arharrim
8/30/11
Just an update....I am almost 6 months pregnant with twin boys. Wow, will I ever be busy. I have only gained 20 lbs so far so I am on the right track. Wish me luck. I am nervous about getting back down to my starting weight. The worst part of getting pregnant, but I will do it for my boys.
11/18/08
It has been 5 months since I hurt my foot and I am doing better. I have had one surgery since, to have 4 screws removed. That made my foot feel so much better almost instantly. I can walk now, not fast or for long trips, but still I can walk. It is an everyday battle to make it and my ankle stronger. The good thing is that stairs feel better than walking, so I am doing a lot of stairs.
I made it down the isle. We have been married for 2 months now and it has been great, just like before. I have to wait until February till we can start trying to get pregnant. All and all I am happy and content. I still struggle to eat correctly, but I still try. Slip every once in a while, but get back to it as soon as I snap out of it. Thanks for listening to me babble, I just wanted to update for those who do read these. Thanks!
7/3/08
Okay, now this sucks. I have lost all this weight, feel great and wear a size 10. I "broke" my foot 3 weeks ago. I fell and twisted my foot and broke a couple of bones in my foot, dislocated all the bones across the arch of my foot and tore a tenden. I had surgery a week ago and hurts badly all day. That's not even the worse part. I won't be able to put wieght on it for 8-10 weeks. That means crutches. Even better yet, it is my right foot so I can't drive either. Now here's the kicker....I get married in about 10 weeks, on the beach. Wow, my whole summer spent in bed with my foot propped in the air. I was looking forward to running around this summer in shorts and swim suits.
What a crazy time. One bright side to this whole thing, my shoulders are getting pretty cut from using the crutches for so long.
4/25/08
I did it!!! I lost 100lbs. I am so excited, except for the fact that I am gonna have to buy more clothes. The ones I just bought are now too big. Never thought I would spend so much time at a Goodwill, but there is soo much more of a selection in the smaller sizes 
4/12/08
Down 93lbs, 157 pounds
1/17/08
Its so hard to remember to update this....I am now at 180, that's 70lbs lost. It feels so good.
11/12/07
Its been a little while since I have updated so I thought I would for my 3 month surgeversary. I went today for my 3 month doctor visit. My weight is 199lbs. I am soooo excited for two reasons....#1 is that I am under 200 and #2 is because I have lost 50lbs. This has been a wonderful 3 months so far. I haven't had any complications so that is a relief. I will have to update my pictures soon. I am at the stage where all of my old clothes are falling off. Thanks for reading.
8/20/07
I am home and have been for a few days. Wow, which truck ran over me? I don't think I ever saw it coming. I knew it was, but wow once it hit me it took me out. This is the only thing I can say about surgery. The good part is that I am home now and that part is over. The Clarian bariatric team has been great. Everyone that I came across treated me great. I go see Dr.Mattar tomorrow, hopefully putting me on soft foods. I will update more later.
Morning I came home from surgery 252
7/26/07
My NEW official date is Aug 16th, 2007
7/17/07
My official date is Aug 15th, 2007
7/16/07
I GOT APPROVED!!!! I am so excited....I got a call from the doctors office telling me my insurance approved me for surgery. I should talk to the nurse tomorrow so we can set up a date. Yeah, I can't wait. 
7/13/07
I am soooo nervous that I am going to get a denial from insurance. My information was faxed to them on June 22nd. They told me it would take 10-15 business days for a decision. I call them every week to see if anything new has come up and they keep telling me it is still being reviewed. I am trying to be such a good person and not bug anybody or get upset, so far it's working, but I am getting scared. I know that if I get denied, I will do an appeal, but it would be so much nicer if I could get approved the first go round. I have been working on this since the begining of the year and making sure I do everything that Athem says to do in order to get approved. Guess I will just have to be patient and see.
6/12/07
Everything is moving right along. I had to move my Dr (PCP) appointment up a week, June 11. This is my last appointment for my 6 month diet. Next step is for the bariatric clinic to get all my stuff organized and submit to the insurance company. Wish me luck.
On another note, my boyfriend of 2 years asked me to marry him last night. I was soooo excited and he was soooo nervous. Ashley and I, yes his name is Ashley, have never been married before. He is 31 and I am 33. Neither of us has any kids except the 4 legged kind. His mom and dad were up visiting from Florida and were staying in Dayton, OH with grandma and aunt. He proposed to me in front of all of them. It was so sweet. Okay, enough rambling. I will update more when I know more.
5/15/07
I finally got to meet with my surgeon and he was very nice and encouraging. I found out that I am a month ahead of time. Which means by my next appt 6 /19 I have finished my 6 month supervised diet. They scheduled my appointment for my phsy evaluation. By the time I left they said someone from the hospital will call me in the next couple of days. When I got home there was a message to let me know that all of my testing is going to be done next week, same day as the phsy appointment. This is working out pretty good. Only have to miss 1 day of work for all of this testing. I am getting excited. I hope this is for real and I get approved. Only time will tell.
3/28/07
Let's see, I am pretty much like everyone else on this website. Growing up I was chubby and then into my early teenage years. Once I hit high school I was able to lose wieght do to sports. I was still able to eat everything I wanted. After graduation I started putting it on year after year. I am now up to 245lbs and I am 5'6". I have started my 6 mos of doctor supervised diet, 2 down, 4 to go. I started researching into WLS for many years. I have also lived with it for many more years. My mother had it done about 32 years ago....that's right 32 years ago. If you do the math you will see that she had it about a year after I was born. For those of you who are wondering....she is still doing good. She is half the size she was and has been so as long as I can remember. She isn't skinny or what I would even call thin, but still half the size and I love her no matter what size she is. I am just glad that she is still alive. I am 100% convinced that she would have not gotten this far if it was not for the surgery. She would love to have it revised, but doesn't have the insurance to pay for it. Okay, back to me, he he.
I am currently in the beginning stages of the process. I have been addicted to this site trying to get all the pointers I can to try and make insurance approval easier. I have been working with my PCP and we are doing the 6 months of dieting. The only way he said he would do this is if I joined Wieght Watchers along with it. I hope my insurance will accept this. I am going to sign up for the seminar you have to take before you can even see the surgeon, next month. So we will see how this goes. More later....
