tyese77
day#6
Jun 23, 2010
hello all, i'm gonna try to post everyday until i go back to work on july 6th. anywhoo today when i woke up i felt great. i was totally amazed. i think it had to do with the fact that i took a walk last night before i went to bed. i was in a lot of pain before hand and deccided to ask Fred to take me to walmart so we could walk in the air since it was 9pm and still 90degrees outside. we walked around for about an hour i was wore out and laid down when i woke up it was 6 this morning and i felt good. so today i had to get bllod drawn to check my levels& stuff and since i felt good i got on the wii and did 14 minutes of basic step and about 6 minutes of rythym boxing. ifelt good to move about but i was tired after and was thisty enough to drink my 4oz of water LOL. i still can't seem to bring myself to drink that required amount of fluid eventhough i am regulary a great water drinker. i had cream of brocolli soup for dinner of course it was put inthe blender with my protein powder, but it actually was good. i think i'm gonna wait til about 9 tonight to go for my walmart stroll. be easy everyone and take care stay hydrated.
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day#5
Jun 21, 2010
boy oh boy, was i in major discomfort lastnight. i wont say pain because I wasn;t really hurting but i was miserable. my stomach was soooooo upset i kept feeling like i was gonna vomit. honestly i wish i had maybe i would have felt better, this lasted all night and finally about 6 this morning i jumped u p(not quite jumped)
and had to make that bathroom run. also i'm not sure why it feels like a have a lump in my chest, you know the kind you get if you swallow too much food too fast. so this morning i'm not really feeling any better. hopefully things will change as the day progresses. and you know whats so ironic? i went to the dr for my check up and to get the drain taken out, i felt good, but later on is when i started feeling crappy. this can only get better not worse. the worse was weighing 297lbs.
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and had to make that bathroom run. also i'm not sure why it feels like a have a lump in my chest, you know the kind you get if you swallow too much food too fast. so this morning i'm not really feeling any better. hopefully things will change as the day progresses. and you know whats so ironic? i went to the dr for my check up and to get the drain taken out, i felt good, but later on is when i started feeling crappy. this can only get better not worse. the worse was weighing 297lbs.
day #4
Jun 20, 2010
today is day #4 since surgery. i woke up hurting again, but i guess that's to be expected since i don't wake up to take any meds during the night. although I didn't sleep well because of all the gas and rumbling in my stomach. yesterday I had gas really bad and walked and walked around the house a lot. during the night it was even worse but i didn't feel like getting up so i just dealt with it. anywhoo i have a 9am dr appt. hopefully i will be able to get the drain taken out today and prayerfully it won't be painful( fingers crossed real tite).So the morning I went in to surgery I was 285 exactly, when I came home Saturday i was 295.8lots of fluid. i got on the scale this morning i am 290.5 once this fluid is gone I can start tracking the dropped lbs for real. well i gotta go i need to get ready its 8:19 am and my appt is at 9. TTYL
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day 3
Jun 20, 2010
today is Sunday, day #3. i came home yesterday afternoon and things are going pretty well. i made a bm yesterday too(sorry if u have a weak stomach), its just like water but i'll take that over painful anyday. I am able to tolerate both warm& cold beverages although i think the cold ones are giving me gas pains. plus the warm broth feels great going down since my throat is still sore from surgery. My husband is trying to make sure I take in liquids every half hour, but I don't really want it so he's kinda annoying me. but I guess I need to be happy he wants to help. i did wake up in a lot of pain and had trouble getting out of the bed. It is too hot& humid to go out so I'm doing laps in the house. Mychildren will be home after church today and they can't wait to see me i miss them too. today is father's day but I can't go out but Fred & my dad are going out together. Gentleman have a great father's day
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i did it
Jun 19, 2010
My surgery date was yesterday. everything went well although the surgery took longer than anticipated. i wasn't in so much pain yesterday but this a.m. the pain was excruciating. Dr. Von Rueden just came in to see me and i told him bout my pain he stated he's not sure why I would have pain where it is,but he's gonna check into it. Had myexrays done and finally got washed up I feel much better after that. now i'm waiting to see if i will be able to have something to drink. so far this has been a bumpy road. oh well the road ain't gonna change from here but i am prepared for the ride. good luck to everyone has you take your journey.
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tomorrow
Jun 17, 2010
tomorrow is the big day. i will be leaving for the hospital at 5:45 a.m and then my journey begins. Well actually it began a few months ago when I started my visits to Dr. Von Rueden. I am excited but nervous. i'm only nervous thinking that I won't lose enough weight or that it'll come off too slowly. I should have better faith in myself because since i started hitting the gym the weight has been coming off easier. i pray that God guides the dr's hands and everything comes out as planned. good luck to anyone else having surgery on tomorrow, i wish you much success. my stomach is gripping from the magnesium citrate, i'll be glad when this is finished.
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yaaaaaay
May 12, 2010
Okay, today was a doozy of a day. oh yeah I went back to work yesterday, still in pain though. I found out why I am still having pain, I was told the dr. probably hit a nerve in back and now its trying to heal itself. so back to today. I received a call this morning about 5 minutes before the bell rang for the students to come in. on the other end of the phone was my hematologist. So my results came back and I am completely cancer free!!!! i have what is called neutropenia but it is manageable and I can get a shot to boost my white count up. With that said God is awesome, but even if things would have gone the other way he still would be awesome. you know i was extremely sad and discouraged when I got the initial news about my blood, but I neverblamed God and still remainedfaithful to everything I did before especially church. Sooo now I have a new surgery date set for June 18,2010. i want to thank everyone for your support during my rough patch.
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slow journey
May 07, 2010
Well here i am today, still waiting on results from the bone marrow test on Wednesday. They said It may take 5 business days so that'll be next week. The tests took about an hour which was ok considering I was knocked out and didn't have to feel any of the pain. But boy was I hurting about a hour later. Today has been 2 days since the procedure was done and I feel some soreness and periodic pain, but it pales in comparison to the other days. I am anticipating the day I get the 2 calls, 1 to say my results were good,2 to say my surgery has been resheduled. So I'm drinking my protein shakes and trying to remain positive til the day comes.
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tears& headaches
Apr 28, 2010
i don't normally write in black but today is a saaaaaaaad day for me. 
While I was at work I got a couple calls from my dr.'s office. So I called back only to find out that my surgery date has to be "postponed" until they can find out what is wrong with my blood count. My last 2 sets of bloodwork were bad, this time my neutrophils are down extremely low, which was a problem in the beginning but they came back up. Now they're waaay down again with my lymphs and my hematologists thinks it's neutropenia, but is not definite. 
So i gotta get a bone marrow test done along with some other tests to find out what's going on. The major dilema is that I'm overweight and the hematologist can't do it in her office so she's trying to get me in with the dr she knows is good, due to the fact that he'll probably have to sedate me. I am feeling really down right now and upset with a headache. well im signing off for the night andwill talk to ya'll later.
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While I was at work I got a couple calls from my dr.'s office. So I called back only to find out that my surgery date has to be "postponed" until they can find out what is wrong with my blood count. My last 2 sets of bloodwork were bad, this time my neutrophils are down extremely low, which was a problem in the beginning but they came back up. Now they're waaay down again with my lymphs and my hematologists thinks it's neutropenia, but is not definite. So i gotta get a bone marrow test done along with some other tests to find out what's going on. The major dilema is that I'm overweight and the hematologist can't do it in her office so she's trying to get me in with the dr she knows is good, due to the fact that he'll probably have to sedate me. I am feeling really down right now and upset with a headache. well im signing off for the night andwill talk to ya'll later.
getting closer
Apr 27, 2010
Whew time is flying. Last night I reread my booklet/ binder given to me by my nutrionist about the WLS. There is soo much inside of it and I checked around for prices on my vittamins& other supplements. For some reason my hands and feet are swollen this morning, I'm not liking that. It may be due to the fact that my husband turned the heat on last night. He's starting to look little worried as we approach my date, me I am excited. Especially everytime I look at before and after shots on this site, I'm like wow Shameek that'll be you soon. At my lowest wweight I was 165lbs and at my highest I was 293lbs. I am sitting in at 285.4.
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About Me
Catonsville, MD
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31.6
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Surgery
06/18/2010
Surgery Date
Mar 29, 2010
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