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Well I finally made it home on Thursday late afternoon. I'm doing so well. So much more then expected. I really thought that this journey was going to be so much harder then it has been. 

I got to the hospital around 7:30am and they didn't come get me until about 9:45am and my surgery was supposed to begin at 10:30 sharp but my Dr came in to see me at 10:35am and said there was about 30 min delay. Bummer :(   However the pre-surgery nurses were extremly nice & kept me ok. They finally wheeled me out about 11:15am.. As they wheeled me into surgery room #4 I saw two nurses counting all the tools they were about to use on me and its was a great experience being able to see some of the tools. I love that stuff!!! Well I remember moving to the small table and then the Dr putting the mask on my face & telling me to take deep breaths. I remember it tasting funny and then I felt my checks start to tingle and that was it - Next I was waking up in the recovery room. I think the 1st words actually out of my mouth was asking the nurse if I had the open surgery or the lap.. The nurse told me Lap & I told her I loved her, then I asked for pain meds! It was about 4:15pm when I was finally wheeled into my room where my family was waiting for me and I was still a little out of it. I don't even remember the ride from the recovery room 2nd floor to my actual room 707 on the 7th floor. 
My B/f Brent said it took about an hour and then I was really awake - enough to talk to my family and check out my tummy. Yep 5 little incisions. Not bad!!! Awwwwww man this was such a piece of cake. Everyone in the hospital were great & made me feel as if I was really taken care of. Brent was able to stay with me on Tuesday & Wednesday night. It was night having someone there to keep me company. 
SO Thursday was my big release, the Dr actually said I could leave at 8am but my family couldn't get there until noon. So we finally left about 1pm. Then of course we had to stop several times on the way to prevent blood clots so I could walk. That wasn't so bad either! 

I'm So Happy to be home. To be in my own bed and not having night nurses wake me up and the machines beeping cause they are out of the saline or etc. 

I'm sooooooo excited that my surgery is over & done with and now on my way to really taking care of myself I should have done all along! Hopefully in a year or more - Brent & I will be posting that we are prego. That is my next goal to work towards. I want to be a Mommy so bad! Actually my health is most important but now I've been given a second chance to start over & I'm REALLY going to give it my all to make the most of it and to REALLY Live the life that was given to me in the 1st place. To NOT take it for granted again. 

I started this whole journey at 367 and the day of surgery I was 316. I'm seriously hoping to get to 150 but will be ok if I get close enough. Under 200 would be soooooooo great! Baby Steps - that is all I'm going to do right now. 

I will continue to update through my process - any ups and downs and I welcome anyone to ask any questions.  Happy Holidays just in case I don't post before there.

Lots of Love
~Gayle~

I'm in complete shock that my date is finally here! I can't express it enough how excited I am to finally have my dreams finally come true. 

So its the night before my big day - I'm done packing everything up. Now I'm just waiting for my Dad to get here so we can head out to San Diego. 

The MOM wasn't so bad today & I wasn't in the bathroom as much as I thought I would be. I guess I did good keeping a small diet in my body. The hard part today was getting 120oz of liquid in my body. I had no problem getting the 64oz of water in but I don't think I have ever pee'd so much in my life! 

Ok - Well everyone wish me lots of luck and I will update as soon as I get home. Well that is if I'm up to sitting at the computer. 

Lots of Love to everyone.
~Gayle~ 

Awwwwwwwwwww finally out of work & on my way to San Diego today for my pre-op. I'm still so very excited and I seriously can't believe its here already! 

On Wednesday when I was in the Orange County office - the girls there bought me my 1st flower. It was a yellow rose & it smelled so pretty! I think a little bit of butterflies set in my stomach because my dreams are finally becoming a reality! 

Thursday - my last day at work. Oh Man were there constant fires I was putting out left & right. Couldn't my day go smooth? Of Course Not! So then I get this call from Sherry a nurse at Scripps Mercy Hospital and she just wanted to ask me a few simple questions before my pre-op appt. They were pretty common, whats your full name, age, birthday, place of employment & address and then she asked me "Who do we call in case of an emergency" I felt myself starting to tear up reading off my dad's name & phone number. WOW the nerves are really starting to set in now :(  After we hung up - I got a bit emotional. WOW - this is REALLY happening. In My head I was thinking - there isn't going to be an emergency, its going to go smooth. There is NOT going to be any problems!!!!! I know its totally protocol but still. 

SO I packed up my entire office - since I'm not going back to my LA office, it was a bit sad to say goodbye but hey when I come back to work a new me, what is better way to start off but in a new office :)~ 

I told my carpooler's on the way home about my emotional cry after the nurse's phone call & they told me, that was nothing - wait til you get to the hospital and they ask you the serious questions like what happens if I die, Do I want them to try & save me. OMG - This is freaking me! I don't want to answer these kinds of questions before my big day where I'm trying to stay positive & focused that everything is going to be ok!!! Can't someone else answer them for me?? Just kidding - I know I have to do it. I'm so glad that girls warned me!

I already warned Brent - my b/f to be prepared for me to get all emotional at pre-op or even at the hospital. That's just me - I'm a super emotional girl!!!

SO its like 7:15am on my Pre-Op day and I just got out of the shower. My appt isn't until 1:30pm but Brent & I have some errands to run before hand. Not to mention he is still in a cast up to his thigh and needs extra time to get ready. Plus the drive is 2 hours to San Diego and its Raining - so we need all the extra time we can get! I printed out maps to all the hotels in the area so we can check them out after my appt. 1:30pm - 5:30pm - What the hell are they going to do to me at pre-op? That appt is longer then the entire surgery!!!! 

Well - that's all for now. I will post more tonight when I get home from pre-op and I will have more answers to a lot of my questions. WISH ME LUCK!!!! And lots of love to all!!!!!

~Gayle~

I finally got my date - YIPPPPPEEEEE!!!!!

My Date is scheduled for Dec 10th. I have to go to pre op on Dec 7th at 1:30pm. I will find out what time my surgery is then...OH MY GOSH - I can't believe its just a little over a week away!!! I'm sooo excited - its like there is so many things I have to do before the big day. With Brent being broken that is a little bit of a stress cause who is going to take care of him now? I guess we are both going to be laid up in bed with no ones help... I totally hate being so dependant on other people but I've had several friends offer their help! I think one of the most exciting things to me is being off of work & finally getting a break! Soooo Next Thursday is going to be my last day. OH Yikes - I have to get some bills paid off now before I'm completely out of work & before those small disability checks kick - probably when I'm ready to go back to work :( I hope Brent's check gets here soon too - cause YIKES we are running thin on our savings.. HA HA HA That is a joke - what savings. OH Well - I really believe everything is going to be ok...

ON my way to Mommyhood!!!!

I got the call from the Dr office to tell me I have been cleared for the surgery! OH My Gosh is this finally going to happen??? Are my dreams really starting to come true. I've been blessed with this amazing tool to help me fulfill my dreams of trying to get a new start on life & hopefully motherhood!!

So Mel asked me if I wanted to have surgery in Dec or Jan and I answered right away not even giving it any thought - "Oh ASAP" so then Mel told me that the surgeries right now for Dr R. are the 2nd week in Dec and Mel asked if I was ok with a Monday and I was like FOR Sure!!!!! So Mel stated that they couldn't give me a date today but tomorrow I should expect a call after the nurses confirm everything with the hospital. So here I am waiting all day for that call & Nothing - so I'm back to waiting again but its ok - I'm MUCH closer then I was before. 

I'm sooooooo excited we are sooooooooo close!!!!! 

Well my boo - had his Dr App also today for his broken leg & the Dr said it looks good. Just to keep doing what he is doing for another 2 weeks and hopefully we will be able to get a smaller cast. The only bummer is his Apt is on Tues the 11th of Dec - What if I have my Surgery on the 10th - Who is going to take him??? OH YIKES - we are going to be two patients cooped up in the house with nothing to do :(    OH I'm sure we can do some things but its not like we can get out & go shopping or anything. I'm sure we will figure something out! 

Well - I will hopefully post again tomorrow when I get the call with my Date!!! 

Lots of Love to all...
~GB~

So I survived the Thanksgiving Holiday. To be perfectly honest - I'm not all into this Holiday or the food! When I was a little girl - my favorite grandmother passed away while my family was on a Holiday trip. I think that dramatic event has stuck with me ever since. So to me T-Day is just a day off work. Oh Yeah and some time to spend with the family and not to mention a butt load of dishes that got used by my family! DANG IT!
I didn't eat that much - and the deserts I took 1 small bite of choc cake. Not a big fan of Choc Cake either! Dang I'm one picky girl!!!!

So I'm still waiting for the Dr's to call me - this next week THEY BETTER CALL! I'm going crazy already! I guess the ONLY good thing about the Dr's NOT calling me would be that Cobra/Kaiser can get their act together and get my insurance showing that I'm covered OH this has been a major nightmare. Probably mostly on my part just getting impatient & a little freaked out that something is going to go wrong. 

I'm sooooooooo looking forward to having some time off work! I seriously need a break! 

Well - I hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving. Spending time with your family & Friends!!

I will hopefully update on Monday when the Dr's call with a date for me!

Love to all
~Gayle~

So I'm back from my camping trip. Came home early since my B/f got a little aggressive while riding & broke his leg. We came home a day early to get him to the hospital. Well Brent is in a cast from the ankle all the way up to his manhood :( He is off work for 6 weeks at least. NOT Fun!!!

I have been busting my behind off helping him around the house & doing ALL the chores. Man I'm tired but I'm a fighter! I guess this is my hard work ahead of time - since he was the one that was going to take care of me while I'm off of work!

Well I got to back to work on Tuesday hoping to find a message from the Dr's office and I had 5 messages on my phone. the 1st 3 calls were nothing & then the 4th message was 70 sec long & I was soooo excited - but I was let down quickly when it was one of my sales reps :( So I'm still waiting. I'm going crazy! My appt was November 5th with the Dr's and he told me that I should hear form the staff w/ in 10 days. Can you believe with the dang holiday its only been 5 working days.... Gosh this sux!!!!

I went to get a BP reading this morning - its still a bit high, so I decided that I would weigh myself while I was there since the Dr wants me to try & lose another 10lbs before my big day, and I have lost another 4 lbs. GO ME!!! I'm not sure how it happened, wait - yes I do..... I have really been watching what I eat. Staying away from the Carbs! Keeping it to a very low minimum!

Well I'm getting so crazy with waiting for the Dr's to call that if I don't hear from them by Thursday or Friday - I'm going to call them! I'm a bit worried though about my insurance. On my last day of class of 6 long months - I found out the my company was bought out and the new company does NOT offer Kaiser - BUMMER! So I have to pay for Cobra - NO Big Deal right? Well I'm praying that there is NO lapse in coverage or it doesn't slow me down. I've come so far & its soooooooo hard keeping up with the weight loss on my own w/o my classes to keep me in check! Everyone please PRAY for me to stay strong. Its HARD at times!!!!

That's all for now - I will try to post some more later. OH Yeah I have to start from the beginning. Ooops Sorry!!! I will get back to that when I have some quite time.

Take Care & Lots of Love out there!
~Gayle~

Its super late, I should be in bed at this hour, its only 1am... WAY passed my bed time. However my b/f and I are going camping for the weekend. I took tomorrow off work so I can get all the packing, shopping & fun stuff done. 

I'm hoping to get my mind of the Dr's phone call with the available dates of surgery. I wont be getting excited every time the phone rings just to be let down its a customer or one of my sales reps calling for something silly. 

So instead, I'm going to go off with Brent & his friends to go offroad riding. Its going to be a lot of fun & hopefully the last trip as a "BIG Girl" Last time I have to put on the gear that had to be special ordered for me. Last time to wear those dang books that don't fit my legs but yet are supposed to protect me..  I can't wait to go out & buy all those hot little outfits that all the "Fox" Girls wear at Supercross events & to buy a normal pair of riding boots off the shelf. OK Enough of being all down. I'm a HAPPY Person Dang it!!! SO Yeah Back to going out & enjoying my weekend away from work.. 

Well my Furry kids & Brent are all snoring and they are calling my name to hit the sheets too. 

So when I get back from my trip - I will go back to the post & start from the beginning of my journey of WLS... Who ever said it was a rule to start from the beginning..

Hopefully I come back in one piece :)~

Peace!