The first step
I attended a seminar tonight and met my surgeon for the first time! I am off and running. Getting the necessary paperwork together, making arrangements for the 3 months of medically supervised...
View ArticleThe First Meeting.....and weigh in!
YIKES!!!! 391.5 lbs! Holy Cannoli's Batman, when did that extra 50 lbs creep on?? So I am trying to suck it up and pat myself on the back for taking the first steps before I really found out the...
View ArticleRe-Birth Date Set!
Woohoo! I just got home from seeing my surgeon and we have set a date of March 11, 2009 for my surgery! OMG......!
View ArticleApproval!
Woohoo! I received word today from the insurance coordinator at my surgeon's office.....the surgery has been approved! My sister will be flying in to help out with my son while I am recovering....
View ArticleSigh....a change in plans.
Unfortunately, I have been under the weather the past week and a half with bronchitis. One of the meds the doctor put me on was prednisone. Knowing its a steroid and thinking I had heard Dr....
View ArticleThe big Day is HERE!
Finally! Its here! Tomorrow I get my band! Its been a busy last few days, getting in to the surgeon's office for a quick weigh in after the two week pre-op....my first 11 lbs down and into a new...
View ArticleHome....Finally!
Well, what should have been an overnight stay, resulted in a four day stay! I breezed through the surgery fine and even that part of my recovery has been easy. I did give everyone a scare with...
View ArticlePositives and negatives...such is life!
I bought a new scale this past weekend...never had one in the house. I had my son test it and a neighbor and it weighed true for them. I finally got on it, being almost two weeks post surgery. I...
View ArticleA wandering ramble of thoughts
Pinch me please! After reading various posts since my surgery in March, I have seriously been wondering if I really did have surgery. I had no bloating from gas, no pain in my shoulders, my...
View ArticleOne Year Bandiversary!
One year later.....and I am down 63 lbs and feeling great! I still have a long way to go but I have come so far, too! I cannot lose sight of the fact that a year ago, walking more than 50 ft caused...
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