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Well...... Stacie moved out yesterday to start her new life in New Mexico. I hope she finds what she needs. Now the boys and I are ready (I hope) to move on with things. I hope that she will keep in contact with them. We'll see. So we I started to clean the house last night with Joey's help. what a task. It's going to take several long days to clean this place up. We started in the kitchen and what a mess. I haven't even thought about outside yet or the garage. The divorce won't be final till the end of January or the first part of February but at least I can move on now. Sorry I haven't posted much lately but you know how things can get. Thanks for being there for me

Hugs
Scott

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So I had my follow up with the Doctors today. The appointment went very well. My wounds are healing very well not to much soreness and when they weighted me I was down to 312.5. I can't believe that I've lost 25 lbs in 2 months. I feel good Wednesday I walk for 40 min with no problems. I even went to the Seahawks games last night. I want to thank everyone for there love and support.

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Good morning everyone. I woke up before the alarm and finished the last few things before I head to the hospital. I hope never to have to take that vile stuff ever again. Lemon flavor my ass.  It tasted so bad and I am so tired of going to the bathroom. Yuck. I'll be off line for a few days. I'm hoping to be home either Saturday or Sunday.  Big hugs till I can see everyone.

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So part of the program is the I had to see a psychologist. My appointment was today from 10 to 12. After taking a 160 question test which some of the question were very subjective and took me almost an hour. I talked with the Doctor and it was very interesting. He said the way I answered some of the question it seemed like I was hiding something. So we went over a few of the questions and I explained why I answered them the way I did.  After talking for a bit he revised what he thought about hiding things.
He said my answers showed that I was charming and charismatic....... and after talking with me he could see why. I've never really thought of my self in that way. He told me to be careful and not ignore problems. I can see his point. The only problem he could for see is that I might have difficulty sticking with the program of the exercise and eating small meals. I'm hoping that you, my friends will help me even if I don't asked for it.
In the 3 weeks I've been journaling my food intake and walking more, I have lost 10 lbs. At least it's a start. If you truly want to lose weight. Write down everything for a week you'll be amazed on how much we eat. 

By the way my Surgery date is August 17.

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Well....I'm going to see the Doctor's tomorrow about having the Lap band surgery. I have talked with many of you about it. I understand that some people have misgivings about this type of surgery but this is the least evasive of the three. So I have decided to LJ how things are going and how my progress is doing. Tentatively they have told me that they can do both surgeries at once. I have a hernia, my third, also which really interferes with a lot of things besides being painful.

So my starting weight is 350lbs and my overall goal is to lose 125 lbs. The surgery will probably be in the middle of August. The recovery time is two weeks from work and then 6 to 8 weeks of no heavy lifting. It's not that I'm looking forward to surgery but I have to do something and besides they have to fix the hernia anyways. Promise to let everyone know how things are going.

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Well I've a funny story to tell and I think have told some of you this but here it goes. I was told that this would make a good LJ post. Last September my brother Chris had come over to the house for dinner. We were talking and before we new it was 10:00 pm. I asked him if I had shown him the large Hornet in one of the trees out front. To which he replied no. So outside we go.

With his flash light in hand I pointed out the nest. My brother commented on how large the nest was. The nest was the size of basketball and was located about 15 feet up in a hazel tree. The nest was that of a ball faced hornet. A very aggressive form of hornet. So he asked me when I was going to get ride of it. I informed him that I would have to wait to get the bug spray the next day. He said “come on let's run over to Top Foods and get it now”.

I went into the store grabbed a large can of wasp and hornet spray, back to the house we go. By now it's 10:20 so my brother with the can of bug spray in had decides to spray the nest with me holding the flash light. After giving the nest a good dowsing of spray and hearing some of the hornets falling. My brother get the wild idea about braking the nest open and spray the inside. So in the back of my brothers truck there are 3, 15 foot long PVC pipes. Did I mention that my brother is a general contractor and thats why he had those pipes in his truck? Anyways. I grab one of the pipes. He took the flashlight and bug spray.

Does anyone know the famous last words in Texas? “Hold my beer, you'all watch this.”

So, as he shines the light on the nest I smacked a few times and on the third hit the nest finally broke open. There stands mu brother shinning the light on spraying the nest. About five seconds later he runs out of spray. So now I have my brother running around with the Hornets chasing him because he has the flashlight. Next thing I know the flashlight crashes on the ground, the lights go out and the hornets clam down. Did I also mention that my brother was in flip flops and that he is allergic to bees?

So back to the store we go and the same clerk asked “What wasn't one can enough?” I didn't have the heart to tell him all of what happened. After getting home with the second can and replacing the broken bulb in the flash light, we soaked the nest down.

The next day there must have been 300 dead hornets on the ground. Mind you these hornets are an inch and half long.