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My Story, I'm now 44 years old and I live in America with my fantastic american husband John, who I met when I lived in England eight years ago. I had just left my then husband of 14 years, and was struggling to raise my twin girls alone, without any help and my life was a little complex to say the least. I was also recovering from having my 3rd tumor removed, and dealing with PCOS syndrome.. My weight had been on the rise for years, but I managed to keep it slow and steady with the help of a lot of walking. Since my move to America it has just gone out of control, I thought learning to eat all the new foods would be a challenge for me, I was wrong, it was more of a challenge than I ever dreamed of. I had never heard of of so many of the foods here, and had to try them all, I was 42 when I ate my first ever waffle lol Anyway, I am here now and have learned to cope a little, but the weight has piled on and now I suffer, I should of just called my self Serena Carb Lover, le sigh.. I cant seem to loose the weight and keep it off, as I get older it is getting harder, my self respect is prolly at an all time low and I hope this operation is going to be the perfect tool to help be back on track towards a brighter slimmer me. I hope to some day take up Judo again, and to be able to buy a bra at Victoria Secrets ! I found lactose free almond milk this week, and as I am on my pre op diet I am delighted to not have stomach cramps from drinking protein shakes at long last lol every little helps. In 18 days I am due to have my VGS sugery it was a lot of testing and poking to get this far.. 6 months of weight loss check ups and downs endoscopic surgery, mammogram, well woman clinics, support groups and a bit of cash , not to mention my H-polori hell ewwwww... prolly a lot more to if I think about it but I dont want to send you to sleep reading this lol I hope to get to talk to people that have been through what I have been through as I often feel like I am shooting in the dark, should I take this, where can you get that, so many questions and no answers yikes!! I also hope that I may be of help to anyone that needs it, I dont have many answers my self, but hey if I know I will be more than happy to share... well time to hush my self up now, thank you for being here, feel free to message me... love Serena xoxox 11 more days to go and I have lost 11 pounds on my pree opp diet yikes!!!

serenafish

January 18, 2013

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14 days since my op

Had my 2 week check up yesterday. The last two weeks were a little rough on me, but mostly because I put my knee out, three days b4 the operation. Getting dressed, putting socks on, silly things became a problem for me that I had not expected! I am now drinking 26oz of water a day an 8oz protein drink with 42g of protein a day Food has been odd, I have no urge to eat at all, and have been trying to force one tea spoon of apple sauce or baby food into my mouth every day, but I simply dont enjoy it. However last my my husband strongly urged me to try some scrambled egg, and I ate two tea spoons with no troubles at all, it feels a little thick going down, but it's okay. I also eat a sugar free ice pop every night, it takes me about an hour lol but it's my guilty pleasure I have lost 32lbs!!!! I am taking all my pills, you know, the biotin and iron and calcium and vits.... my bp is now perfect, pulse is coming down , hardly no hair loss... at first it was tough, but people are right it gets better every day... I get a little tired quite easy, but one step at a time!

serenafish

February 12, 2013

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10 days to go

10 days to go and I can hardly wait, I'm almost counting down the secs. My emotions are all over the place, one moment I'm jumping up and down like a child waiting for Christmas, and then five mins later I'm in a panic, wondering if I'm doing the right thing, and how much it's going to hurt, will I be able to drink enough fluids ect, then back to how great I'm going to look and how much I'm going to enjoy working out like I used to. arghhhhhhhhhhhh... I hope it's all pretty normal... I'm now on one small, healthy meal a day and two protein shakes, I spent the $50 and got the large can of isopure vanilla, and I mix it with unsweetened almond milk it was a good purchase, I love the taste, it reminds me of an old fashioned malt shake yum! Oh yes and I started walking again, I guess as they are going to make me walk in the hospital I had better get used to it so I thought I would try and get in a mile a day for starters, I made my goal today thats about it for today, the pre operation diet is driving me nuts, I'm not hungry in my stomach at all, but my head is constantly like a child screaming for food, snacks and trash im demented by it... anyone out there? anyone know what I'm going on about? and anyone got any advice? apart from telling my head to hush up lol xoxox

serenafish

January 19, 2013

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