Stevee

just thought i'd take a min to throw in an update. went to my 1st post op appt today and he said that i'm doing fine. i'm down to 255, which is a told of 19lbs lost. he said that its normal that i havent lost any in a week and a half and to calm down. he wont give me a fill for another 4 weeks and he said that i probably won't lose any more weight til the fill so i should just relax. he said my game hasn't even started until i get that first fill. so now i'm ecstatic!!!!!! and so relieved to know that i've not messed the whole thing up :mad: hehehe. hope everyone is doing well... i'm pretty ok i suppose... not likin my job so much but ya know what can ya do. can't wait for the weekend. i'm off fri sat sun me and my g/f and 2 other couples and 2 single folks are going to a haunted house. this ought to be interesting since all of us are terrified! hmmmmmmmmm.... whose gonna protect us. afterwards we are going to the club. i have decided that i LOVE not drinking. i have so much more fun at the club w/out alcohol! not that i was a big drinker but ya know. i love watchin all the drunk idiots make a fool of themselves!

no problem. i got love and respect for you juli. just know that. by the way i dont own a scale....which is probably a good thing. i weigh at my moms 1 time a week. i got so frustrated cuz i this weekend i got dressed to go out and my clothes didnt seem to fit much different after losing 16 lbs. i was like what the eff! but today... i just put the same jeans on and they feel different!!!!!!! wooooo hoooooo feeling good today! wha wha!

ok ok ok ok.... i'll stop being a brat too. folds arms and pouts one last time. hehehe i'm not down 16 in two weeks. that would be amazing. i'm down 16 since my pre op. i'm only down 7 lbs in 2 weeks. but thats fine with me. as i posted yesterday i looked at ya'lls tickers and realized i'm pretty much on schedule. so i calmed down. my g/f helped me w/ that as she said she is proud of me and said that i need to just calm down and it will come in time that my body is just not ready yet. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that was my sigh of relief yesterday i was just uptight and bitchy! like you ms dad i FUCKIN HATE MY JOB that i used to LOVE. and it blows to hate your job it really fucks up everything in life cuz we spend so much time at our jobs. so my plan.... stay there till i know i dont need the fills paid by insurance anymore i guess then keep it movin and find a new one. dont know how long this will be but jesus i hope it comes soon. if i get cussed out by one more AARP member i'm gonna go postal. lol not really i think its quite funny actually. so off the subject how sad was Ellen's plea about the puppy!!! i hate to see funny people cry it tears my heart up!!!!!! i think the owner of the shelter is a beotch! shes lovin the publicity i'm sure... the death threats not so much. lol anyways... thats enough for me...back to sleep love you all for the continued support and ass kickin when needed!

sorry for not keeping up on the updating...but I'M STUCK!!! down 16 lbs since last wednesday and not a lb since!!!! every diet i've ever tried i'm able to lose 17 lbs never more... so here we go again. i just dont get it! i'm getting very frustrated. plus. i know i'm only 2 weeks out and i already feel like i need a fill. my food just isn't keeping me full for very long at all. FRUSTRATED SEEKING ENCOURAGEMENT OR SOMETHING.

Howdy my fellow family! whats up? here's my status. sorry i dont post more but work is kickin my butt so i barely have time to post my lil quickies. i weighed last night... i'm down to 259. day before surgery i was at 266... when i started my pre op i was at 275. so i've lost 1 lb a day since surgery and a grand total of 16 lbs ! woooo hooo gone forever! :Banane30: hope all is going well! i miss talking to you all.

im not hurting bad enough to need to take them. just knowing they are here is enough for me. they make me so groggy and tired... i just dont like feeling like that. i talked to the nurse this morning and found out my port is right above my belly button. i'm on clear liquids all of today... which i've not felt hungry yet then tomorrow i start to introduce mushys

hey ya'll!!! thanks kimmie for posting an update. i love ya girl. i'm up and a lot more coherent now. hehehe Juli you had me laughin and it hurts to laugh!!!!!! everything went alright. it started at 730 and i was in recovery by 930. had to stay in there til about 1015 cuz my breathing was shallow. then i finally got to see my family i was released around 1130ish. they gave me prescription for pain meds but unless i feel like i really need them otherwise i wanna tough it out. i'm finally to the point that i'm able to carry on a conversation. after the anesthetic at 730 and the pain pill they gave me at 1045 i would be talking and all the sudden get sleepy and say "i dont remember what i was talking bout" then monique said i would be sleep. lol! and SNORING! whoa does my throat hurt like hell!!! i couldn't figure out why. haha i didnt know i had a tube stuck down it. lol. this was my first hospital vist, first IV, first surgery! they said i was a soldier. so my incisions... i've got 5. and none of them are bandaged. 2 are about a 1/2 inch, 1's 1inch, 1 is two inches and 1 is about 2 1/2 inches. i can't figure out which one is my port. hehehe. i know i'm a dork. well thats my update for now. my meds are kickin in again and have to go to sleep! thank you to all of you for your support! i wouldn't be here without you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i know i know i can't believe it either!!! its actually now in 15 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooooooooooooo hooooooooooooo! i got my blood work done this morning. and weighed. and only lost 9 lbs on the pre op! which sucks but oh well every lil bit counts. i check in at 6 am... so ill get on here once i'm able to and give every one an update! thanks to everyone in this thread for all the support!!!!! ya'll are the best!

1st day of liquid diet! surgery in 3 days!!!! OMG its finally here! woo hoo!!

hello all!!!! well i've been on my pre op diet since thurs... doing pretty good.. from thurs to sat i lost 2 lbs. not too bad i guess. 10 days left and counting!!!!!!!!!!! if yall can't tell i'm EXCITED! i got my bill the other day for my upper gi and it said 603.75. whoa! i talked to my friend that works for the surgeon and she said wait til you get the statement from the insurance. so i just checked my benefits website and i only owe 260.87!!!! holy moly thats amazing!!!! so now i'll have more money left to apply to the surgeon fees and hospital fees! woo hoo! i'm ecstatic now!

so i went to the store last night and got everything i need for my pre op... here is what the next ten days of my life will look like..... 6am Carnation Instant Breakfast No Sugar Added w/ 1 cup 1% Milk 9am 4 oz 100% juice No Sugar Added Noon Protein shake made w/ 8 oz 1% milk and either 1/2 a sandwich - 1 slice whole wheat bread/1 slice fat free lunch meat/1 tsp mayo or 1 cup salad w/1 oz lunch meat and light dressing w/ 6 crackers 3pm 4 oz 100% Juice No Sugar Added 6pm 3 oz chicken, fish, pork, or beef 1 cup salad w/ light dressing all i want steamed veggies 9pm 1 cup 1% Milk In between all of these i'm too drink as much Water as possible w/out drinking 1 hour before and after eating. im actually excited about this.. crazy huh! lol

hello to all my family! hope everyone is doing well...today is my last day of eating REAL food. hehehe. i'm starting my pre op diet 4 days early to hopefully jump start the weight loss! here goes nothing! or everything right! i'm starting it in the morning!! wooooo hoo!!! surgery is on its way!

well... i've calmed down. hehehe i bought some protein powder for my shakes. and my vitamins. and am ready to start my pre op diet on the 20th. i'm doing it an extra 4 days to hopefully lose a lil extra hehehe. i had my upper GI today. it sucked. well i mean it was neat to see my insides but that barium stuff was soooooooo gross!!!!

ok... so i'm freaking out. i pulled out all of my paperwork about my pre and post op diet and i'm freakin!!!! its so complicated i don't get it. multivitamin now switch to a chewable but do do iron and calcium at the same time and something about carnation instant breakfasts and protein protein protein 100% juice water low carb diet slim fast is the shake i have to use (not happy about it) EXPENSIVE AS HELL! gah i'm freakin out that i'm not understanding want to do on my 10 day pre op diet! breathe stevee breathe! i think i'm hyperventilating! this is insane. why now why freak out now!? heee heee hooo heee heee hooo thats me breathing like i'm a freakin birthing class! SOMEONE PLEASE CALM ME DOWN!

thanks juli! im so excited i could piss myself. hehehe

oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh! surgery has been booked!!! its coming its coming! Upper GI booked for Sept 11th and SURGERY BOOKED OCT 4TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have myspace MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/230361199 update! I GOT MY APPROVAL TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all i have to do is book an upper GI then book my surgery!

Stevee Yukon, OK to be banded hopefully by October! Dr Eldridge - Surgical Specialists of Oklahoma

update again hehehe the girl from the psych's office called me back yesterday and said the doc submitted the report. then the surgeons office told me they sent it all off to BCBS and should have my approval in 7 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

update update.. hmmm... well thank you to all of you that sent me money. its adding up. I'm up to $250 from the people on here and then between me and my girlfriend and some of my hair clients the grand total is .... drum roll please.... $330!!!! again thank you so much... i couldn't have gotten this far with out ya'll. it means the world to me it really does update on where i'm at as far as the other stuff... my psych eval was 8/7... then he was going to send the info to the dr and they would submit it to insurance for the approval letter. so i'm thinkin all is well. i call the dr today and ummmmmmmm the jerk hasn't submitted the report yet! its been 13 days!!!! i didnt like him the day of the appt and i for sure don't like him now! what could possibly be taking this long to write a report. grrrrrrrrrrrr i'm calling tomorrow first thing.

we have flex spending account but i didnt know what it was at the time so i didnt sign up for it and i can't sign up for it again until next may. so thats out of the question. my taxes though i actually file ASAP and if i dont have the surgery before then that money will go towards it as well. i'm only needing like $700 for surgeon fees so i'm hoping to actually have that by my birthday at least .. i would like to be banded before my birthday which is new years eve. so far with the help of the people in this thread i'm up to $150, my g/f is giving me $25, and two friends said they'd give me $25 too. and MsDad sent me an extra $60 (i thanked him up and down in an email to him. he is a remarkable man!) and i put it $10 for now (thats all i could afford this week) so i'm up to $270. i can do this. i'm trying really hard. i do hair part time and am trying to find new clients. right now with my checks not paying my bills, i'm using the hair money to stay on top of bills but believe me if there is any extra its going towards this! again thank you to everyone that has helped me. its so much appreciated and i love you all!

cheri - i've always heard that the way we learn is to do what we aren't supposed to do and pay the price i'm sure your foaming was your price. i'm sure that will happen to me at least once. not lookin forward to it at all. :confused: ok .. so i think i figured out the pay pal thing.. it looks to me like all you have to know on pay pal to send money is their email address. boy oh boy i just knew it was gonna be tougher than that. so if you want my email its stevee_stidham@cox.net again thanks to all of you. also i made a myspace just for posting about my weight loss journey so if any of ya'll are on myspace add me add me MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/230361199

i also wanted to tell ya'll that i'm not just sitting here waiting for a handout. i am so afraid of people thinking that of me. i am trying to save all i can. the account i opened has $10 in it. i know its not much but every little bit counts right? i had originally saved $100, then when i went to the dietician it cost me $100. so then i saved $50, and went to my psych eval and it cost $200.. so i owe them $150. i promise i'm trying i promise. i'm also going to have a garage sale on Sept 7 and 8. i putting everything i can think of in it. and my girlfriend is giving up clothes for it too... and for anyone that loves clothes and hates giving up clothes even if they fit ya'll understand how much it means to me to see her bring me a huge stack of clothes to see. all the money i get at the garage sale is for my surgery fees as well. again thank you all so much and i love each and every one of you and i'm here to support everyone as much as ya'll have supported me!

Thank you thank you thank you. i can't put into words what this means to me. i can't stop crying. its so amazing there are people in this world like you all. i'm working on emailing everyone that has offered to help me. and i can assure all of you this money will be used for my surgery and my surgery only. i have opened an account specifically for saving this money. my girlfriend has also asked me to thank you all from her. she feels awful that she can't help me more but what she doesn't realize is that i wouldnt have my house if it weren't for her being here to help me w/ the increase in the payment as well as buy my gas etc. again words aren't enough to express how greatful i am to all of you. i also want to say that i will also pay it forward. when i'm able to i will do this for someone else. again thank you and my tears are still flowing! i do have a paypal account that i've used in the past but i have no idea how to or what to give people so that they can send money that way. if anyone would like to help me i'd appreciate it. i can't say it enough. thank you. ya'll are the most supportive group of people i have ever met. whats so sad is that my own grandma wouldn't even give me 25 cents towards this. just shows that blood family isn't always better than family right?

the adjustable rate has a cap of 3 points each adjustment and the company its with will go the full 3 each time. the adjustment is every 6 months. the full cap is 12 points. so thats why it ends at 18.25 cuz i started at 6.25. i checked, re checked, triple checked believe me i think it is beyond f*cked up and its rape in my eyes but theres nothing i can do. every one i have talked to is like OMG they can't beleive it. funny thing is.. my ex husbands aunt is the one that set us up on it.... great family huh!