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so i had my one week check up yesterday.... i was so excited to get the drain and staples out... yet noone told me they would leave one staple in each line.... lol.. whats up with that eh?? so i have to go back next week... now for the big news.... drum roll pleaseeeeee...... on feb 14 at preop i was 296 in clothes, on surgery day i was 281 nekkid, and yesterday at doc i was 278 with clothes, so i figure it was 273 nekkid as thats how i will be weighing each week...... sooooo.. thats 20 pounds in one month and 8 pounds since surgery..... at first i was bummed but then the nurse told me most people gain weight due to the fluids given and not to look at the scale... but to see 278 clothes or not??????? HOLY CARUMBA BATMAN!!!!! and like most here i was thinking i was gonna be the one person that it would not work for!!!!!!

AND to top it off... i got to sleep in a real bed for the first time..... a REAL bed... first time since surgery... and guess what?? i slept 13 hours..... scared the beegeebers outta my boyfriend as my phone was off..... sorry DBF.... :) anyway.... all good reports.... and lots of excitement....

I am also excited that my bra's are looser around the band under my girls... i put on a bra before the apt that  is normaly a chore but it was a sinch and sadly... the 'girls'  are shrinking... but that is way ok with me and the DBF... lol....

i was so glad they removed all but one of the staples on the lower left.... it was such a pain.. it is still sore... and the drain coming out was the grossest and weirdest feeling ever....and it is a bit sore today... but it will be alright..... 

DBF and i decided we would record measurements and photos once a month to keep a digital and measurement record of this fantastic journey.......

til next time

good morning one and all... today marks one week since my life changing surgery. today i feel so so... woke with a headache and one of my staple lines is kicking my but... other than that... i feel pretty good.... i sometimes think that i am sleeping too much but DBF says that sleep is essential to healing.... i do not know how much weight i have lost as i have no scale here at his house...my doc apt. is tomorrow to remove this drain and the staples and i cant wait.... i know its going to smart but holy smokes... nothing is going to hurt like those heparin shots in the hospital.

as for the day of surgery, it was pretty uneventful, the worst part of the whole day was having the two iv sites put in, we woke in the morning at the hotel and everyone showered and had brekkie.... but me that is.... lol...and btw.. that bowel prep the night before is the vilest thing on the planet!!!! if i never see another lemonade crystal light it will be too soon!!! lol

as for the actualy surgery.... he said it went perfectly.. 1 hour 15 minutes.. so the 17 day liquid fast was worth it...

i was up and walking as soon as i was able.... was pretty much out of it until about 11 pm that night.... i do recall my daughter grilling the anesthesiologist  and doctor before going in and telling them to make sure i wake up!!! poor thing... she has never seen me sick!!! but she came through this like a trooper and i am proud of her!!

soo today i feel so so and as soon as i get a weight i will post it..... 

Gotta say... my sweet boyfriend has been spectacular......he has taken care of me better than i have ever been taken care of....and i am not sure i will ever be able to repay him for all his love and care.........

until next time

ok... i gotta tell ya.... yesterday when i woke up at 615 am... yeah ok not happy but it was alright... but today?!?!??!?!??! 630a.m. what is up with that!?!?!?!?! i am not nervous, i am not scared for the surgery tomorrow... none of that stuff...... but i am frustrated that my eyes for the first time ever have popped awake both days at a time reserved for a work day!!!!!!!!!!!! now granted i have been able to accomplish alot but then that leaves me bored for the rest of the day..... lol.... am finishing up my bedroom and am now in the packing process... got the DBF bag and the hospital bag going.... gonna have to get my lil care package for the hospital going as well..... i think my daughter is getting more aprehensive cuz she called last night and i always say i love you first when we hang up... and she jumped right in and said.. i love you mom....... so i know she is fretting.... but we are going to play games and stuff tonight at the hotel and i will get her mind off of it...... i did write her and my dbf a letter last night... that i want them to read no matter what.... because you should not wait til you are gone to say all the things you want them to know..... those were hard....... but its all good and everything will be alright.... 

i still have not told my mom... most likely i will call her tonight and let her know and then DBF will call her and let her know i am alright afterwards.....

anyway... back to the packing.. just wanted to come in and vent... wonder how that whole bowel prep thing is going to go today...... gotta drink 64 oz of the vile stuff.....lol....  back at it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh p.s. i AM down to 281.2 **Cheezy grin**

as my day approaches on monda.y.... i am excited... i am nervous energy.... i just talked to my sweet lil emma probably for the last time before surgery and we played the i love you more than game.... and she loves me more than pie and cupcakes..... and THATS why i am doing this.... cuz i want to be old and grey and having her love me more than pie and cupcakes.... and i want her to teach her lil brother to be the more than more game..... and i want to see my daughter graduate from college...... so i AM EXCITED.... i am not scared... i am not doubtful....i am prepared....and i am on my way...... right now.. just bored silly...... laughs.... still have to pack...i am a last minute kind of gal when it comes to packing..... and right now am just rambling........ been reading just about all the posts... cuz i am bored... and watching an NCIS marathon.... house is clean, laundry is done..... soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ...... just thought i would come here and post... so heres my post.... lol....

wow.... 1 day and a wake up... this morning the scale said 283.8.... and like most i am sure the thoughts of wow.. im loosing weight i dont need the surgery has passed through my head.... but again... you cant live on soup alone.... and this surgery is the tool to assist me in loosing and maintaining!!!!! i am not scared, or nervous... however on a saturday morning where i can sleep in.. i was awake at 615 am on the button just like a normal work day... now doesnt that suck??? lol.... but seriously.... no fear.... no jitters... just thinking about all the things i need to get done before i head to DBF tomorrow to spend time with him and his kids and then off to muskegon to meet my daughter where we will all stay the night before the surgery..... i did find out that my time has been moved back by an hour and half... so that kinda sucks.... would be nice if they called me and said hey.. the 8 am canceled.... how about that time slot??? lol... but i a hoping that whomever has that slot doesnt cancel... :) this is the best thing ever!!!!!

NE way.. laundry to do and cleaning to get done... cuz 3 flights of stairs is not condusive to carrying things once i am home... sooo 'nesting' as they call it when you are prego.... we shall see what i get done... gotta pack a hospital back and a DBF house bag as thats where i am staying....

off to it!!!!!!

wow... it seems that i have been waiting so long for this and to think that i am in a single digit waiting time frame blows my mind let alone freaks me right on out..... 

had lunch with my good friend today who had the surgery about 6.5 years ago now... and we talked alot about the changes and how life does get back to normal and that there is a point of loosing too much and how maintaining is important....

i am a little scared due to with any surgery there are the normal fears (at least everyone here is telling me its normal... lol) and it was hard to say gbye to my lil granddaughter for the last time before the surgery was super hard......

and one of the harder things i have done is do all the measurements.... it broke my heart to hear my DBF read off the numbers,.... made me sad to know i let myself go so bad.. embarrassed for him to know all the measurements.... he was great... encouraging.... sooooo.. here goes... the measurements are below:

Right forarm  11.5"
Right wrist       6.5"
Right upp arm 15"
right calf  19"
right ankle 9 3/4"
hips 60"
waist 44"
neck 14 3/4"
right thigh 35"
head 22"
chest 44"
breast 50.5"

how embarrasing..........:( but how encouraging to know that the slimmer me is only 6 days away!!!!!!!!!

well it is day 4 od a 17 day LF. I weighed when i got home just now cuz i could not wait til tomorrow morning. The scale says 289.6!!! thats two eight niner point six!!!!!!! i have not seen below 290 in forever.... now hopefully tomorrow morning it will say a pound or two less... it definitely makes this LF more bearable seeing the scale going in the other direction and truly helps in concurring the visual cravings.... what is so funny is i am craving something that i hardly have ever eaten.... a super fry and a doubly qounder with cheese only catsup and pickle...... how strange is that.... DBF and i have both commented that its a strange craving for someone that is not a FFood eater.

anyway....13 dyas and a wakeup...... cant wait!!!

I weighed today!!! 291.5!!! Being sugar free since getting my date is paying off, slooooooooowwwwwwwwlllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyy but its helping. Also hoping that by keeping track like i am will also help on my pre-op on thursday with the Doc. I have been very diligent!!!!!! 2 pounds to go to get outta the 290's forever!!!! I can say that i am exstatic (sp?) that i never once saw 300 again on the scale.... to be from 420+ to where i am at now.... and 420 being my highest! looking at 160 and being healthy... have a wonderful day!!

hi there.. been a bit since i posted.. just working on the food intake to loose weight before my pre-op appointment this thursday... still maintaining right around the 292 mark **sighs** this has been the issue for the last 20 years, can loose a wee bit... but then just stalled.... and i am sure i am like alot of people who think 'ok, i am doing this, but will it really work for me'. 

I finally told my grams and my dad this week.... surprisingly they were VERY supportive, both of them know someone who has had it done and have been very successful with it. Dad being dad, gave a mini lecture on what i could eat and what i had to do etc etc etc and i just said i know dad i know... because i DO know. If after 3 years i do not know all the pro's and con's of this process, i should not be having it done!!! *lol* I have not told my mom, probably wont until the night before, not sure of her support sooooo... sorry mom....  and I called my best friend Bart in TX and he is excited for me.... soo the most important people are on board and thats a great feeling!!!!!

Also, my BF gets to go with me to the pre-op so i am happy about that... i think it will be good for him....  we have been together since may of 2006 and i thought we were working toward a ring, but he said the other night, i want to make sure you dont change, i dont want to get engaged married to the woman i fell in love with and then wonder where she went and not be happy. On one hand i can understand and we have such an open and communcative relationship that i doubt that will happen, but on the other hand, it really smarts, its like he doesnt trust in the love we share enough to make a committment and decide to stick by me no matter what. I thought doing that was what  committment was about, sticking through thick and thin by each other no matter what.......  anyway.. just a bit sad about it....but will work through it........

anyway.... excited about my surgery and cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT NEWS!!!! 292.4!!! I am being diligent about what is going into my mouth and am seeing the weight coming down for my goal to have lost weight by the time surgery comes around... I weighed this morning and it said 292.4, I weighed 5 times just to make sure it was accurate.... now how about that for bieng afraid nothing was happening!?!?!? I am also in contact with Erica.. bless her... and we ar emaking sure that what i am eating is correct and so far so good.... did you know that they make sugar free lemonade>??? i didnt but i do now and i got some!! lol.. i also did not know that although granola is good for you... definitely in moderation!!! and as for nuts... bad bad bad bad... yay proteing.. bad calories and fat!!! lol.. thats the only 3 things i was doing that had to change so far.... soo just keeping track of the food, weighing daily, keeping track on my ticker here... and just reading the web board.... 

and sooo OT... but sometimes these posts on the boards can get kinda catty.... read one this morning and all i could say was WOW... and that was it... and i post on the main, the ryn and the michigan... as for the other boards... i dont go there.... neways....

oh.. and for those that were curious... that is my awesome daughter in the photo, she is 19 in college and about the make me a noni again in june.. so i am terribly excited about it!!! his name is Ryder Ames...  and he will join lil miss Emma :) so new things all the way around..

ok enough for today.... but was stoked about the weight!!!!!

oh 1 more thing... the DBF got the time off for my surgery AND did not have to take vacation time for it.. he got to use his sick leave... hot damn!!!! now thats way too cool.... thanks boss!! :)