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I am a little over 5 months post op and I am loving every minute of my surgery, it is the best thing that I have ever done for myself! I am now 197 WOO HOO im in onderland! I have lost a total of 100lbs and now I only have like about 30lbs to lost to my goal! I love to go out, but know I need to slow down a bit on that because I have seen that my weight loss has slowed down a bit since I have been out partying. I have been doing a lot of dating and am loving every bit of it, my goodness I was loved by the men before but now they all flock to me LOL....I have so much energy and I am working out everyday and I can tell its paying off because I really dont have much saggin goin on, I have also been going to the tanning bed and gettin my tan on for the summer cuz this summer im going to be sizzling LOL.....I am wearing size 12 pants and my shirts are some med and most of them large. I cant remember the last time I was this small, and to think im still shrinking god that feels great! I have my 6month post op appt next month and I sure hope everything goes great, I sure hope my surgeon is happy with what results I have so far. 

 So the last past 2 months have been hell, and I have been in and out of the hospital like everyone knows from previous post. The last time I was in the hospital was over 2 weeks I believe I just know I got out the day before thanksgiving. Even though I have had these problems and had 2 have 2 surgeries I dont regret this at all, I know when I was in the hospital I was thinking what the hell have I done, but now that I am getting and feeling better I dont regret this! I have gone from my ultimate high of 297 to now I am 220 I am wearing american eagle size 18s with a belt and some large shirts and I am loving life, before surgery I was wearing 24s and 2x shirts. I have not returned to work yet and everyone is missing me like crazy but since all this happened I havent been released to go back yet. I miss work and am going stir crazy but I have enjoyed the time that I was able to spend with my son and family. My son has enjoyed having mommy at home with him at night because I work 3rd shift so these past 2 months when I wasnt in the hospital I was able to tuck him in bed and read him a goodnight story, the greatest feeling ever! So hopefully next week or soon after I will be able to go back to work and show off how much weight I have lost LOL, I know it is so awesome that I have to go in and get new uniforms before going back because mine is WAY to BIG! Awesome feeling! Just wanted to updated everyone how Ive been, hope everyone is doing good and they have an awesome christmas!

 Well I am 4 weeks postop and I have gone through pure hell! When I first got home I was doing good the first 2 weeks and getting to feeling back to the old me, well I started vomiting anything I put into my mouth so my dad took me to the ER and they kept me ran some test on me and then found out I had a bowel obstruction so I had to have another surgery. So the 22nd I had my second surgery and then came home on the the 26th. I was home for 2 days and it was rough because I was dry heaving and my stomach hurt so bad, I couldnt stand to even look at or even try foods or drinks! I was taken back to the ER where they kept me again due to dehydration and them trying to figure out what was wrong with me. My doctor let me spend the weekend through pure hell and the doctor that was on call didnt do nothing for me! My mother got my doctors home number and called him at home and he was mad! he told her was spending family time and that he wasnt going to do nothing for me that he would see me on monday morning! My mom was so ticked she hung up the phone and cried! When my dr came in on mon morning he told me gma that her and my mom were just hoovering and babying me thats why I wasnt getting any better, and then he came in and told me I was depressed and it was all in my head thats why I wasnt getting any better, my god I couldnt believe what this man was saying to me! He told my gma he wasnt worried about my nutrition right now because it was like I was on a fast and that I could go home any time I was ready, well about an hour after he left they came in and took blood, well about 12 I told the nurse I just wanted to go home and be with my son and I would just rather be sick at home because I was tired of the this well she came back bout 15min later and told me I couldnt leave now because the doctor said if I did that I would have to sign a paper that was against his advice and then my insurance wouldnt pay for my visit.........grrrrrrr man this dr has gotten on my last nerve! So she tells me I am vitamin deficient and their goin to give me some vitamins through the iv, but the dr told my gma earlier he wasnt worried about my nutrition, but I bet he changed his mind after he got my blood test back! So yesterday I finally got out of the hospital and I am so sore and so swollen from the iv fluids, I have cankles! UGH! Well my mom is in the process of looking for me a new dr because this has been a total nightmare! I just cant wait to get back to the old me, and feeling so much better!

 Hey all my OH friends my baby boy has been entered into the Gap contest and I need your help to make him a star. Please go and vote for him everyday because it counts everyday when you vote! THANKS!!!

Berandous M. submitted by Berandous for the Gap Casting Call Source: family.go.com Berandous M. Entry submitted by Berandous for the Gap Casting Call. See if Berandous M. has what it takes to be the next Gap Model.

Hey everyone I just wanted to let everyone know that Im home and Im doing good. I had to pretty much beg to come home because they wanted me to up my eating and drinking, so I did even though I dont feel like putting crap in my mouth! Im still in pain but got my pain meds beside me for when things just get too unbearable! Thanks everyone for the kind words and love you sent my way means ALOT! I'll keep everyone updated! 

So tommorow is the day! Gosh I have no idea if I am going to be able to sleep tonight! I am so gosh darn nervous!!! Well everyone I will keep you posted and tomm is my new birthday YAH!!  

 Oh my goodness the count down begins....Things are becoming so more real to me now..I just started my 2 week liquid diet and I am getting so anxious now and can't believe in just 2 weeks I will be on my way to my new life! This first day isn't so bad but I just hope that this next 2 weeks goes like today! I keep telling my self that I can do this, and I have the strength to do this 2 week diet because it is only going to get better from here. As of today I am 277lbs so we shall see where I go from here.........

 Hey everyone I just wanted to share the exciting news with you.....I finally have my surgery date! I will be having my surgery on Oct 5th......which is too funny because thats a day after my sons 6 bday, but I am going to throw him a bday party on the 3rd so it all works out great! I am so excited! I go next friday for my upper gi and my blood work and then I am good to go before my surgery, but I have to do the 2 week liquid diet which is going to be a pain but I know it is just preparing me for whats to come! Thankyou everyone so much for your prayers and helping me get this far! I love my OH peeps!

 So everyone knows that I have been going through this long hectic process of trying to get approved with the insurance company and I had to hire a lawyer to fight the insurance because they kept denying me. This has been going on for over a year now, well yesterday I got on the insurance website and it said under review which was different than all the times before because it always said disallowed/denied....well yesterday afternoon I checked the website again and it said approval....i was so excited but I wanted to get the final confirmation from the insurance over the phone, so this morning I called them first thing and the lady told me that I was approved yesterday and they sent my letter off!!!!!!! OF my goodness this is soooooo exciting! I called the insurance lady at the surgery center and she had to call the insurance too to make sure the confirmation was good, then she called me back and said I was going to meet again with the surgeon on Friday Sept 4th and that I would meet with the nutritionist and the exercise physiologist and meet with the lady to get my surgery date! I can not begin to say how happy and excited I am! I cried happy tears and I have been bouncing off the walls ever since this morning! God is great that's all I have to say!

 So today my surgeons office called me and said they got my letter from the psych lady and they were going to submit my stuff and I should hear something in about one to two weeks.....I am so damn nervous! So this time I have made sure that I have crossed all my T's and dotted all my I's....I am with a 43 Bmi now and I have multiple comorbidities I have high blood pressure, indigestion, border line sleep apnea, chronic hip and knee pain, and I have a scoliosis(bad back)....I went to see my PCP about a month ago and he printed out every visit I have had with him since 2005 and he wrote another letter telling the insurance company how much of a necessity this is for me, and that he had documentation of my weight problems for over 8 years.....I went and finally met my surgeon 2 weeks ago and I just loved him he made me feel so good! he kept telling me how gorgeous I was and that when I get down to what he wants me to be between 150-160 that he wants to put me in a bikini on the front page of his website oh my GOD I was blushing! He said I was going to look amazing and that with my height that I shouldn't have to have much plastic surgery if any...oh yeah! Then last week I went and seen another psych doctor because the last one who evaluated my assessed me so wrong! She told me I needed counseling and that I was depressed and all kinds of crap....so not me! That messed me up with the insurance too, so this new lady that I went to see was awesome she said I was the perfect candidate for this surgery and she is so glad that I am doing this while I am young....yeah someone on my side! So now I have a new letter from my PCP plus documentation, a letter that I wrote to the insurance, a letter from the surgeon, a letter from the new psych doctor and her nurse practitioner who counseled me too just to have extra documentation for the insurance.....so now I just sit and wait....everyone please say a big prayer for me.....If I denied this time I don't know what to do because I have done everything, so hopefully things are in my ballpark this time....Lord I hope so! 

Thank you everyone on this awesome website for your prayers and your encouragement it has helped so much!