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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 10 years, 9 months ago
4 year anniversary!!!! -
I almost teared up a bit when I read the OH note in my email today congratulating me on my 4 year anniversary. Wow. Four years ago today. It was life changing. I'll never forge...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 12 years, 3 months ago
Where has the time gone? - I am here.... so far out from the surgery I have to pause to think how long it has been. Dec. 11th I believe...must have been 2 years and 5 months!. It worked. I lost all the wei...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 13 years, 6 months ago
15 months and not counting - Doing great. Over a year has passed and I feel "at one" with my sleeve. My mindset was always that my stomach was too big for me anyway. So, now I just think of it as the corre...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 13 years, 9 months ago
One Year, yes really. - When my first child turned 1 year of age I couldn't leave her. I was so attached I feared she would feel abandoned if I left for a week to go on a trip; so I canceled. I was incr...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
Remembering and Honoring the process - I am so rarely on this site anymore. Isn't it strange how a great dependence eventually passes by. I still feel the sleeve working and have allowed myself to plateau; well sort o...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 14 years, 1 month ago
Happiness abounds. - I am just so happy. Happy I can wear smaller clothes, cross my legs, eat to live not live to eat, not feel embarrassed, look in the mirror and feel normal. I would have this surg...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Moutains of Reality 7 months out - I am in Maine on vacation with family. I was here last year. A year ago when we all hiked up Bald Mountain I couldn't get to the top. I was short of breath but mostly my knees w...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Married Twice how fortunate I am - Posted the following on the boards. Got some very nice feedback which made me realize how fortunate I am. Made me want to save to my blog.
June 15th, 2010. 29th Wedding Ann...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
6 months post op; never a regret! - I can't believe it's been 6 months.
Then again, I'm getting so used to my sleeve I almost don't remember what it was like before. Having a stomach that is the right size is...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 14 years, 5 months ago
Blogging so I won't forget (someday the memory wil - Post Date: 3/26/10 8:48 pm
I posted my frustration/sadness about an experience on the main forum wall as follows :
I was at an educational conference today. I go every 1-3 ...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 14 years, 6 months ago
3 months post op, I can hardly beleive it. - I had about 80% of my stomach removed at 8:30 in the morning 12 weeks ago. At this time the night before WLS I couldn't sleep I was so excited. I did my first Hibiclens shower an...
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Lakesidemom wrote a blog post 14 years, 6 months ago
10 weeks, looking back - I am sharing others journies, and as I write today connecting with a friend who is just two weeks post op my thoughts as follows to her:
I SO remember feeling like I was learning,...
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About Me
Duluth, MN
Location
26.5
BMI
Surgery
12/11/2009
Surgery Date
Sep 30, 2009
Member Since