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Wow.......its been such a long time..........too long........its almost 2 years since my surgery. I have lost 101 pounds.......almost another person. I feel wonderful, i take NO meds, except an occacional tylenol...when i go shopping for clothes, i can shop in the reg departments. I use to wear a 24....i now wear 8's some 10's. This is the best decision i have ever made...well except for marrying my best friend. My hubby has been so supportive, he has even gained alittle weight just for me!!!! Well you have to understand that for almost 25 years, my hubby has been the same weight, give or take 5-10 lbs......now, when we go out to eat, he eats my leftovers, which is almost 3/4 of a meal. He is always there for me, through thick and thin.....I do however have to say, I like the thin part alot better. My kids are my support team too.......they are wonderful. Well i have to get back to wk. I'll post a new picture as soon as i figure out how to do it.Bye for now :)

Well I went for my 6 week check up with Dr. Boe, and really went great. I am down a total of 38 lbs from when I started my journey. Br. Boe said that I am at 25%of my weight loss in only 6 wks. My bp is great, my bmi is now 37 from 43.8. I feel Wonderful. I am now on solid foods and he said just to take it easy, my stomach is still healing. My cloths are baggy and even my sandles are too big. Oh what a feeling. I'll write more later, my daughter said that I don't spend enough time with her so I'm gonn go for now........Oh yea, I forgot to tell you, she only lasted 8 hours away at school...............but that's another story for another day!I'm just happy that she's home. I love her so much, she is my lil-rock and she watches me like a hawk!!!! Boy's are doing great away at school, they both graduate in Dec !!!!!!

Later !!!!!!

Well I went for my 2 week check up with Dr Boe on Friday and all is well. He said my incisions look great and he moved me from full liquids to puree food. I was so excited about that. I am officially down 12.5 lbs from the day of discharge and total of 20.5 lbs from my starting weight. I'm so excited. I am officially a looser. I still have a hard time getting all of my fluids in, but I increase then each day, until I can get them all in.......My blood pressure is good and I don't have to take prevecid anymore. I'll go have my cholesterol ck'd at my pcp soon and see how that is. But I'm off all med except pepcid 1/2 tab 2x a day and my vitamins. Other than that all is well. I'll keep you posted..............................
My 3 kids all move away to college on Sat the 18th, so I'll probably be very uspet and need a few shoulders to cry on. So be prepared......and thanks for listening...

Well I'm home now and I'm 6 days out!!!!  I am officially a loser!!!! It feels so great to finally say that. Fernando is home for the week with me and so are Eric and Danielle. Michael went to Canada for the week salmon fishing with his best friend and his family. It was planned last year so I can't be upset with him. After all he is 22 years old!!!! My surgery was semi-uneventful. Dr. Boe found a Hiatel Hernia that he repaired so instead of my surgery being 1 hour it was 2 hours long. I have never had a Dr. hold my hand before surgery and It felt so heart warming. Dr. Boe and his staff and the entire staff at the Barix are the BESTEST!!!!! They are all so warm and caring, I could cry when I think of how they made me feel. So comfortable, so welcome. I go back for my 2 week ck up on Aug 11th.  Until then.......................sip, sip sip,walk, walk, walk!!!!! 
Oh yea,,,,,,,,,,and SMILE A WHOLE LOT !!!!!!

my surgery was rescheduled until tomorrow! There was a problem with one of the monitors in the OR and it was not working. They were getting a tech ot to ck it out but in the meantime they had to reschedule all of Dr. Boe's surgery's. I will be there  tomorrow morning about 8:45am. Oh well, I was al ready to cry about it, but I didn't. There was nothing that I or they could do. So I wait another day. Drink clear liquids after 12 noon and get ready for tomorrow, my new Birthday.....   WOO HOO!!!!  I'm alittle cranky now, I just woke up from a nap. I didn't sleep at all last night, maybe I will tonight. I'm gonna go over my sister's tonight, my mom came down from the mtns to see me and they will keep my mind off being nervous...... see ay later!!!

Well, this is it............Tomorrow I will be an official loser....... I'm so excited,I could burst. But I won't.This is really a reality check for me. Am I doing the right thing? YES I AM!!!!! This is all about ME, I have done everything for everyone and now it's my turn. Wow, that sounds really selfish of me. I'm not too sure I like that coming out of me. I LOVE my husband Fernando and my 3 wonderful kids, Eric, Michael and Danielle so much that I am willing to put myself through all of this. I want to grow old with the love of my life, my best friend, my hubby. I can't wait to enjoy grandchildren some day and chase them around and not be out of breath doing so. I want to be healthy and happy. I can't wait to go shopping in a normal store with my daughter looking for clothes that aren't made by "omar"! I can't wait for Fernando to be able to hug me and have his arms reach all the way around me. I can't wait to be able get up off the couch without having to slide to the end first and hoist myself up. I can't wait to able to go on a rollercoaster at GA without wondering if the lap bar is going to go down around my hips...... 
Okay, now that I convinced myself that I'm doing this for all of the right reasons..............I'm officially READY for tomorrow. I have to be at the Barix at 7:45am........... I'm Ready..........I'm Ready.........Yup.....I'm ready!!!!!!!!    See ya on the other side!!!!!   THE LOSERS SIDE!!!!

Thanks to all of my family, friens and co-workers for all of the support that they have given me in the past few weeks!!!  I don't think that I would have gotten through all of this without them.    And a BIG Thank You to all on this board, You guys are the bestest ever!!!!!!

Okay, today is 7-17-07 and I'm getting alittle nervous!!!! Is this normal?? I go for my pat's on Thursday. One week from tomorrow I'm gonna be a loser! I have been waiting for this for such a long time, that now that it's coming up, I'm getting scared. I just keep telling myself that I'm doing this all for me, so I can be healthy and so that I can be around to enjoy my family. I have such a wonderful and supportive family that I should be jumping for joy. I am, I'm just alittle nervous. I'm just gonna say my prayers and pary real hard for everything to be "uneventful"!!!!   Hey God, are you listening??? Is it selfish to pray for yourself???    As my day gets closer I'll write more!!!!!  See Ya!!!!

Well today may be Friday the 13th, but this was never a bad luck day for me! My son Eric was born 25 years ago today. Yup today he's 25 years old and today I was told that my surgery will be on the 25th. This is my lucky day!!!!!!   I'm so excited, I have so much to do before my surgery!!!  My head is spinning and I'm rambling. So I'll go for now and write more when I come down off my cloud!!!!  Thanks for listening to me bitch and complain about how long it took to get a date!!! Thanks Peggy for being so understanding and patient with me!!!    I have a date, I have a date, I have a date, OH YEA, did I mention??? I have a date!!!!!    LOL LOL LOL

Hey, today is July 4th, 2007 and I still don't have a date. I am alittle closer though, Elaine called me on Monday, my birthday, and told me that I was officially in Peggy's office for scheduling. All of Aetna's paperwork was complete and re-done with Dr. Boe's name on them as my surgon. Now it's all up to Peggy and a date!!!!!!    I'm just tired of waiting, I feel like it has been FORRREEEVVVEEERRR!!!!    Anywho, again I'm still waiting, I just want to be able to plan for things. We have so many things coming up, like all 3 of my kids move into college on the same weekend, August 18th. Eric and Michael move in together at Bloom and Danielle moves in to Penn College all on the dame day!!!!???? Not too sure how this is going to work out. I know that the boys can do this by themselves, but mom has to be there to make sure all is well. Danielle on the other hand, my baby really needs ma and pa around. It's her 1st time away by herself. I think I'm more nervous that she is.....!!!!  I know that all will work out one way or another......   I'll write more later when I know more about what is going on.!!!!!!! 

Well today is 6-25-07 and I found out that Br. Brader reseigned on Friday. I spoke with Pat at the Barix, she said she was just going to call me and let me know. I beat her to the punch. I was actually calling her to ask her about a date for surgery and she told me. She let me know who was on staff and who was available. I chose Dr. Boe. Right now I really don't care who does it, .........Well I guess I do, I just want it done. I'm being so selfish right now. When I had my gall bladder out I was sent to a surgon and he did my surgery. I really didn't have a choice, but with this,I do have a choice. I chose Brader and he left so who am I suppose to go with now????  Well I have herd only good things about him. I have to beleive that it all happens for a reason............................I'm still waiting for a friggin date!!!!!!!!  I'll post later when I know more.......