Octavia Davis
I had my consultation with Dr. Sherer on 10-27-05 and now waiting to see what the next step will be. I will update more just as soon as I found out more details.
11-14-05
Call me impatient, I called the insurance company today to see if they had received my paperwork yet and they told me there isn't anything in the system yet, but "it could take up to 90 days." I don't want to wait that long. I am ready to have my surgery now because I may not be around for 90 days. Can they hurry and tell me something.
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11-26-05
I received my approval letter from the insurance company today and I am just elated. I am so happy that it did not take 90 days and now I am anxiously waiting to schedule surgery. I will update again as soon as I get my Re-Birth date.
12-3-05
I haven't had time to post but I have a date. It’s January 20. Suzy called me Tuesday to schedule my appt. Since I've received my approval letter and my surgery date, I've been getting negative feedback from some of my family. My thing is no one understands what I go through. If only they could walk in my shoes for a day, they would realize the misery I feel. Well I'm about to go, I don't want to start feeling depressed again. I will post again later.
1-04-06
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! Where has the time gone, sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I'm sure you understand how things are. I am getting more and more excited and nervous (at the same time) about my surgery. I know that I'm ready to become this thinner and healthier woman that I imagine I would be, but at the same time I question my mental state. Is this really something that I'm ready to do or am I going to do right? All of these questions are going through my mind, but prayer will get me through. I will update later.
1-23-06
HAPPY RE-BIRTHDAY TO ME!! I made it to the other side. I had my Lap RNY on 1-20-06 and was released from the hospital on 1-22-06. My surgery was very uneventful. My only complaints were with the first nursing staff that I had, they were terrible. Other than that everything went smoothly. I wasn't in as much pain as I imagined I would be in. I actually slept on my tummy last night. WOO-HOO. I haven't been able to get all my water in, but I'm trying though. I didn't get a chance to weigh myself so I will have to update that after my follow-up next week. I will chat more later, I need to get up and walk some more.
1-27-06
I just returned from my follow up and I have lost 18 lbs. He said everything looked good. I am so happy I don't Know what to do. He told me that I can start having food but I don't think I'm ready for that yet. Update later.
2-5-06
Well I have been trying to add foods back into my diet and I have been able to tolerate everything. Drinking plain water still makes my pouch hurts and Crystal Light don't quench my thirst, however, the Wal-Mart brand does. I haven't weighed myself lately, but it’s in the making. This is super bowl Sunday and my entire family is sick with a cold or the flu. I hope all of us start feeling better soon.
Before, I said that my family wasn't supportive of my decision to have WLS, since I had it; they have been behind me 100%. I think that a lot of them were using my weight problem as their comfort zone meaning, as long as I was the size I was, that they are okay because they're not as big as me. Well it was actually confirmed when my sister told me that she wanted to go on diet since I'll be getting all fine. I told her to go right ahead and we can join the gym together. I'm starting to feel sick again, I'll update later.
2-19-06
Well my family is feeling better but my son still gets a runny nose from daycare. I weighed myself and I am down another 13 pounds for a total of 31 pounds for my 1st month. I am so happy about this. I have dropped from a size 28 to a size 24. It feels so good when you're losing; my knees and ankles haven't been bothering me since I've started losing. I didn't think that I would be able to really tell a difference in some of the things I was doing but I can. SEX is totally different, not that is bad before, but great now. Just thought I would update a little, I will update more later.
3-19-06
My, my, my, how fast time flies when you're having fun. I didn't realize that it had been so long since I posted. Last week I was feeling a little discouraged about stalling for a couple of weeks, but the stall has broken. I am down 11 pounds as of today. It feels great to be losing again and not wondering did I make the wrong choice.
I went to church today and some of the members were noticing that I've lost and were very complimenting on my new look. It kinda made my head swell a little bit. I went shopping and bought 3 outfits that fit and not sagging tooooo much in the crotch and they were really inexpensive. Ross is the best store to me.
Well enough boasting for today I'll update more later.
Peace out!!!!
3-25-06
I have been feeling like I am eating too much of the wrong foods. My dr. told me there were no restrictions. I am still losing it has just slowed down. I have been doing more protein so hopefully it will make my weight start coming back off. I don't know.
I haven't joined the gym yet like I had planned but I am really looking forward to joining one. Even though, my son jas been keeping me active I still need to do some toning.
4*18*06
Sorry I haven't been updating like I should, but things have been a little hectic around me. I am still stuck at 293# for a week now because I didn't get to get my exercise in this week. Things are changing at my job and they have me going a little coo-coo right now. I've been playing around on the net trying to figure out how to add things to my profile. I really hope this works. Enjoy my theme song. I have pics coming soon also, until next time.
5*6*06
I'm not very good at updating on here, but I had a special wow moment and I had to share. I stepped on the scale this morning and it said "283", it's coming off after all. But this is the real WOW, my sister is getting married on July 15 this year and we went to try on wedding dresses. I tried on an 18 it was a little snug so I ordered a 20 just in case the weight don't come off right. All this time I was thinking I was still in a 24 just transitioning into a 22. I am just amazed. To top it all of, my sister never really gives me comments, told me that I looked really cute yesterday. My head was swollen the rest of the evening. Gotta go see about the little one and I promise I will do better about updating.
6-5-06
Sorry promises are meant to be broken. I have been doing really well lately. I had my first vomitting experience last night and I thought I was going to die. I was craving a chicken salad and I don't know if I ate too much or ate too fast, but one thing for sure, the after feeling was terrible. I am now downs 69lbs. and I am feeling great. I am always on the run, with that being said I must go now as I'm going to work. I will update this weekend.
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9*26*06
Well it sure has been awhile since I've updated. I been feeling as though I have not been doing as well as in the beginning. I am down 90 lbs but it has been hard getting there. I still have not joined a gym like I wanted to but I have been walking and chasing my son. Everyone keeps telling me that I'm looking good, but I still see that 342lb person in the mirror. I can tell that I am losing because the clothes I was trying to hold on to are falling off of me. I didn't want to buy a new wardrobe every month so I stictched here, pinned there, and tucked everywhere. However, I do feel great. I have more energy to stay on the go until I'm at work and then can't seem to stay up. I found out that a friend that had surgery 3 or 4 years ago is starting to gain her weight back and it scared me. I don't want to get big like that again. I wasn't really having health issues except for diet controlled diabetes and blood pressure, so I can't say that I was unhealthy myself, just the weight was unhealthy. I'm gonna stay focused though and do my best to keep my weight off. Wish me luck with this thing. Until next time.
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