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Since my last update. In January, I fell and tore my rotator cuff and had to have surgery, ending my quest to go back to work. But all the news is not bad. I do pretty well for someone who was so sick after my bypass surgery. Almost all my co-morbidities have gone into remission. My blood sugar is normal and so is my blood pressure. No more C-Pap machine, either. I sleep soundly and wake up rested and refreshed. All that's left is to have my varicose veins fixed. They're pretty bad and starting to ulcerate. But I'm confident I'll find the right doctor to help me on that. All in all, life is good and I'm so happy God chose to let me stay on Earth with my beloved family just a little longer.

I probably didn't spell that right. But I've weighed the same for 2  months now. If I stay at this weight for the rest of my life, it won't be a tragedy, but I was really looking forward to being in onederland for the first time in thirty years. And I won't give up trying. Just need a push from someplace. I'll check out the recipes section of this site. There are always some good ones.

Now that I've lost 75 pounds, I went today for an interview with vocational rehab for the handicapped. I'll probably be accepted into the program and be able to find a part time job somewhere just to get me out of the house and provide another income in case my husband's current health problems force him to an early retirement. My health is so improved. I don't know what my A1C level is (The lab never told me) but it has to be good because my daily blood sugar count is about 115. As soon as this heat lets up, I want to start back to walking. Everything is 100% better than just a few months ago when I was so sick I was bedfast. I really wasn't sure I would ever have a normal life. But my husband was praying for me and the church was praying for me and God surely answers prayers! The nurses at Ross Home Health were surely an answered prayer because they were so kind and caring. So, life is good.

Had my surgery on November 15, 2010. When Dr. Keith opened me up, he found a Kevlar shield had grown into my intestines and had to be cut out. He also decided to repair my giant ventral hernia. All in all, there was just a whole lot of cutting. An operation that should have lasted 1 1/2 hours took 4 1/2 hours. After the fourth day, I was sent home. Was there for 2 days before my suture line split open and a quart of blood flowed onto the floor of my home. An ambulance took me from Enid to Norman. They had to pack my abdomen with sandbags to keep me from bleeding to death. This was the day before Thanksgiving and the traffic was a nightmare for the poor driver. But he got me to Norman Regional. I was so sick by that time that I was struggling, gasping for breath. My lungs were full of fluid. I was operated on three more times because an infection had set up in my abdomen, medically resistant staph infection. I was in the hospital until December 7th. Went home for a month and my legs began to swell up like someone with elephantitus. I did nothing all day except sit in a chair. I even slept in the chair. My potty chair was right there, but I was so weak it took all my strength to go from chair to potty chair. Twice I fell and the rescue squad had to help me back up. Then, in January, my suture line split open again. A wound vac was implanted. It has taken this long for my wound to heal so I can get out and enjoy what's left of my life. All the joy I should have felt as the pounds just fell off me was lost because I was too sick to care about anything. Tomorrow will be a better day. It has to be because yesterday was like being in the darkest pit of Hell.

I was approved for my surgery yesterday and will have it on Monday, Nov. 15!!!!!! I'm still in shock. After eight years of trying and four different doctors, I finally found the right doctor and everything just fell together. On my part, I have learned that exercise is essential. Even if the house is not as tidy as I would wish it to be, exercise takes precedence over housework. Even today, while it is rainy and miserable, I cannot wait to get out and go for a walk. As for the surgery, it will be a bit more of an ordeal than for most patients because I have to have an open incision, not laproscopic. Too many hernia surgeries have left my tummy just a mess of scar tissue. And my stay will be until Thursday or Friday. But I am the happiest old lady in the whole wide room because my dreams of a better life are about to come true.

I still need to lose 8 pounds, so my surgery was pushed up to Nov 15. I am doing great, losing about a pound a day, so I am confident I will be having surgery on that date. My relatives were not quite sure what to think of my having surgery so close to Thanksgiving, but I will be very careful to watch what I eat so I don't get sick and upset everybody. My family would love me no matter how fat I am, but I know they worry about me being the next in line to be a diabetic amputee. How wonderful to not have to worry about that anymore! Praise God!

not exactly a red letter day at dr. keith;s office. i still need to lose 15 pounds before my surgery date. i've already lost five. can i do it? i wouldn't put any big bets on it, but i'll give it the best shot i possibly can. today i'm tired and i have diarrhea and feel like i died and went to army boot camp. but i'm not too discouraged. i've been told not to worry if the surgery date has to be changed. it will happen, eventually, and i know that is true.

only one more day until I go for the 10 day diet instructions. I am so nervous! After walking all afternoon Sunday and an hour on Monday, today I had to rake leaves and smash aluminum cans for the youth group. Hope that was enough because that's all the 'exercise' I had time for. My diet is not a problem because I am too nervous to eat. Wish Thursday was over with!

My exercise routine and diet adherence have paid off. I think I will be OK when I go to see Dr. Keith next Thursday. It's so exciting to think this will really be the year when my life changes so much for the better. Now to just pray everything between now and November 8th goes smoothly.After so many false starts and heartbreaking disappointments, I don't know if I can stand another one.

The last time I checked my blood sugar, it was 116 and that's the way it's been running for several weeks. I don't know for sure that my A1C level is 8 or below, I just know I'm getting there. As for the weight, I've still got 10 pounds to lose, but that can be done, as well. Things are looking so rosy, I wonder what will go wrong (since something always does). If I actually make it to the operating room, I will be the happiest girl in the whole room!!