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So im officially six months out. So far iv lost about 95lbs, down to a medium shirt from a xxl, and down to a size 16 pants down from a 24. Which is great.. It is amazing!! if someone would have told me i could lose almost 100lbs in 6 months id have laughed in their face. Funny huh?

Now all of a sudden, seems like im at a plateau. Been stuck at this 210 for what seems like a month now. I get my protein, my exercise, fluids...so im not sure whats goin on?? Iv been told that everyone goes through this and to just be patient and stick with it, which is what i plan to do.

Overall i feel great though, so far the only downside is all this flabby skin, especially on my arms..
Other than that everything is thumbs up
Everyone stay positive and hang in there
Talk to u soon

So i was really nervous when i got to the hospital..but everything went well. Thank God. I had a successfull surgery without any complications. Dr Quinlin was great.. i couldnt even mention his name without someone reminding me of what a great doctor he is. So im thankful that i ended up with the best surgeon. As for the nursing staff at St Margaret's .. im not so sure. i wasnt super happy with the nursing staff. I just somehow didnt feel like my care was their primary focus. But anyway just glad that im home and on my way to recovery.

So i got home on wednesday afternoon...and im feeling a lot of pain.. but i know that it will take me time to recoop.. im just trying to take it slowly. i make sure i get enough to drink..take a walk.. and plenty of rest. Boy the pain meds they give u will put u out...But my husband is taking care of the house and kiddy duties for now..so im thankful for that.

The one thing that bothered me is that my job called me and told me that i have 28 days of short term before they expect me back. I found that strange.. since my recoop and recovery is totally up to me and my doctor!! how can they tell me when i will be well enough to come back...anyway just venting.. my first follow up is not until next friday the 28th..so ill wait and see how that goes before i start to argue with them.

Overall im doing fine.. thanks for everyones support...just wanted to let everyone know that im home and okay//

Thanks for listening

DYanna

My surgery is exactly one week from today. Today i start my liquids. I am glad that this week is finally here..but im intimidated. I know i can do it! I just keep telling myself if i dont get the will to get thru this week .. then no surgery..so that is my motivation right now.
Even though this is what iv been waiting on.. i am so anxious and and afraid at the same time. I spend most of my time wondering what surgery will be like. How long my recovery will be, and worst of all.. how much pain i will be in...ouch. No matter what ill thoughts cross my mind, i made my mind up a long time ago that this is what i want to do so right now all the negativity is just water under the bridge.

Everyone wish me luck on my long and liquidy week ahead.

So i finally got a surgery date!!! August 17th!! Hooray. I completed my final weigh in class .. and the scheduler called me about a week later to give me a date. So i actually feel pretty good. Happy . but overwhelmed at the same time. So i have about 6 weeks to prepare for my surgery. I am looking forward to starting my life ..
All the weighins and months of waiting have finally got me there!!

Thanks for listening

So iv taken all of my preop testing.. and all have come back clear. No issues.. no red flags. Iv been overweight pretty much my whole life.. but overall im healthy, which is a blessing. So iv knocked all the road blocks down except for my final wiegh in .. which is fast approaching...YAY!! June 23rd i go to my final weigh in and diet class. So right now im watching the calendar.. hoping these next two weeks fly by!!! After that ill be watching my phone.. waiting on that to ring for the office to be calling me with a surgery date. So at this point.. im feeling confident that no other roadblocks r left for me to cross.

Feeling pretty good. I was having a hard time over the last month with last meals syndrome. Which was horrible.. All i would do was think about what i could eat! even when i wasnt hungry. That mental hunger "head hunger is a B! A capital B! Doing alot better though.. thanks to all of u. My new slogan "nothing tastes as good as thin feels" absolutely. Its amazing how over all these years iv used food as comfort and even as just something to do if im bored. Im so ready to change my life. I want this surgery to go well.. and im willing to do anything i need to get myself there and healthy.. if not for myself.. then for my husband and our kids.

All clear!! and ready!!

So i am finally finished with all my pre op testing! The sleep study department put me on the cancellation list and someone ccancelled their appt so they offered for me to come in last night!!! Of  course i took it.. even though i had to be at work at 6am the next morning I took it. So now im all done!!! with allmy preop testing!! One thing less for me to not stress about! And i got a phone call already confirming that I DO NOT HAVE SLEEP APNEA!! no additional testing required.

So im feeling positive as far as my status goes because only thing at this point i have to wait for is my final weigh in which is on June 23rd and after that i should be able to get a surgery date.. and get this show on the road.

Hopefully no more road blocks with pop up and it will be smooth sailing from here on out

So yesterday i was scheduled for my final test for pre op .. pulmonary clearance..and i was pretty happy about that until they told me since sometimes i snore.. that i will need to do a sleep study. Im sure everyone here knows about the sleep study waiting list .. it takes forever!!! So im kinda frustrated right now..
Just tired of doing tests.. feel like im going in circles. Im overweight but dont have any medical conditions.. and i know that all the test are for precautions .. but .. COME ON!!!
I asked the sleep study dept to put me on the cancellation list.. so im sure.. ill get in hopefully within the next couple of weeks. Once i finish that ill just have my final two weigh ins.. one next tuesday may 19th.. and then my final the last week in June.
Oh well... ill just keep waiting

So right now im just waiting..waiting on time to pass for these 6 months of supervised diet and excersize. The psychologist that did my evaluation told me insurance companies make u go thru with this with hopes that you will lose so much and not qualify for the surgery anymore..funny i think

Well right now im waiting to attend my 5th class out of 6 sometime in May, my last class will be the last week in June, so im hoping that i will get a surgery date sometime in July.

As far as my pre op testing all done except the pulmonary clearance and pcp referral which i already have scheduled for May 12th.

So right now just feeling so anxious because i see how successful so many people have been..and hope to be one of them in the near future.