Re: Re: To Kay and Tina

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Kay

I had to clean all weekend for the inlaws arrival LOL

went swimming for awhile sat afternoon, i am still cold a lot all my labs are normal,i keep a blanket at my desk and use it about 5 days a week at work and wear sweaters, i also handle the heat much better, accept at night i like it cold to sleep

colleenspecialkmix2000 wrote:

Thanks Colleen!!I really do feel better. I still can't believe surgery was just three weeks ago. I never could have imagined feeling this good so soon afterward was possible.I can't wait to see Dr Baggs day after tomorrow to show him my progress. I am having a hard time though with feeling cold all the time. My hands are always freezing when I am inside at the company I work for. THey need to turn down their air conditioning. THen I hear people walk by saying the air conditioning needs to be turned UP??? lolI went to Healdsburg on Sunday, it was 95 degrees up there and I didn't even break a sweat when I was walking around. The old me would have been a miserable sweaty mess.It was incredible! I am really looking forward to Hawaii now in October! How was your weekend? DO okay?Kay> 336- Orientation

5/6/04> 290 Dr Baggs- 6/28/05- surgery> 264- 7/18/05- almost 30 lbs lost so far!> Total of 72 lbs lost since beginning this journey!> Hi Everyone,> In case anyone was interested in my progress now that I am three > weeks post op.> I have been on solid foods now(Stage III) for the last three days and > everything I have tried has agreed with me so far. > I have scrambled egg w/a pinch of mozz cheese in the am along with 1 > oz honey turkey meat. Lunch is the turkey meat with combo 1 0z > cottage cheese and pear( packed in water) and

dinner bay shrimp with > cocktail sauce.> I saw my PCP yesterday and was weighed. I have lost 26 lbs so far and > can't be more happy. My energy level has really increased now that I > have more solid foods as well. I have moved up to walking an hour at > a time. I have really gotten to know the neighboorhood now! lol> I am completely off ALL meds too! I haven't had to take any since > home from the hosptial. I was taking Metformin for diabetes and > liciniprol for blood pressure. Blood sugar yesterday was 103!!! And > blood pressure was 106/65!!! > So my Dr said congrats and that there wasn't anything he could do for > me now that I am healthy! > Oh my incisions are all scabbed over and two have all but disappeared.> > The level of excitment just builds everyday as the old me disappears > into a distant memory. This has been a long journey and now I

am > finding my way back to me. It is like I was lost and turning in > circles in the woods and now there is a clearing up ahead and I am > starting to run towards it!> Thanks for all the encourgagment and support here, I know it has > helped me in my process! > You are all great people and we are doing what no one else can for > us, give us our lives back!> > Kay> 336- Orientation 5/6/04> 290 Dr Baggs- 6/28/05- surgery> 264- 7/18/05- almost 30 lbs lost so far!> Total of 72 lbs lost since beinging this journey!> > > > > > > >