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Read more about 10/23/2007

10/23/2007

Wow !!!!!!! 18 lbs Gone Forever :whoo:, God is good, things are going okay, i feel healthy, and happy, people say iam glowing...Hmmm, i even noticed someone checking me out at work, good thing is he was checking me out before i had the surgery, and even more so now...... i have not had a date in 3 1/2 years( my choice). He is fine as hell too...ha ha ha. Well i am really excited, want to get a treadmill, and eliptical so i can jump start my weight loss, iam almost , kinda obsessed with weight l

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• NEW ORLEANS GRL
• October 24, 200718 yr

Read more about 1 week post op

1 week post op

It's been so long since i've posted, it was a long and hard first week, the 1st 4days were HELL!!!! day 5 saw some promise, and days 6-7 were okay, the gas in the beggining was a real !@#$ but i made it. I'am starting to get hungry, scared iam gonna eat straight through my band, throw it up, and then eat the band..wow, issues, anyway i have lost 13 lbs iam so excited, i pray i can loose more in the next 3 mos, why is it that Dr.Carter doesnt fill you till 3 mos post -op.....hmmm.Well all in all

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• NEW ORLEANS GRL
• October 20, 200718 yr

Read more about 7 hours to go

7 hours to go

well my date was moved from the 9th of October to the 8th of October 2007, it's 2 A.M. i can't sleep, too excited or anxious i guess, ive done everyones laundry, folded,ironed, and put away. i did the 2 dishes in the sink, i cleaned like crazy, prepared my son non perishable stuff for his field trip on my 2nd day post op, i even ironed my post op clothes, well nothing left to do, but catch a few zzzz's. I am ready for the new me to emerge, being a single mom for 7 yrs has not kept me down, rubbi

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• NEW ORLEANS GRL
• October 8, 200718 yr

Read more about 6 Days to go

6 Days to go

Well i have 6 days to go, I have my pre-op appt tomarrow with Dr.Carter in arlington,TX. Today like many others have been boaring.I have so much on my mind, i can't wait to have my surgery done, and start to see the fruits of my labor. Today's Prayer: Lord I pray for your help today, i need you Lord, and i can't do this without you, you are my rock, my strength, my shield, and my fortress,deleverer, strong tower, my very present help in time of need, Lord according to your word "my God shall

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• NEW ORLEANS GRL
• October 4, 200718 yr

Read more about Too "D" Big!!

Too "D" Big!!

27 Sept 07   hmmm... not much today, my back hurts,my ankles are hurting and swollen, and my feet feel like i live in Bedrock with the flintstones.......other than that, just peachy.....12 days to go till "B-DAY"......(and not Beyonce's B-Day

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• NEW ORLEANS GRL
• September 27, 200718 yr

Read more about September 26,2007

September 26,2007

Well , I 've never done this before but ok........where do i begin? I tried to have a gastric bypass in 2005, long story short i was denied....... after my friend Hurrican Katrina kindly asked me to move out of Louisiana, i found myself in Texas, well i was able to transfer my job to TX, God allowed me to buy a house, and i have been blessed beyond measure. In December of 2005 i switched my ins co to blue cross blue shield(for federal employees)i never thought again of a bypass, even though the

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• NEW ORLEANS GRL
• September 27, 200718 yr