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HAPPY
VALENTINE'S
DAY ALL!!!!!!!

02/14/02
HELLO ALL...JUST THOUGHT I WOULD WISH EVERYONE A "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY." MY DAY WAS WONDERFUL AND THINGS ARE GOING GREAT FOR ME. I CAN SAY THAT I'M REALLY BLESSED. I GOT PLENTY GIFTS AND A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL TODAY, SO I CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING. WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH SO SAY TODAY. JUST WANTED SAY HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL.

02/19/02
HELLO ALL...I WENT TO THE DOCTOR TODAY AND FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE LOSTED ANOTHER 10LBS SINCE 02/05 AND I WAS JUST SO EXCITED. ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S 27.5LBS JUST IN ONE MONTH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. MY MOM SAID THAT I'M EVEN LOOKING A LITTLE TALLER. I HAVE LOST 3 INCHES IN MY WAIST AND FINALLY ONE INCH IN MY HIPS. I CAN FINALLY SEE A WAINST COMING BACK. THAT SOUNDS FUNNY BUT, I ALSO SOUNDS GREAT TO ME BECAUSE IT WAS LOST SOMEWHERE UNDER THERE. ***SMILING***
TALK TO YOU ALL LATER...CONTINUE TO STAY BLESSED.

05/02/02
HELLO EVERYONE, SORRY THAT I HAVENT UPDATED IN SO LONG. I HAVENT BEEN ON THE COMPUTER LATELY. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS DOING FINE, IM DOING JUST GREAT...STILL LOSING AND I FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT THAT. I CAN GET IN A SIZE 16 NOW....WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WILL UPDATE MY PRAISE REPORT AFTER I GO TO THE DOCTOR...IM SORRY ABOUT THE PICS, I HAVE BEEN SLACKING BUT I PROMISE THAT I WILL GET THEM ON HERE....
GOD BLESS AND TAKE CARE

04/11/03
HELLO ALL AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY "HAPPY NEW YEAR" TO EVERYONE. LASTYEAR WAS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR ME HEALTHWISE. AFTER SURGERY, I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD 2 HERNIAS (VENTRAL OR INCINSIONAL HERNIA AND AN INCARCERATED HERNIA). I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN SO MUCH PAIN LIKE THAT BEFORE, IT WAS RUFF. FOLLOWING A DOCTOR'S APPOINMENT IN NOVEMBER OF 2002, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE INCARCERATED HERNIA WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SPOT AND I HAD TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY SURGERY TO REPAIR IT BEFORE IT BURST. THE SURGERY WAS A RELIEF BUT, AS OF TODAY, I FOUND OUT THE THE INCESIONAL HERNIA HAS OPENED BACK UP AND THE DOCTOR WILL HAVE TO OPERATE AGAIN. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE SAGGING BELLOW THAT HAS DEVELOPED FROM ME LOSING THE WEIGHT. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BECAUSE NOT ONLY WILL I BE ABLE TO FIT MY CLOTHES PROPERLY, I WILL NOT BE ASHAME TO WEAR SOME SWIMWEAR THIS SUMMER. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD HAVE SO MANY SIDE EFFECTS FROM GASTRIC BYPASS SUGERY BUT TO BE HONEST WILL YOU ALL....I WOULD DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT. I FEEL GOOD AND I CAME DOWN FROM A 3X TO A 14 AND I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. I KNOW AFTER REPAIRING THIS SECOND HERNIA AND GETTING THIS TUMMU TUCK, I WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO FIT IN A 10 AND FOR SURE A 12...WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS ALSO TOLD BY MY DOC'S NURSE THAT BREAT REDUCTION IS ALSO ANOTHE COMMON SURGERY THAT'S PROBABLY NEEDED. I SUFFER FROM HEADACHES, NECK PAIN, BACK PAIN, AND SHOULDER PAIN BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT LOSS. MY BREAST ARE VERY HEAVY AND THEY ARE SAGGING. I WENT TO HAVE A CONSULTATION WITH A PLASTIC SURGEON AND HE FOUND IT TO BE MEDICALLY NECCESSARY TO CORRECT THAT PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING. SO, I AM PRAYING THAT ALL THIS CORRECTING CAN BE DONE AROUND THE SAME TIME SO I CAN RESUME A PAIN-FREE PRODUCTIVE LIFE. WISH ME LUCK AND KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS...YOU WILL BE IN MINE. WELL, I WILL BE BACK TO UPDATE ON WHETHER OR NOT I GOT AN APPORVAL ON MY BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY, AS WELL AS THE HERNIA REPAIR AND TUMMY TUCK PROCEDURE. BE SWEET AND TAKE CARE. IF I DON'T REPORT FOR APRIL 20....EVERYONE HAVE A VERY HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!