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Yeah, we always say we are going to update this thing more often but so many times we just read the forums and log off.  So here I am updating you once again....

Its been 9 months since my surgery and I have lost a total of 106 pounds.  I started at 302 and now weight 196.  My new BMI is 28.9, OMG what a feeling, that means I am moterately overweight and NOT obese, yup just overweight not obese!  Talk about the happy dance!!!!  I seen  Dr Pond last week for a check-up and he told me I am about 3 months ahead of schedule on my weight loss and that he wasnt going to change anything and to see him again in feb at my 1 year.  Wooohooo... I love getting good news and pats on the back from my Dr's

Sept 30th, I had my second back surgery.  OUCH yes... This time they removed what little was left of my disk. Raised the space and put in a metal cage, rods, screws and  bone fusion/graffing...... Surgery was Tuesday morning and I got to go home on friday morning. I had my 6 week check-up last week and x-rays.  Dr says from the x-rays I am healing good but they are concerned about how much pain I am in.  I cant stand for more then a few minutes without hurting.  They did warn me that I might hurt for the rest of my life that the surgery may never cure the pain.  I go back in 6 weeks they will do x-rays again and if i am still in the same pain they are going to do a ct.  So praying that all is well.

My job well lack of, due to my WLS surgery first of the year and now being off for my back surgery I am now out of FMLA, therefore I have been premanently laid off.  Sucks, I put 3 years of my life into my job to end up without it. DH is driving 180 miles a day commuting back and forth to work so we are now looking to move closer to his job.  We all are looking forward to the move.  I am super excited I have gotten close to Sherri and cant wait to live closer to friends and do things with friends again. I stopped doing that a long time ago and yes my weight had alot to do with that.  I am really looking forward to joining the YMCA with her and doing Water aerobics.  Dr says that as long as my next x-rays are good i am released to start the water aerobics! 

Even my kids are completely excited and looking forward to moving, i was really concerned that they would be against it but they are for it so it makes it easier to go with it.

Well I think I have rambled for enough .... I will not promise to update more often in case of not keeping to it, but I will be back... lol

Hugs
~Sassy~

Hello out there....

Not sure if anyone ever really reads my blogs but I guess its always good to just kinda journal for well being so to speak.

It has been 5 months since my surgery.  I am still really glad that i went through this and am loving the day to day new results.  I have lost 78 pounds and 40 inches all over.  I was a size 24 pants and a 26/28 top. I now wear 16's in tops and bottoms!!!!!! 

Sunday I got up and was getting ready for Church, the blue short sleeve sweater that my mother had given me I decided to wear along with the capris that matched so perfectly.  WOW to my surprise I put the capris on and well the fall to the ground.  My  husband got a good giggle out of it. and if you knew me and how much I like my cloths and seen my closet you would think I had plenty to wear. DH took me clearance rack shopping sunday after church.  We found 2 more shirts and 3 pairs of capris.  When I came home I finally decided it was time to clean out the closet.  Miss owns over 3/4 of the closet is lucky if she owns 1/4 of it now. My wonderful husband now has more cloths then me... lol  FOR NOW THAT IS!!!! 

As happy as I am with the weight loss and the new better looking me I am LOSING my hair like mad!!!! Its getting bad!!!! I am going to try the biotin I think is how it is spelled and see if it helps me any. I am getting in my protein but its still coming out more then by the hand fulls.  Wahhhhhhhhh

Life is good to us.  Although summer is almost over we are very much enjoying out summer.  A few weekends ago I even wore a swim suit for the first time in years.  Next weekend is my husbands family reunion in Arkansas and I am looking forward to showing myself off.  I havent seen some of them since the wedding last April and the rest we seen in Sept when we was in California on vacation. I am looking forward to the good comments.  I am sure that my head will be so swollen the whole weekend!!!

Well I am off here, I swore that I was going to get to bed early tonight so I gotta get going if I am going to do it.

Hugs to all.

Well it has been too long since I last posted a blog.  So I thought I would come and update on me.

First I want to say how exciting it is to be able to sit in a chair and pull my leg up and have my foot flat on the chair and paint my OWN toenails....  Wooohoooo for that.  DH is out of town, I was so excited that I took a pic and texted it to him.  He just giggled at me.  

Its the little moments that make this whole journey worth it.  About a month ago or less,  I was sitting in my recliner daughter in my lap and we was watching tv and talking.  she rubbed my neck and was concerent about a bump I had on my neck.  I rubbed my neck trying to find this bump and asked her where I wasnt feeling it. She told me I was rubbing it.  Poor baby she has no clue.  It was my neck, there isnt any fat on my neck that you can actually see all the bumbs bones whatever you want to call it all.  It was another one of those super make you feel wonderful wow moments.  

Work is wondeful too, I work in an office. I am the Logistics Administrative Assistant/Payroll.  I love my job, but there is someone there everyday that makes my head swell.  Not long ago I went to the break room to get some ice out of the ice machine.  I have to go out on the production floor to get to the break room.  As I enter back into my office and sit down here comes one of my guy friends that works on the floor, he is  a group lead.  He leans over my desk and tells me I am no longer allowed to go to the break room I am disturbing his line.  I asked him what he meant cause I didnt go on his line I merely went to get ice in the break room.  Ok mind you I do have to walk right past his line but that isnt going into his line.  he told me that every time I go to the break room his guys stop what they are doing to watch me til I am gone, oohhhing and ahhing talking about how good I look.  LOL talk about head swelling, buddy if you think I went to the break room alot for ice before, lol watch out now!!!!  

My DH has been over the road driving, and I HATE it.  But I am proud to say that he has been offered a job at Pepsi in Tulsa and does his drug test and all that jazz on Wednesday.  So fingers crossed that everything goes well.  The drug test is no problem at all, but he does have to take another test and then all the paper work.  Where the problem is, he had to take a load to Utah and he is still there. It is a long drive home and he still has 4 loads to get off Monday and then they are supposed to reload him. At this point he may have to deadhead back just to make it to his appointment at 10am Wednesday.  So fingers are crossed and prayers being sent out that he makes it home in time for his appointment. Him going to work for Pepsi in Tulsa means he will be home weekends again and nightly.  He will have to commute to work everyday but he is ok with that.  He likes to drive so it will all be ok.  Of course if it was up to him we would move to Tulsa, but right now I am happy in my career and momma dont commute.  

Summer has been so good to us so far.  Yesterday was the first time in YEARS that I actually put on a swim suit.  I was so confident in it that had I not had to wear a bra I would have actually went shirt less.  I did however buy me some men shorts cause mens are longer and they are the basketball kind cause I aint showin the thighs.  So the kids and I went and picked up  my bosses 2 grandkids that are in and we went with some friends of mine and their daughter to the biggest pool here in town.  Even us adults stayed in the pool the whole 3 hours with the kids.  We swam, chased and swam some more.  It was great fun for all of us!!!!  So the kids and I have decided that weekends we are going swimming it was so much fun!!!!

Friday night was 4th of July, since DH was stuck in his truck in Utah, I bought the kids lots of fireworks and they went with their dad and his friends out to the lake to pop them. I stayed home and scrap booked!  I have been doing alot of that.  I now have the energy to do the things that I always wanted to do but blamed not doing them on tired ness.  My kids even get annoyed with my new level of energy!  Mommy thinks that the house needs to stay in order which means they have to keep their rooms cleaned... LOL  

We even started back to church as a family.  We went with a friend of mine from work who was giving the talk on fathers day.  We had no intention of going back to this church in particular, we had decided however that it was time to shop for our church and raise our children in church.  We ended up going again the Sunday after and yes even the next sunday.  Today will be a month that we have been attending this church.  The people are the best and super friendly.  We are happy to be a part of such a wonderful group. 

So how much have I lost???? 75 pounds! and over 35 inches. That was as of first of June ont he inches, I need to measure for July to get a more accurate count.  Think I will do that today after church.  Speaking of Church it is time to get ready. 

I better stop rambling time is passing by!  Love and hugs to you all. 

Hope that today all who read my blogs are doing wonderful!!!!

I have been terrible lately, I have been on and I have answered messages from friends but I havent posted any updates.  So here goes nothing.  Sorry in advance if this ends up miles long.. lol I can get long winded. 


So update since last dr visits.....  I got on birthcontrol, 6 weeks later they took it away from me. I was having the worlds worst migraines and it was affecting everyday life.  I was coming home from work at least once a week.  Thanks goodness I have plenty of off time built up!!! So at this point all the dr will let me use is the old fashion methods.  use your imagination on this one. lol  Ok so some might get into the wrong thoughts... Comdoms (spelling) and foams.  I know TMI but hey I am bold and blunt.. hee hee hee

As for my back....  No surgery yet, but will have it eventually!!!! I love my new neurologist!!!!!  He wants to wait til I have lost most if not all of my weight before rushing back to the OR.  I will need hardware and being smaller the recovery will be so much better on me.  I see him again May 29th and will have an update then.  

I went for my 6 week check up with dr pond and my live enzymes were up, so he order more bloor work week later. Still they are up and I now wait to see what the dr wants to do.  The first time he had actually put me in through the ER to get a CT and all done, the radiologist seen something on my liver and couldnt tell if it was a tumor or not. I am praying its just where they removed my gall bladder since it had attached to my liver and im sure it left scar tissue.  Still waiting on new on that too.  

Well yesterday was my 32nd birthday.  My mom gave me a shirt she had actually order forherself from The Quacker Factory off of QVC, she ordered 3 actually all different colors. All was supposed to be a size small and the tag says small but they all look like a different size.  She had me try the blue one on and OMG i could wear it!!!! Its for fitting but i felt sexy!!!!!!!!  So we took a few new pictures which you can find in my photos.  Sorry for the headlights. Didnt notice while I was still dressed up.  I was home and got them loaded on the pc and was like OMG.... Oh well at least they still work I guess.. lol

Speaking of headlights, DH and I went to the Texas Motor Speedway a few weeks ago to watch the nascar race... They have a couple of skinny girls giving out beads that was barely dressed. I talked him into taking his picture with them and he kept saying no.  Finally he does and after wards I asked him if he wanted to know the catch... LOL POOR guy he said I knew there was a catch... I told him that next year or so when I have socks with a golf ball inside he had to buy me those boobs..... We all just laughed!!!!!  

Well I have went from 302 pounds to 247 pounds since Feb 1st.... Last I measured which was 3 weeks ago I had love over 17.5 inches.  I am starting to feel really good.  I dont get nausea'd near as often as I used to.  I am sooo glad!!!!  

DH and I just got back from WV late Wednesday night, we drove straight through and went to get his daughter to visit for a few weeks.  I dont see how truckers do it!!!! OMG I was so ready to get out of the van..... Home never felt so good!!!

Well I think I have rambled enough for now, I got a 2.5 year old wanting me to rock her to sleep... So I am outta here.  Hug and love to you all!!!!

CindyLouWho

So last tuesday I did what Dr G asked of me.  I seen my local PCP to get on birth control.  Dr G told me as the weight melts off I could become fertile myrtle and I dont want to get pregnant til it is safe to do so.  

I see my PCP's PA actually and during the consult she asked me what Dr Hann had said.  Well actually they never called and made the appointment so I wasnt able to see him.  She was very diappointed, being it had been almost 3 months since she sent them the referal.  I told her that since I had the RNY, I would now like to wait on the back surgery and see if I got better.  She consulted with my dr that evening and they called me the next day.  My dr was furious that Dr Hann's office hadnt called either of us so he called them himself.  My spine is almost exposed and I have no choice but to have surgery NOW.  I am scared to death.  Last march was my first back surgery and I still remember the pain like it was yesterday. I dont want to do it, but I dont want to live in a wheel chair either.  So I see Dr Hann friday and I am so nervous about it.  Kyle is going to go with  me so that I dont forget what all is said.  

I feel so helpless and useless at this point.  I pray that this will be my last back surgery. I dont want another one, heck I dont want this one but I havent got a choice.  I sure hope that it is much easier recovery then the last one.  I am so ready to go back to work.  

Well I have rambled enough and DH cooked dinner and it smells yummy so I am going to go eat..... :)

Shawna had this on her blog and I decided to try it!!!!! I make it today and its absolutely yummo!!!!

Thank you Shawna

Wedding Cake
-1 Tbls SF Cheesecake Pudding mix 
-1 Tbls SF White Chocolate pudding mix
-1c milk
-1c ice
-2-4 Tbls of protein powder (Iused unjury unflavored)

Got to use my magic bullet for the first time!!!! I am loving it.

Welp its the BIG DAY!!!!! Daytona 500 is about to start!!!!! GO KASEY GO!!!!

Talk to you all laters!!!

hello all, 

Well yesterday was it... you know that one day that we are so anxious and nervous about besides surgery day.  Did we do what the dr instructed us?  Is he going to say we did right or wrong.... Will he be pleased with us???  Well I got all good news.... First I am still really bruised and red and he said I can use a heating pad to help that go away faster.  Cool to hear but the rainbows across my stomach just remind me what I am doing so its all good to me.  then he told me that 16 pounds in 10 days was awesome!! And that I should be proud.  I am sure my ear to ear grin showed him I was very happy about it.  So total since Feb 1, day one of liquid diet I have lost 21 pounds. So i think that in 15 days I have done SUPER DE DOOPER.  

So he told me I could start on eatting but taking it easy.  I was craving scambled eggs, so my DH took me to IHOP..... I odered scrambled eggs sprinkled with a little cheese.....  The waitress finally brings us our food and mmmmmm I was so ready, well she sat our plates down in front of us and walked off.  WOW was I surprised, obvisouly these people dont know what sprinkled cheese is.  There was 2 big slices of American cheese ontop of 2 eggs.  so I tried to peel the cheese off and just have my eggs. I am not one to send my food back for reason of I have seen way to many tv shows... lol well hubby was FURIOUS.... so he said dont touch your plate anymore.  And we wait almost 5 minutes before our waitress came back out from the kitchen.  He called her over and said i am sorry she cant have this kind of cheese.  The waitress was like oh I am sorry she didnt say what kind so i just wrote down american.  LMAO wrong answer, he told her that it doesnt look sprinkled to him and thats what I asked for.  She appologized for not asking forsure which I wanted and took the plate back and had it fixed.  Soooo finally I get my plate, man do I wish I had takin my baby silverware with me.  I at 3 bites and OH MAn!!!!! I could not eat no more and I felt like I was going to burst and felt like it was stuck in my chest.  The waitress walks by and ask if everything is ok and I said yes can I get a box please. She said you didnt like it?  Oh it was fine, I just had surgery not long ago and I cant eat much.  She leaves to get my box and I told DH I gotta go to the bathroom Ill be back.  i was soooo sure it was coming up!!!! So I set there in the and I was right!!!!! Bubbles and all up it comes!!!!! Sitting in the stall I text DH and tell him grab my coat and purse Ill meet him in the car.... It was too funny!!!!  But when I was done I felt better and needless to say I dont want to eat anymore.... lmao I think the biggest problem was I was using a big girl fork and wasnt taking baby bites like we know we are supposed to so hinch the baby silverware I could have had possibly had a different outcome!!!!

After that we went to Sam's and loaded the car down, poor thing was probably pissed that we had so much stuffed in our little VW Jetta.  

Well I am off to read the boards, just wanted to share my day and first experiece with food!!! If I could give any new after surgery advice for future friends it would be to invest in more the one set of baby silverware and carry a set with you where ever you go!!!!

My surgery was exactly one week ago today. My surgery went well, recovery was a bit different.  They had to try 3 different pain meds to get my pain where it was tolerable.  I spent over 2 hours in revocery.  they maxed me out of moraphine and nothing.  Same thing kinda happened when I had my first son, I had to have a c-section they gave me the epidural and the medicine they used in it they maxed out and I could still feel it.  Needless to say they had to put me to sleep.


Due to the distance from the hospital to home I stayed 2 nights in the hospital.  While in the hospital I pulled the muscle in my neck. I am so not a back sleeper and was using my left arm to pull  me over onto my right side.  bad idea but it was the only way I could get any rest.  

The ride home from the hospital I felt every little bump we hit!!!!!!  I was soooo glad when we finally pulled into our driveway!  

My kids were over joyed to see me, they had bought me cards and had them all ready for me.  This really brightened my day!

Everyday seems to get a bit better of course I know like duh!  I have done well, I get my protein in and I am getting in my vitamins and my calcium.  

yesterday was by far the worst mentally.  I spent most of the day in bed just not feeling well.  mainly because I had my jello way to fast and Iknow that this is a no no!  I wont do that again thats for sure.  Then yesterday evening my daughter was eatting some crackers.  Well i sucked on one the spit it out!  The taste was soooo yummy and I was satisified! I know another no no but just that one lick was like giving a kid candy and i was satisified. 

I have my check up on friday with the dr. I am anxious to see what I have lost for sure.  My scales at home are going down but honestly not sure what my starting weight was on the home scale so not sure how well I am or am not really doing.  Regardless I think I am doing super.

I am loving this site.  I get more and more addicted everyday.  

Here I am at midnight when I should be comfortable in my bed for the last night for a few nights, well my new mask and I arent getting along. Needless to say it won and I got up and here I am.  She told me in the sleep lab a few weeks ago (3rd sleep study in a little over a year) that the forhead part needs to just barely lay on the forehead and that the mask fits comfortable no so tight it leaves red indention on my face... yeah well works well in the sleep center.  But at home, well thats another story.  I did get an hour of sleep but then all of a sudden off goes the vibrations followed by the thank the good Lord smellless farts of my wonderful mask... ahhhh to finally be sleep apena free and not have to wear it.... I am ready for that!  

I went to work this afternoon, wait that was yesterday, I went to work Sunday afternoon and got all tidied up there so that I had all done that I wanted to accomplish before taking off for a few weeks.  I love my job and I am going to miss it very much.  I got it all done so that my Mr Wonderful and I could leave for Owasso in the morning and get checked into our hotel and enjoy the day together.  We decided to get a room and stay there instead of getting up at 230 in the morning and driving.  I like my sleep!!!!  

I am getting a bit more nervous as the time goes by and I am getting HUNGRY!!!!! Trust me I am getting more then enough right now in protein its the food consumption at this point I am missing.  But i am rather proud of myself.  To  me making it through the liquid diet phase without cheating (you know how when you are dieting and you have just one small bite of your favorite something). I think the thing I am going to miss most is my Lunch at Subway (still  not sure how Jared did it!). 

Since it was Super Bowl Sunday and we all wore our panthers jerseys in honor of them even though they didnt play.  We decided to go out in the back yard and take a few pictures. I went ahead and had DH take my before pictures. I will get them posted soon!  Pretty dicusted at how I look in them that I think I will wait til after surgery to post them.  :)  Bring on the afters.... :)

Well I think I will go check and see if there are any new post on the forums. Its nice to have a new addiction, even if I do tune out conversations in the evenings when DH is talking to me because I am into the latest thread.  :)  He loves me all the same.  

if I dont post before going into the hospital I will soon as I am able after surgery.

Hugs to all
~Cindy~

day 3 liquid diet and I am doing great!!!! I really thought that I would feel really bad and weak almost sick like not eatting actual food in 4 days but so far so good!!! I crave boy do I crave, what I want most is a Subway sandwich.  But I have stayed true to myself, after all it is me that benefits from it the most.  

DH got tickled at me this morning, I asked him how the heck I have the poopies when I am not eatting real food.  He had to remind me that I am getting all the nutrients and vitamins I need therefore i still gotta go to the bathroom.  I guess that makes sense.  

So want to know my biggest fear??? Whole lotta skin hanging and sagging everywhere!  What if its too expensive to get the tuck.  I have no clue what the cost is so I guess I worry.  I can handle some skin i just hope that I am not left with it hanging to my knees.  

Last night was a rough night for me, I had to get up in the middle of the night and drink a protein shake I was so hungry.  I kinda tossed and turned I am sure alot of it is excitement.  My CPAP mask kept making vibrating noises and after a few times I realized it was making farting noises.  Was glad to see the forum post this am about others having the same prob. It is a new mask so maybe I am not wearing it tight enough.  

Last thurs I had my final appointment before surgery. It was actually a nutrition class that I went too. It went well, I did learn something that I didnt know before and I am sure that I will learn even more as time goes by, but that we need to let any drs know we are bypass patients due to the tube they sometimes have to put down peoples throat.  Cant be done to us. So I am going to get one of the medical bracelets and wear it just to cover that fear and not have that to worry about.  

I have been doing alot of reading profiles on OH, I am so anxious for my WOW moments like so many have already had.  2 more days and my first WOW will be joining the losers bench.

Well i feel like I have just rambled so I am going to go for now.  To anyone who reads my posts, I hope you are well and happy.  hugs to you all.

~Cindy~