Going through my phone tonight I found some pics on here of a spunky boy playing with my sunnies…
September 6, 2009
OMG Have U seen these….
This is what’s New at RW Laser Cuts….
Our new point of sale craws… Not only do they look SEXY ….. But they come full of fabulos Laser Cuts that are perfect for card making …. If your nearest store dosent have them in stock … get them onto it asap….. they are awsome. check them all out at our blog www.rwlasercuts.com.au/blog We have loads of comps and some fantastic giveaways and Ideas from the DT.
Testing from my phone September 1, 2009
Just testing to see if this works and a cute pic of Tommy with his turtle
LET IT SNOW…… August 29, 2009
Check this out…..
Last Tuesday… This fell from the Sky…
Dad had to go and get pricey from the station and had to take sams car cause he couldn’t get outta the garage because the tyres wouldn’t grip on the drive and he kept spinning out….
The Big Picture
Sometimes he looks so much like his Daddy….
But some times he looks just like a Leeke….
OMG this little boy steels my heart ….. U know I can be stressed and one look of this face makes it all disappear… some times I just need to focus on the big picture and what it is I am aiming for….
Whats Happening August 21, 2009
Hey all,
Thanks for dropping by …. I can’t belive that people still read this … But the emails and Nagging I have been getting tells me it is time for an update…
So what’s happening with me …. ??
Weight Loss……
Lots… To much to blog here really … but just thought I would do a quick update … Things are going …. OK …. Don’t get me wrong … I am so glad I have done the lap band… But … it is a new way of life and I have a lot of learning to do.. a lot..
I would say for me … the op and the recovery .. was a breeze… I had the most fantastic support network at home, work, friends and the drs…. and for that … I will be forever grateful…
But what have a struggledwith… and am sill struggling with … ?
That would be the emotional side of it all …. How to distract, comfort, deal with myself when I am emotionally struggling…and through the past few months I have done alot of this ….. I have been through a real rough patch the past few months and … the emotional eating side … is something I am finding really hard… U know how the roller coaster goes though … U don’t loose weight …. U feel shit….. U do what … Eat … Yummy delicious food…. and then .. OH NO U feel crap for doing that …. then … goes the I haven’t lost weight again and the roller coaster keeps going around and around… How can I eat with the Lap Band… well …. there are ways of cheating ….
I went to see my surgeon on Wednesday and had a sucessfull fill….. I didn’t have to have an ultra sound this time to find my port, he found it pretty much striaght away. Last time I had it done … I was in tears as he kept missing the port and after 15 minutes of pokeing around with the special needle they use on the port , I had to have an unltra sound at another time to find the port. Apparently … this is normal when you first get your band for some people. I am now getting better at finding the port and knowing where abouts it is … I had another .5ml put in taking me up to 5ml in a 10ml band… I felt the restriction striaght away… however I still feel that I could do with a bit more … I feel that the meals I am eating are still to large… which would be only half of a normal meal … but still to much. I am lucky enough not to have put on any weight but I have only lost another KG since I went a month ago. For me and my surgeon … that’s not enough… He explained to me … its all about getting the levels in the band right … which I know needs to be better but I also know that I am contributing to the weightloss not being enough.
SOOOOO my goal by the 16thof next month … 5kg…. that’s only 1 .25 kg a week and TOTALLY doable ….
and the next goal after that is to be 10kg down by the time we go to New Zealand in 7 weeks…. I KNOW I can do it …
I really don’t want this to sound like a WOE poor me post… But this is real and how it is …. I have had a few emails of people asking how I was going … and well … here it is …
Health……
I have been really crooke the past few weeks. A fewof my best mates came down really sick with a bug of some sort… and after thinking hey I have missed out … BANG HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO I was as sick as…. I had to have time off work … and I hate taking time off work … I went to the drs on the Tuesday … Nothing wrong… SUCK IT UP PRINCESS… then on the sat and I was really crooke… after sleeping through a drs appointment on the Friday … I went to see a fabulous Dr. He checked me out and said he was 90% sure it was swine flu… He explained that it wasnt really to bad but the secondary infections you get afterwards. So 2 doeses of Antibiotics and I am feeling almost back to normal …
Other Stuff……..
SO much for a quick update …. But just wanted to leave you with a few pics of our sweet boy ….who is soooooo excited he is going to NZ with Auntie Rach and Mummy and Daddy ….. In … what was that …. 7 weeks today …. I am off to a triva night tomorrow night and lunch with Sam Den, Mum Dad and Den’s fols in a wonery in the yarra Valley on Sunday. Then next weekend I have a a shopping tour followed by Baby Sitting Tommy afterwards…. where i get to stay the night…. I CANT WAIT ….
Tommy, Auntie Ray cant wait for cuddles on the weekend.. SWINE FREE CUDDLES…..
Tommy’s New Bumbo Seat…. To help with his neck stregth… Didn;t like it at first but loves it with the table on it.
3 month Photo … Those pants were WAYYYYYYY to big for him … but still so cute
4 Months… In Coop’s BONDS SUIT …. I have a bit of a thing for Bonds…. Love it 
Do You Ever??? May 2, 2009
Do you ever have days when U wish U could hit the road and not look back ??? Find out where the endless raod takes U ?
Leave the world behind U and hope that the feelings that U hold inside will stay behind???
Yep I am having one of them days …. Sad La La feel sorry for my elf days.. There is nothing really bothering me … Just one of those Lovely Black Days I call them … I know I have a whole new life and world ahead of me …. but today I just feel really sad ….
I know tomorrow is gonna be brighter…but for now I think I might bury my head in my pillow and watch Beaches and Cry my heart out… cause it’s what I feel like doing….
1 week down and overveiw of past few weeks April 28, 2009
Hey all
Well 1 week down … and I am back off to work tommorrow. I have done a bit of jornalling for my album as well as so very unattarctive photos…. But can I just say the skirt I am wearing is a size 22… I cant remeber the last time I was a size 22… 1 week after being a Bandit I am
25kg down (by my scales at home)
2 dress sizes …. Man I rock ….
Shocking Photo isnt it … It was just b4 my shower and I had just had my dressings off..
So Now here is my jornalling I am so sorry if this bores U … But is is all part of my journey
A run down of the weeks before my surgery … the good the bad and the ugly… I have done it as a letter 2 someone who is about to start their journey.
OK Optifast… Ekkk I had to be on this for 4 weeks… Seriously the first say 4 days were the worst …then I kind of got in a routine of it .. I found the colder the water the better. I had a bad experience with something called Modifast when I was on another lose my ass mission … and I think that’s Y I had trouble with the Opti fast at the start.
After I over came that ,I seemed to go ok. I found the Chocolate the best… the bars were ok but take it all as it comes… Keep an open mind about it all …. Cause can I tell you how good it felt to get on the scales at the end of the 4 weeks and was told I had Lost 19kgs?? It was worth every shake…
Make sure U drink LOADS Of water.. I can’t stress this enough… Trust me don’t wanna be getting clogged up down under….
OK the opp its self…
Well I got there about 630 am …. They say 7 but I was there early
I booked in got taken into my room and it all happened really quickly from there …
I was worried Because
A…. I didn’t wanna be starkers any where … I was worried Man was I gonna wake up from this??? U know all these questions that run through your head heaps
B… I was worried about the gown … was I gonna fit into the gown they provided … Didn’t wanna wear this tight gown that was made to fit a size 10 person …
Well they gave me a gown and it was HUGE so don’t worry about that… NO Bearing Butt to anyone
if U can know your weight b4 U go in … they need that for working out the drugs U need
They let me know I was gonna be first on the list … Prob cause I was there so early I would say .. then they put some sexy stockings on me … and these other stockings that are like balloon that U have on for like 24 hours.. U wear these because they dont want you getting any blood clots in your legs. They Don’t hurt at all just didn’t know it was gonna happen.. But B4 they do that … make sure U go to the Loo… I didn’t know I wouldn’t be outta bed again … (but they did let me go when I got to theatre)
Then the Anaesthetist came and saw me to say Hi and ask me some questions
Then someone came and took my up to the theatre
This was about 830 …. That time Just flew..
As soon as I got up there Roger came and said Hi and went through the opp
Then I was wheeled into the op room .. got on the table myself they hooked me up and next minute I was in recovery…
When I came out I was sore.. Kinda felt like it was there was a heavy weight at the top of my tummy
Now I am 7 days Post opp and I am off all pain meds and I am 25kgs down to what I was when I started
I go back to work tomorrow
The wounds are still a bit sore and I have gas like you would not believe…. But I am told that that will go in 6-8 weeks
But all in all It was a really good experience … I was outta bed pretty soon after I was back on the ward for a wee…
Slept a lot through the night and after breckie in the morning and a visit from roger I was allowed to go home.. so I was home by 930 with some pain meds
My tips would be
Be prepared to not wear a bra for a few days .. there is a wound right in the middle of your breasts… my underwire rub on it and it also made me feel a little restricted in my breathing for a few days while the gas leaves your body …
Peppermint Tea will be your new best friend.. If U don’t like it … get used to it …. It helps so much with helping get rid of the gas you have in you after the opp.. (I wish I had known that B4)
If U are the one that cooks at home … make sure U have some soups and stuff in the freezer for when U get outta hozzie…
Trust me U don’t feel like cooking… I have also found Tinned Baby food has been Fantastic… The Veggie ones with Beef or Lamb… I found I was swallowing to much at the start so if I dipped the back of my spoon in the food and ate it I found that was enough for each mouth full..
I also have some lemon Gelati in the freezer and is Yummo… Slides down nice… I also bought a small custard and put it into plastic containers in the fridge so when I was hungry I just go and grab one .. There is also Drinking Yoghurts in the Milk section of the supermarket … The Bulla one has less fat in it …
AND Just Coz I can
My Nephew
8 days old
I have had a few people asking
Hey everyone…..
I’d like to say thanks so much for all your comments and support I have received over the past week… It has just been amazing…
It was a big decision for me to make to put all this on my blog here or make another private blog just for myself… I was so worried what people would think of me….I am so glad I have done it here… I was a bit shy /embarrassed/ashamed about it all at the start I guess..
I felt like I was a huge failure.. I couldn’t do this on my my own … I needed help!! I didn’t know how people we going to react to the fact I was having this done… (not that I should really give a FAT’S RAT’S… It’s my blog and I can do as I want)
This was nothing anyone had said or done.. It was all my Negative Self Talk !!! (something I am working on!! ) Can I just say it has been nothing but positive has come out of doing this … I am so happy that I did …
I have had a lot of people asking me what the band was and how it works. This is just a bit of Info about where I had my surgery and some information about what the surgery actually involves. This is my Surgeon Roger Berry and if anyone is thinking of having this done, Roger is Unreal … I cant recommend him High enough
Oh yeah …. Day 7 … and I have woken up for the first time today not being sore at all … I am off all my pain meds and tmost liquids are now passing through my band really well. I have found out that I can’t cope with Hot Chochie…. It gives me the worst pain I have ever felt ….and makes me Burp…… Horrid Painful burps….. I think I am going to stay with my new best friend… Peppermint tea!!!! I will post a pic after or my incissions… I get to take my dressings off today … and I am gonna get mum to take a few pics
Thanks again for readiing ….
Rxoxo
Just did a weigh in April 26, 2009
The past few days have been a struggle..
It hurts … ALOT… I think it is just my body getting rid of the gas they pump U up with through the surgery…. I am on 3 different pain meds to help deal with the pain… but still it hurts…. SOOK LA LA..
Mett the sweet thing has been googling ways to help with the pain… Walking, ways and positions to sleep in, different teas to help alleviate the pain and what ever else she can find… thanks Hon ….. Its not that the pain is in the wound site it’s seams to be moving down my body
Hopefully a few more days of rest will have me back on my feet, and back at work …
In some positive news though ….. I hit the 20kg mark this morning …. this is so exciting as my weight went up after the opp…. this would be because of the gas they pumped me up with …
Rachxoxo
Lovin It Sick 