Mery Martinez

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I am 33 years old. I weigh 257 lbs and have a BMI of 45. I want to live to see my children grow up. (I have a two boys, 9 years old and 3 years old and my little 15 month old princess)That is the biggest reason for me having surgery. By live i dont just mean be alive. I want to be able to enjoy life, be a part of it again. Time to do something. I have family with diabetes, high cholesterol, tyroides and my mother passed away at age 49 (lymphoma). All the diets i have been on have not worked. I have been fighting to take off a few pounds here and there, but the last few years it has been impossible and i have gained so much. Time to save my life and start living again.





5/6/04

Got a referral from my primary dr. for bariatric surgery. I called for an appointment the same day and got scheduled to see Dr. Louis Flancbaum on July 2, 2004. Everything went well, met the nutrionist Toni. She was wonderful. Then I met with Dr. Flancbaum, I felt very comfortable with him and the way he explained the srugery to me was excellent. From a scale of 1 to 10, I rate him a 10....





7/16/04

I am scheduled for the psych evaluation already. (July 29th, 2004), i am kind of nervous. I hope everything goes well.





7/30/04 -7/29/04

First i have to say that the staff at St. Lukes Hospital is great and they are very helpful. Ms. Naomi Rios set up my appointment and we kept in contact and she has been very helpful.(i almost had my appointment cancelled because of an insurance issue but with her help and support everything got taken care of and i was able to keep my appt.)

Well, i had my psych evaluation yesterday. Everything went better than i expected. The doctor was great, she was very pleasant and i felt very comfortable talking to her. She said that out of all her patients she felt i was one of the most well prepared for this surgery.

I found out from this evaluation that No.1 - i am not crazy No.2 - i understand perfectly the before and after process of the surgery No.3 - according to the psychiatrist i am a candidate for WLS and she will be sending her clearance to my surgeon on Monday. (keeping my fingers crossed till then)





8-13-04

Called the office where i had my psych evaluation and was told that the clearance was already sent to my doctor's office. I will call on Monday and see what the status is. (just praying to god that i get approved).





8-16-04

Called my dr's office, they already have my psych evaluation. Maria said i am medically cleared and that now she will be submitting my info. to the insurance co. She said we were going to look at September 7th for my surgey date... (praying to god everything goes well...





8-17-04

Just got the call from my Dr.'s office. They told me I was approved. I was in shock, this happened so fast. Thank you Maria (she deals with the insurance at the Dr.'s office).

I am scheduled to have surgery on September 7, 2004 and will be going to pre-testing a week before.. I still can't believe this. I just dont know how to act. I dont know if to cry, laugh, jump , scream or what. So I will just be waiting here patiently (yeah right!) for the big day...





9-3-04

Three more days for my surgery.. I went to my pre-op 9-1-04.. everything went well. My initial weight was 257.6 now I am down to 252.1. Well, now I have to finish everyhthing over the weekend and Tuesday I am off to the hospital. This is where my new life will begin.





9-7-04

My surgery is in 6 hrs, I cant sleep. I am not nervous right now I just cant believe I am having surgery. This is the beginning of a new life. Now my kids will have a healthy mommy.





9-13-04

Well it has been 5 days since my surgery. I am feeling okay. Pain is getting lighter. Just trying to rest as much as possible. Surgery went well. I had my Angel Lorraine and Sandra my princess's godmother there with me. It was nice to wake up and see them there. They were very supportive. My aunt Carmen arrived a short time later and so did her husband. I was in a room around 6pm. I was in pain and tired. I finally got up to go to the bathroom by myself. Following day was able to eat, I kept everything in with no problem. Nurses and Doctors were very nice. I was sent home on Thursday, could not believe I was going home already.





9-23-04

Hi again, well just got back from my 2 week check up. I am so happy. 28lbs gone. My next appt is November 6,2004.
I am planning on going back to work on 9/27, Dr. said it was okay. I work as a secretary for an Architect, so the work is light.





10-7-04

Today is my one month anniversary. Just weighed myself. Another 10 lbs gone. Now I have lost 38lbs. I am holding food down okay. I have barfed three times, My god what a bad feeling, I thought I was going to die. But now I am doing much better, although it's hard to get those 64oz of water in. I am trying my best. I will try to post every friday night after my three kids go to sleep, its hard when they are around. Sorry for not updating on a regular basis.





11-3-04

Hi, been lost for a while. Well, yesterday was my 8 week follow up. I have lost 55lbs already. It feels great. I am able to do more things with my kids. I now enjoy going shopping, I enjoy taking my kids to birthday parties. I even started going dancing again. Four more pounds to leave the 200's. Can't wait to see that 199.





11-10-04

Finally, I am 1 pound away from leaving the 200's. I went out shopping yesterday and for the first time in I dont know how long, I purchased a pair of jeans size 13. I am so happy and I feel so much better. I enjoy taking walks with my kids now, I enjoy shopping, I dont take a seat and a half in the train or bus anymore. There are so many things that I do now, that I could go on and on and on and on and on.

My next Dr's appt is not until March 2005. Let's see what happens till then.

I still have problems with water, but I am trying. Now I will be trying ProBlend 55 a protein drink with 55grams of protein then that just leaves me 25 more grams of protein to get all 80 grams in.

Foods I eat


Breakfast - 1/2 cup of cereal with 1 cup 1% Lowfat Milk
or
Danon Light Yogurt 4 oz

Mid-Morning Snack - Vanilla Pudding 3oz

Lunch - 2 slices Swiss Cheese with Mash Potatoes
or
Cream of Chicken Soup 4oz
or
Canned Tuna with crackers
or
Canned Salmon with crackers
(when i dont have the crackers I have mash potatoes)

Afternoon Snack - 1tsb Peanut Butter
or
Sugar Free Jello

Dinner - Ground Beef with Beans
or
Tuna, Salmon, Egg Salad, Soup





11-18-04

Hi everyone, just wanted to say that I finally said goodbye to those horrible 2's. My scale now reads 198lbs. It feels great.





12-13-04

Been away for a bit. Well I am now 3 months post-op. I am down to 189lbs, that's 69lbs gone forever. But right now I am stuck at this weight. I guess my weight loss will pick up again. I was told this could happen. Besides this I feel great and I am very happy. I still have to work on my proteins and my water, it's really hard. Soon I will have a new picture up.





1-6-05

Happy New Year to everyone. I have been away for a while. It's hard to keep up. Anyway have a new picture added to my profile. This pic was taken December 11, 2004 (185 lbs). More pics to come.

Well I started my protein shake, not bad. I am still eating yogurt, cereal, tuna, salmon, ground beef, beans, soup, crackers, jello. Salads sometimes. Chicken sometimes does not sit well.

I am now at 181.5 lbs and wearing size 10, sometimes 11/12 pants and medium tops. I feel great, but one major problem I had was with my hair, it's falling out and thining like crazy, they had to cut my hair over the shoulders. Soon I send a new pic with my 2005 look.

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

WOW IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG LONG TIME, HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD. ME I'VE BEEN SO-SO.

I HAVE GAINED ABOUT 13 POUNDS, I AM NOW AT 194.

IN TOTAL  I HAVE LOST 66 POUNDS.  I NEVER MADE IT TO 100 AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL.

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