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Apr 25, 2012

Went in for my follow-up with Dr. Kemmerling today.  Last weigh-in in the hospital 449, today's weigh-in...duh duh duh duhhhhh drumroll please......407!!!  -42 lbs since I got out of the hospital A WEEK AGO!!!!  Unreal, I can't believe it.  So amazing, so HAPPY!!!!  Look out 300's here I come!! 
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On the other side!

Apr 23, 2012

Went in for surgery on April 13th - absolutely petrified!  They gave me something to relax me and I was gone, no recollection of being wheeled out and into the OR...next time I opened my eyes I was in recovery.  Fears completely unfounded!  Spent two days in ICU and was then moved into a regular room where I spent an additional three days.  I had zero complications and my only real pain was my abdominals because they cut into the muscle, and the sites where they had in my drain and G tube.  My only real complaint is minor and that was being THIRSTY!  They wouldn't let me have a drop of liquid until three days out, until then I was only allowed to swab out my mouth.  I was ready to bite off that little sponge and spit it across the room lol.  I also got really bad headaches off the morphine they gave me so they switched to liquid vicodin and that seemed to work a lot better.  The week prior to surgery when I was on liquids I lost 20 lbs, gained 16 back in the hospital while on IV fluids.  Don't know where I'm at right now, I refuse to be a slave to the scale so I'll find out when I go in for my first follow-up on Wednesday. My friends are saying they can see the loss in my face already but I SO can't, but I'm going to be my harshest critic.  We'll see on Wednesday.  Wouldn't have changed anything!!!  So glad I had it done 
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Eeeek!!

Mar 13, 2012

Had my last necessary appointment with Dr. Kemmerling on February 29th - my six months of doctor supervised dieting.  Gained 3 pounds, but I was ok with that for the most part because overall I've done really pretty well considering my past track record.  Anyway, they were going to submit me to insurance for approval.  Yesterday his office called me and I am APPROVED!!!  Yay!!!  I couldn't believe how quickly they got an answer from them.  Omg, so excited.  They wanted to do the surgery THIS month on the 28th but there was no way I could get organized at work and home and stuff by then...and without knowing what my recovery time/off work time is going to be I need to have sufficient time to prepare soooo....pre ops on March 26th and surgery on April 13th!!!!!!  Wowwww this has gone soooooo fast since my initial meeting with Dr. Kemmerling :) 

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Ahhh...

Jan 11, 2012

Haven't been here for a while.  Busy busy with the holidays and all - just a quick post.  Had another follow up with Dr. Kemmerling last month - 33 lbs lost in the month since the previous visit - PRE SURGERY!  Woot.  Yeah I was proud of myself :D  Have to go again in a couple weeks, six months of doctor supervised weight loss is up in February, then maybe I can see about getting a date!
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Yayyyy!

Oct 25, 2011

Follow up with Dr. Kemmerling yesterday.  I saw him three weeks ago after having been on South Beach for a month and lost a total of 17.2 lbs for the month (yay me!).  At that appointment he wanted me to lose more significant weight so he wanted me back on MediFast which I went off of the first time because it messed with my blood sugars and made me lightheaded.  So I've been doing two shakes and two bars a day and one South Beach meal per day.  Well I went into yesterday's appointment thinking maybe I'd gained because I've had a TON of stress relative to work and stuff lately. Buuuut, I got on the scale and I was 19.2 lbs down - in three weeks!  I'm totally proud of myself for not only NOT gaining but losing a signficant amount of weight in a short time frame.  My family is totally proud of me too.  I have way more energy (well not the last week because I've been sick) but OH EM GEE - proud as heck :D  I go back on November 28th.  He'd like to see me lose 39 more pounds before surgery - which would *probably* be sometime in February because that is when my six months of documented weight loss would end.  I'm halfway there.  Got my psych consult done last week, officially not crazy and not in need of counseling so I'm just clipping along fabulously.  SO HAPPY!!!
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Gahhhh...

Sep 29, 2011

Had another follow up appointment with Dr. Kemmerling (it had been a month since I last saw him) and I had switched from MediFast to South Beach.  In the month I was on South Beach I lost 17.3 lbs and I'm TOTALLY proud of myself.  BUT...Dr. Kemmerling wants me to lose more so increase the safety level for the surgery....so....bad on MediFast I go.  I really, really, REALLY despise the stuff.  It took a flying leap at my blood sugars and they were dropping into the 60's and I just felt like crap when I used the MediFast foods.  He suggested I drop my diabetic meds because he didn't realize that my diabetic control was so tight (I range from 100-105 on meds - completely normal).  So back to my PCP to see if he agrees with that. 

*sniffs* I hate MediFast *pouts* It's all worth it...it's all worth it...it's all worth it....

But I LOST 17.3 LBS - I'm awesome hehe!  I'm totally gonna buy a Zumba video this weekend.  It looks like fun.  I'm not doing that stuff in front of people though, I'm totally uncoordinated and I WILL be red faced and a hot mess lol.  Maybe later after I've lost more. 

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Seriously...

Aug 30, 2011

MEN DRIVE ME INSANE.  Ok.  Just getting that out of my system. 

Went back to see Dr. Kemmerling on Monday.  Needed to talk to him about getting on a new diet plan because the Medifast just isn't going to work.  Not only does it taste horrible but it spiked and lowered my blood sugars, made me lightheaded and in general just made me not feel right.  So we decided that a post-op sort of diet would be better - high protein, low carb, low sugar sooo I'm going to try South Beach and see how that goes.  We'll see!  Have follow-up on September 14th. 
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Having...

Aug 18, 2011

Kind of a bad day today.  I should have known it was going to be like this when I woke up at 6:44 a.m. instead of 5:30 a.m. when my alarm went off heh.  I'm really, really tired and finding it hard to be motivated at work.  I'm getting things done but I'm very "ho hum lalala" about it.  Day 2 of Medifast...it's still gross lol.  I'm not really hungry hungry though, it's the head hunger and wanting things I can't have like...pretty much any real food at this point heh.  Going to see my PCP tomorrow to see how to adjust my diabetic meds and to check my A1C, kidney function, etc. 
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I Ain't Gonna Lie...

Aug 17, 2011

I started on the Medifast this morning, and I ain't gonna lie....it's NOT tasty.  I think most people lose weight by starving themselves so they don't have to actually eat the stuff lol.  Ok the shakes are not THAT bad...I equate it to Slim Fast, but not as sweet/flavorful, with a bit of a powdery fnish.  I just had a mid-morning...I dunno if you want to call it a snack or meal....of the honey mustard pretzel sticks though and.....it tastes like dog food.  Or how I imagine dog food must taste.  I'll be trying the first soup at lunch, I just pray it's better than the pretzels because man.....lol, just terrible.  I actually find it kind of humorous though because I'm eating the things and laughing, and then chasing them with like a massive slug of water lol.  At least I have a sense of humor about it. 
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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling along...

Aug 15, 2011

Things are happening so quickly!  I start on Medifast tomorrow.  They did give me samples of one of the shakes and one of the bars to try at my initial consult with Dr. Kemmerling.  The bar was actually really good.  The shake......not so much lol.  It had the appeal of mocha chalk, well, not quite that bad but it wasn't delightful lol.  In any event mom is heading up to Green Bay for me tomorrow (love you mumma!) as they're only open until 5:00 pm and I work until 5:00 pm about 35 minutes away.  Dr. Kemmerling's office has a store room where you can purchase the Medifast products.  If he recommends it to you get them through him!  There is a difference in cost of about $115 a month compared to purchasing them through the Medifast website.  Follow-up appointments one week after starting (actually August 29th as he's out on vacation next week) the Medifast, and one month after the initial consult (on September 14th), and already have my psych consult scheduled for October.  These six months are going to fly by so quickly!!  Eek! 
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