2 year Surgiversary
Wow I can not believe how fast these 2 years went. On March 6th was my 2 year Re-Birthday. I am so glad that I did this surgery for me. I am so blessed to have my health back. No more diabetes, no more sleep apnea! I have the energy to play with my kids and I can keep up with all of them. I feel GREAT and LIFE is good! Thank you Dr. Von Rueden for giving my life back to me!
I am currently 10 pounds under my dr's goal weighing at 144lbs. He wanted me at 154 so that when I go to have my extra skin removed I would weigh at about 140. Right now plastics will be on hold for another year since I am still nursing my baby.
I want to thank everyone for all the love and support that I have always received from my OH family.
I am currently 10 pounds under my dr's goal weighing at 144lbs. He wanted me at 154 so that when I go to have my extra skin removed I would weigh at about 140. Right now plastics will be on hold for another year since I am still nursing my baby.
I want to thank everyone for all the love and support that I have always received from my OH family.
I am who I am and accept my feelings wholeheartedly.
Those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind.
Cira 249/144.0 current/goal 154/ 5'3" 10 lbs below my Dr's goal
Good morning Cira, Wow what a difference you were so beautiful before but you had that fat unhappy look on your face. Like you were disgusted. I know we all have that look at times too. I am glad all has worked for you. I am still trying to decide what surgery to go with. I am not brave enogh to do what you did I wish I was... Hope your new job is going well and the drive isnt driving you crazy.. Congrats on your two years honey...Keep up the good work... I sure miss your smile during the week..
Love,
Julie
Love,
Julie
Loser's visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
Mom I hope you rest in Peace knowing that you were loved and will be missed. Keep love alive in your
heart as I know I will. You are now an 
and I know you will be looking down on us from above......... I am OK.......
Mom I hope you rest in Peace knowing that you were loved and will be missed. Keep love alive in your
heart as I know I will. You are now an and I know you will be looking down on us from above......... I am OK....... Hi Julie honey!!
How are you doing girl?
Yes that was the day of my surgery 03-06-07 I hated taking pics and I would never really smile in any pics taken of me. Disgusted is what I felt and girl it was so depressing.
As far as going for surgery I was thinking of lapband at first until I went to my first seminar(information session) after hearing about the lapband I knew that type of surgery was not for me. I am such a big baby and I hate needles, I just couldn't stomach the idea of getting poked and prodded for fills and hearing about ports flipping possible corosion with the band inside of me it scared me. When I had my first cosult with DVR he suggested that I have the RNY and I felt comfortable with his decision and I agreed the more I researched. DVR bypasses the minimal and his patients do really great and are not sick and malnourished. As you can see I even had a baby and the baby and I did great. Not that I am saying it was right for me to get pregnant but it happened and we both did great.
Keep researching find out what your insurance covers and when you go to the first consult see what the doctor recommends for you then go from there.
As far as my commute girl it is a killer but I am handling it well thank goodness. I miss my kids alot and wehn I get home I only have 1 1/2 hours to spend with Gianna because she has to be in bed by 8pm since she has to wake up at 7 am. Then Gia is stuck on me from the moment I walk in until we go to bed at 10pm. Poor Little Gino gets my attention until 9:30 and he goes to bed. So I miss them terribly. But I know that it will get easier with time.
Thanks for the congrats and the sweet words.
I miss you too.
Love ya!
How are you doing girl?
Yes that was the day of my surgery 03-06-07 I hated taking pics and I would never really smile in any pics taken of me. Disgusted is what I felt and girl it was so depressing.
As far as going for surgery I was thinking of lapband at first until I went to my first seminar(information session) after hearing about the lapband I knew that type of surgery was not for me. I am such a big baby and I hate needles, I just couldn't stomach the idea of getting poked and prodded for fills and hearing about ports flipping possible corosion with the band inside of me it scared me. When I had my first cosult with DVR he suggested that I have the RNY and I felt comfortable with his decision and I agreed the more I researched. DVR bypasses the minimal and his patients do really great and are not sick and malnourished. As you can see I even had a baby and the baby and I did great. Not that I am saying it was right for me to get pregnant but it happened and we both did great.
Keep researching find out what your insurance covers and when you go to the first consult see what the doctor recommends for you then go from there.
As far as my commute girl it is a killer but I am handling it well thank goodness. I miss my kids alot and wehn I get home I only have 1 1/2 hours to spend with Gianna because she has to be in bed by 8pm since she has to wake up at 7 am. Then Gia is stuck on me from the moment I walk in until we go to bed at 10pm. Poor Little Gino gets my attention until 9:30 and he goes to bed. So I miss them terribly. But I know that it will get easier with time.
Thanks for the congrats and the sweet words.
I miss you too.
Love ya!
I am who I am and accept my feelings wholeheartedly.
Those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind.
Cira 249/144.0 current/goal 154/ 5'3" 10 lbs below my Dr's goal
Thank you Nessa! Yes we have the same Doctor he is a Godsent! I love that man to death he saved my life!
I am almost 5 feet 3". lol
My highest weight was 267 at one point it was really hard on my body.
I am almost 5 feet 3". lol
My highest weight was 267 at one point it was really hard on my body.
I am who I am and accept my feelings wholeheartedly.
Those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind.
Cira 249/144.0 current/goal 154/ 5'3" 10 lbs below my Dr's goal
Yeah I sometimes say the same and feel so short so in my driver's license says 5'3" as if that makes a big difference. lol
You will do great since you have one of the Top doctors!
Wishing you all the best.
Hugs,
I am who I am and accept my feelings wholeheartedly.
Those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind.
Cira 249/144.0 current/goal 154/ 5'3" 10 lbs below my Dr's goal
Thank you Cira for the kind words. I am just so scared of bypass I worry about all the skin and I have heard from my nut that you get so sick since your body cant absorb vitamins. I am really worried and I dont think plastic surgery would be covered by insurance if I had all that skin... I appreciate your honesty.
Julie
Julie
Loser's visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
Mom I hope you rest in Peace knowing that you were loved and will be missed. Keep love alive in your heart as I know I will. You are now an and I know you will be looking down on us from above......... I am OK.......
Mom I hope you rest in Peace knowing that you were loved and will be missed. Keep love alive in your
heart as I know I will. You are now an and I know you will be looking down on us from above......... I am OK....... I know you are scared and it is normal to be scared that is why you need to do what you feel is right for you after you have a consult and you feel you trust the surgeon you choose then you go from there. If you follow your dr's guidelines to the T, you will do great. Alot of people that do not get enough vitamins is because they do not take their supplements religiously! For example I make sure I never ever forget my vitamins. If I missed a couple during the day I will take them even if it is late at night. I do not play when it comes to taking my vitamins. If you ever lurk on the main forum you will read a lot of people saying oh they got so sick because they were doing so good and stop taking their supplements. Then they come back to say they have nerve damage and so forth. Well, tell me didn't your surgeon tell you that your supplements are a must for life? Why don't they take it then?
Gino had surgery too and he is doing great. I am on him like a hawk making sure he does not skip his. We eat healthy we make protein a priority and then our veggies and fruits. If you follow your dr's guidelines trust me you will do great. As far as for the extra skin it really doesn't matter what surgery you have had. My skin was already stretched out for years and the belly from having babies. Even if I had had lapband that skin will never retract completely. Plastic surgery is not for everyone that I know. But girl I rather deal with my extra skin than being heavy and unhealthy.
Now there are a lot of people that will be in the gym forever lifting weights to build muscle and toning their body it might work for a small percentage but not all will go back to normal.
I don't have the elasticity that a lot of people have so I knew that regardless of how fast or slow I lost weight I was not getting it back to normal regardless.
By the way a panneculectomy (sp) gets covered if there are skin irritations and stuff.
Big hugs to you!
Gino had surgery too and he is doing great. I am on him like a hawk making sure he does not skip his. We eat healthy we make protein a priority and then our veggies and fruits. If you follow your dr's guidelines trust me you will do great. As far as for the extra skin it really doesn't matter what surgery you have had. My skin was already stretched out for years and the belly from having babies. Even if I had had lapband that skin will never retract completely. Plastic surgery is not for everyone that I know. But girl I rather deal with my extra skin than being heavy and unhealthy.
Now there are a lot of people that will be in the gym forever lifting weights to build muscle and toning their body it might work for a small percentage but not all will go back to normal.
I don't have the elasticity that a lot of people have so I knew that regardless of how fast or slow I lost weight I was not getting it back to normal regardless.
By the way a panneculectomy (sp) gets covered if there are skin irritations and stuff.
Big hugs to you!
I am who I am and accept my feelings wholeheartedly.
Those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind.
Cira 249/144.0 current/goal 154/ 5'3" 10 lbs below my Dr's goal
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