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I haven't written one of these in awhile, so here I go!  I hit my 40 lb mark from my highest weight this week.  That was verrrry exciting.  I got on the scale this morning and it said 262.  I might possibly hit the 250's next week, which I honestly dont think I have weighed that since my sophomore year of high school.  I remember getting my drivers license and dropping my weight to 214 from 254 so classmates looking at my new license picture wouldn't know my weight! LOL.  I also went and bought some new pants last week.  I originally was a size 26/28.  I grabbed a 24 off the rack and tried them on and was ticked off because they were so saggy.  I thought to myself, wth am I going to do? The store clerk, said, maybe try a lower size.  So she brought me a 22 and they were still kind of saggy.  I was ticked off once again.  She once again suggested a lower size... i was thinking... a size 20?  are you kidding me?  theres no way i could fit my tush into a size 20.  so she brought them to me and i got one leg in... i got the other leg in... and OMG i even ZIPPED AND BUTTONED them!!!!  I was soooo stoked!  So i am definitely a happy camper!  When I look in the mirror, I can't see that I've lost weight yet, but I went to pick up the Saturday mail for work this weekend and I haven't been there since before surgery due to the weight lifting restrictions.  The person who picks up the local hospitals mail was there and she looked at me and said "Wow, how much weight have you lost?"  That was exciting to hear from a complete stranger.  Now, if I could only get the sexy mail guy with the nice legs to look at me with hearts in his eyes!  LMAO!  J/K. 

I just experienced my first icky moment and oh boy it was not fun.  I can have the super thin deli ham so for some reason I thought that a ham slice wouldnt be so bad.  haha.  Was I ever wrong!  I have spent the past 35 minutes waiting for that stupid thing to slide down my esophogus.  What a painful moment.  It was moist and I chewed, chewed, chewed.  It must be too dense or something.  After attempting to throw up and burping like crazy, the sensation has passed, thank goodness!  So, I can add this to my little lessons learned in life memo.  LOL

Date	8/16	9/16	10/16	11/16	12/16	01/16	02/16	03/16	04/16	05/16	06/16
Neck	17 “		15"	14.5	14.5	14.25
Chest	60”		53"	53	50	49
L Upper Arm	18”		15"	15	15	14
R Upper Arm	18”		16"	15.5	15	14
Rib Cage	52.5”		45.5"	45.5	42	40.5
Waist	57”		52.5"	51	49	47
Abdomen	57.5”		55"	51.5	49	48
Buttocks	52.5”		50.5"	46.5	46	43
L Thigh	32”		28"	27.5	27	25
R Thigh	32”		29.5"	28.5	27.5	25
L Up Knee	23”		21"	21	21	19
R Up Knee	25”		22.5"	22.5	21	19.5
L Calf	19.5”		18.5"	18	18	18
R Calf	20”		19"	18.5	18	18
Total Inches Lost	484”		441"/*43	377/107

Well here I am.  It's 1:30 am on Saturday morning.  My surgery went absolutely amazing.  I almost went in fearless!  lol... it was just hard when my mom got to my apartment and she was teary eyed... which then made me teary eyed.  i started to choke up a little bit on the drive to the hospital and was crying in the waiting room, which then made my mom cry.  luckily the waiting room was pretty empty.  i did pass out when they put the IV in and my blood pressure dropped really low and it took awhile to bounce back.  I was just kind of thinking, oh god, i hope this isnt a preview of whats to come.  but after shedding some tears on my way up to the operating room i calmed down and realized the anesthesia was on its way and i'd wake up with it all over.  everything went pretty smooth after that.  i just had a sore back and i was having problems urinating.  my daytime nurse was absolutely amazing and i was so loopy from the morphine i didnt care about getting a catheter put in, but that night when i was off the morphine, i had to have 2 girls my age put a catheter in.  that was probably the suckiest moment i had at the hospital.  food has been going down great.  i havent gotten sick off anything yet.  the only icky pains i had were gas pains, and luckily they never made it to my shoulders, so it wasnt insanely horrible.  i got out and exercised some today and am going to try to make it a daily duty from now on.  well... i think i am starting to feel a little tired though so hopefully i'll sleep at least until morning!  :)   thanks for everyones thoughts and prayers! 

So its the night before surgery.  I'm not really nervous yet.  I recently go told that I was fearless.  I'm wondering if there's anway that I can walk into this being fearless.  I've only had a couple last minute thoughts about backing out and they only lasted approximately 15 seconds.  I just get nervous that if I walk in being fealess, then that is when something is going to go wrong... god telling me, Megan, you should have walked in being nervous.  I really havent had an horrible thoughts about me dying, or having complications.  I'm really healthy, and I've been following my liquid diet just fine without any problems... well except when my coworkers ordererd CHINESE on friday.. damn them.. lol!  But I didn't eat any, just sat around smelling all the sweet and sour chicken with envy and gulped down my delicious meal replacement.  I guess I figure it really can't be any worse than childbirth.  So... everyone wish me luck!  I just got a call from a friend and I'm off to Walmart to buy all my sugarfree, pureed food for when I'm ready to eat again!  :)