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icuingme2's blog

A blog by arnetta in General

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life long quest for that healthy me

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Never Give Up.....

That's my mind set. It has to be. I don't have it in me to quit without a fight.......   I had surgery September 30th, 2011. I expected my weightloss to be a little slower than I would have liked simply because I received a promotion with work and moved out of state 8 weeks after surgery. It then took me until February to get in with another doctor up here. But since February I have had 2 fills (that's a total of 3) and although I feel restriction and I excercise 4 days a week for 1 hour

advice wanted and needed....

Lots going on in my life.....good things for the most part... I'll get to the part where I need advice in a minute..I want to share the good stuff first.   I GOT A PROMOTION... I will be managing an apartment community in Asheville, NC so we will be moving the 1st week in December. Bye Bye Florida....HELLO MOUNTAINS!! It helps that the promotion comes with a nice fat pay raise too! This is truly a blessing from God and I am so grateful to have a 2nd chance up there. YAY!!   I've been

1 month post op and 27lbs down

It feels good. But things have sloowwwwweeeeedddd way down. I haven't lost anything in a week and a half. But I'm not discouraged. I don't have much restriction but thanks to the pre op diet I am able to control my portions on my own a little better than before. I have only had to not so good experiences since surgery and I will be happy to share.   1st - One of my residents made me a big thing of banana pudding to say thank you. I decided to have a litte bit. Really only about a 1/2 cu

....from the hubby

NON SCALE VICTORY....lol   It is a good feeling when you are in the middle of a simple conversation with your husband and he stops you to say....."wow, babe...you are really beautiful". and of course I ask him where that came from and he say to me. "You know I think you are beautiful. But you can already see a difference in your self confidence and I really like it".   <INSERT HAPPY DANCE>   I am CRAZY IN LOVE with my husband. It's weird...5 years together and he still gives m

negatives all around....

<INHALE.> <EXHALE>   I open my Facebook today (you know...aka high school) to this wonderful post from my sister in law (who was at one point my "best friend"):   "WOO HOO I have lost 50 lbs!!!! Its such an amazing inspiration to be able to prove to myself that I can do it on my own without any weight loss surgery. " hmmm......then this was followed up with post from her friends saying things like: "You go girl! Weight loss surgery is for the weak" "Weight loss surgery is the e

mourning the loss of a dear friend.......FOOD.

So I am a little over a week post op and finally in a better frame of mind. I am ashamed to be admitting this but hope that maybe it will help someone else. Please no judgement.   *DEEP SIGHS*   How could I be 2nd guessing my choice....I mean I worked so hard to make this happen and have researched it for 8 years.......but I did.   Right after surgery it all hit me like a ton of bricks ....not in the chest but right in the face. And all I kept asking myself is WHAT HAVE I DONE? This

Officially BANDED.....

MAN WAS SURGERY EASY......AS FAST AS 1,2,3...AND I WAS DONE....   But then I woke up... haha. I woke up crying and in so much pain.....don't let me forget to mention the worse dry mouth IN THE WORLD! I started burping from the minute I woke up. AFter 2 c-sections I really thought this would be cake for me.....I really shouldn't have. I did have a rough go of it right after.   I thought I was prepared for the gas pain but I really wasn't. I keep walking and taking my gas-x but when I wa

24 hours away from my banding..........

and I have 3 shakes left......   I know some people drink these shakes even after but I swear to you if I even smell another Protein Shake I might gag! I am sitting here just looking at mine for lunch and pouting like my 2 year old son....not wanting to drink it. But alas I know that I have to because that is all I get to eat/drink.   Okay so I have 2 questions I would like to know from you guys before my big day.....   Question 1: What is your least favorite thing about having the la

the word on the street is.....

My surgery is a go for this Friday at 12:30pm. I was able to come up with enough with the help of a very wonderful friend and spoke with the hospital this morning and they said they would take what I have and I can make payments on the rest......   I am so overwhelmed with gratitude and emotion......this is a good day!   I want to thank everyone who prayed and sent best wishes to me. We have all experienced negativity plenty in our lives and to find a place where I have been met with n

my dream was so close and now looks as though

it may have been just that.....a dream.   I am 8 days with no food only liquid for what was supposed to be my pre op diet. I had my appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning for all my test at the hospital for surgery for next Friday.   Then I received a phone call from Robin this morning at the hospital. (well let me take a step back) I was told a few weeks ago that I needed to pay 20% of the cost per my insurance. I asked, "okay, so do I need the full amount by the time of surgery?"

Pre Op Liquid Diet Day 7...

I'm doing good and haven't cheated. Not going to lie though some of my motivation was coming from seeing the scale show a decrease in numbers. Nothing for 2 days though....well I can't exactly say nothing either. I gainded a pound back yesterday.   Anyway, I know this isn't the big picture so I'm not stressing if I don't loose much more...but its nice seeing those smaller numbers for a change. I am curious to know though...what you did as far as weighing yourself. Did you weigh yoursel

Day 5 done......

onto day 6 tomorrow!   10 days of my liquid diet left and 10 days to surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Felt much better today than I have any other day since I went on liquid diets. And I'm 10 LBS DOWN! Feels good.   After work I came home and my hubby had already had dinner and the kids feed so I said.....Let's do it! Let's go for a walk! I'm so ready. So we loaded up the kids in the double stroller and walked through the community. IT FEELS SO GOOD to WANT to go for a walk.  

had a conversation with the scale this morning.....

well...not really but I did decide to get on the scale this morning just to see.   Before I started my 2 week liquid pre op diet I weighed in at 268 lbs. It truly has been probably 7 years since I've seen the scale do anything but go up each time I step on it. For Pete sake even when I went to the doctor last time I gained a pound despite being more active. So I had no intentions of getting on the scale again until I went back to the doctor, but after 3 days of only liquid and NO CHEATING

2 weeks of H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS!....

Might or might NOT be so bad..........   You know I don't have to cook for my family every night....my husband has offered to take that over for the time being....but I feel the need to push myself and be around all the food just like I would be any other time. So I'm cooking and sitting with them like we always do for dinner. I figured if I can't do it....what's the point in me going through with the surgery. I have to make changes....but the people around me don't. Food is such a big par

I'm so hungry....

yep...I said it. And it's only day 1 of my liquid diet.   I feel the need to share my experience though. My 2 year old son had his tonsils and adenoids removed today and he is such a champ and doing great. But probably not the best day to have to start my diet.   The surgery center was an hour away from home so I packed my 2 shakes in a bag with ice. Chocolate shake...is tolerable but the Cafe one...not so much! Anyway, my Mom came down for his surgery as well and of course her and my

Surgery Date is Sept 30th!

Am I excited...OH YEAH! :Banane13: I start the liquid diet on Thursday. I never thought I would be so excited to drink my food and not be able to have anything solid! But when you are ready you are ready! The only thing that makes me nervous (at this point anyway) is cooking dinner. I cook every night and we sit down to dinner family style at the table.....thinking maybe this is when I will have my jello. Or I will say prayers with them and go and have a little quite time and read....

The much anticipated phone call came today.....

finally all the testing and doctor's appts done.....I have been waiting on approval or denial from my insurance company.   <insert DEEP SIGH> THEY APPROVED MY SURGERY!!!!   I dare say all of you know what the feeling of anticipating that phone call is like and others who know what it is like to hear YES on the other end and not be expecting it. I don't mean to come off dramatic in saying this but I feel like those people (the insurance company) when they approved it....said yes! Yes A

EXCITEMENT...is starting to die down....

:Banane37: I am working my way through the insurance process which actually is reasonable.....but with a 2 year old and a 6 month old and my full time job...finding time to get the doctor proves to be difficult at times.   But my appointments and blood work are moving along....maybe not as fast as I had hoped.... but none the less we are still moving in the right direction and insurance hasn't said no so far.   so I'm not so over excited that I can't sleep but I am still excited enough t

feeling a little disappointed right now.....

I am going to the Phyc Dr. next Wednesday and was going to get blood work done today so I called my insurance company again for the 50th time to find out what lab to go to and the woman I spoke with this time......not so friendly.... She said that my obesity my be considered a pre-existing condition. Okay...so why is it that when I called each time just to check that no one mentions this to me? I know that nothing is guarenteed until it goes before prior review....but why can't we just be g

I wonder if.....

Well first ..... I know I blog a lot and I love the fact that I will be able to look back on my journey!   I GOT INSURANCE PRE-APPROVAL!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D   I go Monday for my Medical Evaluation.....   I think I am more excited than a 5 year old on Christmas Eve...   Leads me to my question of I wonder if.....I wonder if I will be this excited when I pass successfully through each step!!!   I AM SO STUPID EXCITED RIGHT NOW.....

Pending Insurance Approval....

Went to the seminar last night and met the Doctor! I am impressed with how much I still learned at the seminar. Spoke with his office today and registered online with their office and now I am waiting........on the insurance approval. I am doing okay not getting to excited....I mean it still seems like this can't be real to me. Maybe it's my self preservation mode kicking in.... so many attempts with diets and pills....failed miserably.   I have only told 4 people I'm considering it (ou

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