Kellie C.

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Hi Everyone :)

I didn't realize just how long its been since I posted last.. Time flies!!
I am 13 months out and -162 lbs.. I've still got about 38 lbs to go.. I CAN DO THIS !! (although it is getting harder)

I feel so blessed to have come this far. And I've done it with the tool that the surgeon gave me and the support and inspiration from all of YOU :) Thank you

My next battle will be .... skin removal
My doctor suggested that I wait until I'm at least 18 months out and the weight loss has stopped... so hopefully I've still got 5 more months of loss before the fun really begins... (the skin removal has been the scariest thing to me since even before my Bypass) But again, I can do this!!

I hope that you are all doing well and are living a much happier and healthier life :)
Big Hugs......

I started this journey and 350 lbs and thought wouldn't it be great it I could get below 200..The past few months have been a struggle and I was starting to think it wouldn't happen... Goes to show we need to keep our faith and just keep going..Cause I actually did it :) I can not remember the last time I was in the 100s... maybe Jr High    ?

This tool has been a true blessing !!!
Hugggss,
Kel

Hope that you are all doing well... Getting Healthy and Happy

As for me, doing quite well... It's now been a little over 7 months since surgery.  I'm down 137 lbs since I began this journey ( 96 lbs of that since surgery on Aug 1st 08) I feel very blessed that things have gone as well as they have for me. I am able to eat just about anything in modoration (never knew what that word meant before this surgery) that is the tool that has been a complete blessing for me...  and also there are certain things that I may eat (stuff that I shouldn't be having anyhow)  that make me feel sick...  but just enough to remind me, that I know better and it helps me think twice before I eat it again...
Life is good


The energy is amazing !!     I can move in ways that I forgot that I can move...cross my legs?? no problem :) Just bought a bicycle, can I ride it? Heck yeah, and it feels soooo good :)  Afraid of going to a resturant and not fitting in the booth ?  not anymore :)   Does my tummy rub against my stirring wheel when I drive ? nope - I even have to put my seat up some now...:)               these lil' things mean SOOOO much  !!
Life is good :)

Big Hugssss to you all

Hey all.... I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas :)
and you are ready for a New Happy Healthy New year !!

I'm just checking in.. It's been awhile since I posted.. All is good here. I'm still losing but slowly at this point.. I've had a few stalls but honestly, I'm to blame for that.. this past month from Thanksgiving to Christmas has been a challenge. I have learned that I can tolerate just about anything that eat..I just can't eat very much of it.. so needless to say, I have gone a little off track but I'm getting back on the program.. cause I am not ready to stop losing just yet.. I still have about 80 lbs to get to my goal... and I CAN DO THIS !!! 

In May I started this journey at 350 lbs ,  Aug. 1st day of surgery I was at 309 lbs... today,  almost 5 months out from surgery I am at 230 lbs...
Started in size 30/32 and am now wearing 18/20 and just bought my first size 16 pants and they actually fit  :o) Crazy !!! 

These past few months Ive really been struggling and having a hard time with my hair loss.. As vain as it sounds my hair has always been one of my good outter qualities... and I've lost at least half of it, and its still coming out.. I've had to cut probably 6 inches off but the good news is my last cut, I was told I have A LOT of baby hairs.... yahhhh!!! 
so, this too shall pass ....And I still have NO regrets !!

Thanks again for all of your support .....
Bless you all !!!

Big Giant HUGSSSSSSSS !!!
Kellie

Well.... Im more than half way to my goal :) Officially down 102 lbs since the first of the year... Yahoooooo for me. I weighted 248 this morning....wow, UNBELIEVEABLE !!

Last weekend I wasn't feeling real good.. Felt as if my blood pressure was up... Had some chest pains come and go... so I went to my primary doctor 1st thing monday morning... Sure enough my pressure was up (but not as high as it was over the weekend) They did an EKG and everything looked normal... she did put me back on a low dose BP med... bummer.. I was so excited to go off of them, but I guess my body is still going though an adjustment.. hopefully this will only be temporary.. Because of the chest pains she did refer me to a cardiologist for a stress test... I had my appt Wednesday and my blood pressure was much better and I hadn't felt the pain for 3 days... so the doctor didn't see the need to put me through the stress test.... She sais that it would be hard for me... (guess because of my size...) She did say if the pain came back, call her office right away or go to ER... so far, so good....

I almost had my first ... I was at work eating a piece of chicken when all of a sudden I felt like I was going to lose it all... I didn't think that I'd make it to the restroom... but I did, and once I got there the feeling went away.... whoohooo, close call.....I've been surprised through this whole process that I have yet to get sick... I was starting to think, I wasn't the norm !!   I realize Im a lucky one, but I now know it can happen even to me.......ahaha...........I think I was eating way to fast and wasn't chewing like I should...

Kinda of a Wow moment today.... The lowest weight I remember being for years was 259 which was about 5 yrs ago..... Today I got on the scale and it read 258 !! Whooooohooooooo!!!  Too cool !!!

Well I think that I'm finally back online... yippeee !!!   

I'm very sorry for those of you out there that have followed my journey and been sooo supportive for the year leading up to my surgery, and then once my surgery actually happens..... I vanish........believe me,I really had wished I could get back sooner but once we decided to sign up again for the internet we had phone line problems.... we are still having some minor difficulties... but hopefully we'll get it all squared away real soon :)

 I have really, really missed all of you and I am sooo Happy to be back :)

Let's see.....I am in week 9 and have lost about 37lbs.  I actually feel very good. I think that I have been very lucky in the fact that I have been able to tolerate everything that I have ate...(although not a huge variety) I am on strickly all protein. 3 meals a day. I consume 60-65 grams of protein, and about 64 oz of calorie free liquid per day...
My average day is a protein shake for breakfast, two slices of turkey and a slice of cheese for lunch and a 3 oz can of chicken breast w/ mayo for dinner.... and I cant forget my two sugar free popsickles for my PM snack... Thank goodness for them popsickles!!!  so, that's about 520-550 calories per day....
I had a little bit of a panic going on a few weeks ago.. There was about three weeks that the scale was going up and down about 3 pounds... It was really, really frustrating.. I just didn't understand why I wasn't losing... After a visit to my doctor's office and speaking to a few people that have been through this... I realized I just needed to stay off the scale and concentrate on what I was supposed to be eating It would start to fall off and sure enough it did :)
I plan on only getting on the scale on the first of every month and at Doctors appt's..
I will work on getting some new pics up on my page soon.. and I promise to keep my page more updated (well, if this new internet services doesn't let me down)

I am so sorry for those of you that sent me messages and I have yet to reply.. I will be going through them just as soon as I can...
Thank you all for you support ...
Now it's my turn to be there for some of you again ... :)

oxoxo

Hi All..
First....sorry I haven't had the chance to respond to all of my messages... We still don't have the internet at home.. (trying to get caught up on bills since the move) Hopefully soon though.. I sure do miss you all..and I hope that you are all doing well and getting healthy !!

As for me, friday will be 4 weeks since surgery and Im down about 24lbs.. not to bad :) I haven't been walking like I should because I still don't feel real well and it's been so darn hot.. I do plan on getting back to work maybe Sept 5th and Im sure that will help just to get back into my normal routine of life... I still hate to eat and struggle with my vitamins because they make me feel sick but I am getting in all my protein and liquid...
Good news.. I've already stopped taking BOTH of my blood pressure meds... I can't even believe it.. ive taken them for about 14 yrs.... crazy....!!

start weight 350
surgery day 309
last time I weighed 285

Yippeeee !!

I've been staying with my mom since I was released from the hospital but it's time for me to get home and see what my boys have been up too for the past 10 days.... oh goodness, I can only image what Im going home too since the 3 boys and 2 dogs have been home alone without me....haha...

Anyhow, I wanted to be sure to make a note here because we moved into our new house just a  few weeks ago, we still do not have the internet and Im not sure when it will be hooked up...

I will post just as soon as I can....

Get healthy and be happy :)
Kel

Surgery was on Friday August 1st.... Surgeon said things went very smoothly. Woke up in some pain as to be expected but it was manageable with the meds. I chose not to have the morphine pump because for me I didnt want to be out of it.. I was afraid of blood clots and I wanted to start walking right away... which I did. Everything was going good, plan was to come home on Sunday but that morning I had an urge for BM and it turned out to be blood... It is rare but it can happen... the doctor thinks one of the sutures where they reconnected the intestines was bleeding...the only way to find out for sure would be to send a scope down my throat into that raw area to look for it. He said that can be a dangerous procedure and would only do that if the bleeding didnt stop in which he said most times it does stop on its own. I ended up having 4 bloody BMs that day and my blood levels did come down into dangerous levels... I ended up getting 4 units of blood sunday night into monday morning... from then on my blood level was at a stand still so they kept me in the hospital to monitor me. all my vitals and my pain level were   good through-out my stay.. I did get a little weak before the transfusion but of course thats what happens :) I went into this knowing that there can be complications so I tryed to stay positive and focused on resolving the problem and moving on :) ALL the nurse's at St B's were Excellent !! ( besides being sooo rude and waking me up so much for vitals and meds and such during the night ;)~ , haha )
Ok.. get this... to me, this is crazzy !!  day of surgery :309lbs
                                                                  tuesday am = 322 lbs  (swelled)
 tuesday night, they gave me lasix and ultrasound of legs for clots
                                                                 Wednesday am = 295lbs
thats - 27lbs in one day from fluids....nuts, huh ? 

I came home wednesday at noon, Im staying with my mom for a few days.....so far so good....... I feel a little weak, but OMG I finanally slept SOO good last night and today Im starting my protein and watching my liquid intake..

There is a possibility of the bleeding to start again, so I am taking it real slow and trying to take extra good care of myself. ..
Usually    Dr Krahn puts his patients on pureed foods before leaving the hospital but because of my problem I am on liquids only until my appt on tuesday. and Im ok with that  :) not hungry at all ...

I have to do blood work monday and back to doctor on Tuesday for check up...

and OMG ...is this G-tube crazy or what ?? thought it would gross me out but it's kinda cool how it all works....haha..

Thanks again everyone for all the wonderful messages when I returned :)
It really helped boost my spirits knowing that you all were thinking about me...

and for those of you out there that haven't had the procedure yet ... It is important that we all know about the complications that can happen but please don't let this deter you, because these kinda of things are rare...
at this point I still do not have any regrets :)

hugs and kisses.....