Linda K.

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 A lot has happened over the past number of months, My father passed away in January and I had a hard time with that situation.  My weight loss has been great....I'm now 89 pounds down in 71/2 months.  I have had some health issues that were not related to my WLS and been in the hospital a few times.  The weight loss has been great and I feel wondereful!
I'm very happy that I had the surgery and that my health is in much better shape now than 89 pounds ago.  

I have had no problems whatsoever with the WLS, I can eat anything I desire  (not including sugars or carbonated drinks) but anything else is great!  My taste has  changed and I have no desire for alot of junk foods, I'm becoming a fruit and veggie person.  

The only problem I have is I want something other than milk, water, juices and the only other drink I have found is a non-carbonated sugar free orange and lemonaid drink made by Tropician.....anyone out there got some other ideas for drinks????

TAke care and i'll try to keep back in touch!

Love ya 

Linda, (also will send some more pics)

2 1/2 MONTHS I'M DOWN 52 POUNS WOW....HARD T O ACTUALLY BELIEVE I'VE LOST THIS MUSCH WEIGHT IN SUCH A SHORT TIME....TOMORROW  I START CARDIAC REHAB.....TO HELP ME MOVE ON ALONE.......THINGS HAVE BEEN GREAT NO PROBLEM.S....BUT I SURE MISS MY PEPSI COLA....

This is beginning to be the best decision I've ever made. the weight is just moving on down.
I have been very blessed that I have had no problems as of today, 2months down and 48 pounds are gone......

 

I've been back to work for the past 2 weeks, the first week was really rough.....the weight was so slow coming down...it seemed as the second week approached, but now I'm moving down the scale again.
I know you guys are right, when you're not losing pounds, you are losing inches.  I step on the scale and I am amazed at how fast the weight is coming off.   Sometimes though I could kill  for a Diet Pepsi Cola, the rest of the stuff is no problem......But I will not dare mess up anything so no cola for me, but I still can dream!

Hello, here I am 3 weeks out, going into my 4th and from my inital weight until this very day, I'm down 27 pounds......PRAISE THE LORD!


I had a week stall that I never thought I would get pass but here I am moving down again......and again I say PRAISE THE  LORD!

i'M DOING GREAT, READY TO GO BACK TO WORK THIS WEEK WITH A LITTLE MORE GUSTO......LAST WEEK WAS ROUGH!

yOU NOTICE MY ROW OF HOUSES.....i CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR SCENE DUE TO THE FACT, I LIVE IN CHARLESTON AND WE ARE KNOWN FOR "RAINBOW ROW" AND THIS REMINDS ME OF IT...COOL UH????

wOW, HARD TO BELIEVE i'M ALREADY MOVING THE SCALE!

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Hi everyone, I'm back.....when I went in the hospital 11/14 - Saturday, I had to come in and start on some heparin drip due to my coumadin and heart valve problems....The first two days, no problems,,,,,come Monday, I was first for surgery, everything went great.  I don't recall a lot of my hospital stay, I sure was glad I was alive and well....I didn't have a first or 2nd bad day, my 3rd day, when they started me on pureed foods, I got major sick....then they found that "maybe my stomach/bowel was still a little on the sleepy side and didn't want to wake up" scared me....I'm like "What did I do to Myself" for 2 days I was deathly ill, then on Sunday, I ate my breakfast and was able to advance to pureed foods again and I was out the door.  Being home sweet Home is no better place to be.  And even when I got home, I was so very weak and I still felt I had done something wrong, I kept telling my husband, please tell me I was right to do this operation!, I asked my friends, please remind me I did the right thing....I went to church Sunday afternoon, weak as a newborn pup, but I felt I had to get in the precesence of God Almighty.  Remember my husband is the Pastor and the church is just next door.  The first thing the people started talking about was 'FOOD', what a great Homecoming discussion.  My husband finally spoke up and said, do you guys realize what we are discussing and Linda just came home from the hospital after this surgery...They were all so sorry after that, but it actually didn't bother me, because I was thinking one day, I'll still be able to have that, but in a much smaller portion.
But I finally deceided to post, I'm ok now...
I love my angel Stephanie, she came to see me just about every night and checked on me often.
I just love her, she has a great big heart. Thank you Stephanie for being there for me...

Love ya all and thank you so much for all your prayers and concerns....God has given me added strength and I am having no problems with anything so far...PRAISE GOD!

Today is Tuesday, October 31.  We had a special prayer service tonight at Church and I finally told our church members that I was having this WLS, some were worried for me, others were excited for me and yet others are going to do some praying for me.  I felt relieved in telling them.  I'm trying to be totally positive about this surgery.  I know in my
heart that everything is going to be ok.  I keep trying to imagine myself actually losing weight, and especially from some of the journals I've read, alot of weight....I'm geting the RNY (not proximal) but the other one, I can't recall what it's called, I get the longer Y, I guess.  I'm so 
excited but nervous to an extent.  It is surgery and I've had more than my share of surgies, my heart specialist has given me the green light and says I'm doing the right thing.  This weight loss will really make a diffference in my life, I am looking forwad to living a healthy life-style,
Not tired, worn out and total misrable.

It's getting late and I'm gonna go to bed, tomorrow is Wed, my last dose of coumadin until after surgery....

Remember to pray for me.

Linda

Here I am again, another day down......7 more to go.....
I'm getting tired of waiting, seems weird, since I probably have the record for the fastest to ever get in.  I'm so ready for this.....I am so tired of being this big....I finally told my sisters and brothers, they were much more postive than I thought they would be.....