Tracie Shelton

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Surgery went well.  I came home on the 3rd day, still in some pain.  Those first 3 days are pretty rough! But I am glad to say that it's all downhill from there!  At 8 days out, I have virtually no pain and can do pretty much anything. 

My only complaint at this point is that I am getting seriously bored at home and still have a week until I go back to work!  Oh well, I guess it could be worse.  Oh yea, I weighed today and I'm down 10 lbs! Woohoo!

Take Care!
Tracie Rae

Well, I am finishing up getting everything together.  I will leave for the hospital at 5:30 in the morning.  I am supposed to be there at 6:30 and surgery should start around 9:00.  I am not as nervous at this point as I thought I would be and I am glad.  I know everything is going to be fine.  I am just ready for this journey to begin!  I feel like my new birthday is October 27th instead of August 1st.  I know that may sound a little corney, but that's ok!  I am going to put my clean sheets on the bed and take my antibacterial shower now so I can try to get some sleep, although I doubt I will sleep much.  I'll post again when I get home in 3 days. 

Bless you all!

Tracie Rae

My surgery was cancelled due to hurricane Ike.  I am disappointed, but at least I am safe.  I have a lawn full of limbs, but my house doesn't seem to be damged.  I have no power and probably won't for at least a couple of weeks.  I tried to call my surgeons office today, but the line doesn't appear to be working.  I don't know when my surgery will be at this point.  I am just glad to be safe and for all of you that were affected by hurricane Ike, I am praying for you!  God Bless!

This is my first blog entry so please bear with me!  I have been approved by my insurance to have the DS & have been given a tentative date of September 15, 2008.  Mine will be the only surgery Dr. Ferrari performs that day and I feel good about that because I know he will be fresh and I am all he has to consentrate on!  

I keep having mixed emotions about this, so I am trying to keep myself busy so that I don't think about it too much.  I have had doubted having this twice since making the decision to.  I do not want to talk myself out of it or become a nervous wreck thinking about it.  I want to be successful at this more than I have ever wanted anything in my entire life.  I NEED to be successful at this.  I WILL be successful at this. 

I am confident that I will come through the surgery just fine.  What scares me is complications down the road.  I am super super morbidly obese, yes, but I have no health problems (yet).  I was required to have a gallbladder ultrasound and found out I have gall stones, and blood work showed that I have H-pylori for which I have 3 days left of a 14 day medicine coctail I am taking.  They will remove my gallbladder during the surgery.  Other than that, I am healthy.  Oh, and high cholesterol but that was not surprising!  The idea of going in healthy and coming out with problems really makes me nervous.  So I will just keep praying and do everything I am supposed to and hope for the best!  I have to do this!