Hello Everyone!!
My name is Patrice and I had Gastric Bypass surgery on August 14, 2008. Since that time I have lost a total of 107 lbs. This has been one of the best things that I have ever done for myself. I feel so much better and I am able to do alot of things that I couldn't do before. This blog is going to be for me to talk about things that are going on with me after surgery and for me to be able to do a daily food journal. I need to find some way of keeping up with what I am eating now that my "honeymoon" phase of my surgery is over. I would still like to loose 63 more pounds before my year anniversary.

This is a little bit of history on me. I am 37 (fixing to be 38 next month) and I married the love of my life in February 07. We wanted to start a family and while we were visiting the doctor about what we needed to do to start getting pregnant we found out that I had a rare type of cervical cancer. We were very lucky that we caught it in time and I was able to have a biopsy and they found that it had never attached to the cervix. So my only treatment has been follow-up appointments with my Gynecologic Oncologist every 3-4 months. So far we haven't had any other sightings of any cancer. My oncologist is giving me some time to loose weight so I can have a healthy pregnancy. So that helped me make my decision to have Gastric Bypass surgery. I have been very successful with it so far and hopefully by the time I celebrate my one year after surgery anniversary we will be able to get pregnant. After I have a baby I will be having a hysterectomy to hopefully prevent any other cancer issues.

My husband has also had the same surgery a couple of weeks ago and is already down 43 pounds. I am so glad that i had a 6 month head start on him. Because I am sure he will be passing me up soon.

Well I guess that is all for today.

Patrice