Patricia Splawn
HELLO EVERYONE..I AM NEW TO THIS...I AM BARELY DAY 2 INTO MY PROTEIN DIET...MY SURGERY DATE IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMEBER 21ST 2008 AND I AM VERY EXCITED....OK SO A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF...I AM 32 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO MY SECOND HUSBAND FOR 4 YEARS....WE HAVE 4 KIDS BETWEEN THE 2 OF US....I RECENTLY TOOK ON 3 OF MY NIECES SO I AM RAISING THEM RIGHT NOW...I DONT KNOW FOR HOW LONG SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS QUIT HECTIC IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW BUT I LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT...OK WELL HERES MY STORY...I HAVE BEEN OVER WEIGHT SINCE I WAS ABOUT 17, RIGHT AFTER I HAD MY SON AND I NEVER REALLY LOST THE WEIGHT AND WHEN I GOT PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER I GAINED MORE WEIGHT...WELL FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS THE WEIGHT STAYED ABOUT THE SAME 200 LBS...WELL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO MY ASHTHMA CAME BACK THAT I HAD AS A CHILD SO HERE REALLY COMES ON THE WEIGHT...THEY STARTED ME ON ADVAIR WHICH I GUESS CUASED ME TO GAIN WEIGHT LIKE CRAZY....I REALLY HATED THAT...I GAINED AROUND 95 LBS SINCE I STARTED ON THE MEDICINE...THE KIND OF ASHTMA I HAVE IS EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA SO IT IS REALLY HARD TO BE VERY ACTIVE....WELL I FOUND OUT THAT MY INUSRANCE COMPANY COVERS THIS SURGERY SO AROUND 8 MONTHS AGO I STARTED THE PROCESS...AFTER I DONE EVERYTHING THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE DONE MY DOCTORS OFFICE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY...FIRST I WAS DENIED AND THEN WE SENT SOME MORE DOCUMENTS AND IT WAS DENIED AGAIN...THIS TIME WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A APPEALS PROCESS....WELL ON NOVEMBER 3RD I GOT MY LETTER FROM CIGNA SAYING THAT THEY APPROVED MY SURGERY SO HERE WE GO....I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW IT GOES....
OK EVERYONE...I AM 11 DAYS POST OP AND EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD SO FAR..WELL ACTUALLY IT IS HARD I AM NOT GONNA LIE..I WANT TO EAT AND CANT AND I WANT TO DRINK AND I CANT BUT I HAVE TO LEARN TO SIP AND EAT SLOW WHICH I VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME..I AM SO USE TO EATING REALLY REALLY FAST....BUT OTHER THEN THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS GREAT...I HAVE LOST 15 LBS ALREADY AND I AM FEELING GREAT...THE FIRST 2 DAYS AFTER WERE THE HARDEST BUT AFTER THAT IT ALL WENT UP HILL QUICK...I AM NOT IN ALOT OF PAIN, HARDLY ANY ACTUALLY...YOU WOULDNT EVEN THINK THAT I JUST HAD SURGERY...WELL I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED
3/25/2009....HEY THERE EVERYONE, ITS BEEN AWHILE...WELL I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YALL ON MY WEIGHT LOSS...I AM RIGHT AT 4 MONTHS OUT AND I HAVE LOST RIGHT AT 70 LBS AS OF LAST WEEK....I GO AND WEIGH THIS MORNING SO I SHOULD BE DOWN BETWEEN 1 AND 3 LBS....THAT IS WHAT I AM AVERAGING A WEEK NOW....I DO STILL GET SICK ALOT AND ITS USUALLY BECAUSE I EAT TOO FAST OR TOO MUCH...MOSTLY TOO FAST...I DONT KNOW HOW TO SLOW DOWN...I STILL CANT EAT AND DRINK AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT IS ANOTHER REASON I WILL GET SICK..I THINK THAT HAS BEEN THE HARDEST PART OF IT ALL...I AM SO JEALOUS...MY SISTER HAD HER SURGERY 1 MONTH AFTER ME AND SHE CAN EAT AND DRINK TOGETHER...I REALLY HATE HER...J/K......OK WELL I WILL KEEP YALL UPDATED.
6/21/2009........OK EVERYONE, HERE I AM FINALLY AGAIN....OK I AM EXACTLLY 7 MONTHS OUT NOW AND I AM DOWN RIGHT AT 100 LBS....I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT, I AM GETTING SO MUCH CLOSER TO MY GOAL...I HAVE RIGHT AT 4O MORE LBS TO GO AND I REALLY HOPE I REACH IT...SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE GOD MADE ME A BIG GIRL SO IM NOT GONNA MAKE IT JUST FOR THE SIMPLY FACT I HAVE NEVER BEEN SKINNY AND I HAVE WEIGHED THIS MUCH AT ONE TIME BEFORE BUT THEN I QUIT THINKING NEGITIVELY AND I JUST KEEP MY HEAD HELD HIGH AND I KNOW I WILL GET THERE SOON ENOUGH.....I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW WHEN I GET THERE....GOD BLESS.
8/ 25/09.......JUST A QUICK UPDATE.....AS OF YESTERDAY WHICH WOULD BE 9 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS TO THE DATE OF MY SURGERY I HAVE LOST A TOTAL OF 117 LBS AND I ONLY HAVE 29 MORE TO GO TO GET TO MY GOAL WEIGHT OF 150.
