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I have nothing to lose but my big butt ;)~

A blog by WonderWmn in General

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Just my rants and raves to help keep me sane through this process... I don't take myself too seriously so you shouldn't either...

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So it's been a while since my last post...

Well I said to myself when I started this blog that I would keep up with it and I just realized it's been a few months... well here are some updates...   I moved to Houston a few months ago and having fun getting to know this new city. San Antonio is not a small town but it sure feels like it compared to Houston. Thank God for GPS, I'm loving Google Maps on my IPhone so much... have only been lost a couple of times, lol...   So I've had a total of 3 fills now and I think I'm at a good place

First fill...

So this week I had my first fill and it was virtually pain free... I only felt a pin prick when the lidocaine was inserted but no burning at all from the med. Then the PA made sure to go into the same tunnel she had created and I only felt a little pressure but no pain at all... I wasn't sure what to expect but I'm glad it went so well.   Now I'm starting to eat 'real foods' and a little scared to eat something and it get stuck... still eating mushy foods but I'm going to try something more so

Finally, real food... although it's mush for now.

So I am 2 wks post-op and started the mushy food today. A few months ago I was shopping for dinner (I miss cooking real food) and noticed something called Bacon Salt in the seasoning aisle. So last week I was buying my baby food type foods for my week 2 and remember the bacon salt for my mashed potatoes. It is fantastic! The one I found has no calories and is low in salt and gluten free. I have been sprinkling it on everything, my cream of chicken soup, baby food, and today in my refried beans.

There's a monster in my tummy 2 days post-op...

So I am totally surprised that I'm feeling much better than I expected... but the stomach growling is keeping me up at night because I live alone and thought someone or something was in my house lol.   My surgeon suggested I start taking Gas-X strips as soon as I got discharged and I think that's helped with the gas pains because they haven't been too bad. I just take one every 4-6 hours and no pain.   I am still sore from the incisions but I was expecting it to be as bad as when I had my g

So tomorrow is the big day...

Today is my last day of work and I'll be off the rest of the week recovering... I hope it's enough time but I think if I need more time I can ask for it, we'll see.   I've had a checklist of things to do before the day and all that's left is to have my last meal, having my last protein shake now, then take my test in class right after work, then start the bowel prep and that's when the fun really starts, lol.   I'll be at the outpatient surgery center tomorrow at 8am and surgery is scheduled

Can hardly wait...

So yesterday I found some old photo albums with high school pics and realized that I will be back at that weight soon and got so excited... back then though, I thought I was huge but now that I look at those pics I see that I looked great...   I just feel so hopeful that I will look and most importantly feel better... I was just diagnosed as diabetic and with high cholesterol last month but I'm sure I have been for a while. I kept putting off going to the doctor and my lab work because I suspe

The date is set... 9/22/09, 9 is my lucky number :)

Hola... I finally got my date yesterday and now I"m just getting through the pre-op diet... I've tried Slimfast in the past so shakes are not hard for me, now getting home after driving past all my fave fast food places (there's a Taco Cabana on the corner) will be tough, but I know I can do it.   I have BCBS of Illinois and didn't find out until last month that back in July they changed their requirement from 6 month to only 3 months... my surgery center didn't notify me until my last weight

It's been a while...

Well I have been so busy with work and school that I have not had time to post in a few months...   I have already completed just about all of my pre-op stuff and my last appointment at True Results is Aug 21st! After that, they will submit my paperwork and get me scheduled for surgery. I am so excited and can't believe it is so close... I thought the day would never come...   I've already lost about 25lbs on the pre-op diet plan and have posted new pics... can't wait to post my post-op pics

I am old enough to member Wonder Woman...

After reading Band Groupies comment to my last blog (thanks and I posted some answers on your blog on how to add the background and make it pretty... I am such a girlie girl :cursing: anyway, she mentioned that maybe I was too young to member the show... not true. I love that show and Wonder Woman! I dressed up like her for a few Halloweens when I was a kid... my mom made me the costume and even used gold candy foil for the headpiece and wrist thingees. It might have been chafa (spanish getto wo

Where to start...

Well here it goes... I have to do my six month medically supervised program and can't think of a better way to pass the time than to blog my thoughts and progress on this journey...   First a little about me... I'm not married, but I have been in a very happy relationship with a great man for about a year and a half! I am 36 and have no kids, although I do have 2 beautiful nieces and an awesome nephew... I call them my babies from anotha motha :w00t: I'm not really sure if I want any of my ow

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