Judy G.

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WOW!! 3 YEARS ALREADY...WHERE DID TIME GO?? seems like only yesterday i had WLS (don't it wish haha) life has sure taken me by the horns since i lost this excess weight!!! i am still holding at 185-190 pounds down from 334 pounds before surgery so i guess i am a success!! wish i would have lost more but it is what it is i guess. i am happier than i have been in a long long time thats for sure!!! i can do things and not think twice about it. i can fit into booths at a restaurant, i can fit into theater seats again, i can go on rides at the carnivals too!!! i can even ride a horse if i want to...man i want to ride again!!! haven't been on a horse in a couple years now. all i can do is walk while riding but still i am ON a horse again!!! back hurts me so bad that is why i can only do a walk while riding. have to find a riding stable around here i guess...blood tests are good except the vitamin D is low so i am trying to get that up again...otherwise i feel great!!! have hips hurting also but i am thinking its arthritis. also my knee bothers me at times also. and again i am thinking it is arthritis. had a bone density scan done and it came back in the normal range so dr didn't order any further testing. i should call and see if i should have a test of some sort to see what is hurting me so bad. feet are also killing me at times but working on cement floors isn't good either but its my job.
so that is about it for me this post. life is good and if i had to do it all over again i would in a minute!!! (WLS) ;-)

After a long battle with his health my ex husband passed away on September 11. Gary had alot of health issues since 1996. He is no longer suffering with his latest battle of health. After being with him for over 30 years and being divorced from him for a year I admit there are still feelings involved. It tore me up some but I know he is better off now. There is closure for me and that is a good thing. I did go back to Michigan for his funeral and it did me good being there. I can go on with my life being happy once again. Rick stood by my side and will always be my rock. Life is good for me and though it was sad Gary passing away I know he is better off where he is at now. May he go rest high on that mountain!!!!

Well it has now been one year since I moved from Michigan to Ohio and I don't regret it at all!! I love it here and I love Rick even more than ever!!! He has been so supportive to me and all that I have been through. It is soooo good to finally have a man in my life that supports me in everything that I do!!! He loves me to pieces and let me tell you it feels good!!! I have never in my life felt this loved and wanted by anyone ever!!! Life is good!!!
I have a good job that I like and will soon know if i got the new job that is even better for me. If i get it great!!! and if i don't...well I guess it wasn't meant to be. I have a feeling though that I will get this position...lets hope this feeling is right!!! LOL
My weight has stopped coming off but I am happy. Not at goal but I did meet my goal of being under 200 pounds again. I am holding at 185 give or take a pound or two. Going from a size 26 to a 14-16 is great!!! Atleast in my book it is!! ;)
The sadness of the horrible death of my dog Spike is going away slow but sure. Bandit is my baby and he sure is a good boy being there for me to make me smile when I am sad. Rick and Bandit have bonded and are fun to watch play hide and seek with each other!! Sure makes me laugh at their antics!!! Never a dull moment with them around....LOL
As for my finger that I broke when Spike was attacked...it is still bothering me. I guess it will never be pain free again. It will always remind me of that horrible day. One that I would never wish on anyone to go through!!!
Until next time...

Thought I would post what is happening here since I moved to Ohio. Life is good again!!! I am happy here in Wickliffe but am moving to Willoughby on Monday the 29th!! I have a great job here and I like it alot. Never thought I would be working around food but I am and having a good time doing it too!!!

Life with Rick is never a dull moment at all!! He sure does love me and I love him!!! So glad I made the move here to be with him!!! I never knew life would be so good to me again!!

Had my blood tested a few weeks ago and the results aren't that bad...I have to take Vitamin D and also Folic Acid along with my other meds. So its not that bad just a little on the low side is all so I can work on getting it built back up. Have to have another blood test soon as I get my insurance in December.

Met a few poeple from Ohio that have had WLS and hopefully we can become good friends!! I am thinking of starting a support group here in Willoughby/Wickliffe area maybe next year. Not sure if it will pan out but I can hope can't I? I sure miss my friends from the support group back in Michigan. We always had a good support team together. Hopefully I can get back on track after we move next week. I have been stuck at 190 for over a year now and I hate it!! All the stress is behind me now so I have to try once again to get this weight to come off!! I am now divorced from Gary and happy its over and done with!!!! After I went back to Michigan for the trial I couldn't get back here to Ohio fast enough!!! I love it here that much!!! A new life and a new begining...life just keeps getting better and better for me!!!

 

Wow it sure has been awhile since i posted here! I have a new life now and thought I better post what is happening to me.

Last saturday June 21, 2008 I moved to Wickliffe Ohio to begin my new life with Rick, the guy I love. I am divorcing Gary which has been a long time coming and now its in the works. I love it here in Wickliffe and its strange not hearing gun shots all hours of the day and night!! Also strange is seeing the police out all over town!! Nothing like Saginaw at all!!!!!! So much to do here and not be afraid of being shot!!!

My current weight is now at 190 pounds after a stall last year in July. I am wearing a size 14-16 depending on what name brand it is. I have gone from a 4X to a L-XL sometimes a M!!! I am really happy with my new life and my new look thanks to Dr Foote!!! I am not sure if I will ever have a tummy tuck because I am not having any problems with rashes or anything there. The only thing that is bothering me is my bat wings!! I detest them but I would rather have them then being so overweight!!!

Last year I rode a horse again for the first time in many years and it felt great!!! There is a picture of me on the horse in my profile if you want to see it. Yesterday I went on a couple carnival rides with Rick!! One was the ferris wheel and the other was called the hurricane. I was scared to death but he talked me into it and it was alot of fun!!! Me on a ride again!!! WOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is just getting better and better for me.

I am able to walk for a long time now and not be out of breath and also when I moved I helped load the truck up and was running up and down the stairs...something I never thought possible for me to do again!!! AHHH life is good!!!!

One thing I find I am doing is tolerating real sugar!! I wish I would get sick on it so I would leave it alone!!! I am still having trouble eating pasta!!! What I would give for some mac and cheese!!!!! I sure do miss that and spaghetti!!! But I can live without it I guess...lol

I will try to update more as my new life unfolds here in Wickliffe Ohio....SOOOOOO until then bye for now.

I KNOW ITS BEEN OVER A YEAR NOW BUT JUST GETTING AROUND TO POSTING...THIS HAS BEEN ON MY MIND SO HERE GOES....

I HAD MY ONE YEAR CHECK UP ON OCTOBER 23, 2007. I AM NOW DOWN 125 POUNDS!!! I HAVE LOST 16 INCHES OFF MY WAIST AND 15 1/2 OFF MY HIPS!!!! I WENT FROM WEARING A 4X TO A AN XL AND L, MY PANTS I AM WEARING AN 18 NOW AND I LOVE IT!!!! ITS AMAZING!!! MY BLOOD TESTS WERE ALL GOOD EXCEPT FOR MY VITAMIN A. IT WAS LOW SO I AM NOW ON VITAMIN A 5000 ONCE A DAY. I WILL HAVE MY BLOOD TESTED IN JANUARY AND SEE HOW I AM DOING THEN.

I FEEL GREAT, LOOK GOOD AND AM OFF ALL MEDS EXCEPT FOR MY CITRACAL CALCIUM CITRATE WITH VITAMIN D, PRENATAL VITAMIN AND EFFEXOR. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!

I CAN TIE MY SHOES, WALK ALL OVER THE PLACE WITHOUT GETTING WINDED AND I HAVE EVEN RIDDEN A HORSE AGAIN!!!!! AHHHH LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!

ITS BEEN A TOUGH SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE SPIKE WAS KILLED....MY FINGER IS STILL NOT RIGHT, HAD SURGERY ON IT TWICE SO FAR. I GO SEE THE DR TOMORROW MORNING AND SEE IF I AM SET FREE FROM HIM....GARY IS SICK WITH SOME DEMENTIA PROBLEMS AND LET ME TELL YOU ITS BEEN ROUGH GETTING THE DRS TO BELIEVE ME HE NEEDS HELP!!! SO FAR HE HAS BEEN IN WHITE PINE HOSPITAL A COUPLE TIMES AND STILL AT HOME...WE ARE TRYING TO GET HIM PLACED SOMEWHERE....SEEMS ITS ALL OUT OF POCKET AND I CAN'T AFFORD IT. WILL BE SEEING THE THERAPIST TOMORROW ON THIS AND I HOPE AND PRAY HE HAS NEWS FOR ME. LIVING LIKE THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!!

WELL THIS IS ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY FOR NOW. I JUST HOPE THIS ISN'T THE END OF MY WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY. THE DR SAID I CAN STILL LOSE IF I PUT MY MIND TO IT AND WATCH WHAT IAM EATING AND EXERCISING. SO I AM GOING TO TRY HARD TO GET THIS WEIGHT MOVING AGAIN!!!

I THINK IT IS TIME I WROTE ABOUT MY FAMILY LIFE. MAYBE THIS WILL HELP ME. NOT SURE WHERE TO START.
OK HERE GOES....
I GUESS I WILL START OUT BACK IN JANUARY OF 1996. GARY (HUBBY) WAS SENT IN FOR A CT SCAN ON HIS HEAD. EYE DR SAW WHAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING GARY FOR MONTHS THAT HIS RIGHT EYE WAS PROTRUDING OUT FURTHER THAN HIS LEFT EYE. SO THE CT SCAN WAS DONE AND THE DR CALLED US AT NIGHT A FEW DAYS LATER. HE SAW A TUMOR AND WANTED GARY TO GO SEE DR SCHELL. OK WE GOT THE APPOINTMENT AND WENT IN FOR A CONSULTATION. GARY HAD A HUGE TUMOR THAT WAS GROWING OFF THE SIDE OF HIS SKULL AND IT WAS THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL. HIS BRAIN WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY OVER OUT OF NORMAL BRAIN AREA AND HIS EYE WAS PROTRUDING BECAUSE THE TUMOR HAD NO WHERE TO GROW. DR TOLD US IF HE DIDN'T HAVE SURGERY SOON HE WOULD HAVE A MAJOR STROKE IN LESS THAN SIX WEEKS!!! SO SURGERY WAS PLANNED. WE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE DR HAD TO CAUTERIZE THE BLOOD VESSELS OFF FIRST BEFORE HE COULD REMOVE THE TUMOR. WELL IT TURNED OUT TO BE SO MANY BLOOD VESSELS THAT THE DR COULDN'T DO THEM ALL AT THIS TIME OR GARY COULD HAVE A STROKE. WE HAD TO COME BACK THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND THEN IT WOULD BE OVER WITH. SO THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE WENT BACK AND ONCE AGAIN THE DR CAUTERIZED THE BLOOD VESSELS OFF AND THEN HE WENT TO SURGERY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE TUMOR. I WAS GOING ABOUT INSANE WITH WORRY OVER THIS SERIOUS OPERATION AND WAS SO GLAD IT WAS FINALLY OVER. DR GOT THE TUMOR OUT AND IT WAS BEGNINE (SP). GARY WAS IN CCU FOR A DAY AND THEN WENT TO ICU FOR A COUPLE DAYS THEN TO A NORMAL ROOM FOR ANOTHER DAY. HE WAS DOING SO WELL THE DR WAS AMAZED. SO HE GOT TO COME HOME TO RECOUPERATE. THANK GOD HE WAS GOING TO BE OK!!!!!!!!!!! THEN LETS MOVE AHEAD TO MARCH OF 2000. GARY WAS FOUND TO HAVE PROSTATE CANCER. OH GOD HERE WE GO AGAIN.....ANOTHER SURGERY!!!! SO OFF WE GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND GARY HAS SURGERY TO REMOVE HIS PROSTATE. ANOTHER MIRACLE IN HIS RECOVERY. COUPLE DAYS LATER HE IS HOME RECOUPERATING AGAIN. (TO THIS DAY THE DR TELLS GARY HE IS A PERFECT ASSHOLE....I LOVE THIS DR....HE IS SO CARING AND IS WONDERFUL!!!) THEN LETS GO AHEAD TO JULY 2002. I HAVE HERNIA SURGERY. I WAS AN OPERATION WAITING TO HAPPEN DR SAID. SO I HAVE OPEN SURGERY. CUT FROM JUST UNDER MY BREAST BONE TO BELLY BUTTON. HERNIA WAS WRAPPED AROUND MY ESOPHAGUS. I MADE IT THROUGH THIS SURGERY OK...BUT THE PAIN OF HAVING THIS DONE OPEN...OMG!!!!! BUT I SURVIVED IT!!!!
THE FOLLOWING YEAR 2003 MOTHER FINDS OUT SHE HAS VULVAR CANCER!!!! SHE HAS SURGERY TO HAVE IT REMOVED. I TAKE CARE OF HER WASHING OUT AND CHANGING HER DRESSINGS ON HER INSCISIONS WHERE THE LYMPHNODES WERE CUT OUT. GET HER ALL BETTER AND UP AND AROUND AGAIN...MY OLDER SISTER HAS VULVAR CANCER ALSO!!!!!!!!!!! I WENT WITH HER TO THE SAME DR THAT DID MOM'S SURGERY. THIS DR TOLD ME WHEN I WENT WITH MOM THAT THIS WAS NOT A INHERITED CANCER....SO WHEN WE WERE THERE TALKING TO HIM I ASKED HIM AGAIN IF IT WAS HEREDITARY. HE SAID NO IT WAS NOT. I TOLD HIM IT MUST BE BECAUSE MOM JUST HAD IT AND NOW MY SISTER HAS IT!!!! HE SWORE TO ME IT WAS NOT HEREDITARY!!! I TOLD HIM IF I EVER GOT IT I WAS NOT COMING TO SEE HIM....AND I MEAN IT TOO!!!! SO ANYHOW...MY SISTER HAS SURGERY TO REMOVE THE CANCER. GET HER ALL BETTER AND DR SAYS SHE IS CANCER FREE....THREE DAYS LATER SHE IS SICK....CANCER IS BACK AGAIN!!! SO THIS TIME SHE HAS TO HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY AND RADIATION AND CHEMO. I LOST MY JOB SO I WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF HER THIS TIME. (HER DAUGHTER DID IT LAST TIME) I TOOK HER EVERYDAY FOR SIX WEEKS FOR CHEMO AND RADIATION. GOT HER WELL AGAIN. DR SAID SHE WAS CANCER FREE AND COULD GO BACK TO A NORMAL LIFE AGAIN. WELL THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN....SHE HAD A DELAYED REACTION TO THE CHEMO AND RADIATION. ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL SEVERAL TIMES IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS....THEN FOUND THE CANCER CAME BACK YET AGAIN.....THIS TIME THE DR HAD TO REMOVE EVEN MORE OF THE VULVA AREA AND ALSO THE RECTUM AREA. SHE HAD TO HAVE A COLOSTOMY AND ALSO A HYSTERECTOMY....NOT SURE IF SHE WOULD LOSE HER BLADDER OR NOT. WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF SURGERY THIS TIME WE ALMOST LOST HER. FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS SHE WAS IN BED. DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE...HATED WHAT THIS CANCER DID TO HER. (THE JOB SHE HAD AS AN LPN SHE WAS FIRED FROM BECAUSE SHE HAD CANCER!!!!!) BUT FINALLY SHE STARTED TO COME AROUND AND ACCEPT IT AS HER LIFE NOW. SHE HAS BAD DAYS AND GOOD DAYS...SHE IS NOW CANCER FREE FOR TWO YEARS NOW. THANK THE LORD!!!!!!!!! SHE DOES HAVE TO HAVE STENDTS PUT IN HER KIDNEY/BLADDER LINES TO HELP HER PEE SO FOR NOW SHE STILL HAS HER BLADDER. SO IN THE MEAN TIME GARY HAS A PROBLEM WITH SWALLOWING FOODS....HE HAS SOMETHING STUCK AND I RUSH HIM TO ER AND THEY FIND HE HAS BARRETTS ESOPHAGUS!!!!!!!!! WE WERE TOLD ITS ONE STEP AWAY FROM CANCER!!!!! SO THE DR DIALATED HIS ESOPHAGUS AND HE IS OK. HAS TO HAVE THIS DONE SEVERAL TIMES TO KEEP IT OPEN. HE IS DOING OK WITH THIS NOW BUT STILL EVERY YEAR IF NOT SOONER IT HAS TO BE STRETCHED AGAIN. SO IN THE MEANTIME GARY GETS THIS SWOLLEN HAND. WE GO TO THE ER (DR'S OFFICE IS CLOSED) AND THEY FIND HE HAS AN INFECTION IN HIS THUMB!!! SO HE IS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAS TO HAVE IV ANTIBIOTICS ROUND THE CLOCK. SO FINALLY HE GETS TO COME HOME AND THE VISITING NURSES COME TO SHOW ME HOW TO DO THIS IV THING TWICE A DAY. I ALSO HAVE TO SOAK HIS HAND IN THIS BETADINE SOLOUTION FOR 15 MINUTES ALSO THREE TIMES A DAY AND CHANGE THE DRESSING. SO I LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT STUFF. IN THE MEAN TIME....ANOTHER TUMOR HAS COME TO GIVE GARY PROBLEMS!!! ANOTHER TUMOR IS GROWING OFF HIS EYE SOCKET AND ITS WRAPPED AROUND THE OPTIC NERVE. DR SCHELL WILL NOT OPERATE ON IT. SAID HE NEEDS A WHOLE TEAM OF DR'S TO DO THIS ONE. ITS NOT GROWING BUT SUGGESTED RADIATION ON IT TO MAYBE SHRINK IT. WHILE ALL THIS IS GOING ON I AM NOTICING THAT GARY IS HAVING SOME DEMENTIA PROBLEMS. HE HAS BEEN SEEING A THERAPIST FOR HIS DEPRESSION AND I ASKED IF I COULD GO TO HIS NEXT APPOINTMENT WITH HIM. I WANTED TO TALK TO THIS DR. WELL I WENT AND THIS DR HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME THAT IT WAS ME THAT HAD THE PROBLEM AND NOT GARY!!!! I ABOUT WENT OVER THAT DESK AND GRABBED THAT WOMAN!!!!! SO THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I HAD GARY GO SEE HER!!!! SO I WENT TO OUR PCP AND TOLD HIM WHAT I WAS SEEING IN GARY....HE SAID IT WAS DEPRESSION...GRRRRRRR WHY WON'T ANYONE LISTEN TO ME???? I STARTED TAKING NOTES ON HIS WEIRD THINGS HE WAS DOING. TOOK THEM TO THE DR AGAIN. HE STILL SAID HE DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH HIM!!!! SO I KEPT ON TAKING NOTES ON HIS BEHAVIOR. NEXT TIME I WENT TO SEE HIM I TOOK MY SISTER WITH ME. SHE TALKED TO HIM IN MEDICAL TERMS AND GOT HIM TO LISTEN TO ME!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!! SO OK ALL THIS TIME I WAS GIVING GARY HIS IV ANTIBIOTICS AND CHANGING HIS DRESSINGS ON HIS THUMB AND TAKING HIM TO RADIATION FIVE TIMES A WEEK. THE RADIATION MADE HIS DEMENTIA PROBLEMS WORSE....ALSO FOUND OUT HE HAD A DELAYED REACTION TO THE ANTIBIOTIC THAT HE WAS GIVEN FOR 10 WEEKS!!!!! HE HAD A RASH ALL OVER HIS BODY!!! THE DAY I FOUND THIS RASH I HAD HIM TO FIVE DIFFERENT DR'S AND FINALLY THE INFECTIOUS CONTROL DR SAID HE WOULD PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL!!!! THANKYOU GOD FOR THIS DR!!!!!!!!!!! SO WE GOT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND HE FOUGHT ME TOOTH AND NAIL....HE WOULD NOT CO-OPERATE AT ALL IN STAYING THERE!!! HAD TO CALL HIS SON JEFF TO COME HELP ME WITH HIM. WE FINALLY GOT HIM SETTLED IN THERE AT THE HOSPITAL. THEY SAW WHAT STATE HE WAS IN AND WE FOUND A NURSING HOME FOR HIM TO GO TO FOR REHAB. HE HATED ME SO MUCH BACK THEN. BUT I COULDN'T HAVE HIM AT HOME ANYMORE. HE WAS RUNNING AROUND HALF DRESSED AND STEALING THINGS UNAWARE THAT HE WAS DOING THAT STUFF. BUT HE SPENT FIVE MONTHS IN THE NURSING HOME. HE STARTED TO GET BETTER AND BETTER EACH DAY AND WE FINALLY SAID HE WAS WELL ENOUGH TO COME HOME AGAIN. THAT WAS MARCH 2006 HE CAME HOME AGAIN. I STARTED LOOKING INTO HAVING WLS IN FEBRUARY OF 2006. WENT TO MY FIRST CONSULTATION IN APRIL AND THEN OCTOBER 17TH I HAD MY WLS AT MMPC. BUT ALL THAT IS ALREADY IN MY PROFILE SO I WON'T COVER THAT AGAIN. NOW LETS JUMP TO MAY 2007. GARY STARTS TO HAVE PROBLEMS AGAIN WITH DEMENTIA. STARTED NOTICING IT SOON AFTER SPIKE WAS KILLED. CALLED HIS DR AND TOLD HER THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN WITH REGRESSING. SHE PUT HIM ON A NEW MEDICINE (WHICH I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME RIGHT NOW...STARTS WITH A K) BUT ANYHOW IT MADE HIS DEMENTIA PROBLEMS WORSE. WE TOOK HIM OFF THE MEDS AND IS NOW SEEING A THERAPIST AGAIN. GARY CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM AND DOESN'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS GUY. I AM SO AFRAID HE IS GOING TO END UP BACK IN THE NURSING HOME. I PRAY TO GOD THAT HE WILL MAKE GARY BETTER AGAIN. BUT I AM SURE ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME....JUST A FEELING I HAVE.
WELL THAT IS IT FOR THE SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY RIGHT NOW.
OK NOW FOR THE STORY ON MY KIDS. I HAVE TWO BOYS. DAVID IS THE OLDEST AND IS NOW 36 YEARS OLD. DANNY IS GOING ON 35 YEARS OLD. I DIVORCED THEIR DAD BACK IN APRIL OF 1975. I COULDN'T TAKE BEING BEATEN ALL THE TIME FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I TRIED FOR 4 LONG YEARS TO MAKE THAT MARRIAGE WORK. SO ANY HOW I TRIED BEING A SINGLE PARENT. I COULDN'T DO IT ALONE. I GAVE UP CUSTODY TO MY EX IN 1980. IT BROKE MY HEART BUT I HAD NO CHOICE. HE COULD CARE FOR THEM SO MUCH BETTER THAN I COULD. HE HAD A GOOD JOB WITH GM AND MAKING MONEY...BIG MONEY. I HAD A MINIMUM WAGE JOB AND COULDN'T MAKE ENDS MEET. SO I THOUGHT I DID WHAT WAS BEST FOR MY BOYS. IN 1981 GARY MOVED IN WITH ME AND BECAME ENGAGED. THE BOYS THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL. I WAS STILL WORKING AT A MINIMUM WAGE JOB AND DOING SOME WHAT BETTER SINCE GARY MOVED IN WITH ME. SO LIFE WENT ON AND GARY AND I WERE MARRIED IN MAY 1985. LIFE WAS LOOKING BETTER. IN 1995 DANNY TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO BE A GRANDMA....OMG!!!!!! I WASN'T READY TO BE A GRANDMA YET!!! BUT IN SEPTEMBER I BECAME A GRANDMA. TYLOR WAS BORN. WHEN I SAW THAT BABY MY HEART MELTED!!! HE WAS SO TINY AND PRECIOUS!!!! DANNY AND HIS GIRLFRIEND TIMMIE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE SO THEY NEVER MARRIED.
THEN IN OCTOBER OF 1995 DAVID AND TERI GOT MARRIED. I HAD THE DAUGHTER I ALWAYS WANTED. UNTIL SHE BECAME PREGNANT!!! (OMG I JUST REALIZED THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT BEFORE THEY WERE MARRIED!!!) THEN THINGS ALL STARTED TO CHANGE. I WAS PLANNING ON A BABY SHOWER FOR HER. WELL I WAS INFORMED THAT SHE ONLY WANTED ONE SHOWER AND I HAD TO GO IN WITH HER MOTHER IF I WANTED TO GIVE HER ONE. WELL AT THE TIME HER MOTHER WANTED THE SHOWER I WAS UP TO MY EYEBALLS WITH GARY AND HIS LIFE AND DEATH SURGERY!!!! SO I TOLD HER NO. IF SHE DIDN'T WANT ME TO GIVE HER A SHOWER THEN I WOULDN'T GIVE ONE. (AND AFTER THE WEDDING SHOWER I REALLY DIDN'T CARE IF I GAVE HER ONE OR NOT!!! EVERYTHING I MADE FOR THE FOOD HER AND HER BRIDESMAIDS DIDN'T LIKE...NOTHING WENT RIGHT FROM THEN ON!!!!) SO THE BABY WAS BORN IN MAY. I HAD A GRANDDAUGHTER. THEY WERE LIVING WITH TERI'S PARENTS YET AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE THE JOY OF SEEING MY NEW GRANDDAUGHTER WITH THEM THERE. I WANTED THEM TO BRING HER OVER TO MY HOUSE. DAVID REFUSED. SAID THEY COULDN'T TAKE HER OUT UNTIL SHE WAS BAPTIZED. GIVE ME A BREAK!!! SO I NEVER DID MEET BREONA. SHE WAS BORN IN 1996. MY SON HAS BROKEN OFF ALL TIES WITH ME SINCE SHE WAS BORN. HE BLAMES ME FOR THE DIVORCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THE SUN. HE ALSO HAS DANNY CONVINCED THAT HE DOESN'T NEED ME. SO ITS BEEN SINCE TYLOR TURNED 2 THAT I LAST SAW THEM.
I HAVE ANOTHER GRANDAUGHTER FROM DAVID AND TWO MORE GRANDSONS FROM DANNY. I HAVE NEVER MET THEM AT ALL. YES THEY LIVE NEAR BY. I SAW DAVID AND TERI WHEN GARY'S SON IN LAW DIED. THEY NEVER TALKED TO ME AT ALL. THEY WERE ALL AT THE FUNERAL HOME FOR THE FUNERAL. MY GRANDDAUGHTERS WERE THERE ALSO. THEY NEVER TOLD THEM I WAS THERE AND WAS THEIR GRANDMA.
FROM WHAT MY YOUNGER BROTHER JOE TELLS ME...DAVID WANTED TO TALK TO ME AND MAKE AMENDS. HE HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK TO ME...DID HE??? NO!!!!!! HE IS ALL TALK AND NEVER FOLLOWS THROUGH...JUST LIKE HIS FATHER!!!! OH!! MY EX WAS THERE AT THE FUNERAL...HE STAYED AWAY FROM ME. GOOD THING BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE KICKED HIM RIGHT SQUARE IN HIS BALLS...IF HE HAD ANY!!!! THE LYING SON OF A BITCH!!!!!! HE TOLD THE KIDS LIES AND SO DID HIS MOTHER. SO THAT IS WHY THEY BLAME ME FOR THE DIVORCE. SOMEDAY WHEN ITS TO LATE THEY WILL COME AROUND. RIGHT NOW IF I DIED I DON'T WANT THEM AT MY FUNERAL. NONE OF THEM AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!
I GOT OVER BEING HURT BY MY BOYS. I AM LIVING MY LIFE JUST FINE WITHOUT THEM. LIFE GOES ON.
SO FOR NOW THIS IS MY LIFE. WILL ADD MORE WHEN ITS TIME. OR I THINK OF SOMETHING I FORGOT.

TOOK A TRIP TO TAWAS SATURDAY AND HAD A BLAST WHILE THERE. GARY WENT WITH ME AND WHAT A NICE CHANGE FOR US TO GET AWAY FROM HOME AND ALL THE STRESS WE HAVE BEEN UNDER SINCE SPIKE WAS KILLED. WE PARKED THE CAR AND WALKED ALL AROUND THE AREA AND THEN TOOK A WALK OUT ON THE PIER AND LOOKED AT THE BOATS THAT WERE DOCKED THERE. SAW SOME REALLY NICE YACHTS....MUST BE NICE TO HAVE MONEY FOR ONE OF THOSE!!! WE ALSO SAW THE TALL SHIP APPLEDORE THERE. WANTED TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THAT BUT MY BATTERIES WERE DEAD!!! MADE ME SO MAD TOO!!! BUT THEN WE SAW MY BROTHER JOE AND HIS WIFE SHERRI UP THERE AND HAD LUNCH WITH THEM AT THEIR CAMP SIGHT. HAD A NICE VISIT THERE AND WERE ASKED TO STOP BACK UP AGAIN. THE WEATHER WAS REALLY JUST RIGHT...NICE BREEZE AND ON THE COOL SIDE. FELT REALLY GOOD TO BE ABLE TO WALK ALL OVER AND NEVER HAVE TO STOP FOR A REST AND CATCH MY BREATH!!!! WHAT A DIFFERENCE FROM A YEAR AGO!!!! BUT WE HAD A NICE TIME TO GET AWAY AND CHAT. WE MUST DO IT AGAIN SOON.

ALSO LAST WEEK WE WENT TO COURT TO HEAR THE JUDGES RULING ON WHETHER THAT KILLER DOG WAS TO BE PUT TO SLEEP OR NOT. WELL THE JUDGE FOUND HIM TO NOT BE DANGEROUS!!!!! HE COULD COME HOME AGAIN. MARK MY WORDS...THIS DOG IS A DANGER TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE WILL KILL/ATTACK AGAIN!!!!! I JUST HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO BE THE WITNESS TO IT!!!!
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THIS NEIGHBOR TO GET INTOUCH WITH OUR LAWYER SO WE CAN START THIS CASE. SO FAR SHE IS IGNORING HIM COMPLETELY. SHE WILL HAVE TO SOONER OR LATER.

THERAPY IS STILL ON GOING AND MY FINGER IS GETTING STRONGER AND I WILL BE HAVING SURGERY TO REATTACH THE TENDON ON THE TOP PART OF MY FINGER. AS FOR MY BACK....WELL IT WAS DOING PRETTY GOOD AND NOW I AM IN PAIN AGAIN. NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT.

WEIGHED MYSELF AND FOUND I AM NOW DOWN TO 220 POUNDS!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!! I AM RUNNING OUT OF CLOTHES TO WEAR THOUGH.....BUT I LOVE IT!!!!! THANKYOU GOD AND DR FOOTE FOR SAVING MY LIFE!!!!!

Well today I finally got to ride a horse again!! I was allowed to only walk while riding but it was wonderful!!!! (therapists orders!!)  I had a great time at Jenny's with her and the girl's. What a great family she has!! Bob was busy making a box for something so he didn't join us. He did help saddle up horses for us though. I can't wait to go back and ride again. After 25 years or so not being able to ride it was a little scary getting up on that horse but I did it!!! YIPPEEEEE!!!!!!!!  I am feeling it already in my body being sore from that ride and I love it!  

Also today was Dustin's graduation party. My younger brother Joe didn't even recognize me!!! Last time he saw me was back in March on his birthday. He was really amazed how I am looking now.

And one more thing that happened today....Bandit went for a walk with me!!! Gary was sitting on the porch watching us and let me tell you...I was a little afraid that if a dog came out I would freak...but none were around so I was ok. I am so afraid of big dogs now its not funny!! We will be going back to court next week and hopefully that killer dog will be put down. Another neighbor told us that she thinks that same dog attacked her dog not long after it attacked Spike!!!!  So I will be calling animal control in the morning to let him know we may have someone to help our case!!!  

Well until next time thats all for now. Ahhhhhhhhhhh the pain of riding a horse...what a wonderful feeling!!!!!!                                     

 

Today i had my 6 month checkup.  I am now down to 242 pounds!!! That is a total of 92.5 pounds!!!! I feel great and am so happy that I had this WLS!!!  My BMI is now 38.6, blood tests were normal, blood pressure was 110/70. I am HAPPY!!! Only thing wrong was I am on the dehydrated side and Dr told me I needed to drink more!!! So I am doing as told!!! I can handle that.  Also need to exercise more. I am going to start doing more walking...even if I have to go to the mall to do it. I am afraid of large dogs now and there are several in my neighborhood so I can't walk here. Thinking of getting some pepper spray to carry with me.
I also start therapy on my hand to learn how to make my finger work again. I will be going 3 times a week for 6 weeks. 
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I go back to MMPC in October so will post again then....unless something else comes up.