Deanne G.

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Okay here is the newest picture that I have it is when Hubby and I were in Las Vegas for the weekend.  Dec 16th through the 19th. It was a lot of fun but it was so cold there.  I am wearing 3 layers in this picture that is why it looks kind of bumpy around my waist area due to all the layers tucked in. LOL  I am officially in onederland I hit 199 on 1-01-07 that was my goal.  I have lost 65 lbs to date.   I have 64 lbs left to lose or more.  This is where I started wearing a size 18 jean (that is what I am wearing in this picture).  I tried on this past weekend a 16 skirt and it fit wonderfully.  :o)  I'll post more pictures when I get them downloaded.
Bye for now. 

Here is a picture taken 1 month prior to surgery.  It was at my Dad's wedding.  


This family picture was taken 1 month after surgery.  You can really tell in my face.  I'll post more of me now that I have lost 52 lbs since surgery on 10-02-06.

I wanted to post a progress on how I am doing.  I am now down 36 lbs since surgery (less than 6 weeks ago).  I am also doing a weekly measurement chart too.  I am going to post the measurements of a few to see the progress that I have made so far.
10-13-06 (first measurement post-op)
Neck- 13 3/4
Upper Arm- 15
Waist- 46 1/2
Upper Leg- 28 1/2
Calf- 17 1/2
Bust- 41
Hips- 53
11-10-06 TODAY'S measurements 
Neck- 13 (-3/4 of an inch)
Upper Arm- 13 1/2 (-1 1/2 inches)
Waist- 39 1/2 (-7 INCHES)
Upper Leg- 26 (-2 1/2 inches)
Calf- 16 1/2 (1 inch)
Hips- 48 (-5 INCHES)

I know that the weight loss is a total package but I am just astonished but the inches that I have lost so far.  I am feeling better and things seem to be staying down better than before...I hope that it continues to do so.  Last weekend for me was a rough one with the sickness part of it I was sick Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night (I really for the first time wondered what I had gotten myself into).  My spirit has since been replaced with high hopes that I will continue this journey...it is not an easy one but you need to make the best of it.  I would do this all over again and when people ask I tell them yes that I have had my share of problems with keeping things down but it is all so very worth it in the end.

It has been a few days sine posting on here of my progress.  I am doing well.  I have lost a total of 33 lbs so far in my journey.  Dr Cahalan is very happy with this progress and I do not have to see him again until Dec unless something comes up.  I am still occuring the frothy sips but have been taking it easy since Sunday so none yet for the past few days...also living on benadryl to help as well.  (Thanks Janine for the advise!!)  I can start to tell in other areas of my body.  The clothes that I were wearing pre op are getting very baggy and some of the size smaller clothes are getting that way as well.  My measurements keep going down so I know that I am also losing inches as well as pounds.  YEAH!!  I currently weigh 231 lbs.
Bye for now.

Sorry for the delay in me posting.  I have been doing well keeping things down but I am living on benadryl lately.  I take the liquid stuff in the AM and also before I eat at night.  I have tried without the benadryl and it is a no go and I get sick afte I eat.  They said that I have an over active mucus cells in my new pouch...could last up to 3 months.  GREAT!!!    I hit my first stall and have only lost 1/2 lb in almost a week.  (I will check tomorrow on the weight issue for sure)  Right now I am down 28 lbs since my pre op class...where I met Janine.  I have notice when I where put pants on how big they are getting even some of the other size pants that I had that were tight last fall/winter.  YEAH!!  Still getting in plenty of water, walking 2 miles a day might increase that soon to more but we shall see how that goes.  It has been a semi stressful week and have a lot of issues going on at home but overall my attitude is good towards things than before...maybe I just have a different outlook on things now.  
I go see Dr Cahalan on Monday so I will post after I get out of that appt to see what he has to say.  
Bye! 

Okay here I am 17 days out of surgery...A little late in posting on my progress.  I am feeling wonderful and really have little to no pain.  I have been walking 2 miles a day for the past few days.  I can already notice in my face, hands and wrist areas of the weight loss (not really the problem areas but I will take it)  I am having some issues with food and them coming back up after I eat them.  Right now I am on fluids only...water and protein until later tonight then I can start some more foods...broth and jello to see how that is going to sit.  They think since I have been having issues that it is all swallen in my my pouch area so it is not allowing food to pass like it is suppose to and making everything come back up.  I am getting about 80 oz of water in a day which they said is wonderful...I have always been a water drink for the past 5-6 years when I was pg with oldest son.  I also started back to work on Monday the 16th...it was a long day even for 5 hours but I made it through and each day I have been working a little longer to build back up to full time.  I am going to weigh myself tomorrow and I will post my results as I have not since last week, I have also been doing the measurements and I will post them as well.
TTFN

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08/04/2006 06:21 AM
Okay here goes with my profile. My name is Deanne I will be 34 shortly the 14th of Aug to be exact. I have been married to Joe for almost 9 years and we have 2 wonderful boys Brennan is 5 and Joshua is 4. Brennan will be starting Kindergarten on the 21st. I started my WLS journey when a friend of mine said she was going to try the lap-band. I checked out both procedures and found no one offered the lap-band around here. There are so many things out there that is negative about the long term effects of the lap-band and you would eventually have to have the RYN. I looked into a doctor in Ames I did not feel very comfortable with him and there staff was not willing to help me get anywhere. That is when I checking into the Mercy Capital. I went to the informational lecture, I felt this was the spot for me. I filed out my paperwork and within 2 days Diane from there was calling to set up a phone interview with Susan. Then from there she set up the class where I met Janine. After that class was the diet and nutrition class. So now it leads me up to this week. I met with Dr Cahalan on Tues Aug 1st and felt very comfortable with him and he explained everything. Tonight I have my sleep study...please pray I have no sleep apnea. Next Wed the 9th of Aug I have my pshyc evaluation. From there Melaine just has to wait for all of the recommendations to come back in so we can send it into the insurance company. I have been working hard on the diet part of it as I want to make the best of this journey. I started out at 265 lbs. :o( Not really happy about that. I do have a lot going on personally with family issues so I think stress is not helping with the weight loss. I have made a vow that I will lose 10 lbs before this surgery if I have to eat nothing 2 weeks prior to this surgery. I will post how the sleep study goes on Monday the 7th. — Deanne G




8-23-06
Another update for me finally. I really need to get better at the update process of my journey. I had my sleep study but have not heard anything back on it my appt with Dr Fluegel is on Sept 5th. I had my pshy eval. and things went well with that, told me that the office should have it in 1-2 weeks. Today I called into Melanie to see what else she needed from me so we could submit it to insurance. She looked and said things look good and was going to call the sleep center to see if I had sleep apnea to include that into my report for insurance then she was going to submit it today. Said that my insurance company has a quick turn around time so I should hear something by Friday or Monday. I am very excited about that. We shall see how fast this insurance thing really is and what the outcome is. Until next time. Dee

8-30-06
We no news yet on the insurance issue here. I called Monday the insurance company and they said nothing had been submitted yet. So I called Melaine and she is off on Mondays. I called the insurance again on Tues and still nothing (I thought maybe that someone had it on there desk...no such luck here) so I called Melaine and she said it was submited on Aug 23rd. She did not know if she had time to call on Tues to the review department but would try for Today (Wed) asked if I had contacted the review department and I said no just customer service. I did call back later and received a jerk of a guy in customer service asking for the review department and he told me that the Doctor's office that submitted it needed to call in for that. ugh So I hung up on him since he was a jerk!! I am going to call Melaine again today and ask about her calling and see if she got anywhere with the insurance company. I will post later if I know something...I HOPE GOOD NEWS IS ON THE WAY!!!!

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9-1-06
Well I called the insurance company and they told me that I was APPROVED for the surgery!!! I am so happy. I have an appt with the sleep center on Sept 5th and I hope that they can get the clearance letter over to Mercy soon so that I can get a DATE!!

9-11-06
I called on Friday to see if I could get ahold of Patty the person that does the scheduling and she did not return my call. I am calling again soon to see if they can get me scheduled for sugery as I have a some concerns about the date and would like to talk to someone about them.

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9-13-06
I do have a date and for a few days it was in limbo of if I wanted that date or not...but as of today I accepted that date of OCT 2nd. Tracy called me and my pre-op stuff is next Thurs the 21st of Sept. I just need to get on the ball and get the items I need to get purchased before then. It is a never ending battle here. I hope I am gaining some though. LOL I will update more later on.

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9-28-06
I sit here 4 days before surgery. I am so excited and nervous all at the same time. I am glad to hear from a friend that just had this surgery done on 9-26-06. She is doing great (Thanks Janine) and put some of my nervous feelings at easy. I had my last appt yesterday with my Primary Doctor. She seemed like this was not her choice for me to have it but oh well. Obviously I can not do it on my own. I might check out another doctor later on. There is a lady that uses one and it would be about the same distance away or I might make my appt's in the future with another Doctor in the office. Just did not make my afternoon go very well at all. I will post later on but it might not be now until after MONDAY OCT 2nd!!
(busy weekend ahead)