The Stall........

Well it finally happened......the dreaded stall. Im not at all disappointed that it happened, because I knew it was going to happen eventually! However this was just a small stall, Im sure there will be many more to come.

Lets see the last time I weighed myself would have been Dec.6 and I was at 29lbs lost from the day of surgery, when I weighed myself again on the 14th nothing....... so in 1 week no weight loss, BUT....no weight gain which was great to see considering usually i would see the scale go up and down all the time. So I thought to myself not to get discouraged, I kept doing what I have been doing which is eating healthy and drinking lots of water. So I jumped on teh scale Thursday and loan be hold the scale had moved!YEAH. I was down 4.5lbs which brings my total to you got it 33.5lbs, making my grand total 47.5lbs since PATs in Oct.

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1 month and pics

So here I am!!! Sorry the one pic is so dark. I tried to fix it but I guess it didnt work.

Well Im down a total of 44lbs since my highest weight and 29lbs since surgery! Im tickled pink!LOL. Im so happy with everything in life now. Before dont get my wrong I was happy just not happy with me and the way things were going.

Im so thankful for such a supportive boyfriend and family. He tells me he is so proud of me everyday. Love you babe!

So wow I cant believe it, Im excited to see where I am before the new year. I would like to be down to 55-60lbs by Jan.1st but I wont be upset if Im not! Im just happy to be seeing the scale go down instead of up!

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Kel

3 weeks on Monday!!!!

Well, lets see......last Monday was my 2 week checkup at the Barix. Lorne decided to come with me, thank goodness, cause we met some nasty ass weather on the way home!

So we got to the Barix about 330pm a bit early, but I was going to go up and see a friend who had her surgery that day, but unfortuntely she was still beat from the surgery. So I checked in and lone be hold, I got called in right away. My appointment wasnt till 5pm, so this was great. Went in got weighed, I have lost since surgery 10lbs. That was on Monday! Im very happy. Dr. Schram says I am doing amazing. and he could even notice a difference in me in jsut two weeks as well.

So I will be weighing myself on Monday too see how much I have lost. Should be interesting.

My pants are fitting so much nicer now and my shirts I dont have o stretch the bottom out anymore!!YEAH!!

Heres to more exciting discoveries in the future!!!

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MISS YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER TREV!!!

Sad news as I hear things flying around lastnight about a fatal car accident lastnight on Hwy 4 south of Exeter. When you hear of situations from people and not knowing if you know them is a scary thing. I hear the a friend was killed in a car accident lastnight, but not sure if it was true. Well I got the comfirmation this morning on the news. A friend of mine was killed along with a women. The one thing that amazes me and probably will always is that his 3 beautiful children were with them as well. The women lost control of the mini van and the vehicle slid into the path of a transport truck head on. You can only imagine the images that are goign to left in the heads of those children. The one was in a car seat and the police are so amazed that nothing happened , that car seat was glued, didnt even move an inch!! Trev knew what exactly he was doing putting that car seat in.

Its hard to grasp that only 32 his life has ended, and to such an amazing friend and father. He loved his children dearly adn would do anythign for them, like any parent would.

Trev, I will miss that smile of yours and all the funs times we shared together. Your kids are going to be okay, there are so many of us that will be looking out for them. Keep doing what it is you are doing jsut in another place we will have to wait to see you once again!!

Love ya, Miss ya Trev. Rest in Peace

And Today.............

Well there I am still with my head up!!LOL, God that cocktail pump really made me feeling great!!!!

Today Im just a little over 1 week post op and I feel really good. I have no pain what so ever since about last friday ish. Trying to get in all my liquids and protein. Its hard but Im getting close. My incisions look good and no bruising at all. I think I might be one of the lucky ones!

I believe that pic was taken either monday night or tuesday afternoon. I cant remember. I wanted to get a pic of me pre-op but I was a little distracted with everything that was going on! OH well, now the fun begins with takin pics every month to see how I am doing with weight loss. I weighed myself yesterday and I have lost almost 10lbs. Its exciting to know its coming off, but I will be expecting stalls along the way. I will try to tell myself not to get discouraged because its all with losing the weight!

So I just wanted to post to let you all know Im doing great and couldnt be happier!

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SURGERY WAS GOOD!

Hey everyone,

Just thought I would update you on how my hospital stay was. Well when I arrived at the Barix everything was good, they wisked me off to pre-op and got my weight which was great I was down 15lbs since my consult. They then started the dreaded IV....okay so I HATE the IV is sucks big time, three tries before they actually got it in.OUCH...so that was okay, then I did have a moment of scared. Lorne finally was able to come and see me before they took me to the OR. I left at about 1120am(I dont remember leaving the pre-op and then nothing until about 4 in the afternoon. I was so freakin drugged! I think it took a bit for my pain to become controlled. I can tell you that I dont like Morphine at all, it just made me so tired and high(LOL I know some of you are thinking that would be awesome, yeah not me) so they then finally gave me som Vicodine which worked so much better.

Meet some other Canadians there that we ended up walking the halls and hanging out for a bit. Robin adn Michelle you guys are awesome!

Then Wednesday came and I was able to go home. YEAH, I loved being at the Barix cause theytreate you amazingly, but I wanted to come back to ONT. especially to see my son and family.

So now....I still have gas issues, but Im hoping that it will leave with in the next day or so.

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Kelly

PASSED

Well I have passed my testing!!YEAH...happydance! My bestfriend and I went down on Sunday to say at the Marriott in Ypsilanti MI. It was a very nice place to stay!

So I had many people tell me to make sure you are at the clinic about and hour or so ahead of your appointment. Well I was I got there about 705am and got almost a page read in my book and they wisked me away to the lab to get blood drawn! WOW quick. So 5 tubes of blood later I then got taken to see the nurse and go over my med. history, got weighed and etc. So she then told me to put on this wonderful gown(that was huge on me..LOL) and another lady came in to look at my heart. So she stuck some sticky pads all over my chest, a couple on my legs and a couple on my arms. Heart was great! so got to put my clothes back on, and just as I was finished one more lady came in. She was the respirtory nurse. She checked my lungs and had taught me how to use my Resprix that I will have to use everyday 6-8 times a day up until surgery and then use after surgery. Its pretty neat. Then off to nutritian class. I was very tired at this point, consistantly yawning, but was able to stay away and learn so much stuff. Foods that I thought I would never be able to eat again,I still will be able to eat later on after my 6 week healing. Learning how to read labels properly, and what sugars are good for me and the ones that will hurt me after surgery. This was an hour long or so. By the time I got back to the lobby to wait for Xray, it was 950am. Met a wonderful lady there who is from ON as well. She was with her son who are both having the surgery done Nov.4. All the best to them both.

So after waiting for about a 1/2 hour i was called back to have xrays takin of my lungs I believe or heart or both, then to have an ultrasound down on my gallbladder. Now I found out I have gallstones. I have never had a problem with this as I can remember.But I have the decision to make whether I want it taken out during surgery. So I will be going from laproscopic RNY to open RNY. The recovery time is now 2 weeks instead of a week, and I really dont want to have the surgery open. Ive talked to many and they say it can be taken care of laproscopic as well. So I think I may wait till after surgery and see how I deal with it. If it gets worst then I will have it taken care of in ON. I am still up in the air on to what I will want to do. That was my day. I was finished at 1120am. Very long day.

So everything is a go and ready for surgery!Nov.3 here I come!!!

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Kelly

5 Days

Well, what can I say,5 days till PATs. I cant believe how quickly things are all coming together. Then just 2 weeks till surgery....breathe in through the nose and well out your nose or mouth...what ever floats your boat!LOL. Nah Im not nervous at all, seriously. Im just so happy with myself that I have finally committed to something and going through with it. Yahhh for me.

Now my bestfriend Stacey will be coming with me to the States for my PATs, cause Lorne(b/f) is having to work. Thats no problem cause with everything that is going on with this economy we need it.But if he isnt working then he will be coming instead.

Well I will catch you up on how everything goes on Monday night or Tuesday!!

Hugs to you all!
Kelly

The count down continues.....32 and counting!

Hey, I havent wrote for a bit sorry! Well the day is getting closer 32 more days till my life changes completely! Still not nervous and I really hope it stays like that. I mean I know all the things that could go wrong with surgery, but Im beign positive and IM sure I am in great hands.

So this is a newer pic of my totally awesome and supportive boy Lorne. Love him to death,it was taken in his car(his other baby besides Seth lol) putting in some time before a wedding reception we were at last Saturday. Im really glad it turned out good. It was a very busy weekend.

So I havent been feeling the greatest the passt few days, I think I may have caught a bug from someone, or it could just be the change in the weather too, who knows. I hope it passes quickly. I dont need to be sick for my PATs on the 20th(Pre-admission Testing) or things might not happen.

I have been told that the testing is not bad. I have to be at the clinic for 8:15am so we will be going down the night before. They do blood work, EKG, ultrasound of your gallbladder, pee test, lung test and then you go to a nutritional class.

I asked my mother in law if she could order me the book Pillars of the earth and she did and then gave it to me as a gift, what a girl so thoughtful. It will be nice to have something to read just incase there is some waiting in between the testing.

So more than likely the next time I will write will be after my PATs testing. So we will see you then.

Kelxo

The journey to the States

So the journey begins eh!!! Lets see....June 27 was my consultation in Ypsilanti MI at the Forest Health Medical Center(Barix Clinic). The Doctor that I would be seeing was Dr. Schram. I was reading about him on the website and kinda new a little about him which was nice. We, my boyfriend and I got there about 12:50pm and the consult started at 2pm I believe. So I had to fill out some stuff and my name was called to go in and sit with nurse to answer soem questions and get weighed and my height etc. She was very nice and polite. Then back into the waiting room until everyone was finished. The chairs let me tell yeah AWESOME, nothing was hanging out the sides(LOL) and I didnt feel squished at all. Thats the one thing that got me hooked....they didnt make you feel you were fat. I was so comfortable there.

Well finally we all got called into a room where we all met Dr.Schram. He told us about the pros and cons of RNY(Gastric). He explained how he performs the surgery and what happens after the surgery. What you need to do when you get home, ie. get OHIP approval, letter from the doc., if you have to have any tests done prior to surgery(I was lucky he told me I didnt need any tests done)etc. After the group consult you got to meet with him on a one to one basis. He was amazing. I asked him why he got into bariatic surgery, his answer was so sincere...he told me its like trying to cure cancer. He said if he has the chance to save someones life he will. That is why he chose Bariatics. That just floored me, not the way you might be thinking, they way that he would put so much heart into helping someone he doesnt even know. I think my b/f and I were in there for about 1/2hr and learned so much more than what I already knew!

So after that I got home call my doctor and made an apppointment to see him and get all the paper work together to get faxed to OHIP. That was July 3. So a couple weeks went by and I heard nothing, so I decided to call OHIP.They told me that they faxed back that they needed more info, well I didnt know of this and nobody informed me. So I called the clinic...SORRY the doc has been on holidays and then the nurse was on holidays etc.....blah blah blah. I was so mad. But then after another week goes by the office finally calls me to get me in to see the doc and finish what was needed. Aug 5 the rest of the info got sent and by Aug 12 I was approved. YEAH. Seemed like such a long wait but in all honesty it was fairly quick. Some people wait a couple months before they hear anything. So I then get a call from the Barix Clinic to set up my surgery date and PATs testing(its Pre-admission Testing). So PATs is set for Oct.20 and the surgery is Nov.3. All before Christmas which I wanted.

So that is basically it. Nothing too rocky or shaky, pretty straight forwards.

I have met lots of very kind people on Obesityhelp and are just fabulous. They are like family!

My Son

This is my handsome son Seth. He is my world. He just turned 2 on the 16th of Sept. Its amazing to see how quickly they grow up!!AHHH Craziness....but nevertheless, I cant wait till he gets older and see what kind of man he will grow up to be!

In the Begining...............

Well hi, my name is Kelly, Im 28 and new to this. I just want to start by telling you all a little about me and why I wanted to do this.

So I have already told you my name and age, I grew up in a very small town in Huron County. Thats in Ontario Canada if there are some of you who dont know where that is. I have wonderful family who are very supportive in this journey I am about to take. I have a twin sister who I love very much and are very close. My mom and dad are great, but we all have our moments of frustration!!LOL. I had a great up bringing, nothing that I dont regret. I now live with my boyfriend of almost 12 years(Love you Babe) and a beautiful son Seth, who just turned 2. Of course our two other non human kids, Smokey and Bandit. Two Jack Russel Terriors, and yes Im nuts to have two of the most craziest dogs out there!!LOL

So, I have been over weight probably my whole life, but not "as bad" as I am now. I was bigger than most of my classmates all through elementary school, but wasnt at all bothered by it. It wasnt until I got out of highschool, that it really started to bother me. I never considered myself "fat" just big boned!! I had alot of friends who like me for me and I guess my sense of humor. I dont think I had an enemies that I know of. I always talked to everyone. I met my b/f in highschool. So he has been around since the start of my weight gain.

I guess when I got to college I never really ate anything good. I figured that It wouldnt hurt me. Well it did and I wish I could go back to highschool and be the weight I was. I tried numerous of weight loss diets and whether I suck to them or not I would lose weight, but always gain it back. The diets got expensive too. I have probably spent over 5 grand on diets.

After my son was born I didnt know how much I weighed until I went to Herbal Magic and had to get on the scale. I have never let myself go so badly as I did.(I have never told anyone that I hwo much I weigh, but I figure if I can help people they need to know) I weighed 330lbs. WOW, I could have died. The whole way home I bald my eyes out. I couldnt believe it. So I did the herbal magic as long as I could afford it, that was a year in Feb. and I just couldnt afford it, BUT I did lose about 30-35lbs. After I stopped that I gain at least 20lbs back. So depressing!!!

All through this I was researching Gastric Bypass and Lap-Band. I wasnt sure if this was my last option and Im sure some of you reading this would think I am crazy, but seriously I dont know what I would do if I havent chosen one. While reading them both I was hell bent on Lap-Band cause it didnt sound as serious, but them realized OHIP doesnt cover Lap-Band. So I then really researched Gastric. So I feel in my heart this is my last option or I will slowly kill myself if I dont do something now!!!So here is the start of my journey. Enjoy!!!