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Happy Thanksgiving all.. I go tommorrow to get my staples and tubes out and have my two week check up Finally its been rough but I'm ready to get these things out. I had over 40 staples and these tubes are terrable .... so I'm excited to get it out I just hope they don't hurt.. I have not been sleeping well at night I can't seem to get to sleep and stay there I also have been finding out that sips are so much easier then drinks and I need to eat a little slower it hurts to eat fast not that I'm trying to but I guess when I didn't have to worry about it I must have becasue I got so sick the other day but I think its because of tomato base sauce does not like me.. it hurt  and later the\at day I tried sipping v-8 and got just as sick not a good idael for me it must be to soon or maybe forever I may not be able to eat it. not sure yet I will post more after tommorrows appt and then getting through thanksgiving I think I will be fine. I need to start walking more next week also I just get so tired very easy the dr told me with all the blood I lost and the transfusion I may have to taske it real easy and it come off in time .. but for me patients is not easy... I thank God for a great surgeon I was told yesturday for the 1st time by the dr's head nurse that I came very cloe to dieing on the table but with his smart and well skilled ways he saved my life..

I wanted this surgery so bad as so many do I was lucky and got it I should feel happy and blessed and I do feel blessed to be alive and able to see my grand babys but tonight its very late and sleep is not comming easy I'm a little achy and hurting from the incision I can't wait to get all these staples and tubes out of me so I can get on with the next step I have been told so many times that I am always in a hurry and to slow down and everything will come as God has prepared for me . I thank God for keeping me a live in a surgery that I almost didn't make it through. I know my thoughts are running fast right now but I feel if I could get them out I won't feel so down or depressed as I do. I know its normal to feel a little depressed after surgery its the meds in my system that is playing with my mind and body along with my body trying to figurer out what happened. I want to be healthy I want to live a long life to be around for my self and family to see my grand babys graduate and get married ect. 
My daughter Jennifer is my best friend and my boys wow there my biggest hero's they are both active duty and fighting to keep this country safe for us all. I miss them terrabley but understand they are only following lifes map for them and thats what I always wanted to raise good common sence kids and ones that can one day stand on there own, well they are and there successful at it. I see my grand babys and see my kids in them. I remember when they were small and just beginning to find there way in life. I tell my daughter to cherish every moment because it goes so very fast. I have a wonderful husband he is so good to me its almost to much sometimes I feel I don't deserve him. But thank God for him. I know this is suppose to be about wls and in a way it is . Its a life changing thing that you don't understand until its starting to change you and people around me are all the same. I am blessed. we are getting ready for the holidays and then a new year. life really is continuing forward and I have a new outlook on life. I had a very rough child hood and then a mess of a few marrages one is well I won't go there but I can tell you it was hard on me and the kids but we are tough and we managed to beat the odds and were doing great nothing like winning the lottery or living with out a worry but were happy and I will be getting healthy everyday and they will have a good examble in me that they will see If I can do this they will beable to stay as healthy as they are right now. we had never had a hugh amont of gifts or a over amount in our lives but with hard work and staying together we have so much now then we could ever need. we have love and caring for each other always and thats a lot. well I know this is probley boring for some but when I get down I try and write about how much I have in front of me and how much I didn't have until now. like a good job good insurance and a great family and a God that watches over us most of all. so always be glad your alive and have a family around you. think of what they would be like if you weren't here to help so to all the new people out there I had a rough surgery I won't lie but it will be all worth it as I get healthy and beable to see my family for a longer time and feel like enjoying life more with out all the medications and hurting body that I'm working to get rid of the body that is causing all the pain and ach from people looking at me and thinking that she is fat so there is no way she can handle our job or promotion. do people ever stop and think how much that hurts to be put down for there wgt. I don't think they see it unless they have been there. why are humans so stupid and go with predjudice to so many things. but obesity hurts from inside and out so you get cut both ways. I'm so happy that God gave me the strenght to go through my surgery and he is with me as everyday passes when I know I miss eating the food I want to but know its bad. yes this is hard but it will be worth it  I'll write more later. 

Hello all Its been a week and one day since I had surgery I got home from the hosp sat and its een a little crazy but I'm doing ok I hate the g-tube it hurts/ irrtiable , my staples were suppose to come out yesturday but I had arraged to go to my reg dr to have them take them out and check everything but they went to take them out and the incision was popoing open so they took only every other one out to make me more comptrable but they really haven't been bad its the stupid g tube. anyway they sterry stripped the rest and I will get the rest out in sioux falls next wed. its suppose to snow then. so I hope its not to bad to drive. it was hard to get settled at night and go to reg tylenol from tylenol w/codene but I don't want to get constipated from the codene. 
anyway my blood pressure was still low and the surgeon may want to give me another pint of blood when i go up on wed to stablize it. if it is still low. other wise with me all is well.

Hello All I'm on the losing side now it was rough and still is a little but I'm doing much better then I was. I had to get two pints of blood my spleen was cut during surgery and They told me family they were doing everything they could to keep be a live but I had lost a lot of blood it scared them terrably but I have a strong God and family so we all made it through fine. it hurts sometime still to take a breath because of the rib spreader they had to use to get to my spleen very quickly acording to the dr' But I feel ok I have been home now since sat evening very late. I have been sleeping in my bed which feels wonderful but I still have to sleep sitting more up then down. My poor Husband had come down with a stomach flu bug for 24 hrs the night I came home but is doing much better today is our 2nd wedding anniversery but we plan to celebrate when were both feeling better.

Hello eveyone well it was a very long night for mom her sats are all wrong her temp is around 100 and her heart rate is also up around 120 and also her blood pressure is low at about 85/55 so she is now in the process of getting two pint's of blood and we are hoping that it will fix everything asap.she is in a lot of pain because it will take 6 hours to get all the blood in her and in that time she will not be able to have pain meds so it will be a long day as well. as soon as I know more I will post it. thank you for checking in on mom please keep her in your prays!

Jennifer

hello all I wanted to update everyone, mom is in her room and in a lot of pain but they are trying to get that fixed asap. she did loose a lot of blood in surgery from her spleen so we are waiting on blood work to find out if she will need a blood transfusion. other than that she is doing ok. as soon as we know more I will post it thanks again for checking in on mom. 

Jennifer

hello again, mom got out of surgery about 9:43 a.m so it was a 2hr surgery  a little longer than planned because she had some bleeding in her spleen that they were able to stop and Dr. O'Brien is going to keep a close eye on her to make sure she does not need a blood transfusion. other than that Dr. O'Brien said it will be about 2hours in recovery so we will get to see her around noon. I will be sure to update everyone as soon as I have any more information. thank you for checking on mom and have a great day.

Jennifer

hi i am dan the silent partner, today is surgery i am proud of how well she did on liquid diet.  i am trying to be supportive but silent on things she is the one who lets it out, me it stays inside.  medical things scare the hell out of me
in the past it cost me to many loved ones and almost cathy with unneeded bladder surgery.  i told her i admire the guts it takes to do something like this
we have a fantastic family and getting on our feet buying a house a new job three grandkids,she has plans for us to go to the caribean next year since we will miss our anniversary on th 12.  thursday i will return home to work and come back saturday to pick her and jenny up from the hospital. she tells me not to worry she is with me for life i know i need to lose weight i have lost a little struggling with getting off soda will post something later.

Hello everyone this is Cathy's daughter Jennifer I will be the one updating everyone on how my mom is doing through this process. I thought i would  just let everyone know what is going on. We got to the hospital at about 5:30 a.m and we did all of the check in she was at  267lbs at 6:06 a.m and she went back to the operating room at about 7:20 a.m. She was listed as starting her surgery at 7:41 a.m so far everything is fine and I will update as soon as I can. thank you for checking on mom have a great day!

Jennifer

Count Down Continues 3 Dayssss...           Here is the post I was dreading but want to keep up on this and watch all the pounds and inches disappear.. 

Starting Wgt: 285 OUCH!!                                                                                                                          wgt after liquids 273
After surgery WGT: ( to come) 1st day)
Breast: 53 1/2
Waist: 50
Hips: 60
R) Arm:15   R)wrist: 7
L) Arm15    L) wrist: 8
R) Thigh 32
L)Thigh: 32
r)Ankle:12
L) Ankle:11
Well today I went shopping for all I needed for after surgery Like a thermonitor, pill crusher, liquid tylenol, chewable Vitamins, and a few other items . I am doing ok with my knee I still have a crutch to help walk. but Physical therpy told me fri I was doing great and was close to 95 percent but I still can't twist it like normal or use it like I had before I fell But after I get out about 6 months wgt Loss surgery I have to get a Knee replacement and I don't want to be anywhere near this wgt it was so hard to not put wgt on my knee for three weeks after this surgery so if I'm smaller It seems it will be easier I hope.. well I'm close to three days to go Finally... I'll be on to update after Surgery unless I have something happen between Now and then.