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Blog 59325

A blog by kennedysj427 in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by kennedysj427 on BariatricPal. 12 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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addiction

What is addiction ? for a long time i always thought an addiction was some kind of substance abuse such as smoking of any kind legal or not or drinking alcohol without having control of it . what i came to realise was shocking . this all happend during a conversation with my mom and i mentioned that i was glad i did not have an addictive personality or any type of addiction i dont smoke anything and when i drink i can just have one and walk away . then she said "well what do you think you had

Bad Bad Bad Me!

okay so i did not want to share this but i thought maybe i should . okay so i had my surgery on the 10th of this month everything went well . the day before i was released from the hospital i was given instructions to stay on liquids for 2 weeks . here is were i got thrown off when i was given my meal b4 i left it was my protein and some cream of mushroom and i thought to myself thats not liquids .. but i figured they gave it to me its okay. so when i left the hospital i left with the wrong m

i did it !

yesterday i was so freaked out about making the wrong choice . and 2day i still felt the same a lil better but not 100% confident about my choice . but i did it anyway i figured i have been planing on this for a year and i was sure about my choice then also i went on the chat here and also posted a blog . and with all the support i was able 2 go threw with it =) and now im here in the hosp. feeling like a champ =) so far ..... been walking around and so far no gas plus pain is almost non e

Help!!!

I dont know if this is the right choice for me anymore ..and 2morrow is my day of surg... is this normal to feel this way ?   today i started to cry and doubt this whole thing i have worked to this point for a whole year but now im wondering ( cant i not really do this with more hard work ? ) has it really come to this ?

question ??

today i called my surgeons office to ask questions and during my conversation i asked at what point i have to start the liquid diet ? and he told me that i don't have to . anyone ever not had to ?   lol not that i care to do it but i just thought it was a lil strange sice i read alot of people having to do it for 2 weeks

Approved !!!

Today i got my approval letter !! I'm so excited . i had already thrown in the towel thinking that this was just not going to happen . and i guess i was OK with that . truth be told i got discouraged and began going up that old familiar road again and started eating crap . so I'm up 6 lbs which I'm working on as of tomorrow .. i guess thing is to not give up on yourself like i did . between the minor set backs it Finlay got done . at this point i was not expecting it anymore .. lol cra

round two

so today was my appt with my physician and I'm at the 20lbs mark soo we will be staring to send in an appeal if it don't go threw i don't know what else i can do i have done all they ask . at this point I'm frustrated and determined to beat this best that has taken control of my life . although i love me and all that i am . i don't like being unhealthy / although i don't have any high blood pressure or diabetes . but thats where I'm headed if i don't WIN ! so weather i get the chance to get the

denied =(

Just found out i was denied =( . thought it was pretty crappy . i was told that although i did meet requirements for the surgery . i did not lose 20 lbs or 10% of my weight so there for i was denied . i called my surgeons office and they told me that they will be appealing it as soon as they get the paperwork . on my consolation the surgeon told me that i did not have to lose weight but that i could not gain not even one pound and if i did he would cancel the surgery . so the guy that i talked t

Optifast???

question can you buy Optifast at a store or does your dr. give it to you or something ?     reasoon i ask is that as time comes closer i want to make sure i do my to have everything i need .     thank you for your help =) :thumbup:

update

:smile2:Hey everyone just wanted to let you guys know that I got my EKG and chest x-ray out of the way also did the psychologist . appt last month so I have three months left b-4 a date can be set . although the dr. said I did not have to lose any weight I thought I would get a head start and do as much as I can b4 d-day so far 6 lbs lost in 3 weeks =) doing a really healthy diet and going to the gym at least 3-4 times a week .

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