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OK so let me just get this out the way cause I know what you thinking..NO it didn't hurt! I actually didn't fill a thing. The first thing they do is give you a shot to numb you up. She said it would be a pinch and a burn i didn't fell anything. Then they do the injection and you don't fell that either. It was quick about 5 min in and out. So i have lost another 6 pounds. I don't really see the weight coming off but it is nice to know that i have at least lost something.  Now im on liquids for two days again.

So as far as exercise goes I haven't had the time to walk but i did invest in a WII Fit . It is the coolest thing you can get it is super fun and it really does work you out. The first day i did it i went to bed with my legs felling like limp noodles. It has aerobics balance game, yoga, strength training and a lot more but the thing is its in the form of video games so it doesn't seem like your exercising. You can do the hula hoop challenge , skiing, aerobics that is like a step game. You get to create your own MII which is basically a lil computer cartoon of yourself. It has daily body test that keeps track of your weight bmi and balance. My Mii is all chunky, Its funny cause the first time you start you Mii is all skinny then you step on the scale and she starts getting all fat and bloated!  I was crackin up!! Anyways long story short if you have  a few extra bucks its a good buy and you can do it in the house. I suggest QVC they let you do payments and i got mine the next day! 

So its been about 3 weeks. I'm feeling great i just started eating real food. So far i have had eggs, yams, tuna, canned pears and peaches and crackers. I haven't thrown up once. I only eat a little though and its enough. Yesterday was the first time i actually felt hungry it actually caught me off guard when my stomach started rumbling.

I believe i have lost 20 pounds all together everyone keeps commenting on how much weight i have lost. I'm happy i didn't expect it to be coming off so quickly. It is amazing how much of a difference 20 pounds makes. I cant weight for another 20. I was able to fit into a pair of jeans that haven't fit since before the baby. They where snug but they fit.

I have told a few people about the surgery. At first i thought i wasn't i thought people would have funny lil comment to say but weird enough almost everyone that i said i had it have been wanting to get it themselves. Even people that aren't heavy enough say man i want that. You never know who has been struggling with their weight.

I have to keep reminding myself with the vitamins. I keep forgetting the last calcium pill. I'm heading back to work today so i will take some with me and take them while i am there.

scares are healing nicely. There small only one big one and its getting better by the day i been putting Vaseline on it to keep it from being dry. They are well worth it. I just keep wishing i can bypass the next 6 months and wonder where i will be then.

Ah Ya Baby!!!! 5 days out and 13 pounds down! feeling pretty good right now.. went to see the doc today, had my bandages removed and got on the scale .. went good I go back in 5 weeks for my first fill.. I'm aiming for 10 pound .. ambitious but if you gonna do it .. shit .. do it big!!! keep everyone posted! 

OK so Ia m home, its Friday I had the surgery on Wen.. Went well I cant complain all I remember was laying on the table and the doctors and myself joking around and next thing i know i woke up in recovery. So unexpectedly the biggest complaint i had is when you wake up your mouth feels like you been in the desert for a month. It was so dry i had to really focus on breathing cause i breathe through my mouth. They gave me this lil sponge on a stick with some water on it and i just kept running it over my lips and over my tongue. It did the job till i was able to leave and pick up a bottle of water. (which by the way took me the whole day to drink) another thing is the medicine makes you feel way out of it ..When i got home i slept for about 3 hours and when i got up the loopy feeling from the medicine had worn off.  

Two days out and I'm feeling sore but nothing unbearable. It kinda feels like you have a big knot in the middle of your gut. The incisions don't bother me at all and i been burping a lot since i got back to get out all the gas. I throw up once at the hospital when they stood me up but i have not thrown up or felt nauseous since then. I have only been sipping water, i have had a few spoon fulls of jello and a few spoon fulls of broth but that's about it. Amazingly enough i am not hungry at all. It takes so much effort to sip your little water and get all the vitamins in they want you to take you don't even want food. 

I been taking the pain medicine about twice a day which is disgusting when you have to crush it up . I been putting it in a lil apple sauce which helps a little. It helps you get more comfortable but like i said your not in pain.. your just uncomfortable. So i go to the doctor on Monday to check everything up i will let you know how it goes.. lata  

Alrighty so, 1 year and one baby down I'm back!!! So i was suppose to have my surgery last May but i got knocked up and had to post pone things. Its all good though I'M GOING IN NEXT WEDNESDAY!! I'm crazy excited i feel like i been waiting forever ! 

Ok so after almost a month of calls.. and damn near stalking my doctor office I finally got the date today.. May 12^th 2008… The road has been long and exhausting.. I have made numerous, many time unanswered calls. I have gone back and forth waiting for all my paper work to be submitted but all of it was worth it the moment I heard the date.

 

I am very excited.. It actually is happening!! I have about a month to get the last few steps together. I have to go in for the pre- op consult with my support person AKA hubby. I have to go to pre admission testing and get clearance from my primary.

 

SO FREAKIN EXCITED!!!!!  

Ok so I heard back from Barbara at my Doctor office apparently i didnt pass the quiz they gave me about lap band awareness and i have to do it over again. Seemed pretty self expenatory! Go figure. Im waiting to get it in the mail so i can send it back out.

Someone from my doctor office called me today just to verify some information. She wanted to know if i was bringing in a support person and if i hade done my group therapy. So now im waiting from another call from another lady who submits the papers to the insurance and will call me for scheduling. I got so excited when i saw the number on my caller ID but FALSE ALARM. .. still waiting.

Since this whole thing has started I haven’t told to many people. It the funniest feeling, you are so excited and you want to scream it from the roof top. HEY MY LIFE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE! I’M FINALLY GOING TO WORK THIS OUT.  The weirdest thing is when you go to tell someone you get in the worst position of having to defend yourself and your decision. It like your skinny friends don’t understand why you can’t just go on some diet and lose the weight, Like its that easy! If I could do that I wouldn’t be fat to begin with. Then in an even worse turn of events, ya big girl crew don’t understand either. Instead of support all you get is criticism. Girl you don’t need no surgery aint nothing wrong with you.. You look fine.. you aint that big.. WELL THE SCALE DON’T AGREE WITH YOU!I never understood it. I guess in admitting that you need the surgery they would have to look at themselves and maybe realize they big butts need help too. I guess they feel their losing their comfort friends, the ones that where always there to pig out with them. Super size them fries!  The ones that made them feel like being overweight was ok.  Men don’t want no bones.. I have been overweight all my life I guess my way of coping was become the self proclaimed big girl that was ok with her weight. That never let it get her down. That was quick to bet you to the punch line with comments like girl please my big butt aint fittin into that.. or “taking the stairs, girl you crazy im to big for that crap” .. or even when the skinny girl would admire my clothing “girl sorry big girls store.. You cant get it in your size”. Humor is a deceiving thing.  

 

Anyways I have decided to only tell a select few,, For all the others they will just see the change and when they ask how I did it (cause you know they will) i’ll just say I stopped eating so damn much.. Realistically it wont be a lie..

 

3/08

So first things first, I have seen more doctors in the last 5 weeks then I have in the last four years. As of Wednesday I am officially done with all my testing. I AM DONE.. THANK YOU JESUS. So they tell me their going to put in the paper to the insurance company and they should be contacting me with a date.. I AM SO EXCITED!! I really can’t wait. I have all these daydreams going through my head about shopping in a regular store and going to the beach without covering up. Man I hope they call back soon.