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Hello everyone, OMG where has the time gone? Well I was officially two years out on May 26,2011 so this update is a little past due. I am doing GRRRRRREAT!  I am loving life and feeling wonderful. I had my share of complications from incisional hernia, pulmonary embolism to three surgeries for intestinal kinks and such, but since January 14,2011 which was my last surgery i have been feeling good. I wouldn't change any of it. I am hovering around 160 give or take a few pounds up or down but I am holding my own. I go to Zumba 2-3 nights a week and absolutely love it! I still to this day log everything i put in my mouth and right now inorder for me to stop losing and not gain I eat aroung 2500 calories a day 250-300 carbs and over 100 grams of protein every day.  I still do not drink when I eat and the Dr told me that alot of people revert back to doing that and that is one of the main reasons they gain weight back. I am petrified of gaining back but not so much so that I let it rule my every thought. I stll don't eat real sugar but have become quite the baker using splenda. If i want chips I eat them but eat the serving size it says and add them to my daily totals. I am the happies I have been about my body ever! I wouldn't change a thing. I always said i would continue to update this site but I guess I fell short of that. Have a great day everyone and enjoy life.

Wow I just looked at my profile and realized i have not updated in a long time. I had lap 'rny on may 26, 2009 and as of Monday 11/23/09 when I went for my 6 month follow up I had lost 132 lbs since surgery and 145 total. Unbelievable! I am smaller know then i can ever remember. I have had a couple hiccups along the way. i wound up with an incisional hernia and had to have mesh put it 4 months after by bypass, then 8 days later i wound up with a pulmonary embolism and was in the hospital for a few days. It took me about 3 weeks to feel better then i got the flu. I have since recovered from everthing and feel great. I am currently waiting on the results of my 6 month blood work. This has been an incredible journey and i would do it again in a heart beat. my only regret is that i didn't do it in 2006 when i was going to. I will definitely need some arm skin removed and im not sure about the rest. good luck to everyone just starting out on their journey.

Hello everyone I thought I would post an update. I saw Karen on 2/5/09 and she is going to resubmit my paperwork to my insurance and i am hoping for an april or may date. I am tickled pink. It has been a rough road, but this is my third attempt at this surgery. If it doesn't work out this time i don't know what i will dol. i was scheduled in 2006 to have the surgery with a dr. in albany and chickened out. In august i fell and dislocated my shoulder 3 days before my surgery. I am not going to revisit that nightmare. I am so ready for this. If i don't do  something soon i am going to explode soon. Of course i gained back all the weight i had lost prior to my surgery date in august and karen had to ride me about that but in the end she agreed that they can submit and i will have a few months to get back on track. I will continue to blog here hopefully things go smoothly. shelyy

Well i thought i would start  blogging again. Let me remind everyone what happened to me. I was scheduled for surgery 8/19/08 and on 8/16/08 i fell outside my home and dislocated my right shoulder which is my dominant arm. I had to be taken to the OR to have it reset. It was the most agonizingly painful thing i have ever been thru. I remember being drugged in the Or and thinking this can not be happening to me. I spent the night in the hospital and called my surgeon on monday, they informed me that there would be no way i could recover from surgery and have my dominant arm in a sling for 3-4 weeks of my recovery. I was devestated needless to say. It has been a struggle since,it is now january 2009 and it has taken me all this time to finally feel like my shoulder is better enough for me to pursue the surgery again. The plus is that i called my surgeons office and he said i would just need to have my history and physical updated and some lab work possibly and then they will resubmit to insurance. I really don't want to tell anyone that i am trying this again, it almost seems like if i tell anyone something bad will happen again,. I have to go to the dr's 2/5/09 so i'll update again then.

I figured i should update my profile as on 8/16/08 I fell outside my home and dislocated my right shoulder. I had to be taken to the OR to have my shoulder set and therefore I did not get to have my surgery. I called Dr. Hill's office and they said there was no way i could have my arm in a sling from a dislocation and recover from gastric bypass as well. I was sooooooo disappointed but i really believe the world speaks to us and i believe that this is not my time to have the surgery. Everyone believes it is some sort of divine intervention warning me not to have the surgery. I have since decided to wait and try again in a few months. good luck to everyong who is going to have surgery. i wish you the best

Well I have 11 days left until my surgery and I am pretty calm, I am mostly nervous about my appt on 8/13/08 with Dr. Hill, I don't want there to be any reason why I don't get my surgery. I have been in the last supper mentally and have been eating everything in sight! I am acting like I am never going to eat again, yet I know that is not true. I need to pace myself. I definitely do not want my gluttony to be a reason I do not get surgery. I was just talking today to a friend of mine who has been a complete success story, she has lost 174 lbs in 2 years, she is a completely different person and I hope to be like her and have great success and a complete change in how I see myself. These past few years have been really bad as far as how I see myself. I don't act or dress like a girl anymore. I don't worry about my hair, make up or clothing and when I was younger I would have never gone out of the house without my hair and make up done. It's almost like I have lost myself in all this fat. I don't shop for clothing or anything, I could really care less. I a 39 years old but I feel 80. I am definitley a comedian, I think that most people who are overweight are. I hope to find myself again so I can be a better wife and mother. I'll update again after I have my appt on 8/13/08.

Well Hello everyone, it's been a while since i've updated so i thought i let you know what has been going on . I finally got my surgery date of 8/19/08. I am sooo excited. I will be having open RNY as I have mesh from a hernia repair but that's ok. I have really got to get back in the swing of things, i see dr. Hill on 8/13/08 and have my pre op testing and things that day. I fortunately do not have to do the liguid diet as i am having open RNY so that is a plus. I really have to get back on the ball tho as far as diet and exercise. I have really been slacking the past month. I look forward to freeing myself of this fat once and for all.

 Well  I am completely broken hearted. My insurance company has denied me the DS as investigational and it only took them one day to do it. Lisa is going to have Dr. Hixson speak to the insurance company and I hope it helps. I really do not want to get into a lengthy appeals process with the insurance. I work in a Dr's office as a medical biller/coder so I know how one can get really bogged down with an appeals process. I really want the DS and feel that is the perfect surgery for me but I don't know if i will be able to get it or not. Does anyone have BSNENY that got the DS paid for? Someone please help. Well i'll post more when i hear something. Thanks

Well I am so excited! My last appointment is coming up April 22 and I hope to have Dr. Hixson approve me for the surgery and send my letter to my insurance company. This last month has been the real push. I had been consistently losing 2-3 lbs a month and then in February I gained 3.5 lbs. On my March appointment I had lost 1.5 lbs but Karen said that this next weigh in was crucial, if I had not lost weight (more than 2-3 lbs) she said Dr. Hixson would not submit my letter to insurance. This past month I have really been putting everything I have into my diet, vitamins and work out. I have lost almost 20 lbs in 3 weeks. Its funny because of coarse everyone has seen my success this past month and their comments are always well see you can do this you don't need surgery. My response is always the same, losing weight has never been a problem for me, my problem has always been maintaing that loss. I can't wait til my next appointment. I will post when I find out more.