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Read more about June 23, 2013.....week 6

June 23, 2013.....week 6

"Big changes," she said, rubbing her belly and pointing her eyes towards my bulging belly. I was puzzled - I hadn't been in this store for over two years and was surprized that she was still working there. Nice lady, in her early 60s, and with a weight issue of her own. Then, it hit me....she thought I was pregnant!! I quickly corrected her assumption, telling her "no - I'm not pregnant....but, there are 'big changes' coming soon!!" After numerous apologies from her, I then explained what I wa

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• LOSINGLOOSEY
• June 26, 201313 yr

Read more about June 9, 2013.......week 3

June 9, 2013.......week 3

I went to my second of two psychologist's visits. Yoohoo!! I got clearance from him!! And this time, he didn't bother asking me any crazy questions like "Have you ever been small?"   I saw my coordinator at the grocery store....she had a bypass and lost over a hundred pounds a few years ago.... she reassured me that she feels 99.9999999% sure that I'll be approved. When she gets my "Letter of Medical Necessity" and psych clearance, as well as nutritionist's clearance - she'll send it o

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• LOSINGLOOSEY
• June 12, 201313 yr

Read more about June 2, 2013.....week 2

June 2, 2013.....week 2

So many changes in one week to report.........   First, my tentative scheduled sleeve date changed - instead of August 19th, I'm doing it on August 5th - two weeks earlier!! When I start to think that at the end of next month, I have to start the pre-op diet - it just sort of blows my mind!   Today, I went to my regular doctor, so he could write the "Letter of Medical Necessity." He offered these words of hope, which really put my mind at ease: "Ten years ago, I would have never written

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• LOSINGLOOSEY
• June 4, 201313 yr

Read more about This is where it really begins....

This is where it really begins....

"Have you ever thought of yourself as small?" The psychiatrist's nose wrinkled and he appeared puzzled - but, not half as puzzled as I was....I'm sitting here before you - getting clearance for bariatric surgery, the sides of your chair are pushing into my thighs, and you have the nerve to ask me "have I ever thought of myself as small!!" Really?   Small is definitely a foreign word to me....and going through with Gastric Sleeve Surgery is like traveling to a far off land - Africa, Vietn

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• LOSINGLOOSEY
• May 26, 201313 yr