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Ok, I was wrong.  I am not going to get pureed food.  I was a little ahead of myself.  I went to the doctors today.  You know I was really feeling like I had not loss nothing but few a gray hairs and finger nails from biting them.   I had to attend another class about eating what to eat, what not to eat, vitamins, what vitamins you must have and the ones that are not good.  Get ready,  Even though some of the stuff might be nasty to taste, you gotta do it or in the long run you will have some kind of deficiency.  Hum.... I tried to get all around the issue of the vitamins pleading that some were the worst thing on the market, but she was stern and looked me in the face, and said, i don't want' you having osteoprosious (spelling).  Ok....darn, well I gotta go to GNC to pick up some but I am going to take the pills that I have until I go.  

Now, that i have this new stomach, she said i had to learn it.  Forget it learning me, it has the power.  It has the power to make you feel ok and make you fall to your knees.  I told her I am not hungry or anything, she was like that is because it is new and small.  So, i was given a list.  I hope everyone gets some kind of list with your meal plan, vitamins, etc on it.  It will be your manual (like the bible).  You forget something you can go back to it.  If you don't receive anything like that I will email you a copy of mine.  

So, now the plan is full liquid diet for 7 days,  but I can eat (sip) cream soups, yogurt, milk, carnation breakfast drink, cereal, and protein (powder).  Very importaint.  PROTEIN, U have to have this every day.  I have to have 70 grams  per day for my height.  Not right now but I have to build to this.  

So, i got on the scales.  324.4  I looked down twice and dropped my mouth.  I was like dang, where? 

My friend told me to ask where I was going to lose my weight from and I did and Dr. told me my stomach, hips and thighs.   Darn, there goes any possibility of having a nice butt. 

She on the other hand is already well portioned and will look like a model with a big butt (no offense) meaning I won't have that curve  .   Her waistline and hips will get smaller.  She was already a looker anyway.  

So, i sent my hubbie shopping.  Oh, the other day, they brought in some watermelon.  It smelled so good and sweet, i had to, yes, i did, (after talking with my friend), she was like, just chew it to get the taste and spit it out.  I did and I was satisfied.  Please be aware you will miss the habit of eating food and that is normal.  But you can't eat.  The only reason i did that was because those popsicles that you can have are real fruit juice, well hello, watermelon juice is juice.   

I asked her today, could i do that (i did not tell her what i did) she was like sure, just don't eat the meat.  Now, u can't do that with the other fruit.  

Did i mention my side pain?  Well where you have the procedure, only the side the most work is done on (the left) will cause you pain.  Please don't do like me and not take the medicine.  Take your pain medicine, it will progress your healing.  I stopped cause I got constipated.  So I am back on it.  If you don't feel it, it won't affect your spirit and I think I got a pretty good one.  So, hopefully, my ache will go away this week, and I was not released to drive because of this pain. 


Oh, and for my friend, her new weight is 280.  I am really proud of her, she was so scared to do this.  

I go back and see the dr in  4 weeks.  I do this full liquid thing for 7 days and then pureed food for 2 weeks.  So i will keep you posted.  Me and my friend will start walking next week, she is already doing it.  If anyone interested will let you know the day, time and place.

I thank GOD for the ability to be able to do this everyday.  He is the one.

May his peace be with you.  I pray for all my sisters here in our place.

Hi everybody:   I did it and am o.k.  The surgery it self went well but i had some problems.  This is not meant to scare you, this only happened to me. I felt the pain afterward because some person put the wrong size binder on me.  Go figure.  Then when I got to the room, my left leg was numb.  I could not move or feel it.  The anthesia doctor had to come in and adjust my epidural, it was in too far.  The procedure itself was great. The important people was there when i went to sleep and woke up.  One thing with any kind of surgery, if you feel anything or don't feel anything tell someone and make sure they do something about it.  

My stay in the hospital was good.  I like the pain meds....Normally, they have you walking the first day, not! the leg problem.   The next day i was up and about the hallway, boy do you pee.   My blood pressure medicine was changed and they gave me this thong thing for bathroom assistance.  Which helps, make sure you ask for that.  

I came home, and no matter how much you think you gonna be able to get in all the required fluid, you won't.  You won't be hungry.  I came home right before the holiday, BBQing was going on, i wanted to eat the food, but i knew i could not but it was only a mind thing, i was not hungry.  my husband had bought some coney island chicken, it smelled so good i wanted to lick it. 

Anyway, i got GAS  i was so irriated, i was cursing, uncomfortable, mad, upset, pissed off. I was constipated too. So i got a suppository, (my friend told me about that) can you spell RELIEF .   I am good now.  The surgery marks are okay and healing good, will post a pic shortly what they look like. I know seeing helps more than someone telling you.  

I gotta go walk now. Oh yeah did i mention, sugar free jello won't be a favorite food for you any more and you may not want to see a popsicle too soon after?   

What really is important is that you know someone who has had this surgery and you can call to talk to and explain stuff and help you out.  

I am good now, i will be on pureed stuff Friday,  I know it will be something i won't want to see again after that period. 

As you can see, i am here, looking around. I should be sleep since I am suppose to be at the hospital at 4:30 a.m.  I was just having some thoughts.  I am grateful to have GOD in my life.  I am proud to have my husband who loves me unselfishly even when I am being a bossy b*tch.  I am fortunate to have a best friend who is my soul sister too and I am most appreciative to have 3 boys who give me hell but love me to death.  I am happy to have the opportunity to be able to do something about my situation and to put some pot holes in genetic's tracks.  I always was the person to put everyt hing and everybody first, but now, it is my time to do something for me.  I know I made the best choice of my life by opting to have the surgery.  I am not saying that being overweight is the worst thing, but it makes a lot of things more complicated.  I love me and I am going to continue to love me.

I thank everyone for their kind words, prayers and thoughts.  Without you all and your stories and journeys there would not be nothing to look forward to. 

I am going to sleep now, it is 12:25 a.m. 

I got 3 more days to go and i am ready.  I walked the Kidney Walk today at the Detroit Zoo and it whipped my butt.  At least I made it all the way around this time.  My husband, well that is another story, let's just say he kept the bench warm .   I took a picture inside of the poplar bear exhibit.  Soon this chick will be a thing of the past. No more aching knee, big axx boobies, back aches,etc.  I am so ready.  FLASH!, my bbf has lost 32 lbs (3 weeks post op) and is looking cute, even though she was already that but you know what I mean.  It looks good on her.  She is now going through the changes of clothes.  I went shopping yesterday and bought everything I needed for this surgery.  Oh did I say, I can't wait to be able to look directly down and see my feet

My surgery date is 5/22/08.  I am praying it goes.  I have been watching my bbf and she is doing well.  We tried these nasty vitamins she bought.  I told her she need to take them back to the store and tell them not to sell them to a sick dog and the liquid calicum was just as bad.  She has better tasting stuff now. They should let you sample the stuff before u buy, it will save the tastebuds.  Anyway, she got a haircut and looking cute. I know the food thing is hard, especially when you smell stuff and can't have it.  She went to Wendy's yesterday and got that chilli. It took her all day to complete but she did it.  I just wish we had done at the same time.  But, we sharing the experience this way too.  Thanks goes to all that showed me much love during my ordeal with the blood thing.  I am on point now.  I know now that i had to be mobile to go see her and be able to talk with her positively to help motivate on them down times. I probably couldn't have been much help if we were both miserable and shut in (pun intended).

My test result came back normal.  I knew i was ok. My blood got scared! 

I got that appointment in the morning.  I believe everything is okay.  I am hoping this goes by quickly and i can get back to the program and have my surgery by May 15.    Update- my friend is doing well.  She was at the skating rink last night with the church and she looked well.  No pain, no real real bad hunger and she looks happy.   Her doctor's appointment is Friday.  

My friend came home today.  She is in good spirits and that is good. We are sharing the information and I am observing everything.  She can't wait till I have mine now.  I told her, i am ready too.  

No matter how we try to improve our inner selves, many things happen to try to distract from the goal.  Best thing to do is to stay focused on you.  There are so many things that happened to try and prevent you from being a better you.  I am learning, patience is the word.  You gotta go through some things to get to somethings and everything ain't gonna be so easy no matter how you might think it is.  

My doctor's appointment with the hematologist is thursday.  My sister in law told me that the same thing happened to her and fear not.  It is just a procedure.  So pray for me that everything is ok.  

She did it..  It went real well.  She had an epidural and is sleeping

Ok, I am over the bump. My health is important.  I am glad that this was discovered now instead of later. I am still hopeful for May surgery. My bf is still going forward (i am real glad about that).  I am goin to be with her all the way.  I didn't think I was excited about this surgery, but after having it delayed let me know I was.  Yesterday was my birthday, even though there was alot of things going on.  It still was a beautiful day because I started my morning with a laugh and ended my day with one, even though crazy stuff happened all day.  The most important thing was I with the people who loved me the most.  That meant more than anything.  43 ain't so bad.