Tierra M.
3/13/06- I am a 22 Year old female with a BMI of 61. I noticed i started gainind weight around the age of 13. It's funny because neither of my parents are overweight. I've been married for almost 3 Years now, my husband was a little apprehensive about the whole WLS thing at first but seems to be ok with it now. I have all of my pe-op testing done all i'm waiting for now is an approval from my insurance company, which was submitted on the 10th of march. So i'll keep you posted on my approval. Oh and did I mention i find obesity help to be such a wonderful site for everyone who is considering or who have had WLS.
3/14/06- I'm still anxiously awaiting my approval. I no it's only been 2 days but it feels like forever. I'm gonna go to a support group meeting tomorrow. Other that I'm just patiently waiting for my approval. I hope to be on the other side soon.
3/16/06- Guess What! I got APPROVED, yup that's right . I got approved. I'm so excited I had to call everyone and let them no. My husband is a little upset that he can't stay with me the first night, but that's a rule of the hospital. He was just excited as i was. But on another note yesterday i was so emotional and just crying for no reason. I feel like i'm getting fatter (even though i no my surgery is coming soon) I didn't want to gain any weight before surgery but i feel like i have. I'm already at 337lbs; for my 5'2 frame thats to much. Then i keep thinking well next year i hope to be atleast 100lbs lighter and to eventually make my goal of losing 175lbs(my surgeon wants me to lose 200lbs that's a lot) but will see what happens.
3/18/06- Hello everyone I'm feeling a little mushy today and I can't even explain it. I'm so depressed all my clothes are getting to small and I refuse to buy any larger clothes. You no, i went out yesterday and looked in all of the stores for the more smaller woman and got so excited( i can't wait to go in NewYork & Company and actually by something other the a purse) but i'm gonna also miss Lane Bryant. That is my favorite store right now and I'm so tempted to go shopping because i feel i can't fit anything but i just keep telling myself just to be patient.
Oh..... I almost forgot to tell you all that i got a date which is
May 1, 2006 @ 7:30am.
3/19/06- Well there's nothing going on just wanted to post anyway. Now that I told my friends and family my date, i'm getting a lot of questions like,what are they gonna do to your stomach, what's gonna happen to the other part of your body. Now i no that i'm not the first person they no of who's having WLS or who already had it. It's really starting to irritate me a little. But on a good note i went out walking today for a first in a very
3/23/06- Hey All!! Nothings really going on here these days. Just patiently awaiting my for my new birthday to arrive. I still have a couple of things to do like get an ultrasound of my gall bladder,pre-op physical and attend a pre-op class. other than that i'm just waiting.
3/28/06- Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, but i started shopping for all of my things i'm goona need post-op. I'm kinda of nervouse about not being able to sleep in my bed when I come home from the hospital. I read a lot on the message boards about not being able to lay flat in the bed or on your side so i'm thinking about purchasing a new recliner even thought I really don't have the space for it. I finally found out how to put a picture on my profile ,thanks to a fellow OH member. Thank you very much. I'll update as soon as i can see ya!
3/30/06- Well I'm kinda down today. I recieved my lab results today and my iron levels seem to be low. My pcp wants me to see her before my surgery and i'm kinda bumed about that.(lord i hope this does'nt affect my surgery date). So I think i'm gonna start taking iron vitamins before I go see her and maybe that will help me out some.
4/15/06- Well it's been a long time since I updated; sorry about that. I only have about two weeks until my surgery and I'm getting really nervous. I no it's for the better, that's what I keep telling myself. I'm almost done getting everything I think I'm gonna need post-op, but I'm having a little trouble picking a protein powder or shake that I think i'll like. Think that's something I should post on the message board. other than that everything going good for now. Talk to you soon.
4/24/06- Nothings going on here just waiting patiently. I only have six more days untill I'm on the losing side and I can't wait. I finally brought a protein powder which is Designer Whey in french vanilla.
Hope I like it. Well I'm about to take mybefore picyures I want all views, front, back and side. Well so long
4/30/06- Well this is it tomorrow is the big day. I'm done all my packing, I cleaned the house up so everything will be straight when I return home on wed. It's now 10:45pm and I have to be up by 4:00am to be at the hospital at 5:30am. So i guess i should be getting to bed now. I'll post as soon as I can.
5/4/06- Well let's see I came home yesterday which was wedsday. I'm a little soar in like two of my insicions . I have terrible gas pains that's out of this world, but i have been taking gasx for that. My hospital stay was ok. My last night there i was meseribble. I could'nt sleep nor get comfortable. Then i kept getting up going to the bathroom like every hour. MY nurses well all great and the techs to. I drank a protein shake today and it's really not that bad, I mixed a little bit of orange crystal light and it tasted like an orange creamsicle. I've taken the firt set of my vitamins this morning. Everything seems to be going ok so far so wee'll see what happens. see ya
5/15/06- Well I went for my 2-week check up today and I've lost 22lbs in 2 weeks. I'm so excited the weight is finally coming off, even though I personally can't see the scale does. Eveerything else is going good. Each day it only gets better. I gave my self the b-12 shot this evening , that wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be.
Just have to make sure I write the date down I gave it. I really want to get my own scale for home but I'm afraid I'll be one of those people who is on the scale everyday, maybe a couple times per day. I'm noticing i am getting a lot more liquids in than before which is a good thing. I also saw my nutrionist today and she okayed me to more solid foods. She recomended all kinds of fish, shrimp and she okayed crab cakes (broiled with loght mayo). She also told me I could try chicken but with caution, because a lot of people can't tolerate it.
6/6/06- Wow it's been such a long time since I last updated. As of June 1st I have lost a total of 27lbs. I was starting to feel bad because I thought I was losing slow, but as I was thinking that's almost a pound a day so I started to feel better. I haven't weighed myself since then. I'm noticing I can eat a little more now. I also started going to the gym and it wasn't that bad. I personally can't tell myself that I have lost weight, but I put on a pair of jeans that I could.nt were before surgery and they actually fit so I'm happy about that. I go back for my 6 week check up on the 12th hopefully I'm down another 10lbs by then so I can finally get out of the 300's.
6/18/06- Hey everyone, well I went to my 6 week checkup and I did'nt lose as much as I thoght it was gonna be. Cathy told me I hit my first platue. As of 6/12/06 I've lost 31lbs since surgery that's six weeks. I'm able to eat a little bit more. I've also been new food items out that I would n't have tried before. I ahve been working out 3x a week at ballys. So I guess I'm doing great ( as my surgeon say's).
7/2/06- Well I no it's been a while since i last updated. I'm finally out of the three hundred stage. I weighed in at 299lbs. tha's a total of 39lbs in 8 weeks. I fell that I'm losing slow, but I'm not gonna complain anymore. I"m thankfull for my 38lbs.
7/7/06- Well I weighed in today at 291lbs, that means I"m down 46lbs now. I'm feeling great. My weight loss is going smoothly and that's all I can ask for.
