JaspersGirl

AMEN

congratulations!!! you are beautiful

thank you for encouraging words <3

Thank you for your kind words. Yes, it is very sad and I need to cope differently other than reaching for comfort foods. Or at least try and reach for a glass of ice cold water! I will try, I promise my self and every wls person out there. We go through so much to get to this surgery and not fair to fail!!! thank you for the pick me up

I don't know if anyone will read my blogs. But I thought this would be very theraputic to me? I will talk to my computer and hopefully it will talk back to me. I was doing phenomenal with my weight loss. I got sleeved on March 1st 2011. I was full of energy, happy and had so much planned. Until Oct. 30, 2011.... someone close to me passed away tragically. Someone my age, 31yrs old. I didn't eat for 3 days and lost so much weight fast... but then after that I had moments that I would eat non stop. It was a nightmare... it's going to be a year soon, and those feelings are coming back! January 25, 2012 someone else in my family closer to me passed away.... had to pay for the funeral. I didn't have 10grand saved aside as just incase of a funeral money. Needless to say, I went broke and still struggling. I over ate.... ate and ate and ate... why? people bought over food non stop and wanted us to eat! I flew out for this funeral... had to buy 3 round trip tickets from Chicago to California. Then pay for the funeral arrangments and body transferral to another country and a round trip ticket to accompany and attend this funeral...... Feb. 22nd... a friend dies.... Feb. 27th... a very dear close friend dies... March 2nd my baby cousin dies..... March 16th my uncles passes away.... and now... my friend is fighting for her life, cancer! Cancer took my friend away on March 09, 2011... newly sleeved I went to to her funeral. This friend who is fighting for her life... brain cancer.. sigh... doesn't remember my group of friends, and that is heart breaking to see her in this state. I don't know what to do anymore. I have been on anti depress. pills, xanax for anxiety... and yet nothing works. I feel like a failure in my wls as to I only lost 80lbs. and this is my momentary distraction of the night.

I CAN NOT BURP FOR THE LIFE OF ME!!! sometimes it's painful but i have to deal with it! WHAT I DO ALOT IS... PppFFrapptabriiiffff (other end!) GROSS! especially when I drink milk good lord!

I am so happy for you both!! lucky you both for having the oppourtunity to do this together!!!! will keep you both in my thoughts! keep us posted!

lol, I don't watch that show but this post made me giggle...

I met a lady at my support group who did not even tell her own husband!!!!! he was away on a business trip (what the.. how did my font go this small!) yea but no one knew but him.. I asked her, didn't he wonder why she was in the hosp for few days or why she doesn't eat or can't eat like before. She said, she lied and said she "gall bladder removal" hmmm, crazy huh? if you own husband can't support you... then what? but to each their own

WHEN I WROTE THIS... that is exactly what played in my head!! my fav band back in the day was GUNS N ROSES!!!! lol

aw thank you all for the support. I have a friend who had the gastric bypass done and in a year she lost 150lbs, but that was because she was 300+lbs. I feel bad, but I want to tell her "well that was because you were way bigger than me, so shut up!" but I am polite and say "I had the sleeve and that works different, plus my bmi was less than yours" lol.

I feel like a horrible liar keeping it away from facebook!! lol, only because I have people who I am not that close to and I don't want to hear negativity... I know I shouldn't care what people think, but I just want to keep my business my business. My husband, immediate family know.. some aunts/uncles, cousins bestfriends know but not beyond that.

My aunt had gastric bypass surgery a year ago. She was a size 26 and now a 14. I had the sleeve done approx 1yr 2months ago. I was size 22 and now size 12-13... urgh.. I feel like a failure... as if I am in competition with my aunt now, I laugh about it but I truely feel like a failure! oh this fat!!!! be gone!!!

Hi everyone!!! Sorry I have been missing in action! I got injured at work (bad) but now I am feeling a little better I am so happy though, today for the first time I wore a dress problem free!! I mean I jiggle but not as much as before.. The wraps I talked about before, they do work!! woohoo, my arm was 15inches before and 13 after, that was approx 2 weeks ago, they are still 13inches I am going to do my thighs next!!!! but I do ask you all to keep me in your prayers if you are praying ladies... I am devestated to my injury but I know God is great and he will see me through this rough time and hopefully no long term affects <3 amen.

thank you... you gave me hope... I am very traumatized from being huge before.... but you are so right!

yea I freaked out today... before last week, I was only able to eat 1 hard boiled egg... for lunch I had a hard boiled egg and half a grilled cheese I don't want to starve myself.. but I don't want to just allow me one egg just because I am afraid...

I am a year out of being sleeved... I finally was able to fit a whole sandwich (cutting edges off/reg bread slices -not the big ones with oats and stuff)... how did I go from only being able to chow down 1/2 a sandwich to a whole one over night? It worries me that I stretched my tummy out? oh no!!! how do I shrink it back! I wouldn't mind eating this little forever!! I am freaking out... is this normal to finally be able to eat "normal"?

Hi there!!!! what hosp did you get sleeved Jill? Welcome to this forum thing.. love it here!!!! anyways, click on my trackey bar thing and it will take you to the website and you can create your own, it will give you directions on how to put it on your profile thingy. Congratz on the weight loss!!! I use to work 7p-8a... I wonder if you are working right now? hmmm anyways if so, hope your night goes by quickly.. I work tomorrow 730a-8p,, blah... what hosp do you work at?

thank you all I just am scared for my mommy but your encouraging words made me feel a little better.. this will save her!!!

My mom is going to be sleeved hopefully this year. Tomorrow she has her psych appt. I don't know how my mom was able to support my decision to go under the knife. I am afraid for my mom, how about if there are complications and she dies? I don't want anything bad to happen to my mom What will I do without her... just very worried. She is a good candidate for this surgery. She is 54yrs young, asthma, depression, borderline diabeties, arthritis, nothing major. sigh... I just am a worry wart. She is approx 4ft 10 and weighs 220lbs, so she does need this surgery. It's hard for me not to worry.

I stopped going to their support groups because I was the only new one that would go and everyone else was veterans, lol. I felt left out when they would tell stories, haven't been to a support group in 6months! So who knows maybe there are more newbies there? They seem pretty cool and family knit type of closeness. I had dr Kissinger as my psych dr. my mom has her appt with dr P.

woohoo!!! they are awesome!!!! let me know when your surgery date it!!!! also my mom is getting it as well, she is having her physch consult tomorrow there. if you have any ques ask me

guess where I am going tomorrow!! lol ULTA!! thanx. I will look for it and try it out

3years out!!!! oh no! so this problem maybe forever? I am a tooting queen!