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Sleeve to Hip Hop Grammy

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I Am In Control Now!

I am so excited....The Wii can no longer tell me to "GET OFF", it used to tell me how mobildy obese I was and until I changed that it would not let me play I was "TOO FAT". Well today I had the most amazing thing happen, I stepped on the scale and low and behold it read under 300#, this is the first time in over 12 yrs...I can say that I have seen the number under my feet.   I have so much energy and have rewarded myself with new dining room walls and living room wainscoting....LOL, funny it used to be I would reward myself with a candy bar or a big tub of ice cream....   I am so thankful to Dr. Aceves and Dr. Campoz for giving me the tool to change the rest of my life. My son always asks "mom, can you have ......?" "well I can but I prefer not to." I found during the sermon on Sunday a perfect responce to his question.... I Cor 6:12 "Everything is permissable, but everything is not beneficial". Now that sums up the moto for the rest of my life...
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Validation Of Change!

I have since surgery lost 52 lbs....I have been dwelling on where I had lost the weight...to me my face looks no different (but people keep saying your face is thinner) to me my waist does not feel or look smaller (yet I am wearing a 24 vs. 28)...but I just do not SEE the difference...I still see myself as Fat (well I still am but a thinner fat...LOL)   I was sitting in my office yesterday when in came a woman from out in the county who is a very good and loyal customer....Who by the way did not have a clue that I had undergone sleeve surgery. She came in looking to purchase a product and before she could get out what she needed she burst into amazement and said   "What on earth are you doing to your self...you are like half the person!' You look absolutely great. You are just glowing....You look Great!"   Well Thank You Melinda, for complete validation. I know truly if someone who doesn't know about the surgery can see the loss then there must be some changes happening.   I am still swimming 3 X a week for and hour and soon I will begin walking the dog. I am getting ready to redo my dining room and living room, fresh paint and waines coat in the living room. I have so much more energy and my knees have quick screaming and my back doesn't scream as much!
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First Major Mile Stone Since Wls

Wow!! Today marks a 50 lb loss...the most I have ever lost in one sitting...and the weight continues to melt away....I am excited when I meet up with friends and family who havn't seen me in a while who compliment me on how thin my face looks and even my own brother says he can see the loss in my waist line....   Easter was a challenging day! I got up early and quickly whipped up 3 pumpkin pies and a chocolate cream pie. I put the big ole' ham in the oven to bake with a brown sugar mustard glaze like all the family loves. I baked up a sweet potatoe and defiled it with butter brown sugar and marshmellows. we did not have a turkey as we were at my daughters and this is what she had to prepare. I make a green bean cassarole and stuffing and a fruit salad, I peeled 5 lbs of potatoes and made mashed taters...and when it was all place in the buffet line for all to go thru, I took a teaspoon of everything and managed to finish most of it before feeling the satisfaction of eating Easter Dinner with my family as I always had in the past. I did skip the pies and the amazing desert buffet my sister in law had prepared but everyone else was able to indulge. Easter was a success!   I did not lose any weight over the holiday, however I did not gain any either.
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4 Wks Post Op

Well today marks 4 wks to the day after my WLS, I have lost 45 lbs total since booking surgery date (14 lbs before surgery 31 since having the surgery).   I have been back to water arobics now for 2 weeks, and am loving every day....3 X a week with a group of 5 - 7 ladies...all are so supportive and tell me how wonderful I look. I don't see the loss really myself, but everyone comments on my face being thinner....now what I do notice is my pants falling down....never been much for the gangster look and I think on an old lady it is probably a fashion felony to show your granny panties...SO...I dug out my skinnier fat clothes to wear.   I have a number of my heavier friends and family tibbing my big lady clothes already....cuz I won't be in need of them any more. Yeeha.   I am feeling really good, my knees hardly even remind me they are hurting....and for the first time in many moons, hello your all gonna laugh...I am putting my own socks on my feet...The one thing I am now feeling is a little strain on the left side (I assume where my new stomach is) when I reach across my body to grab something...or when I bend down to pick something up or when I sneeze...this is a little unconfortable but not horrid pain.   I am now in the phase of starting to introduce real foods...I am very careful, last night we had shrimp and chicken fettecini with wheat penne pasta noodles...I know what's the use but my family will learn to eat healthier or they will lose some of the pounds they are holding as well...the new rule is eat what is served or don't eat at my house. I am tired of having to make 2 dinners after long day at work...eat what is planned.   I still am having a real hard time getting 500 calories a day and even harder time getting over 38 g of protein and 64 oz of liquid down....no way on earth!   Well Have a wonderful day all my loser friends and good luck to losing more!
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Comin Along On My New Way Of Life

Well, today is day 14 I am now 2 weeks post opt. I am still feeling super, I have been back to work since Monday and am tired at night but feel good the next morning. I have lost 26 lbs. today is the first day I didn't see the scale fall...:-(   I am struggling with the family trying to make every wonderful pastery, cookie, donut and pie they know how, all in one week they made a huge batch of brownies , blackberry pie and turn overs, donuts, and homemade french fries....grrr...and then they tell me how wonderful they taste and sorry that I "CAN"T HAVE ANY"...kinda hurt my feelers.   I plan to make a huge success out of this tool I have paid so much for...I WILL SUCCEED!   I do believe I will readjust my weight goal once I hit my original goal...I have decided once I hit my goal I am gonna go for the gusto and loose another 40# and I will weigh less than my husband and my 12 yr. old son! I will show them who can and will and who did succeed! Thank You to Dr. Aceves and his fabulous team who gave me this wonderful tool!
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Back Home To Harney County

Yesterday, I flew home to Redmond, closest airfield to Home Town.... I greeted my husband after being gone 11 days from home, he smiled, gave me a superficial kiss and began to question why I didn't just have my 47 lb bag as a carry on. I explained it was too heavy for me to cart across the airports to the 3 planes I had to board and unboard...more convienience and the fact it would have been hard on my incisions.   I was wiped out, I got a little clastraphobic on one of the flights and had a back cramp most of the leg...glad was only 55 min flight. anyway, I do suggest for any WLS patient...check your bag...get wheel chair assistance....and if you choose to take your vita water or reg water or drink with you...tell them it is "medical needed" they will test the drink but will allow you to carry it on.... (Tip from airline asst.).   Arrived to a nice clean and made bed at my daughters home. Fell asleep and slept all night long. Woke to my little grandson (6 yrs) starring at my belly....afraid to ask but non the less carefull and curious. He said to me..."Grama, papa says you can only eat 2 bites before you are full", I said yes papa is right...he said then how are you gonna stay alive?...I told him it would be plenty and the great thing about this whole deal is now we get to share our meals for real. He was excited you mean you'll eat my brocolli off my plate???   Then came my shower of the day, both grandbabies were so interested in the incisions and especially the one they couldn't see (drain port)..so I told them as soon as I showered and was ready to put the bandages on I would call them...this was like waiting for Christmas...they were yelling outside the bathroom....Grama can we see your hole yet? well not the calmest shower I've had but showed them and they were done being so darn curious. Cute little babies anyhow.   We took off toward home and 27 miles out, my husband pulls over our Expedition and said, I'm to tired to drive you'll have to...so I got out and moved to the drivers seat where I continued to drive 103 miles to home, while he slept.   I dropped hubby off at home and agreed to take the 2nd car as he had stuff he needed out of the big rig. I went to work to catch up on what I had missed throughout the past 2 weeks...I did go and get myself a bowl of chicken broth and it was so good...I also grabbed an iced tea...   went to grocery store got some progressive soup and waters...took my son with me and while shopping he says to me...."don't tell dad, but he says you can't do this" I said do what lose the weight? he said "yes, dad says "you'll always be fat." I said to my young son 12 yrs. old...."Son this is why I have a separate suport system" because dad won't be supportive and not sure he really cares at this point." "Son, I want you to know I am committed to losing weight so I can do more things with you and with the grandbabies."   Anyway, nothing goes by without missing a beat....family asks me..."What's for dinner mom?" They had turkey hamburgers, I will have soup and Jello.   I weighed tonight, and I'm down 17 lbs since surgery... not sure where the weight has dropped but my guess is my fingers and wrists... I will write more later, Good luck to you all who are considering or recovering from WLS!
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Back Across The Border

I left Almater Hospital this morning around 7:15 a.m.   First of all I should complement the hospital and the staff and a huge Thank You to Dr. Aceves and Dr. Campos to a job well done! Blanka and Yolanda, you girls were so ultra Awesome!! You made the stay comfortable and less stressfull.   Saturday before surgery scheduled on Monday, I came in for routine blood work, the lab was not moving as quickly as Yolanda thought they should, so she moved me into a private room had a lab man come to me, ran interference to the x-ray dept. and got my EKG done....and shopping in Mexico I went.   I went in with little or no worries, Dr. Aceves Office made things so clear and easy before arriving, took all of the guess work out of the process.   First day was feeling great out of surgery, well because I had a spinal morophine pack, made it so no pain thru the next day...which gave good night sleep too.   Second day they kept up on the pain with pain meds. Still walking around about once every other hour. Trying to drink, drink, drink is more difficult than what you would think. If you drink to much to fast, you'll feel the urge to purge. I could drink maybe 2-3 sips at a time, many times I would still feel the dry heaves, but as soon as I felt nautious...the nurses would get medication and take it away....immediately...was good in a few moments.   Wednesday, I was better but still had some nausea, untill they took the drain out. Once my drain came out, I showered and was not nausious again. was great, we even ventured up to see the 2nd and 3rd floor, around to see if there were any babies to look upon....was feeling mucho better. No sleeping pill for me that night, but I did have a pain pill.   Thursday, anticipating "going home" was up at 4:15a.m. however, I got up to take a shower and yikes no HOT water...well, I used to live in a hunter's/wood cutting camp...I've had a cold shower or two...so I soaped up and showered in cold water....   I am now home to my sister's house in El Centro where I will bask for a few days before traveling home to meet my husband at the airport in Redmond, OR.   I;ll post more when I can, but all in all I WOULD do it all over tomorrow....
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The Road To Wls Has Been A Long One!

I have been heavy up and down all my life. I had thought about the RNY but it seemed to drastic and way out of reach dolllar wize in the states. I recently just 2 years ago saw a dr. in Bend Oregon who before he would see me had to have cash up front of $2500 just for some simple tests and exam. well that was a waste of cash! well tax return came and went...other things are always more important than yourself.   I finally had a visit with a local girl in Burns who had Dr. Aceves perform her lap band...she was excited, happy with the care and services. The hospital was clean and quiet....she could not boast loud enough about the care she recieved, So I did some research and this is when I made the decision...this year was gonna be my time to shine. My knees are going to feel better when they are not packing 354 lbs of person on them.   This grama of 4 is gonna be a cool grama, one that can kneel down and kiss the babies and get down and play on the floor with them. My babies will never again say "Grama why you so tired all the time"....I am excited to start my new way of living.   I have lost my love life relationship with my husband, I want this back more than anything. He is not so supportive and over the years has become more of a roommate than a husband. I want this to change aas well, I want to rock his world again like I did the first time we met. I love him more than he knows.   I have very supportive friends and family during this time, so I am praying for a fast recovery and quick weight loss.   I will post more when I get home.
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