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A day away from having the gastric Sleeve . . .

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Read more about Its Been A Year!

Its Been A Year!

Heyyy Everyone wow its been a while since ive been on here! Lets see Things have been crazy this past year. I hit my goal weight of 135lbs back in February and now im 128 lbs as of this morning. I feel like i have so much more energy than i did in the beginning of this amazing journey! I want to stay healthy and keep up on my exercise routine. I noticed that exercising and the use of a corset have helped me keep from having a lot of excess skin i mean i still have a bit but it helps alot!

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• EllyDonlon
• August 7, 201213 yr

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Post Op Week 2

Hi everyone its elly i know i havent been on in a while ive was recovering in LBI gotta say if youre gunna be recovering the beach is a nice place to do it fresh air relaxation everyones active so it helps you be active too. My surgery went really well i was up and using the bathroom on my own only a few hours after surgery who says vanity is a bad thing? No bedpans for me Thank You very much. I had a great recovery i drank lots of fat free broths with the good stuff drained out and tons of je

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• EllyDonlon
• August 16, 201114 yr

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Post Op

Hi everyone its elly,   I had my surgery on the 3rd and i was discharged from the hospital yesterday. Im not quite sure where to begin my stomach hurts Alot but thats pretty normal. I couldnt keep anything down untill just a few minutes ago and i was sipping on water and luigi's italian ices.   The surgery day was crazy most of it is fuzzy because of the pain meds and anti nasea meds they give you. When you are in the hospital make sure they give you the antinasea medicine first!! i spent

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• EllyDonlon
• August 5, 201115 yr

Read more about Surgery Tomorrow

Surgery Tomorrow

Hey Everyone! Starting Weight: 230lbs Current weight: 222.3 lbs Latest Meal: Bottle of water Tomorrow is my big day and I'm packing right now for the hospital Im going to be having the gastric sleeve My mother had it and so shes been really helpful in getting stuff together that wont irritate my stomach. I have my pre admission testing today and im scared as all hell theyre gunna say i didnt lose enough and not do the surgery. Ive been on the liquid diet for 2.5 weeks now and have lost 7

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• EllyDonlon
• August 2, 201115 yr

Read more about Shakes, Nerves and Loss of Sleep . . .

Shakes, Nerves and Loss of Sleep . . .

Hello again everyone! Im Elly for those of you that didnt read my intro blog im still new to this whole thing so sorry if my posts are too long. Current weight: 222lbs. Latest Meal: Chocolate Protein Shake So im a day away from my surgery for Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 and i was lucky and able to get my appointment for first thing in the morning. I dont think my nerves could handle waiting til the middle of the afternoon. I had only two shakes today because i dont think my stomach could

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• EllyDonlon
• August 2, 201115 yr

Read more about Nice to meet you . . .

Nice to meet you . . .

Hello everyone! My names Danielle I prefer being called Elly if you don't mind makes us seem like we're already friends and I'd like to think we are, Friends, Comrades, Support system. Ive never blogged anything before so bare with me if i seem a bit long winded. I guess the first place to start is to tell you all a bit about myself and my journey so far. Like most of you i don't know where or when or how i started to gain so much weight. I look back at pictures and i think to myself was i e

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• EllyDonlon
• August 2, 201115 yr