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Merry Christmas to all! I hope you have a wonderful blessed holiday season. Embrace your friends and family and be thankful that you have them in your life. I am very fortunate to have such a wonderful group of supportive family and friends who have helped me make it through this difficult year. My mother is in my heart always and to say that I miss her is an enormous understatement. Remember the reason for the season. Love to all! Star, Dominic, Shelby (my furbaby), Velcro (Dom's kitt...
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Nice to sit down and take a break. Went to bed at 4a.m. and got up at 8:30. Waiting for the last package to arrive so I can finish my wrapping. It's so quiet in the house. Just me and the 4 legged babies. I've decided that all I want from Santa is a clean house at this point. LOL.
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boy am i tired! at least i have my presents for my brother ready to go to ups in the morning and 2 returns to go back to! much thanks to my nephew bill and his fiance andrea for coming over and helping me today. we have the xmas tree up, now all i need to do is decorate it. plus, we went through some of mom's things which helped. shelby got a bath too tonight! she hates every minute but looks so pretty and white afterwards. darn incision is killing me which means i should go stretch ou...
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Tomorrow Is The Day For My Gastric Sleeve Surgery! Last Minute Tips Or Advice?
Star replied to MissE's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Hi, I had mine done on 12/5. You made me laugh because getting my hair done before surgery was a major priority. I bought Isopure and have been using that. You get 40 grams of Protein plus it is 20 ounces of liquid. Taste is not that great but remember, this is just a temporary thing. I think of it as medicine. I have been using the sugar free popsicles and broth. If you can get 2 bottles of the Isopure down during the day, that would be 80 grams. I was very fortunate and have not had to take of pain medicine since I have been home. In fact, I only really used the pain meds on the first day of surgery. I used it twice on day 2 and nothing and the 3rd day when i was sent home. Was I in discomfort, yeah, a little, but I really hate the feeling that comes with pain meds. I had found that the most discomfort comes from the incision closest to where the stomach is. One of the gals posted a prayer for surgery on 12/4 to use. The most beautiful words. Gina (aka MakingChanges) is the gal who wrote the prayer. Father in the mighty name of Jesus, I ask you Lord to touch the mind and hands of each surgeon, nurse, anesthesiologist and caretaker who will come in contact with me during my hospital stay. Lord, I pray that my liver is small enough so that the surgeon could work around it. Lord I pray that there would be no complication during or after surgery. Father, Allow no hurt, harm or danger to come to me. I pray for minimal pain, minimal gas and no mishaps. I pray that I will return home as scheduled, and that my recovery will be an easy one. Lord, I know that I am in your hand and it’s You whom I put ALL my trust in and that You O’ Lord have control over everything and I am glad that You are my keeper and my safety place is in You Lord where I hide myself and find rest. Thank You, Father for being the Creator of all things and creating me, NO ONE knows this body better than You. Lord, I also ask in the name of Jesus that you would watch over my children, while I am in the hospital, place Your Holy Angels around them, for You, O’ Lord am their safety nest too. Thank You Father. Amen. I said that prayer before my surgery, and the Lord blessed me with everything I asked for. Good luck and a safe journey, Star -
Well, I just received the most beautiful bouquet of flowers from my co-workers. Thank you to all my buddies at work. I am very fortunate to work with such a supportive group of people. Will take picture later and post.
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It has been a difficult journey for me this year.For me it was the loss of the most amazing woman that pushed me to make the decision.After struggling with my weight over many years I accepted the fact that I needed a little help.so this past Monday I underwent weigh loss surgery.I'm a little sore and tired but I'm surviving it.A big thank you to everyone for all of your support.Now the hard part of this journey will start.i love you all.
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Facebook friends and family, I will be away for a few days. I am about to embark in a new chapter in my life. You might say, I am receiving a helping hand, that I have waited on for awhile. I keep telling myself to go pack my bag so I can get some sleep, but gee, I am procrastinating. Love to each and all of you. You mean so much to me. Prayers and blessing for all. just me.
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Sample Letter Telling Friends & Family About Gastric Sleeve Surgery
Star replied to babigrl111's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Babigrl111, I am so happy that they have given you the encouragement that you need. My surgery is scheduled for 12/5 at 10:30 a.m. All kinds of emotions but I know this is the right one. I will be praying for you on your big day! -
December Sleever Here’s A Prayer For You Too Pray If You Like.
Star replied to Makingchanges's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Thank you for those beautiful words. It moved me to tears. I am scheduled for surgery at 10:30 am on 12/5/11. As I sit here, I am filled with my emotions and your prayer came at the right moment. Star -
Babigirl111, glad to hear that you like the hospital. Ironically, I had surgery on my knee 2 years ago at Tri City. How ironic, my surgery was in and out the same day so I can't say much for the hospital. I work for the court system and noticed your profession. Made me laugh. I have told everybody that I am having weight loss surgery. I am pretty much an open book about most things in my life and thought that maybe my going public with my decision to have surgery may help someone else. You know, a co-worker goes home and says to his cousin, gee, a girl at work at wls and gee it is really working for her. I have to make this surgery work. I have coronary heat disease now and really bad knees and I want to live. So far I haven't had anyone be negative about it. Of course, they see how hard things are for me, so, perhaps they are on my side.
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Surgery date for me is December 5, 2011 at Orange Coast Memorial Center in Fountain Valley, CA. My doctor is Dr. Ali. I am excited and ready to go. I feel like the car at the red light waiting to see green so I can hit the pedal to the metal. I am not nervous. I have had a rough year. My mom passed away in March and I finally decided that it was my turn to get healthy. Doing that I discovered a little issue with coronary heart disease and underwent an angioplasty in June. Approval for me and weight loss was a piece of cake. Although, I laugh because it only means that I have enough serious issues for my insurance company to yes so quickly. Keeping my fingers crossed that my cardiologist gives me the thumbs up on the 21st of November. I had to undergo a routine nuclear stress test on my heart today and really want for there to be good news when i see him.
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I had the best phone call ever this morning. What was the phone call you say? It was my weight loss surgeon's office giving me my surgery date. 12/5/11 Yeah. Was hoping to get it by 11/9/11 as my cardio guy had only given me approval for surgery until then, but, it just means that I have to wait until after they check out my heart again and then I have the green light for the surgery. Heath test is routine, just to see how the stent is doing. So, I have been the happiest girl ever!
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Wow you are an inspiration. Thanks for showing your scars. I've had a gallbladder removed which left a 7 inch scar across my body, so I guess I shouldn't be worried about 5 little incisions LOL. But, you know, curious minds have to know.
