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I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO SURGERY. I WAS FIRST CONTACTED BY BARIATRIC TRATMENT CENTERS AND WENT FOR A CONSULT. THERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE MANY ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS, EVERYTHING WAS CONTACT THE 800#. MY MAIN QUESTION WAS HOW MUCH OUT OF POCKET WOULD I HAVE TO PAY AND THEY ARE STILL NOT IN NETWORK WITH ANY OF THE INSURANCES SO WHAT THEY WANTED WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION. THEN I WAS CONTACTED BY LIVLITE AND I HAVE PRE OP TESTING ON THE 4TH AND 5TH OF 2003. I HAVE 4 CHILDREN THAT I WANT TO LIVE FOR AND A HUSBAND THAT I WANT TO LOOK GOOD FOR AND DANCE WITH, WITHOUT GETTING TIRED. I AM 28 YEARS OLD AND WEIGH 279 POUNDS. EVEN THOUGH LIVLITE IS SIX HOURS AWAY IN KANE I AM GOING BECAUSE I KNOW THE TRIP WILL BE WORTH IT.
11/30/03
Tonight I am packing my bags and preparing for my trip on Wednesday after work. I really am nervous. I really don't know what to expect. All I know that after surgery I will experience alot of pain. Wish me luck with my testing on Thursday and Friday. I will try and update after I get back.
12/06/03
Got back yesterday from my trip to Kane. I met some wonderful ladies who are also getting the surgery. I wish them the best of luck. I hope to see them again one day I am sure we wont recognize each other after surgery. I am going to post information on the meeting with the surgeon Dr. Labrie who has a very wonderful bedside manner. Enough said will update shortly.
12/18/03 I have been trying to post a message to Nicole T for the past couple of days and it hasn't gone through. Her surgery was on 12/16/03 and my mother and I had the pleasure of meeting her and her family. I want to wish her the best so I will keep trying but I am getting frustrated because of the computer glitch I hope gets resolved soon. Well I on the other hand want my surgery scheduled for late February, early March in order to have time off from work. In the mean time I am going to join Weight Watchers and get like a head start of my Weight Loss Journey. I know that once my surgery is scheduled that time will fly then the night before I will have butterflies in my stomach and time will begin to drag............. I just hope that everything goes well, I am supposed to get my pre-op test results tomorrow. I just have to remember to call. At work I have so much to do sometimes I don't remember to take my breaks.
I just want my time to come. I will update when I get my date.
12/19/03 Well I called Liv-Lite for my test results and I am good to go. I don't need any follow up tests done and guess what?!?!?! I got my date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My surgery is scheduled for February 23, 2004!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!! I am soooooo happy but I still don't think that it has hit me yet. I am still a little numb so once it starts to hit then I let you know. The first person I called was ofcourse my fine husband. He got happy because he does support me 100% with this. Today was our Christmas luncheon and I ate. This is will be my last "throw down" Christmas meal. I am going to try to adjust to my new way of eating because I don't want to be shocked after surgery. I am taking my Centrum chewables 2x's a day as Dr. Labrie advised me to so I do have more energy. I just pray that everything goes well.
01/17/04 I have some news. This week I was contacted by Linda from Liv-Lite and my test show that I have pulmonary hypertension. I need further testing before I get clearance for surgery. This is just a minor setback. I will update once I get an appointment.
02/20/04 I am down to the count. Three days till my surgery. I had to get a CT scan of the chest with IV contrast on Friday the 13th of February. I just got the results yesterday and they were fine. That was a relief I don't have Pulmonary Hypertension. Well my husband is taking me and we are taking our 6 month old but our other children are staying with my family so they can go to school. He wants to take her to keep him busy while I am in the hospital. I am going to get my mother to measure me so I can post my measurments and keep updating. I am just so nervous now that I am so close to surgery. I also want to thank everyone with their well wishes and prayers, I really appreciate them, thank you all and God Bless.
02/28/04 Well I actually went through with it. Scared as hell but I did it. I had surgery on Monday and I got released yesterday (Friday). I was in the hospital a little longer because I developed a slight fever and phlegm in my lungs which I needed treatment. I am a little sore since I have been coughing up the phlegm. I want to thank everyone who had me in their prayers and thoughts. Your words helped me get through this first week. THANK YOU. I especially want to thank my husband, he is wonderful. Thank you Yamil, I love you.
05/30/04 My trauma after surgery. My surgery was a sucess but as you know nothing is perfect. I was released from the hospital on Friday 02/27/04 and was okay until Wednesday 03/03/04 went to the bathroom and my bowels were black called Liv-Lite spoke to Linda Harris and was told as long as it wasn't bright red not to worry because that was old blood from the surgery. Well on Thursday I wasn't feeling my old chipper self if I walked to the kitchen from the living room I was ready to fall out. Speaking was difficult for me. I went to the bathroom and I felt HORRIBLE, sat on the toilet was extremely short of breath, dizzy and saw a bunch of lights before my eyes (if your diabetic or have ever fainted you know what I am talking about). Now I wanted to hurry and get my pants up to call my sister for help, well I wiped and looked and it was bright red. HELLO, how horrifyng was that. Well I tried to get to the door before I would "fall out". Managed to get my pants up but I didn't make it to the door. When I came to I looked up managed to get up, open the door and with my last ounce of strength called out, "Jazmin"(my sister) her boyfriend ran upstairs called my other sister and he took me and fanned me (I was sweating like a pig) I went "out" again, thought I was going to die, the ambulance arrived took me to the ER. I was still weak so I stayed in the wheel chair until I got to the room, which was pretty quick. I stayed in the hospital for three days with no food or water only an IV. Talk about miserable. Went home with no more bleeding, I bled because I was on the Lovenox too long (blood thinners). Well then on the week I started regular foods I started out fine but on Tuesday 03/06/04 I swallowed a piece of fruit after chewing it ofcourse and it came right back up. Then I kept on vomiting off and on until 2:00 a.m. wednesday morning. Called Dr. Labrie and he told me to come in and he would do a scope on Thurdsay. My husband and I drove to Kane on Wednesday after looking for babysitters for our 3 oldest boys and we took our 7 month old daughter. Got to the hospital was prepped then during the procedure woke up started pulling on the tube finally was knocked out again where they could finish. I was nauseated after the procedure and had horrible gas pains. Finally took that test to see if there is leakage with that horrible tasting stuff. Waited to speak to Dr. Labrie and he came up and told me that I did have a blockage that I had to drink more liquids and eat more often to keep it open. Right now I shouldn't worry about weight loss but keeping my pouch open. Hey I am okay with that. Don't want to keep on going to the hospital. So that is m journey so far. Oh and in the first 3 weeks I lost a total of 31 lbs. I will keep you updated. Well as of 3 months out 05/23/04 I had lost a total of 59 lbs. I feel great. Even though I went through that trauma I would recommend the surgery to everyone.
07/28/04 Ok it has been awhile. So far I have lost 88 lbs from 291 to 203. Well my sister is getting married in September and we went to pick my dress up that I ordered in May. When we went in May I tried on a size 22 and that fit fine well on Monday I decided to try the dress on to see how much alterations need to get done since I have lost more weight since May. The dress looked like I was wrapped in a blanket it was huge on me. I had to order a smaller size, since I am now a 16 in clothes I had to order an 18 that fit good. Right now though I am on a plateau, when you are losing weight you want the scales to move so it is frustrating not to see them move. I don't weigh myself often I try once a month. I am 5 months post op and am down from a size 26 to a 16 and the size 16 is starting to fit big on me. I just can't wait till I am under 200 lbs. I will keep you updated on my journey. Sorry that is has been too long since my last post.
09/10/04 Hi I have been neglecting my profile and I am sorry. I also haven't been weighing myself either. Yesterday I did and I weigh 105 lbs less than the day of my surgery. I weigh 186 lbs. I guess I have a phobia or something of the scale I was excited to see the loss but I fear of seeing a gain. That is why I don't weigh myself more. I am already looking into plastic surgery I want to get the panni cut and thigh's lifted first then I will look into the breast lift. I have already contacted a surgeon for more information and they sent me some pamphlets, I wont stop at one though, I will look for more surgeon's to see which one is the best. My sister's wedding went smoothly, alot of people didn't recognize me, I will post a before and after picture and I want to contact someone about sprucing up my page. I almost forgot, I have an interview on Tuesday the 14th of Sept. for a promotion. Wish me luck and pray that I get the job, that would help so much. I have BILLS, BILLS, BILLS. I will let you all know how I think I did on Wednesday. Hopefully it will be good news.
09/14/04 Today was my job interview, and let me tell you I don't want to get my hopes up but I think it went well. I will know that I have the job by the end of the week. Say a prayer for me. I will let you know what happens.
09/27/04 OK I didn't get the job. I am not upset a little disappointed but not mad. Ok about my weight I am down to 179lbs my personal goal is 165 so I have 14lbs to go. I am in a size 12 jeans I really don't remember when I wore a size 12 before. I recall wearing 14's but not 12's. But I need to excersize and tone I am going to work on my schedule and find time to work out. I really need it I am flabby all over. I do cardio by walking but I need some toning in my workout. I have my 6 month appointment today with my primary doctor and I am going to ask him for my b12 shots. I need them. I don't want to do the sublingual pill because we really don't absorb them well we do better with the injection and it cost less. I am going to try to weigh myself each month I have a bad feeling that I am going to go over my personal goal and I am going to struggle to gain the weight. But we will see.
10/06/04 I was reading someone's post and she had made the century club and she was talking about some century club cards that she can get printed from this site. I want more information about that because I am in the century club and I am not sure about that. I will put my investigative cap on and start researching. Well anyway as for what is going on with me I am losing inches all over my body but it seems to me that my stomach isn't budging, some people ask me if I am pregnant and I am not. I am going to ask my doctor if it could be a hernia or something cause it is a lump on my upper belly area. I wish it would shrink that was always my problem my stomach. Well the most noticable problem. I go to my doctor on Thursday for my blood work results and I am going to ask her about my belly. It is not like I am like 8 months pregnant big but a small lump. I hope it goes away. Well talk to you all later.
02/23/04 291lbs
03/06/04 260lbs
05/23/04 232lbs
07/28/04 203lbs
09/10/04 186lbs
09/27/04 179lbs
02/15/05 158lbs
07/18/05 157lbs
01/24/06 161lbs
06/02/06 168lbs
09/17/06 167.5 lbs
02/15/05 165
02/15/05 I weighed myself today and I am happy with what I see. I have exceeded my personal goal which was 165 lbs now I have made a new personal goal which will be much harder to reach. The new goal for me is 150 lbs I have 8 to go so I will give myself atleast 2 months to reach it. Still haven't set foot in a gym but I bought some sweats to finally go need the sneaks then I will be there next week. I can't wait. I am going to work on toning my muscles in my inner thigh and get rid of the gut but I know that I need to get that cut off. I will try to get that done maybe next year. Oh I just got a promotion so things are good I start my new position on 2/28/05. I have mixed emotions cause I love the people that I work with and I love my current position but I am looking forward to the new job and ofcourse the money. I will try to update more often which I always say but I'll try.
04/13/05 Oh wow long time no post. I got the promotion and am in training. Marriage is not good at all, he is too posesive now and that is scary. I most definately am thinking about a divorce.
Now today I sent in a pic so I can finally have one and you all can see my face. I will get a before pic to send also. I am still at 158lbs and maintaining. I weigh myself every week but now I seem to get low sugar bouts more often. I am going to try to make my meals smaller and increase the times that I eat during the day but I do carry glucose tabs for when that happens. I will try and post again soon. Love ya.
07/18/2005 Hey everyone. I haven't been able to post because my PC is down at home and with this promotion I don't have time to sit at my desk like before. Today the system is down so we can't input anything so I am sitting here waiting. Home life is beautiful now, the hubby got over his jealous phase and is not acting out. We are doing beautifully and I am extremely happy. I want a TT but can't afford to take the time off of work just yet. But once I start my journey I will post to keep you all updated. I love all of my Weight Loss brothers and sisters. Keep in touch.
09/28/2005 OK I know it has been awhile and I have been going through something I gained 4 pounds in two weeks it might be my that my thyroid medication needs adjusting so I made an appointment to see my endo and I went to my primary and got blood work done and I am writing everything that goes in my mouth the old B.L.T. method Bite Lick Taste. Wish me luck to go back down to 156 lbs.
12/27/2005
My Christmas holiday was nice and I really enjoyed myself. I didn't eat much which I was really happy that I didn't. I am at the point where I have to maintain and it is the hardest part cause I seem to be in weight loss mode most of the time. It is hard but atleast I am not in weight gain mode. I am happy for that. Merry Christmas to everyone. Happy New Year.
01/24/2006
I am still struggling to lose those 4 pounds, I am going to up my water intake just a tad bit more cause I have to admit I haven't been drinking water like I used to. I asked my supervisor if I can take a bottle up front when I interview. Another co worker and I are going to begin walking in the afternoons when the office is closed, we will take a late break. I am committed to losing more weight, I can't go back I have to move forward.
06/02/2006
I think that now is the hardest part of the journey. Keeping the weight off! I weigh myself several times a week and try to write down what I eat and there are times that I do gain weight mostly lately. I am going to begin to incorporate protein shakes and eat like I did post op. I am two and a half years out and I am able to gain but I am not going to let myself go backwards.
09/18/2006 I weighed myself yesterday and I was down a half a pound. YAY! I don't want to gain but since I have gone up to 168 I have been maintaining from 165-168. That is good but I want to get back to 154 where I was. It is hard but I accept the challenge! Yesterday my darling husband whom I love with all my heart, body and soul turned 30. I love him soo much I thank the heavens for sending him to me.
03/28/2007 I am now 171.5 lbs but fighting it off. I am now exercising which I really never have done before so hopefully I will lose the weight back I have maintained which was an accomplishment for me. I just don't want to gain my weight back, that is something that I didn't mind losing. :) I keep up with the basics the protein and chewing which I forgot for a minute but I am reincorporating it but one thing that I never stopped doing was timing my drinks prior to eating and after eating, I always waited 15-20 minutes before and after.
03/10/2008 4 years have passed and I am still fighting but I tell you that I will die fighting I have gained weight but I am glad that I haven't gained back more than half, right now I weigh 186 I have had a bad thyroid week. Today I started logging my food in again and I incorporated weights into my workout. I still don't eat and drink at the same time, that is saving me but my goal as of today is to lose atleast 10 pounds in 5 weeks. One thing for sure, if you are reading this don't think that if you have gastric bypass surgery you lose the weight and wont have to worry about it for the rest of your life because you do, I didn't think that and I am thankful that I had the surgery because I wouldn't be where I am today I probably weigh 186 but I am a size 10 in jeans prior to surgery I was a 26 and they were getting tight. Just remember it is a tool and should be used in addition to changing your eating habits for the better.
04/08/2008 I am happy to say that I weighed myself this morning and I am down to 175.6 I am extremely proud of myself.
