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cher40rie

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  6. Posted · Edited by cher40rie

    I'm from Utica having surgery may 6 who do u have for your dr. I'm getting very excited but nervous also it's been a long 6 months but so worth every step I'm here if u ever want to talk

    Good luck on ur sleeve!

    Be sure to keep us posted!

    :-)

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    Sorry for rambling...

    Yes I hope that we can be done on the same day that would be awesome to be able to be in the hospital with somebody that I already know and is doing the same procedure as me because then I won't be stuck in a room with someone be integrating insane all you must of felt really desperate to do that or you're not too fat to have that procedure some people just doesn't don't understand the troubles that we go through I'm not a big girl but all of my health problems have made me want to do this let me rephrase that: not want that I need to do this!

    I'm very sorry for rambling too!

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    I went to school in Utica to St. E's.. Do you have family support after the procedure?i didn't tell to many people. Just my kids, mom, BF and a Few dear friends. Maybe

    We can be done the same day.

    Sorry for rambling...

    I went to Oswego High in Oswego

    I have told a 2 great friends who can't wait for me to do this cuz they hate seeing me in pain...

    My family knows my husband drives me to my appointments n goes in with me. Sometimes he is supportive. Sometimes not. I lost 4 pounds n he told me see you can do this u don't need surgery. But the problem is that I can do this on my own I just can't keep the weight off and that's the problem..

    I love my husband and he's very particular and his ways because this will be my tent surgery and he doesn't want to see me go through another surgery especially one that is elective and not necessary but I would hate to wait until it is necessary. I hope that you understand my rambling. And like I said before I sent you a private message in there is my number we can text from now on if you want if not that's OK too.

    I hope that we can become friends outside of this network that would be awesome because to have somebody who is going through the same things that I am would help me and you tremendously!

    Hopefully we chat soon cuz its so hard to keep up with this program on my phone it doesn't tell me when I get I message it just says when somebody is written on the wall so its hard and I don't keep up with its very bad of me but I have a store that Iron well my husband owns the store and Iron it with him if you have Facebook you can look it up its La Mexicana in Fulton NY

  14. Posted

    Cher40rie, did you peek in my house window ? I too have many of your symptoms. I went to the seminar in February and my first appt the end of it. I have seen Marie and Kristin monthly since . Oh I'm so excited to meet someone near me. Have you gone to any of the monthly life mtgs? If you do, perhaps we can meet up. I am ready for this life change and I am doing it to live, getting skinny is just an added bonus. Did you have the psyche eval yet? And also, the dietician workshop? Basically, is all your homework that he gave you on the sheet complete?

    I went to school in Utica to St. E's.. Do you have family support after the procedure?i didn't tell to many people. Just my kids, mom, BF and a Few dear friends. Maybe

    We can be done the same day.

    Sorry for rambling...

    I sent you a private message. ...

    Yes I'm a peeping Tom (just kidding)

    end of Feb was my 1st appointment I met with Dr. Simon and Kristy the nut...

    I was to go again a couple days ago but because my insurance was being crazy I had to renew n so my insurance started back up May 1st n that is my second appointment with Kristy n Nurse Maria... have my Endoscopy coming up May 28 n waiting till May 1st to set up my psych val.

    Yeah I'm lazy n i forget to go to the meetings, I'm a bad bad girl.

    I don't have all my homework done but I am working very hard to complete it.

  16. Posted

    Apparently it was in my stomach. I used to be very high libido. We have had sex once in five weeks! And I don't miss it! I don't feel like I have any drive at all.

    We used to do it two or three times a week. My husband is very patient thankfully. I am scared it's never going to come back!

    After numerous surgeries I have had this happen to but it always returns to me. ...

    1 St time it happened i was scared but my hubby is very patient as well n he waited n didn't push me. ..

    I hope it returns to you lickety split. ..

    Good luck

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    So lately I have been having some phantom pains in my right side. They fall about mid abdomen on me. ( or just below my rib cage) They are not life altering pains. In fact they are more of a mild discomfort to the occasional stab here and there. I have also felt a little bloated. I have read these could be symptoms of a gallbladder acting up, which has been something I have worried about since surgery. ( I REALLY DO NOT want to have another surgery due to a bad gallbladder, which can happen with WLS) But on the flip side I also know I have always had weird "female" issues. The pains could be from a cyst on an ovary ( I have PCOS) and the bloating just part of my cycle. I have also been sort of irregular lately, not taking my probiotics every day as I should...bad Rhonda! I guess I am just being paranoid. I spent so much of last year dealing with medical stuff from a DVT and then the surgery, that I really just wanted a nice healthy year this year. The very LAST thing I need or want it to have another issue that could lead to me having to take off work, be in the hospital and possibly having surgery. That simply will NOT fit into my life right now!!! LOL But I am wondering if anyone that has had gallbladder issues could tell me how it progressed for them? I would appreciate a little info and insight on the matter....( and I will monitor my situation and seek medical help if it gets worse)

    I have had my gall bladder taken out already pre WLS surgery nu are describing the pains I had but my pain was bend over pain cuz I was passing stones god worse pain ever but it is done n over with so I'm good now don't wait go see your dr today. ..

  18. Posted

    My final straw was having a gallbladder attack and thinking it was a heart attack. The fear of not being around to see my precious grandson grow up was enough to give me the final push toward surgery.

    Things I am looking forward to:

    Not having people assume I need to sit in the front seat because I'm too big for the back.

    Taking my grandson to Disneyland and fitting in all the rides.

    Flying in an airplane without anxiety of seat overspill.

    Getting on the floor and back up without pain.

    Shopping in the regular clothes sections.

    Not feeling tired all the time.

    A happier, healthy ME!

    Surgery tomorrow! Yippee!!!

    Congrats praying for you!

  19. Posted

    "The straw that broke the camels back"

    HMM that's a hard one.

    I guess I would say it's a bunch of little straws...

    I was always a tiny person people always told me your too skinny gain weight I was 114.

    Now at 218 people say you are perfect you don't need weight lost surgery. ..

    Yeah I know I'm not big girl but I have. ..

    sleep apnea, Cronic Back pain, pain in my knees n hips, degenerative discs n 2 Bulging discs, I have swelling in the lower part of my legs, rhumitoid arthritis, borderline diabetes, n GERD

    I have 3 beautiful children.

    My kids are

    25 David

    21 Margarita aka Mago

    18 Gerardo aka Dude

    I love them with all my heart. ..

    I guess not being able to go four wheeling with my kids cuz it hurts my back.

    Or

    Not being able to run with my daughter as she trains top b a police officer

    Or

    Go muddin with my boss cuz I can't get my butt up into tower lifted trucks.

    I could go on and on but my biggest straw is. ..

    I have been married to the best man ever for the last 22 years n him telling me baby if you gain so much weight that you can't fit going down the hallway to our room I will put our bed in the living room just to sleep next to you! It killed me. .. so dieting became my life, I was always on 1 diet or another. .

    For our 20th anniversary I bought a sect outfit XXL n my fat was still hanging out n I did not feel sexy at all.

    I planned to get the surgery had signed up n never went to the seminar cuz my husband is scared of me having another surgery this will be #10....

    But two years later n my health going down hill I decided I don't care cuz I wanna b here with him for another 20, 40, 60 years. ..

    So my health was the STRAW!

  20. Posted

    After 27 years of "miracle" diet pills and wishful thinking, I had to face the fact that I couldn't lose weight without surgery. I believe we are all victims of marketing hype that tell us if only we had enough self-discipline, we could win the battle over weight.

    But there are too many factors that come into play that over-ride self-discipline to boil it all down to just a lack of will power. We all have different genetics. I know there's a lot more at play than just genetics, but I believe it plays a big part in whether or not the body stores or burns up excess calories.

    I totally agree with you on this subject!

    I'm not a big girl per say my heaviest weight was 218 but I'm only 5'2" n i have..

    sleep apnea, Cronic Back pain, pain in my knees n hips, degenerative discs n 2 Bulging discs, I have swelling in the lower part of my legs, rhumitoid arthritis, borderline diabetes, n GERD

    So getting this surgery done n helping me live without pain n pills will be awesome.

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    I want the sleeve I knew from the Day of the seminar that I wanted the sleeve. ..

    I have sleep apnea, Cronic Back pain, pain in my knees n hips, degenerative discs n 2 Bulging discs, I have swelling in the lower part of my legs, rhumitoid arthritis, borderline diabetes, n GERD

    I'm not a big girl but because of all of my other problems I just want to b pain n pill free

    Hopefully soon I get the call from Fidelis with Medicaid that I'm accepted. I hope that i don't have to wait 6 months.

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  23. Posted

    I'm from Utica having surgery may 6 who do u have for your dr. I'm getting very excited but nervous also it's been a long 6 months but so worth every step I'm here if u ever want to talk

    I have met a few places on here n every one is so nice!

    Congrats on your surgery date!

    Praying for you!

    What insurance coverage do u have?

  24. Posted

    Hello Cher, I'm in Central NY too. Who is your surgeon? Did you have the surgery yet? What kind if things are you worried about?

    I'm going to upstate community general my surgeon is Dr. H. Simon n I'm still pre op I go May 1st for my 2nd visit with the Dr. N on May 28 my Endoscopy. Who r u seeing Zelda?

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