A Year Ago Right Now...

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I'm legal to post here now (been lurking for about 6 months and its been hard

not to post sometimes lol!!) Yipppeee!!! LoL! Sooo hard to believe its

been a year already! Time surely does fly when you're having fun! Soooo, nice

to be amongst y'all!

> I was putting our children on the school bus with tears in my eyes (I hid

> those tears from them, waited to 'bust' out til they were on the bus...),

> wondering if it'd be the last time I'd see them. My husband and I then drove

to

> Highland Hospital in Rochester (about an hour drive) for my 12:30 surgery

> (Lap RNY-gastric bypass with Dr. O'Malley). I was quiet on the ride

> there, but was calm and knew I was in the BEST hands...Dr. O'Malley is a

> magnificient surgeon! Got to the hospital 2 hours early (I've always

liked to

> be early for everything...even surgery I guess! LoL!) and they took me back

> to the holding area to prep me for surgery! My husband came back to sit with

> me til they came to get me for surgery... The anthesiosologist came in to

> speak with me, Dr. O'Malley popped in and asked " Cheryl, are you ready! " I

> told him that I was way ready! Next think I know I was in my room with my

> husband hovering over me (about 4:30p), giving me a kiss telling me how

> happy he was to see me on the losing side! I was happy to be on the

losing

> side, too! I don't remember much of that first hazy night...some things I

> do remember...

> Pulling open the front of my gown to make sure I had the surgery, I really

> felt very good, I was expecting to feel much worse!

> I remember my little brother from MD calling to check on me, I think I

> talked to him for a few minutes!

> A few friends called ( and Annie Rose, specifically, I remember,

> though I didn't talk to them, my husband did) to check in on me.

> I had wonderful care at Highland, especially my husband who stayed my entire

> stay with me! I was released Sunday afternoon (surgery was Friday) at

> 1ish.

>

> Now here I am 1 yr post op to the day! HALLELUJAH!!!

>

> Complication-free, no problems, really (oh some shoulder pain-impingement

> syndrome, tail bone pain that I've always had subsequent from several

> falls...I've lost most of my padding back there!) and 140 (we're told at the

time of

> surgery wbe can expect to lose 65% of our excess body weight...as of yesterday

> at my appointment, I was told I've lost 72% of my excess body weight...but

> I'm not done losing!!) lbs less of me! I'm soooo grateful...I'm sooo thankful

> to God first of all for bringing me thru this surgery so wonderfully,

> secondly to all of you...my network of support who've encouraged me when I had

> questions about what to eat and not eat, carbs or no carbs, how much protein,

> etc..., to those of you who've cheered me on in my what at many times I

thought

> was too slow weight loss...to all of you who've helped me along this

> journey...THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

>

> Sherry

>

> www.picturetrail.com/sherrylw (view Military Ball Album)

>

> Lap RNY 11/15/02

> Dr. O'Malley-Rochester, NY

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>

> " Don't ask that it be easy, ask that it be worth it. "

>

> " In life we all have ups and downs. It is your choice of whether you stand

> up to the downs or sit down and enjoy the ups. "