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August 22nd, 2007

Aug 22, 2007

Oh my God!!!  Its been too long!  I went to the doctor last week Monday August 13th and I'm now down to 272 lbs!  I'm almost at the 100 lbs lost spot and I'm soooo excited and happy.  I'm looking good and I'm feeling great.  Still no nausea and no vomiting.  Everything's great! 

May 6th, 2007

May 06, 2007

Hello friends.  I'm doing great...still no dumping and more losing.  I'm down 60 lbs!  I know i couldn't do this on my own.  I'm getting around a whole lot better than before.  Its still a little hard for me to get my workout in so i've got to really work it out!  I'm trying my best though.  I'll be going to my 3 month post op appointment next week, so i'll let you know how it went down.  Until then, take care...

Feb. 21th, 2007

Feb 21, 2007

I went to my surgeon's office yesterday and I've lost a total of 20 lbs in 2 weeks...WOW!  I'm so happy that I had the surgery.  This is probably the best thing I've ever done in my life.  I thank God for this.  I'm working out now and finally starting to look at food in a different way.  Even though I still love food, its still not the same.  I have been doing so well.  I'm still not nauseous and no throwing up (Thank you Jesus).  Its amazing.  I will update on my next doctor's visit in two weeks.  See ya...

Feb. 15th, 2007-- I MISS FOOD!

Feb 15, 2007

Dear Obesity Help.com,
   I'm really going through.  The only one who can help me through this is God.  I must pray because I'm missing food...badly.  But my only problem is I'm not hungry.  This week I'm on full liquids (Atkins protein shakes, creamy soups, etc.) but I live in a full house and everybody is eating good and I want to eat with them.  I've even been cooking for the family this week just to smell the food and look at it.  I love to watch people enjoy my cooking, so I'll sit there and watch them eat and its agony.  I'm an addict of food.  I've loved food all my life and its always been my best friend.  When I was sad, I ate.  When I was mad, I ate.  When I was bored, I ate.  When I was happy and just wanted something to do, I'd eat.  Now, my bestfriend is the TV.  But it still doesn't fulfill me the way good tasting food did.  I must be strong (and I am).  I've been doing exactly everything the doctor said to do.  Even though I'm in my early stages, I have no regrets.  Last night I went to the Gold's gym right by my house and I got on the scale.  My highest weight was 358 and now I'm 331.  27 lbs is a lot to me, especially in just a few weeks, so all in all I'm satisfied with the results so far.  Thanks for listening to me and I'm glad I can always talk to you.

Love, Nikki

Feb. 10th, 2007

Feb 09, 2007

I'm 5 days out...hallelujah!  My journey so far is better and better everyday.  I was scheduled for surgery on February 5th, 2007 at 7:30 a.m.  I arrived at 7:10 and hesitated to go in...those gitters.  I went to the 7th floor of Atlanta Medical Hospital and was asked to wait in the waiting area.  ONE MINUTE LATER, a nurse called me back.  I grabbed my bag and followed her with shaking hands.  The worse part of it all the fact that my menstrual came on the day before!!!  What was that about?  It wasn't supposed to be here for another week.  The nurse said it was nerves.  I got undressed and she gave me some fake panties and maternity pad to put on because they still had to put in a catheter.  They put the IV in my arm and it immediately had my whole arm cold.  I waited.  My family came back to see me.  My father and grandmother drove up from Savannah (4 hour drive) to be there with me.  My aunts and uncles were there.  My mom and stepdad and sisters were there.  I had a lot of support...I felt so special.  We talked and laughed.  A nurse came to get me and took me to the OR...boy was I shaking then, and it was a little cold in the hospital.  They put a warm blanket on me.  I waited.  I waited.  Dosed off a little and waited.  By the time what felt like 2 hours went by, I was like "What the hell is going on?"  A nurse asked me some questions.  My surgeon, Dr. Larry Hobson, came to ask me some questions.  Then an anethesiologist put something in my IV to make me relax and rolled me to the Operating Room.  I got on the operating table.  People were walking and talking and laughing around me.  I said to myself,"now that's enought of this."  The next minute I heard, "Ok Miss Lark, you're all done.  We're going to take you to your room now."  W H A T???  I couldn't believe it was all over with.  I can't remember dosing off or anyone saying, "Count down from 100."  

My family was all waiting on me in my room and my dad had my room filled with red roses and balloons and a big pink teddy bear.  It was beautiful.  I got lots of kisses and all I could say to myself was "Thank you Jesus."  The gas was the worst for me.  I had gas in my chest and upper abdominal area for 2 whole days.  The nurses told me the best thing for that is to walk walk walk.  I walked and prayed.  It was released on the 3rd day.  Before I left the hospital, they made me drink some diluted apple juice.  It stayed down.  The nasty stuff you must drink to check for leaks showed my surgery was a success...Thank God.  God just keeps showing me that this was the right thing for me to do for my life.  Today I'm feeling great.  On Monday I start on my full liquids such as:  creamy soups, protein shakes, any milk based liquids, etc.  I started my vitamins yesterday.  It went great.  I'll update next week.  Stay blessed.

Jan. 21, 2007

Jan 21, 2007

I went to my pre-op support group meeting yesterday morning and had a wonderful learning experience.  There were about 40 of us in a room and of the 40 maybe 10 were post op.  They gave a lot of advice and told us what to experience after surgery and how its really hard after surgery, IT AIN'T EASY.  So I listened and learned a lot.  My surgeon's office prefers his patients to use some vitamins before and after surgery called JuicePlus so I got online and ordered some chewables for after surgery.  I went to GNC yesterday and bought a lot of things that I found out I shouldn't have gotten because they all had sorbitol in them (which is a sugar alcohol).  So I returned them all.  2 more weeks and I'm ready.  I was nervous for a while but now I'm ready.  I viewed the memorial page on this site and it was sad to me.  But maybe it was there time to go I thought to myself.  I know it's not my time to go.  God wants me to do so much and I believe that's why he allowed me to have everything leading up to this point to go so smoothly and so easily.  I've got so many plans in life and I just want to be happy.  I pray to God about this all the time.  "If this is your will, Lord-then let it be done."  I'm so ready to live the life I'm supposed to live.  Being overweight has made be suffer from depression and all I would want to do is eat and watch TV.  I ask for my ObesityHelp family to pray for me during my surgery and for a speedy recovery.  AMEN!

Jan. 11, 2007

Jan 11, 2007

I have a surgery date...February 5th!!!  I still can't believe it.  I received the call today from the surgeon's office.  They gave me my pre-op date and surgery date.  This so unreal now.  Everythings going according to planned and I'm so happy that my time has come to finally get this excess weight off of my body.  Thank you Jesus for being by my side.  I now know that its God's will.

Dec. 27, 2006

Dec 27, 2006

It's 2 days after Christmas and I received a call today from the surgeon's office stating they would call me to set up an appt.  Hopefully they'll give me a surgery date.  I know I need to lose some weight before surgery and I hope its only about 20 lbs.

DEC. 22, 2006

Dec 22, 2006

I'M APPROVED!!!!  Thank God...I think this is one thing I was a little worried about.  I called the insurance company today after speaking with the bariatric consultant, Lolita at Dr. Duncan's office.  She said she sent my packet to my insurance on Monday (Dec 18th) and to call my ins co. on Friday (today) to check on my review.  My insurance said I was approved and they mailed out the approval letter yesterday...WHAT A BLESSING!  I can't wait until I'm on the losing side.
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02/05/2007
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Jun 24, 2006
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