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Mary H. 21 years, 8 months ago

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kylakae 21 years, 9 months ago

<table border="0" width="100%"><tr> <td width="15%"><center><IMG SRC="http://www.dwarfworks.com/kyla/pictures/birthday/sylvester.gif" width="162" height="188"></center></td><td width="85%" valign="middle"><b><font face="Lucida Sans" color="#006600">Happy re-Birthday, Jennifer! Today marks the anniversary of your WLS. Congratulations on all your triumphs! I hope that you continue to be blessed by this surgery and that you are feeling great. May this next year be your best ever!!</font></b></td> </tr></table>

kylakae 21 years, 12 months ago

Jennifer, happy 9 month anniversary. It was nice to see a post from you and to hear that you continue to do great!

kylakae 22 years, 3 months ago

Jennifer, congratulations on your latest milestone! You are doing great! Keep up the good work and have a wonderful new year.

RODEO CLOWNS S. 22 years, 5 months ago

HA HA HA!!! YOUR SLIP STORY WAS WONDERFUL!! PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL. I SENT YOU A PRIVATE NOTE. (LA MESA, CA.)

Heidi H. 22 years, 8 months ago

Hey Jennifer! So glad to hear from you!! I was worried about you and am now thrilled to see you're doing so well! You have been in my thoughts and prayers everyday! Please keep us all posted on your success! ~Heidi

Jessica J. 22 years, 8 months ago

Jen, I am so glad that you are home and doing well. I was really worried about you, but didn't know how to get a hold of you. 20LBS, wow. That's great. At my 6 week check up I was down 45%. Hey, when is your 6 week check up? I have an appointment the 5th of September. Please EMail me. It takes time...I felt the same way you did about being post-op. Wait till the scale says down 50...Hang in there..I'm down 75 pounds now...at 3.5 months. Your Angel, Jessica Jensen

Jenper 22 years, 8 months ago

Hi, everyone! I know I've been a bad, bad, girl and haven't posted since surgery, but quite frankly, I haven't been up to it. Brace yourself, this will be a doozy! Surgery went okay. The hardest part was saying goodbye to my dh right before surgery...was the only time pre-op we both cried...guess I love him after all! Hee Hee. Anyhow, the surgery itself was a success. I had some pain afterwards, the nursing staff was LOUD and my roommate and I were not pleased with the night staff who chatted loudly amongst themselves both in and out of the rooms and yelled up and down the halls....I thought that was rather unprofessional. Not to mention the 19 year old nurse who was telling another nurse that she (the other nurse) didn't need to lose weight because she wasn't fat. Then, she went on to say, "You're not fat, if you want to see fat, I'll show you some fat, but not on me, of course, I only weigh 109" This was approx. 3 feet from my bed, at about 2:00 in the morning or so. Made us SOOO happy. Anhyhow, then I eventually got my leak test and passed, but was having trouble keeping my O2 levels up. My surgeon came to my room to deliver the good news that I had passed my leak test but unfortunately, he didn't feel the need to address me directly, instead he spoke to my parents as though I was 13 or something. He went on to say that the chest x-ray that they took looked "junky" and that it was inevitable that one of two things were going to happen....I was either going to get pneumonia or I was going to have a collapsed lung. Then he said that the trouble I was having with my lungs was all "effort related"....then he left. So basically he was saying I was going to have one of those two problems and that it was my fault. It was time for tears once again (stress-related). I am NOT a big crier, I rarely cry and I was so frustrated....then I overheard a nurse telling my room mate that the reason I was upset "had a lot to do with my age". HELLO!!! I'm 29, not 10!! I was PISSED and ready to go home. So I walked constantly, tracked down the resp. therapist for extra breathing treatments and got to go home on time. Since being home, I've been okay. I can't eat hardly anything, I'm not hungry ever, a lot of things that I 'can' eat sound disgusting and I'm so ready to feel more like myself. I'm tired of living in someone else's body. I'm tired all the time and am going back to work on Monday, so hopefully that will help. I had my 2 week check up on the 21st and was down 20lbs. I have already lost 17% of my excess weight. That's pretty amazing. As of this morning, I've lost 23lbs. My doc and nutritionist weren't worried about my "fast" weight loss and my inability at this point to get all my protein in. They (and I)think it will increase significantly when I go on pureed and soft foods (I get pureed foods in a few days! Yippeee!). I am NOT to the point where I would say I would do this over again....I'll just have to wait for that to happen, I guess. I'm not being negative, and there's been nothing terribly wrong, I just don't like feeling so out of sorts. Oh, and I have developed an allergic reaction to my sutures, so my incision is kind of yucky right now. But anyhow, I will stop rambling now, but just wanted everyone to know what's up. Thanks to Heidi H. and Julie R. who visited me in the hospital! That was great! Heidi, I didn't get to come see you in the hospital, hope you're doing well! Jessica, I'll email you later and let you know how I'm doing down the line. Hope everyone else is doing well and I just want to thank all those who prayed and continue to pray for me. I appreciate all your thoughts and warm wishes! They all meant a lot to me! Talk to you all later!

Heidi H. 22 years, 8 months ago

Hi Jennifer! I haven't heard from you or seen a post and was wondering if everything is ok--please e-mail me or post, as I don't have your home phone number. Your angel Jessica and I have been in touch to see if the other has heard from you yet. If you happen to have your 2 week post-op check up while I'm in the hospital, I'll see ya then!--You'll continue to be in my thoughts and prayers daily. Peace, Heidi

Jessica J. 22 years, 8 months ago

Jen, Haven't heard from you since surgery, was wondering if everything is goin' ok. Please EMail me and let me know how things are going. Your Angel,