Journal Entry for May 8, 2008
May 8, 2008 2:13pm
Goal Completed on May 8, 08
alex72200
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About Me
alex72200
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About Me
My name is Heather, I am a stay at home Mom of 2 great kids... Danny(5) Helana(11). Not only am I a proud Mom but a proud military wife, my husband Jim is in the Navy...submarines. I llove to read, shop, spend time with my family and friends. I am looking for support thru my journey of Gastric Bypass and to make friend and meet great people along the way.
My name is Heather, I am a stay at home Mom of 2 great kids... Danny(5) Helana(11). Not only am I a proud Mom but a proud military wife, my husband Jim is in the Navy...submarines. I llove to read, shop, spend time with my family and friends. I am looking for support thru my journey of Gastric Bypass and to make friend and meet great people along the way.
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Interests
SHOPPING!! playing with my kids in the yard, spending as much time as I can with my husband he is active duty military, talking with friends, did I mention shopping?
SHOPPING!! playing with my kids in the yard, spending as much time as I can with my husband he is active
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Journal
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feeling great!!
April 26, 2008 10:14pm
Wow...what a difference a few weeks make... In the begining, eating, drinking, walking...everything is difficut to do, but now things are …
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I am melting!!
April 19, 2008 12:25am
I am feeling better everyday!! The scale is moving and so am I. Drinking water is getting much easier...I am still working on the whole eating thing, …
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Today is a new day!!
April 12, 2008 11:19am
I started the day off with a bottle of South Beach Living Tide Me Over protein water...it was sooo much easier than drinking straight water...water …
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Goals
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Support Groups
Close Gastric Bypass Surgery
My name is Heather, I am from Waterford NY, I am 29 years old and am having Gastric Bypass Surgery. My starting weight was 321 and I am ready for surgery on March 20, 2008, I am looking for tips, support, stories and friends...I have been overweight all my life and last year I was put on medication for high blood pressure and GERD, I have had IT, and am finally going to do something about my health!!
Close Anxiety
I have been struggling with anxiety for 10 year now, I have only been on Lexapro for 5 years and it works, sometimes the dose needs to be ajusted. Alot of my Anxiety is about my health
Treatments
Open High Blood Pressure
Treatments
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Somewhat Helpful
- kinda hard
- Lisinopril/HCTZ Working / Worked
- works great, just had to go pee often for the first week or so
Open GERD & Heartburn
I have GERD and can't wait untill my gastric bypass to get rid of it.
Treatments
- Aciphex Working / Worked
- works great
Open Military Families
My husband is Active Duty Navy(Submarines)16 years now, he is stationed in Groton CT and we have a home in upstate NY. We are very much looking forward to retirement :)
Open Hiatal Hernia
I just recently found out I had a small Hiatal Hernia after my Dr. ordered me to have an endoscopy prior to my Gastric Bypass surgery..that would explain the pain sometimes.
Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a ChildI lost my youngest daughter Alexandra Renne to cancer (pleuroPulmonary Blastoma) when she was 2 and a half on May 8th 2003.
Treatments
- Crying Working / Worked
- I cry at some of the most random times, alot of times it is at night, I feel much better after
- Grief Counseling Working / Worked
- talking always makes me feel better
- Helping Others Working / Worked
- my husband does a charity bike race every year, for Yale New Haven Cancer Suvivorship clinic and I volunteer
- Keeping Busy Working / Worked
- shopping, gardening, hanging with friends and family, sewing
- Remembering Working / Worked
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- my family is the best
- Support Groups Working / Worked
- Talking Working / Worked
- I always talk about Alex
- Time Working / Worked
- It has been almost 5 years and it still feels like yesterday
