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Sandfluffymama's Blog

A blog by Sandfluffymama in General

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First steps towards a new future.

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Turnaround...

Greetings,   So I have decided to lay off the surgery for a while. God, I totally feel like I am putting the cat among the pigeons here...   I have been praying on this every Salat for the past month, hoping that Allah will guide me to making the right decision. And I believe He did, for the time being.   Firstly, I had a baby, only a mere 7 months ago - my breasts are still producing milk, even though I have stopped pumping which suggests to me that my hormones dont know whether to scra

Pre Surgery Jitters, Bags Of Nerves, Bad Dreams And Oh So Very Tired!

Haven't blogged for a while - ten days til I go for surgery. I am so scared. So very scared. Roosavelt said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"...well I am fearful of it!   You know the thing I am most afraid of? The lack of energy and the pain. My little one has just started teething and I am sad that I wont be able to pick her up in the night and give her a cuddle.   I still havent told my mum - she thinks that it is an extreme method and to be honest I am so scared of te

To Be Or Not To Be? That Is The Question! Cogito Ergo Sum.

We had our school carnival last weekend - kind of nice...we made milkshakes and raised a fair bit of cash. The money goes towards the girls' graduation fund thing.   So one of my homeroom students has been absent for a while and turns out that she had surgery...she spoke to me in the hospital. I asked her how she was and she told me that she had 3 laprascopic (sp?) holes and was doing ok - it dawned on me that she had had a sleeve! I asked her very quietly - turns out she had the same doc a

"its Makin' Me Dizzy! My Head Is Spinning...like A Whirlpool, It Never Ends!"

Wowzers! My lovely friend was sleeved on Sunday and she says that NOTHING is worth the pain! So, I remind myself that everyone has different pain tolerances and that pain relief in DXB is RUBBISH in comparison to the UK! Morphine and codeine based products are banned...maybe I should start smoking weed! lol. (just kidding, of course!).   Mum is here at the moment on a visit and I have decided not to tell her about the surgery...I would rather go back to the UK in a few months a different s

Fear!

So I was talking to a friend of the colleague who had the sleeve - it apparently took her some 12 weeks to recover...I was thinking about having the surgery at the beginning of April as we follow up with a 9 day break...My question is, will that be enough time to recover and go back to work?   I work with all age groups - it isnt physical per se but there is a vast range of little 'uns! From Pre k to Grade 12 - I teach music, singing and drama...   Advice anyone, please! This is really th

Consultation In The Desert...

Greetings!   So, yesterday I consulted with Dr Abdulsalam Al Taie...he has his own clinic in Jumeirah - I was very intimidated at the thought of speaking to someone - I felt worthless and a bit of a failure, truth be told...but, I liked him. Alot. He has performed over 1300 of the sleeve surgeries and is cocky to boot, but with his experience, I guess he is allowed to be. I felt comfortable though - for some reason I mix well with cocky men - I think I find them challenging... He also perfo

Fears And Consultations...in The Desert.

Well,   I'm here, in Dubai, teaching, living, married with a beautiful baby girl and waiting...until Saturday at 7pm when I meet with a potential surgeon. He comes highly recommended from a colleague and friend who went to him six months ago and has gone from a size 20 to a size 8...I dont even think I was ever that size...maybe when I was 6????   I have always struggled with my weight - since the age of 4...and then used food as comfort and a form of escapism from my despotic stepfather a

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