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I just realized that at the beginning of my journey for WLS which was last summer my BMI was 62.7 now its 49.5 and dropping. what a difference. Thank you Tanaka  :)

as of today i am down 58 Lbs! it has been 2 months exactly. Wow, I cant believe it. Its wierd cuz u know what the surgery does but all the years of failure make it really hard to believe it will work for you. I am so happy. I exercise and take my vitamins,drink my water etc...but I still get this little voice that keeps saying this is all I am going to lose. But my logical side says "This is only the beginning!". ok I have to go but thanks for reading.

YAYYYYYYY! today I tried on a 3x and it was roomy! I couldnt believe it. I used to be a snug 5x . ok that is all. 
oh and i have lost 46Lbs now.

so here i am 1 month and 3 days out and i am down 40Lbs! yeah me/wls . Although I have had 5 incidences of emesis (but I think of it as right now I am in my adjustment phase so I am relearning how to chew and relearning a whole new eating plan.) Like today I ate about 4 one inch pieces of  a bread roll and about 15 mins later I threw up . I guess because it probably expanded in my stomach and became too much. I know bread isnt the best thing to eat but i was at work and it was all that was available until I went to lunch in 3 hours. its wierd how throwing up isnt as much of a production post op. I HATE to do it as I am sure most ppl do, but pre-op it was wayyy worse than it is now. I hope i never have to again though. I feel so much better than I did before. I went to an ink and iron festival down in long beach on saturday and I walked around all day  but I was not really tired. I could have lasted a few hours more! before wls, I dreaded going grocery shopping at times, or having to walk down a long hall. But now I look forward to walking. Infact I even took a couple of my clients for a walk the other night when I had to go borrow a form from another residence and it was clear on the opposite side of the grounds. well I will update when there is more to say  ; )

YAYYYY!!!!!!!!! My dad has his review of his bladder cancer biopsy (post treatment) and he is officially cancer free (AGAIN!) He had prostate cancer 2 years ago they did surgery and all was well but then they ended up finding more over a year later. So he did his treatments and again he has won!!! He is my stepdad but he has taken care of me and my Mom like real family for 16 years. He is a wonderful man and I could go on and on about him. This man is in his YOUNG 60's but up until about 3 years ago he was on 2 soft ball teams for years and worked full time and still came home to do yard work and play with the animals. Now he has slowed down a little but he is on 2 bowling teams now and is retired. He is trim and definantly FULL of life. We love to play tricks on eachother all the time (we call whose the master?!) LOL as well as irritate my mom. ok I am done going on and on about him but really he rocks!

Damn this sucks. I still dont know how to tell when I have had just enough so I dont over do it. I went to marie calendars tonight and had soft veggies(no butter) and salmon with lemon pepper. I was eating relatively slow and i thought I was jsut ok when I stopped but about 5 mins later it hit me and i wanted to hurl. I think i had abiut 8 or so small (very) bites. I guess from now on I will limit myself to 4 bites per meal then later if I feel hungry I will eat like 3 small bites of the take home. i have "tossed my cookies" 3 times so far twice were from eating to quick and i have no idea what happened the other time. Oh well I still feel great!

 seriously I just did like a 5 second one that was decently loud!! for those of you reading this pre-op you might not be able to appreciate how good that is but eat your heart out post ops! LOL Ok so in other me news....I went for my 2 week check up today and I have lost 34lbs! so long fatty you are on your plump way out now! LOL ok gotta go but big (((HUGZ))) to all who care to read.

today was my first check up and I have lost 28 LBs!!! I walk all day since day 1 but still I am so amazed thats even possible. but then again it might be the norm? Unfortunately i know I will ;pretty much never see such a big drop since I am sure a lot of that was water and my body cant keep up like that but it sure helps! This is kinda wierd though, i put on a pair of capris I wear all the time and they are always a little snug and what do ya know....they still are???? wtf? oh well maybe later they will be baggy or at least comfy? LOL

Ok this night is whack! seriously I have been doing like 10 things at once for hours this has been my first chance to relax since about 8pm (its almost 2 am!) At first I was stressin cuz we are the staffing residence for our program (we have to organize and supply staffing for 5 units) and everyone was short by at least 2 ppl with no one to mandate (we get mandated to stay no matter what other outside things you have going on-kids,family,other jobs,dr.s appts etc...not their problem!) so I had to call all the other residences (about 15-20?) and ask for volunteers plus call all staff at home then go thru all the PM shift rosters in our program and find out why each person couldnt stay. Right in the middle of a million phone calls staff alert me that one of our clients is not breathing!! so the phne cntinues to ring my med person is clueless so I have to tell him step by step what to do then the O2 tanks malfunctioned (med person messed them up) all staff are trying to assist but meanwhile the clients are running around the unit unsupervised and still the phone rings away so after about 3 mins the O2 tank is fixed and the staff start to round up clients and I had to call a code then 911 (we are a state hosp not equipped for regular ER stuff) then our O2 tank is very very low so I am on 2 phones at once asking a neighboring residence to bring us a tank and explaining to 911 how to get here and whats going on it pretty much goes like that for about the next 2-3 hours. As I was doing paper work,assisting the code team,assisting the doctor,taking staffing calls and talking to my manager (she was in bed) the paramedics are asking me questions and I had to call the hospital to get a fax blah blah blah...so after everyone leaves and I am tring to finish my work the calls for staffing start rolling in for the AM shift (I am working a 16 hour shift so I end up having to staff for 2 shifts!). but now here I am piddleing around on the computer trying to relax all i want to do is sleep...or eat chocolate ice cream or drink a lot of coke...mmmmmm coke! LOL ok thanks for the vent session.

Finally a step forward!! ok so looks like Tanaka's office is slowly starting the craniumectomy from their large intestine. Yes I actually got a call from them asking me when would be  a good time for me to have the surgery I immediatley said any! then they said well like how much warning would you need? I said NONE! so she said that they might have a date for me for next week!!! but then again with their record I am tring to take it with a grain of salt.