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Sorry about not updating....

As far as my scare, the PET Scan came back clear!  Apparently the mass that showed up on the CT scan was from my surgery!  THANK GOD!!!!

As far as the weight loss...it's still coming off.  I've lost 45 pounds since my surgery on May 4th.  I'm so pleased, and I've never felt better. 

Hope everyone is doing great and had a great holiday!

I had my follow up with the Oncologist regarding my CT scan.  I knew something was up, b/c normally they will call me two days later and say it's clear.  I never heard from them!

Apparently a somewhat large mass appeared in my pelvic region since my last scan in December.  The oncologist is thinking it's due to my surgery since I have no other symptoms and all blood work has been consistently normal.  I had nothing show up on the tumor marker lab either. 

Regardless of his words, I still worry!  I don't want to fight cancer again, but by God will if I have to!  Throw up an extra prayer for me if you don't mind :)

I've been crazy with school and have neglected my posts!  School's out this Thursday...YAY!!!!

I had my one month post op and things were great!  I also had my CT scans for the Melanoma and haven't heard back.  I go see the Oncologist on Wed...fingers crossed!

I'm still having trouble with certain foods on certain days.  It's crazy and the surgeon said it basically depends on what kinda mood my stomach is in that day...I always knew that thing had a mind of it's own

I'm down a total of 30 pounds since my surgery date!  Wow, one month and 30 pounds.  I'm down 48 pounds since December 1st!  Amazing!

Well that's all for now...will let you know the results of the CT scans.

Well I had my 2 wk post op with the nutritionist today.  She was very pleased with my progress and said I can move on to ground meats, eggs, cottage cheese and low fat cheese.  I told her about the "bean incident" and she said it wasn't unusual and to add more liquids to my foods to prevent it happening again.  

I asked about the Boca products and she said yes.  I love the burgers and ground meats and they have a lot of protein in them.

Tomorrow will be my two week threshold.  I go see the NUT tomorrow too.  My plan said I could have soft scrambled eggs and mashed beans.  Well I had some of the mashed up beans and didn't add any liquid to them and didn't mash them up in my teeth enough...OMG that was painful!!!!!!!!!!!  Lesson learned...in fact, I'm paranoid about anything that's not liquid.  Gonna really ask A LOT of questions tomorrow when I'm with the NUT. 

I joined the gym that's like 2 minutes from house!  I did 20 minutes on the eliptical and then did the weight machines...arms only today.  There was a SUPER HOT guy there, so that was extra motivation to stay longer LOL.

Instead of my mind constantly thinking about food, it's been thinking about different ways to exercise and move!  Wow, such a change!!!

Today was my one week post op and the surgeon was THRILLED with my progress!  I asked him about the extra energy and he said that being that I was physically in decent shape prior to surgery, that I would naturally bounce back faster.  My total weight loss since my surgery day is 16 pounds....I'm sure that a lot of it was fluids, but who cares...16 pounds is 16 pounds gone! 

I walked around Lake Junaluska tonight which is about 2.5 miles and did it in 40 minutes.  I didn't tire out and was not sore!  The hardest part is reminding myself not to GULP water when I finished.  Sip, Sip and Sip :) 

Best decision of my entire life!!!!!

Well it's Saturday and normally I'd be outside doing yard work, flowers, etc.  Today I laid back in the recliner and listened to my brother mow my lawn :

I did my 1/2 mile trek around the neighborhood and felt great.  I'll do it again later this evening, cuz man it's humid here today in the mountains.  We're going to Walmart, so that will be some walking I can do in between. 

Still sipping my life into health.  Whew, it's a lot of sipping.  I took a water bottle to the movies yesterday and sipped at every scene change...couldn't exactly have a timer in the movies

Today is the 4th day since my RNY.  I knew it was going to be a big adjustment, I just wasn't ready for the fact that I would have to be told to "eat."  If my brother weren't with me, I'd not get my protein in during the day.  I get so full so fast, and have to quit drinking whatever it is, be it water, tea, protein shake, etc. 

On the plus side, I've lost 29 pounds since I started the whole program in December :)

Today is Saturday, May 2nd and I am having my RNY on Monday, May 4th at 1:00 pm.

I'm so ready for this, it seemed surreal until I met with the surgeon yesterday (who by the way is wonderful).  My brother is now here and will be my "caretaker" for as long as I need.  It's great because I never got to see him much since he was in the Navy. 

Well now that the counting of days is dwindling, I guess I'll start counting the hours :)