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someone asked me about my time before during and after ... after sending the reply i thought i would share what i wrote:
boy i did a lot of soul searching for sure. i picked OSU for a number of reasons. but i guess the number 1 reason was because i wanted to make sure "IF" something was to happen during the surgery i was in a place they could deal with that issue ASAP! ..  sounds parinod but HEY!... insurance wise .. always remember MOST

insurance plans have a MAX out of pocket. so even if your plan like mine say you pay 50% for bariatric surgery ... my out of pocket max was 1500.00 ... and i had already hit the half way point by the time my surgery was here. .. i was as nervous as ever going in ... how could i ever get to a point where i just didnt feel like eating .. there is no way 3 chicken nuggets would fill me up ... guess what ...... it did... i asked a lot of folks i knew who had different weightloss surgeries.. those that had the lap band had wished they had done the real thing ... but NO ONE i have ever talk to has said they would never have done it .. all have said not only would they do it again ... they would have done it sooner if they had known ...it may not be for everyone ... but you truely have to be commited.. i sit back and watch a few and shake my head... they have gone back to thier old ways ... thinking the surgery took care of it all... what it does do is give you a restart ... back to the beginning .. from just liquids like a new born to solid foods now ... only now ... i look at food totally different ... the sugars and starches are way down the line .. give me that lean protein .. yes you will test yourself.. we are all human .. but you learn test in small tries then go ....oooo ok i tried it and that wasn't good ... and move on ... i am 51 now and feeling better then i have since i can't remember.. i have gone from a 26/28 to a 10/12.. i weigh between 140 and 145 right now .. and it feels weird to be able to go shopping at places i never could before .. i STILL look in mirrors and ask myself ... "who is that?" i want to do so much more ... everythign is different from (YES) sitting on the toilet (silly boney butt) to driving and the steering wheel is like WAY up there now not touching my tummy!! i can cross my legs .. wear high heels ... on and on !!! ... sorry i get carried away some times ... but if you ever need to ask anything else .. or even meet up for a lunch some time .. let me know ...

 

there will always be an after : the protein drink are still a part of me every morning ... i want every day from now on to be the BEST ever and thanks to this surgery i have that second chance a lot of folks can't or will never have.

well sitting at 164/165 and not seemign to move .. but thats a good thing .. i think its shifting around trying to decide where to go ... i am in a 14 right now and it is awesome to be able to fit in them .. i went to the thrift store 2 weeks ago and bought 1 size 12 .. they are about 3 inches from being able to be closed.. but thats ok ... because i know that they will fit ... just a matter of time .. and hard work ... but man i cant wait .. the size 26/28 seems so long ago .. its so hard to beleive that it wasn't really all that long ago really. a size 14 !! OMG i haven't been this size in 20 years. how did i get to where i was was 2-3 years ago? but now i am so much more aware as to where i am where i have been and where i am going ... i feel so much more alive and know the feeling is so much better then i was before my surgery. so for anyone that reads this ... remember that you CAN do it .... and if it takes all the will power you can get and all the backing in the world and a surgery on top of that .. then darn it do it! your energy will be over the top and out of this world !!!!!!!         

well yesterday i had my 1 year appointment with my surgeons office. with them it's offically 120 pounds loss! WOW what a change in a year.. of course i still have a bit to lose but thats ok  beleive you me. where do i start with the chamges? of course the weight is a differeance .. 286 down to 165! clothes from 26/28 to a 14! bra from a 46 DDD to a 38DD! going up and down the stairs and not being out of breath! taking LONG walks and not having to stop at every vertical thing to rest! my back doesn't hurt any more! from 3 blood pressure pills and an asprin to 1 pill at its lowest dosage! ooo yeah... i can cross my legs like a woman ... at the knee not my ankle on my knee! .. ooo and then there is the shocked look on everyones faces when you see them for the first time in OVER a year... their like OMG!  .. i dont think i would have ever been this WOW in all my life! .... as for eating .. YES i do watch what i eat YES i do listen to my body telling me i am full or that maybe that food wasn't right for me... and thats ok... YES i do take my vitamins and b12 and calcium.. THATS ok ... watch for my 1 yr picture soon! .. WOW what a differance a year can make !!!!!

Slow and Steady Wins the Race as they say. and yes we are at that point now. i am down to 181 now. and yes it has slowed down a bit. but if i look back at the last 9 months. OMG it honestly  has gone faster then i could have ever dreamed possiable. i found a coat in the back of my closet this weekend and it was from (no one have a heart attack) 20 yrs ago. as i have a picture from the winter of 1998 standing on this lot before our house was built. shivering in the cold in this coat ... i tried this coat on (a large) and OMG it fit. its still a tiny bit snug but it fit!. i thought "man i can't beleive it" ... i guess it is slowly sinking in .... i am and have lost weight. i AM below 200! i AM feeling better! THIS IS THE NEW/OLD ME!

OK I DID IT!  THIS MORNING I GOT ON THE SCALE AND IT SAID 184! .... OMG! TALK ABOUT EXCITED.. I TEXTED EVERYONE I HAD A CELL PHONE FOR ... WROTE ON EVERY GROUP I AM IN ... AAAAAAAA THATS 102 POUNDS FROM THAT HIGHEST WEIGHT ! .... WE SIGNED UP FOR A GYM  AND I HAVE BEEN GOING ... NOT AS MUCH AS I WANT TO YET BUT WORKING IT INTO THE SCHEDULE!!! MOWING THE GRASS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK ... WOW! I AM A NEW WOMAN AND I AM NOT LONGER CARRYING THAT 100 POUND (WHAT TEENAGER) AROUND ANY MORE! ... I CAN'T BELEIVE IT ... I NEVER RELEASED THAT I WAS THAT HEAVY ... I NEVER SAW IT COMING ON .. I SAW THE SCALE BUT NOT ME... BUT NOW I DO SEE ME AND THE SCALE ... NOW IS THE TIME FOR SOME NEW PICS .. THIS WEEKEND LOOK OUT WORLD ..SNAP SNAP SNAP!

Well my first count down was to 200.. YES i did that ... now the next is the loss of 100 pounds from when i started at my highest weight of 286 .. which means i only have 10 pounds to go .. then it will be a count to 100 lost from my surgery weight of 277... man which do i go by? ... and then i will need to set a new goal .. hmmmm any suggestions?

well its been a while since i posted a blog so i thought i would just take a moment for a quick update.

well seems like everything is in slow down mode now. which is ok but after that intial weightloss slowing down is a bit mmmmm like speed bumps in the raod .. although the weight hasn't and sin't going up like it use to .. thank goodness.. this morning i got on the scale and it said 205!  awesome! but the body mind and soul i think are fighting the fact that the "below 200" is just around the corner. i can't remember the last time this body has seen below 200. and it makes me wonder if our bodies get almost scared to know that its actually happening! ... 

i have been walking so much more now ..and OMG i forgot how much i honestly LOVE mowing the grass. its wonderful getting out and planting flowers and working in the yard and not get tired just after a few minutes.. what will it be like in a few more months? ...

well i have some things to do. seems the more weight i lose the less i am on the computer. 

talk to you all later, 

kat

ok ok ok its been awhile since i posted on here but wanted to just let you know i am alive and kicking. got on the scale this morning and i am at 220. that's down 57 pounds since my surgery on 12/16/08. i am up to do a brisk 30 minute walk every day right after work ... and that is something i thought i would never see again. my clothes seem to be baggiest in the legs and butt ... but let me tell you i am soooo not complaining.. i think i finally found the last of the size 22 jeans in my closet and they ARE fitting great.. but i finally had to break down and get a couple of new bras because my boy friend about passed out when he saw i had stitched them up to make them fit better... and OMG my underwire is starting to get baggie as well ... and YES my hair is starting the thinning a bit. but i know that keeping up the protein best i can and keep taking those vitamins will help. so far there have only been a couple of things that the new tummy doesn't like .. one is tuna .. it just isn't a kathy friendly food any more ... and any kind of roast... ooo yeah and a burger king hamburger... the smoke is way to much! ...BOB EVANS has been like my best friend. once they found out i had my surgery it was like no problem to get everything cooked well done .. getting the kids menu broth. just about anything i want .. hey they have a 1 egg beater and cheese egg... and that is like perfect ..

well i have rambled on enough .. in the next few days i should be able to get up a few new pics ..

kat

ok it's been 13 days since my surgery. today was the first post-op appointment with the Surgeons office and well i am down 17.8 pounds! it may have been more if i had understood that darn packet and the step 2 plan a little bit more but i will take that lose for sure.

ok the next dr appointment is on Feburary 2nd 2009. so we shall see how that one goes but of course i will be blogging more then just then.

talk to you later

Gastric By-pass and a Hernia Repair (man i got a new belly button)

ok i have been home from the hospital for 1 week. the last thing i have been thinking about is being on the computer but i wanted to post to let anyone looking and or reading ot know I MADE IT! .. i have never had a major surgery before so it was rather a scarey thing. but i had my Stone right beside me the whole way. i honestly don't remember that first 24 hours for sure and well as Stone had posted to a group we belong to "she was as loopy as a box of fruit loops" LOL .. after looking back YEP I WAS. sleeping was all good that first couple of days being home ..the pain meds helped there. but this is a girl that loves sleeping on her side and man that wasn't happening. i would sleep for maybe 2 hours and awake for the rest of the night .. but finally i am able to sleep some on my sides and that is helping ... i have been lucky so far.. no throwing up ... and well as the saying goes : gas is good poo is better and MAN I FELL SO MUCH BETTER! at 48 and i am excited about that ..who knew? ... well trying to get in the water and eating all 6 times a day and protein in every meal has been hard being so tired. but today was the first day to be able to work it all in .. ok the water part i am still working on as i am writing but i am working on it ,,,

ok i am getting a bit tired typing tonight ... so time to take a break. talk to you all later

Kathy