start walking and working in my yard. I want to thank the Lord for everything he has done for me and everything he is going to do for me and my family. I am a very lucky blessed person. Through God all things are possible.
Luvsssssssssssss you all



3-24-06
Just a quick update im still not feeling tooo well, I have been having a lot of swelling in the belly I feel like im gonna blow, and look like im g0onna deliver anytime, not sure whats causing this but Im very uncomfortable, and kinda worried. it being friday evening i will contact my doctor monday unless i gett worse, and cant take the pain anymore..



3-31-06
I just wanted to share some news with you all I did talk to my surgeon today, he took pictures and said he would submit all my information to my insurance company for my tummy tuck and hernia repair. Please keep me in your prayers I am ready to have the hernia taken care of but I am going into this surgery scared,
Hopefully I will hear some thing soon. I believe the wait will drive me crazzyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Huggssssssssssssssssss to you all
Cyndi m



4-16-06
Well i just wanted to update a little, My dad did get to come home from the hopstial, Thank You Lord, and he is doing much better. they do have him on oxygen 24-7 until hes not as week and his lungs get stronger. I did talk to him and he sounds pretty good weak but happy to be home. Some more good news I have lost 4 pounds tthe past two weeks, now that may not sound like much but for me its wonderful because my weight had been a such a stand still. I am still waiting on hearing somthing from my insurance company about my tummy tuck and hernia repair. Each day seems to get longer and longer... lol Hopefully soon I will hear something.

I just have to say how blessed I am the Lord has been so wonderful to me and my family. Even with the ups and downs that we must go through I know he is there carrying me through the tuff times. I hope everyone has a wonderful blessed Easter.
huggssssssssssssssssss







4-22-06
SCALES

Who invented them and why?? I do believe that my hate for the bathroom scales grow each day.. How in the world can you get on them and they fluctuate as much as they do. This has been a on going battle for me since day one of my surgery. I had one scale, and that wasn’t good enough so I had to buy another, (crazy me) Now I can honestly say that not once has both scales gave me the same numbers. There for a while I was getting on one scale weighing and getting on the other scale and weighing several times a day, I do believe I was a slave to my scales. Things have changed somewhat for about 6 months or so, I do not weigh every day and I only use one…. Now that my weight loss has almost stopped completely I hate the scales again. They are truly evil……….. I am happy with the weight I have lost, I am a different person and thank God every day for the new path he has led me down. I am also looking forward for what new he has in store for me…..
Huggssssssssssssssssss
Cyndi m



5-8-06
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5-12-06
Wow its May already, where has the year gone?? soo much has happen the past month, I found out monday my dads cancer is back, I am so totaly crushed. I pray my dad dont have to suffer any more than he already has.. He is such a wonderful man. I love him with all my heart. I am sooo looking forward to going home in June for our florida vacation. I miss being with my parents and brothers. I am still waiting on hearing something from my insurance company..... I hate this waiting game, hopefully we will hear something soon. Health wise I am doing pretty good. still tired a lot of the time. But so much better than I was before surgery. Yes I would do it all over again.



5-15-06
Well I called my doctors office to see about my paperwork, they submitted the paperwork on April 21st. Hopefull soon I will hear something, I am going to Florida in June for our vacation, and then my Parents plan on comming up here to be with me for this surgery. I do have the most wonderful parents in the world. Not much to update on the weight loss, down two pounds. Thank the Lord its still going down... huggggss Cyndi




5-24-06
Not good news to report talked to my insurance company today about the paperwork submitted for my hernia repair and tummy tuck and they had lost my paperwork.... just my luck they said they usually have an answere in 15 days but since my paperwork had been lost they would put it at the top of the list and call as soon as they had an answer...So now i will continue to pray that they approve me. Hopefully soon I will get a call...

Not much going on with my weight loss, its slow and I go up a pound and drop a pound... Im still fighting a head and chest cold but feeling much better. Today is the first day my kids are out of school for the summer... wooohoooo....lol We have lots of vacations planned for them with their grandparents something to keep them busy while i am at work... Well I have to go back to work will update more as soon as I hear more.
huggsssssssss
cyndi m



5-30-06
I got a call from my insurance company they denied my tummy tuck, said I could get the hernia repaired at any time but they would not cover the tummy tuck, they will be sending my paperwork in the mail to me with the appeal paperwork, so I guess we will see what happens next.







6-4-06
After playing the poor pitiful meee game for a couple of weeks, because of my insurance company denying my tummy tuck, I have decided to not let this get me down. I did not go to the doctor every time I got a rash, I have always been the kind of person that doctors myself, I know best….lol besides who can afford to take off work, and go to the doctor at least every two weeks for a dumb rash….. not to count the doctors visit and the medication… Well now I’m paying for it. Insurance company said I need documentation of every rash and treatment… (Big Dumb Me I should of Know Better) So now I am back to square one.. I have decided to go ahead and have the hernia repaired, due to the discomfort and pain. And then I will go from there.. I believe everything happens for a reason.

So remember no matter how big or small, or no matter how dumb u may think going to the doctor is, please go u will need this information in the process of getting tummy tuck.
I once again say having this surgery is the best thing I have ever done for myself. Sometimes the path is not smooth but it is crossable..
Huggssssssss
Cyndi



6-26-06
I made it back from our Florida Vacation. We had a wonderful time i just wish it wouldnt of went by so fast. I sure do misss living close to my family, the older I get the harder the 13 hour trip is on me...lol My dad isnt doing too good they gave him six months, more or less, his lung is gone.... I pray everyday that he does not have to suffer.

My hernia repair is scheduled for July 13, at 6:30 am, doc. said that if things go well, and he dont find anything unexpected I should be out that night. Im not looking forward to another surgery but am looking forward to no having to deal with these hernias anymore... As for the tummy tuck it will have to wait untill about christmas.... One more bit of good news i am down two more poundssss ohhh yeah go meeee...lol
huggsssssssssss
cyndi m



6-29-06
OHHH YEAHHHH SIZE 14 i am wearing size 14 now and i cant believe it, dont even remember ever wearing such a small size.... I am soooooooooooo happy what a big change going from a size tight 28 to a nice fitting 14, Thank You Lord. I owe u all the praisessssssss. I am looking forward to a major tummy tuck to get rid of this flabbbbbbbbb....
will post more later huggsss cyndi m



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7-12-06
Well tomorrow is the big day, my hernia repair. I have to be honest I am kinda scared I hate the thought of going under the knife again. This surgery should be quick and easy, he is going to cut me in the same place as my gastric bypass scar, about the same size, Im wondering if i will go through my hair falling out again, I sure hope not...... will poste more after I get home. huggssss to u all



7-17-06
Can we say Pain? I had my surgery thur, he said there were 4 hernias and he did have to use mesh, I am home and in lots of pain, and swollen i look like im 7 months preg. I am taking meds around the clock for pain, hopefully soon it will ease off. He saide no driving for two weeks and no lifting anything over ten pounds for thre months. i plan on listening to him I dont want to have to do this agin antime soon. I gained 6 whole pounds in the hospital, all the fluids they pumped int me. after te swelling goess down I will weigh again.will update more soon hugggg cyndi m



7-23-06
Update on my recovery from my double hernia repair surgery. I am amazed at how much better I feel since my surgery, before I would get sick each and every time I ate anything, I would get so nauseous that I wouldn’t even want to eat. Now that is all gone a another thing I have found is that I cant eat near as much as I could before, not sure why but will see if I can find the answer to that one. I have once again started loosing weight again, I had been on almost a year stall, staying at one steady weight, now since surgery I am down 4 lbs from my normal weight. I go back and see my doctor on Friday and will update more then. Huggsss and Prayers to all



7-28-06
Went to see my doctor today first time since my hernia repair, I do have a fluid pocket middle way of my scar, he said if it got worse or started hurting me that they would have to put a needle in it and draw out the fluid, will have to keep an eye on it and pray it goes away. I am down 5 pounds in two weeks which is great for me since i have lost anything in months.... Im feeling so much better.



7-29-06
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8-7-06
It is so hard to believe that this month will make 2 years out for me, wowwwwwwww where does the days go?? i am so very excited about my journey, it has brought so many changes my way lots good and some bad, But I do feel so much better. I am very happy that I went ahead and had the hernias repaird, what a major difference that has made in the way I feel also. I tried on a pair of pants today size ~~12~~ I can not believe it, from a size tight 28 to this. I never dreamed that I would be where I am at today. Just want to share a funny thing with u all, before I had my surgery and would do laundry, I was so ashamed of folding my huge clothes, now there is times when I hold a pair of pants up and say that cant be mine look how small, what a huge smile that puts on my face..... my new goals are to exercise more, and to get my tummy tuck. I want to thank God for carrying me through this wild journey so far, Im looking forward to what comes next. I also want to thank all my wondrful friends on here you all are amazing.
huggssssssssss cyndi m

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8-31-06
I went to the doctor yesterday, I have been have really bad headaches, this last one lasted for 8 days, then yesterday morning I got in my vehicle to go to work and almost blacked out, so i decided I better see my doc. he did bloood work and gave me three different medications, an antibotic for the infection in the scar line from my hernia repair, one to get rid of fluids causing pressure in my head and the other for the headaches... will get the results from my blood work tomorrow, and go from there... the medication has stopped the headache, but makes me groggy and tired, trade one thing for another......lol other than that things are pretty good, my weight losssss is very slow but im ok with that. will be trying to get my tummy tuck in Dec or the first of the year. Keep my dad in your prayers hes not doing tooo good.
huggsssssssssssssssss cyndi


9-23-06
Well the most exciting thing happen to me today, Last time I purchased a dress for me It was size 28-30 today I went shopping for a gown, I found the most perfect dress in my favorite color and all, the only problem was it was a size 16, my daughters said mom try it on, get it, I told them there was no way I would ever fit into that dress, but to make them happy I went to try it on, me and three girls int the dressing room, Oohhhhh my u all the dress fit me i felt like crying I will get some pictures of me in it and post them sooon.
huggsssssssssssssss cyndi m

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