DaddyMarie

Well I am glad thanksgiving is over!! Getting all of us in one location at once has been known to attract coyotes.... I have not ha surgery so I ate like a queen and enjoyed it, as this will be my last holiday pig out ever! Here my 4yr old Stella enjoying her Pumpkin Pie.

Beautiful!! Great job!!

I'm just curious as to what they base that off of? I mean at what weight do they say you need to loose weight for the surgery? Do they all say that? Why do they want you to loose? It confuses me!!

How much do you weigh?

A anyone having their surgery in Sac? If so where and who is your doc? Can you tell me what you like and what you don't like? I'm using Dr. Eslami

I started at 15 years old and I'm 35 now so 20 years!! Wow I thought it was less... I quit when I found out I was Prego with my son 11 years ago and started up again after he was born. Then quit a year before I had my daughter 4 years ago and started up when she was 2 and have been smoking for 2 years again. I'm done with it. I won't have anything else run my life ever again!

Nice! Have fun

Sweet I will check it out! My husband looks at nasty black lungs and teeth when he wants one.. Hahaha

You don't look 47 at all. I'm 35, rode hard and put away wet...... AHAHAHAHAHA! That's great weight loss! You look smexy! I can't wait to be slim! I'm tired of being Large Marge! Lmfao!

Your welcome! Just keep thinking, "these lil fuckers are bullshit!! You don't run me!" Lol!!! Kinda helps..

*everytime..... Jeeze I hate auto correct

Never trine I reply to you I get the mashup..... No one else's do that! lol!!!

Me?? I'm not after just yet but here's progress Wow!!! Awesome! You look like a different person!! Beautiful!! How long has it been and how much weight have you lost?

It's HARD!!!!! I think we all know how you feel chickie!!! Smoking is a bastard cause it runs your life! You are always thinking about your next smoke! I have been trying to quit forever and I just did not wanna! Stay strong, at least your doing it! Your not giving up and you will quit all together soon enough. It's really a mind over matter thing. Just don't let the fact that your doing it at a different pace discourage you.

I wanna see your before and after pics!! I can't sees profiles from my phone for some reason!!

Well.. I did want the band at first until I realized what a pain in the ass it would be. And I saw many bandsters getting revisions. I was not even decided the last time we talked. I believe I said that a few times; that I did not know what the hell I wanted. But after much talk with my doctor and doing more research I'm thinking the sleeve ain't such a bad idea after all! lol!!! I was just gonna do bypass but then I started thinking logically and thought, " hm, I need my stomach to be useful, just not a big as it is!" Lol!! So in leaning towards the sleeve now!

My PCP has done it all and has sent in my insurance stuff prior to me sing Eslami cause he did not want me to incurs any unknown costs.

Dr. Machado was my first surgeon but I found out that she is not covered under my insurance so now I am going to Dr. Eslami.

I have over 300 hours in the books so that's not the problem for me either. Good for you though!! Take good care of yourself!

5 weeks!! Really? Do you have a desk job? I'm hoping 3 at the most!! My boss would flip out on me... I still am waiting for insurance approval though so maybe it won't even happen.. (That would suck) I just prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

I'm so effin scared!!!! I have been hearing lots of things about the band too and I am interested in the sleeve because I can still use some of my stomach.. How long are you off work for?

Well I am smoking low nicotine ecigs.... They are helping tremendously!!!

Well I am smoking low nicotine ecigs.... They are helping tremendously!!!

I'm excited to meet him! Did you go to south sac or Folsom? Do you know if he requires you quit smoking? I did just in case. When was your surgery? What was your highest weight? How much do you weigh now? Why did you choose the sleeve? How are you feeling? Sorry for all the questions but I am new and scared and excited and anxious! Does he do many lap band procedures?

Day 4 of no smokes.. I actually feel ok!