Username: katann
Location: Garland, TX, USA
Member Since: 10/11/2007
BMI: 38.4
Post Op
Surgery Type: RNY (07/14/08)
Surgeon: Wade Barker, M.D.

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3 months out today! Uploaded on 10/14/08 10:33 am	3 months out today! Uploaded on 10/14/08 10:32 am
3 months out and 53lbs down! Uploaded on 10/14/08 10:30 am	Only a week out, but I feel great! Uploaded on 9/5/08 8:16 pm
New haircut and 28lbs down! Uploaded on 9/5/08 8:16 pm	Hubby and I on cruise in June. Uploaded on 9/5/08 8:16 pm

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Goals

get off of all insulins with a month of surgery!

Category: Diabetes

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in progress,

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achieved this

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Surgeon Testimonial

Wade Barker, M.D.
The first surgeon's office I went to told me that they contacted my insurance and I was approved to go ahead with the other visits. After putting me through 5 visits, a lot of money, the insurance calls me and says no one called them. I have to start over and can not have the Lap Band. The insurance will pay for the Gastric and I have chosen Dr. Wade Barker of Dallas to be my new surgeon. I am still on the Healthy Weight coaching program and will not be able to meet the doctor until April. I am in hopes of having the surgery in early July! Will update later!

Update!! I finally got to meet my new surgeon! Dr. Wade Barker! I love him! He is wonderful and was very informative as we talked and asked questions about the RNY surgery. My husband asked him a lot of questions too, so that put him more at ease with the upcoming surgery as well.
Dr. Wade Barker's staff is awesome! Each person was friendly and kind that I came in contact with. They all did their part in making me feel right at home and showed me that it is all going to be taken care of. No more mix ups last with the last surgeon! I will be having the surgery done at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and that's just what I wanted! Dr. James Davidson will be Dr. Barker's assistant and that's great too because Dr. Davidson was my surgeon 17 years ago for another surgery. I have two great surgeons performing my surgery now!

Here we go!!! Surgery date, July 14th!

Member Interests

Crafts - I love crafts! Sewing, decorating, painting, you name it!
Family & Friends - My family comes first. I have two beautiful daughters and two handsome sonnlaws.
Walking - I love to walk in our neighborhood of up and down hills! Can't wait to get going
Christianity - I give thanks to God for my many talents! It is all God-Given!
Tribal Tattoo - No, not permanant ones! I do airbrush tattoos for a business and face painting!
Grandchildren - Three georgous little ones. Two boys and one girl...so far!
Cake Decorating - Another fun thing I like to do! 30 years of it off and on.
Country - I often crank it up to clean house. I also love Christian Rock.
Gardening - My favorite past time of all! Love my gardens and my flowers.
Artist/Muralist - I have been involved in art all my life. Face painting, murals, creativity!

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Latest Surgery Support Comments

Comment by Twinkie K on 7/12/08 12:09 am

Good luck on Monday! You are in wonderful hands, looking forward to seeing you on the loosers bench. Lindy

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ANew Journey, A New Me!!

katann's Blog

58lbs Gone Forever!
on November 4, 2008 5:45 am

It never ceases to amaze me when the scales fall and more pounds are gone!! I can go for a week or so at one weight and then all of a sudden 2-3 pounds are gone the next day!! I am still jumping up and down!!!

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Double Nickels!!!
on October 28, 2008 10:31 am

Oh, I was excited when I stepped on the scales and hit 220!! I said, Whoa! Double Nickels! Only 21lbs to go before ONDERLAND!!! Yippy!

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Update on 3 month visit!!
on October 14, 2008 5:11 pm

Well, what a surprise!!! The doctor says I've lost 53, not 51!!! WoooHOoo! That made me feel even better and I was already bouncing off the walls! He says I am right on target for 3 months! I feel great! I didn't see Dr. Barker today, but I did see Dr. Thompson! He is very patient and is soooo easy to talk to. I really enjoyed the visit and I feel like he is a friend. I told him I had a new found attitude and was becoming sassy too! I am a Busy Busy Bee!

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3 months out and living it!
on October 14, 2008 10:00 am

Hey Everyone!! 3 months out today and down 51lbs!! Woo Hoo!! I go see my surgeon today, so I am getting ready to head over there now! I weighed this morning at 224 and I am wearing a size 18! I will post a new picture soon! I can't wait to see where another 3 months will take me!

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WoooHoooo! Down 47lbs!!
on September 28, 2008 9:20 am

I am inching closer to the 50lb mark! 11 weeks tomorrow and I feel wonderful! It is hard to believe that I have actually lost this much when I could never do it on my own! I am still on some insulin, but only my bedtime shot of Lantus. I also take Metformin twice a day. Eating mainly no carb meals, you would think my blood sugar levels would remain the same, but I do have sudden highs for no reason. The past two mornings, my finger stick readings have been in the 80's!! Shocking for me! Maybe it's a sign that I am beginning to need less insulin....I hope so!

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My Story

My story is like most others, but I was not a heavy child growing up. I didn't really start putting on the weight until my first pregnancy. I gained 50 pounds with my first child and was never able to lose it and only gained from there on out. With my second child, eight years later, I had been dieting and had lost about 40lbs and then gained 30 back with the pregnancy. Then came the multiple surgeries....., tubal, hysterectomy, wound closure surgery due to that one busing open, hernia surgery from that one, repair and clean up due to Mylar Mesh being inserted and finally removal of the Mylar Mesh due to allergic reactions and the wound not ever healing. So, I have been through it! During the last of the surgeries and all of the infections, I became diabetic. I lost a lot of weight from the intitail shock to my body, like 80lbs really fast! Then I leveled off and after starting on insulin shots, I only gained more from there on out. I am currently on Apidra with each meal. Carb to insulin ratio with each shot. Lantus at bedtime of 65units. I have added Byetta twice a day. Overall, I am on six shots a day. I am hoping this surgery gets me off all of the shots!! I also take Metformin 1000mg twice a day. I have high blood pressure and cholestrol. I am so looking forward to dropping all or most of all these meds. That will be a miracle in itself for me. I take lots of vitamins too, so re-adjusting those will be a bit of task, but it can be done. I get lots of support from the different WLS groups that I have joined. They are all so very helpful. I have a great support group here at home as well. My husband and both daughters are excited for me. I have three beautiful grand children that I absolutely adore and they are close by, so I see them almost everyday! It is awesome to watch them grow up. My husband says that the reason they call them grandchildren, is because it's grand to see them come and grand to see them go. LOL!! I don't feel that way at all!