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Sorry guys for not posting about what happened on my journey. Had mri last october 2011....................my back is broken in 2 places, 6 disks crushed and missing from spinal cord. Dr said what happened was since I had been obese since age 8, and with me weighing over 400 pounds for so long, my weight literally crushed my spine. In Dec my mom died from lung cancer, had my first back surgery in Baton Rouge  on jan 12th, by Dr. Overlander, he put in a rod, 3 plastic discs, and a titanium plate........................have to wear a bone stimulator everyday. Still don't have a lot of feelings in my hands and from knees to hips...................the fagments of bone from my spine are embedded in my nerves in my spine!!!! What happened he said my fat was holding my spine together, as I started loosing weight and the fatty tissue in my back, my spine just fell apart, that is why I could not walk and took me 8 months to learn to walk again. I am walking now, can go in store and push a buggy, still can't walk long distances. I am hoping and praying to god I can start exercising after my next back surgery. Still please keep me in your prayers. I am at a stand still with my weight, haven't gain any weight just stay within 5 pounds all the time. I have been buying clothes like crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Never in my life have I ever been able to find really nice clothing in a store that fit!!!!!!!!!!!!! The goodwill in Hammond loves me!!!!! I am in a size 18 to 20 pants, and a 1 x shirt......................... just think I could barely fit in a 5X 2 years ago. Will try to post pics when I can!

I have stopped loosing weight for awhile, trying to not loose anymore muscle tissue. Went to a neurologist last week........................ I have a syndrome that people get that are put on vents that come very close to dying, he said my body went to shut down and my nervous system did............................. so that is why I am having to learn how to walk again, and I should 100% recover all sensations in my arms and legs. Ya'll don't know, this has given me back my hope. I had lost all hope, why loose weight and be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life because i can not feel my arms and legs. All the muscles were gone in my legs, with outpatient physical therapy, they are coming back slowly. I am off all meds except my one diabetic med.................but I figure, once I can get on my feet and get to walking, I can be off it with the exercise.

well i can walk a few feet with my walker, i can pivot to get out of wheelchair to drive my car. My sister is building me a ramp............ now i am having to slide down my steps on my butt!!!!!! that is keeping me from going out too much............makes my behind hurt. My sister brought me some clothing.................. thank god, my 5x clothes looked like they swallowed me and 5 other people could jump in there with me.............. i can fit in size 20 pants, and a 2x shirt. I have so much skin i swear my kin people were flying squirrels... ;o) Just think 6 months ago i was wearing 5x clothing, and 32w. My bra will not even fit anymore, oranges in a sock!!!!!!!!!! :o) lol lol

i have been hospitalized about 8 times since thanksgiving, i currently can not walk, because when i was throwing up, my body ate up my muscles in my legs. i think i had a stroke??? having to relearn how to use my hands. and my memory is starting to come back. please cont to keep me in ur prayers.

For the past month I have been throwing up, then the past 2 weeks everything I eat or drink comes right back up. I start coughing and all this phyleum comes up, handfuls.............. it just flies out of my mouth. My stomach is so sore it feels like a tight knot that is hot. I feel so bad, everytime I standup I feel like I am going to faint. I have a appt with Dr. Bellows on Wed, I have waited because my insurance does not kick in til wed on the first. I figure they are going to put me in the hospital. Please keep me in yalls prayers. I am down 100 pounds now, it seems so unreal to me, the last time I was this weight was about 25 yrs ago.

i have lost 24 pounds so far!!! I am so happy!! all this pain has been totally worth it!!

Had my sleeve done on Sept 22, 2010. I arrived at Tulane Hospital at 5:00 am, no one got into outpatient surgery until 6:00 am, finally in back put in gown, urine test to make sure u r not preg...... then u r wheeled into recovery to wait, around 9:00 am, I was taken into the surgery room, then put to sleep. I remember waking up and looking at clock it was 4:30pm............. all these people were standing around me, i felt and I had a tube in my nose, i felt like i was in frankensteins lab, and i was screaming in pain. I then wake back up about 45 min later gi tube out of nose, still screaming in pain, my back was killing me, i have crushed disk........ also i was on a cart (gurny)  that was only suppose to carry 200 pounds with a inch mattress on it........... still screaming in pain, nobody even looking at me and the room was filled up........ finally the nurse said hit the morphine button and everything will be ok................ no it was not. I screamed until my family was let back at about 6:30 pm...........they did not the blow up blood circulation things on my legs hooked up, the blood pressure cuff was not plugged into the machine. Finally in a room at about 8:00 pm..................... the bed as too tall for me, when i got out i had to stand on a chair to get back in the bed, the leak test the idiot makes u gulp the contrast, i was screaming in pain when that happened too, it makes ur new stomach hurt like hell, i lay on the table for a hour, then they push me in a hall, i lay there another hour, back to my room.............no iv fluid for a hour and a half, then they send a tray with koolaid jello, broth, sweet tea, and boost................. all non sugar free, i am a diabetic also. The chair in the room it is meant for people under 250 i guess, i could not fit my fat ass into it, so i had to sit in bed. Nurse kept giving me my meds without taking my blood pressure........... b/p was 92/48 and she still gave me my b/p meds, trying to give me insulin all day.............. u better not let them give you insulin unless your sugar is over 150. The pain meds are on demand only, so u only get them when u press the button. I told them i was highly allergic to adhesive.............. well attach is a pic of my back where they tape you to the operating table. I hope everyone brings someone that is highly knowledgeable about the medical field with you to the hospital. Thank god my sister that is a RN went with me. She raised all kinda hell up there. I hope my complaining and speaking to the administrators will help all the others that come after me. I am writing this 5 days after surgery, i feel good, still sore like i have been beat by a bat, getting all my protein in, just sip your liquids, cause the pain is not worth it if you gulp!!!! 

Got a denial letter on aug 11th, today I got my approval letter............................ talked with sheila surgery date on sept 8th or 15th............................... wooopiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee

I had my nutition and physical therapy evals yesterday, they all said they were sending in there reports for me to be approved for surgery........................... so fingers crossed surgery soon!!!! I can't wait to have the sleeve done by Dr. Bellows.

Well here I am again, 43 yrs old, have been a nurse for 16 yrs now, have been overweight since age 5. My parents started taking my to doctors at age 7. Weight has been a long, long battle for me............... here I am 43 yrs old I weigh 362 pounds, i have lost 60 pounds in a year!!  I am  on a walker, I can not do anything!!! I have never had health problems until I was at a patient's home last year, I worked for home health in Louisiana and I feel in a patient yard on cememt blocks and hit my knee on the driveway............. and have been unable to work since!! I tried 8 yrs ago to have RNY was denied by insurance for 6 yrs. I will be getting a settlement from workman's comp next month, hopefully I will get enough to have the sleeve done!! This is my last hope, both of my knees are bone to bone, I can not have knee replacements until I am 50!!! ................ I can not walk, I can not shop, I can not clean my own house, I can't do anything.................. LOL I can sit in a chair and cook!!! LOL Please anyone who reads this keep mein your prayers!!! I hope to have surgery before December 09 with Dr. Aceves!! I have already talked with Nina, she seems very sweet and concerned!!