Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

Hi, I am about to have my final visit (after all supervised weight loss appts, psych, bloodwork, etc) so they can submit my insurance paperwork. Just waiting for the phone to ring so I can schedule that. I am hoping to be approved in Dec and surgery in Jan but if somehow it happens sooner and I can get in this month (ha- dreaming) I am all for it. I've completed everything else from labs, EKG, psych eval, endoscopy, etc. My surgeon is Dr Sung at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, WA. I am 48 years old, mom of two college age kids. 5'7 and 252 lbs so my BMI is like 38.1. I've got type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and high cholesterol. Yuck, that is not fun …

Hello... Im am 3 mths post op and can eat "regular" food now. No restrictions. And I feel like Im going back to my old fast food ways. Even though Im not eating much, Im trying foods from some of my old favorites like KFC, Sonic, mexican restaurant's, Taco Bell. Instead of making healthier meal cho,es and I get mad at myself and think how can I sabatoge myself like this after getting this second chance do over in life. Anyone else having this problem??? Sent from my SM-G935V using BariatricPal mobile app

After 3 months of tring to achieve my weight lost goals I'm happy to see my results. Today I have completed total weight lost of 100 lbs.started at 328lbs now 228lbs. With no complications going to the gym 3 times a week, and eatting less and helthy. Main secret is set your mind,set a goal,and don't look back. Good luck to all of you heroes of your own selfs. Sent from my SM-G892A using BariatricPal mobile app

People keep saying it's my fault my band keeps breaking. It's my fault the nurse practitioner broke the port to begin with, just right months after I got it. It's my fault that when True Results repaired it they put in to much chord and wrapped around itself and broke off the band and apparently it is my fault the surgeon than had to move the port to my right side where it pulls and pushed all the time and keeps causing me to aspercream into my lungs and have multiple rounds of pnumonia and bronchitis for the last three years. I just was this thing out if me! I walk over 7000 steps a day (until my foot was crushed a year ago). I didn't start eating breads and pasta until…

So right now I am just about at 5 months post op. I have slipped back into old habits. I don’t feel like I am losing weight as best as i can. How did you handle this, if this happened to you. Did you just restart the protein shakes? I am just feeling bummed and disappointed in myself.

hi everyone i am considering vsg i dont know if i want to deal with all the hoops and time that i am sure my insurance company is gonna try and put me through to get approved when i can get it done in mexico for 5k has anyone had a bad experience in mexico from everything have read so far on here everyone says what a good experience they had i have aways said i would never go to mexico for a medical procedure. my husband is in the medical filed and is not happy about me even considering mexico.

My surgery was October 25, 2017. It's been a journey, but I'm enjoying it so far. How is everyone doing? Sent from my SM-G950U using BariatricPal mobile app

Hey y’all, My name is Rachel. I’m 22 years old & a RN! I have struggled with my weight since I was about 9 years old. I made the decision to have VSG because I truly felt like it would make a vast improvement in my quality of life, how I interact with others & my work performance. I absolutely love what I do & I have worked really hard to get where I am now. So at the age of 22 I should not be coming home from working 12’s and be hurting in my knees & legs. I work night shift & it never seems like I can get enough sleep. I had been doing tremendous research but on November 1st I decided to take a leap of faith & call our bariatric surgeon at the h…

Yup, I've made it to the four-month point. About 105 lbs down since the start, about 65 since surgery on August 4. I can confirm that it does get better each week! I feel like I hit a turning point in terms of getting closer to feeling "normal." I'm still cautiously introducing new foods and fine tuning my sense of fullness so I stop before I get uncomfortable (or sick.) I learned a good lesson this past week about why you must eat all your proteins first: I was having a meeting in a cafe and was hungry for lunch so I ordered a kale salad. It was my first time having raw kale, with regular dressing on the side, but I was thrilled when I was able to eat it, no problem. How…

I am 15 days post opp. Highest weight: 326, Weight day of surgery: 316, and current weight: 291. It has been a rocky road so far. Surgery went smooth. Very little to no pain. The problem is that I can not get my fluids in nor 80 gs protein in. I am weak, no energy, and very little drive to do anything. I went back to work three days ago. I work at a desk in a very busy office. Getting back to work has actually helped. Just the small amount of moving around the office and interacting with others. I have found that my tailbone is starting to hurt. I also am having trouble sleeping at night. My primary care doctor called me in a prescription to help with that.…

I had gastric bypass a year ago and have greatly benefitted from the support in this community. For my December 2016 buddies - I hope everyone celebrates this year — congratulations! It has been a great year because aside the obvious weight loss, I have learned discipline. Not in not eating - I physically have been required to think about eating differently, but discipline in taking care of myself: drinking enough water, eating protein, being a hawk with not missing vitamins and chewing, chewing, chewing. I'm not sure if my photo is attached, but I was humbled seeing the difference in a year. If you are at the beginning of your journey, hang in there, be patient and be p…

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Hey everyone just wanted to post my picture.. and to tell everyone to Kelly up the good work!! 3 pictures the one in the dress was the day of surgery, second one at the bottom was last week and killing pictures was today at the gym.[emoji16] WE CAN DO IT!!!![emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16] Sent from my SM-J700T using BariatricPal mobile app

I really would like to started puree my some green vegetables right now or some fruit Sent from my SM-N920P using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi guys, Well I am back in theatre next week to have gastric plication and lengthening of the roux limb. I had a band in 2004, band removed and sleeved in 2015, bypass 2016, 2 x overstitches in 2017 and now having plication and roux limb lengthening next week. I have lost weight with each procedure then gradually gained again. Never getting near my original weight of 136kg, I get down to about 80kg and am happy there then invariably start to creep up gradually each time. This has to be my last procedure. This is my 6th attempt now. I have everything crossed for this working. Anyone else had roux lengthening or plication as a bypass revision? Thank…

****warning- this is not a warm and fuzzy post****** I am just shy of 11 months post op. I am down 92 pounds from surgery, 105 from my first appointment. I have been between 152 and 157 for the past 2 months now. This is where it seems I will end up. I went from a 22 pant to size 10. A 2x shirt to a M. I even dropped a shoe size. I was able to drop a good portion of my heart medicine and I no longer feel like I'm going to die walking upstairs. A year ago I would never have been able to walk around campus like I do now. (I'm a college lecturer at a large university) All should be good, but in reality, I hate my new body. I don't think I'm alone. I think…

Anyone here had lap band removed and got sleeve?

I'm a 67 year old female who underwent gastric bypass surgery in September, 2017. I have a very complicated medical history and was considered a high risk candidate. I have diabetes for over 40 years and end stage kidney disease. (stage 5) I have neuropathy of my extremities as well as in my large bowel, (colonic inertia), bladder, and heart. I have a disease called Charcot joint disease in my feet. This makes me lose my balance and fall so I have to walk with a walker. I have congestive heart failure and high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I also have asthma. I am on the kidney transplant list. In order to get a kidney the BMI has to be below 38. My BMI is 40. M…

Okay it's been almost a week since my surgery and the only thing I can do is walk around. I took a walk a very short up and down stairs .I can't drink anything because I'm having a severe acid reflux pain in my chest. so how are you supposed to drink your water intake if you can't even take a sip. the pain is bad it makes me not want to drink at all what do I do? they gave me the medicine yesterday so I guess I have to wait for that to start working in my system. I also noticed the only time when I have acid reflux is when I'm cold is that a thing?. Sent from my SM-N920P using BariatricPal mobile app

Today starts my log after my surgery on Monday November 27th I'm a little bit scared and worried because I'm having acid reflux problems really bad .this is my picture before my late weight loss and I'm going to do my darndest to change my lifestyle .I know there will be ups and downs. but, this is my first entry to the beginning my life over I am a mother of two older children I have no grandchildren my kids are out of the house .I am a single woman I'm doing this for me because I deserve to make me better and healthier. here's to the beginning of my new life Sent from my SM-N920P using BariatricPal mobile app

We’ll journey started over a year ago with all the hoops for the insurance company and then the actually weight loss center. Starting weight in Aug 2016 420 pounds Had surgery Nov 6th 2017 358 pounds 3 weeks after surgery I am 340 pounds So 18 pounds in 3 weeks and 80 pounds since process started. I find it really hard to get all the fluid in I’m suppose to be around 64 oz a day but I’m lucky if I can drink 30 oz. and eating it hard some times I’m now on the soft foods for the next few weeks and struggling to eat as many times a day as suppose to. A question I have is by not getting all the fluids and prob not all the protein I need am I hurting my weight loss or n…

when r we allowed to have chilli from wendys and is it good to eat all the time or no? Sent from my SM-S120VL using BariatricPal mobile app

Anyone using these as a snack I’d love to add these in

Hi everyone! I haven't been on here for awhile! I hope everyone finds this website as usfl as I did and still do! its been almost 15 months since my Surgery. My starting weight was 465 lbs and as of this morning I am down to 222lbs exactly that's a 243 weight loss total. I hit a stall for Weeks!! so I started walking more and added more food to my diet (healthy food of course) once I started that the weight started coming off again (PHHHEW) I am 42 lbs away from my original goal weight and let me tell you.. THIS FEELS AMAZING!!!! my life has completely changed for the better.. im more active and im living the life I always wanted for me and my daugh…

Hi, my name is Ethel. I'm from the Philippines. Totally new here but I signed up right away. I'm having lap band sugery on November 30 with my sister. It's a week away but I am not thinking about it much because I'm very busy with school. Maybe in a couple of days it will really start to sink in. Anyway, just wanted to say hi.

They say a picture is worth 1000 words, so here's 4000 words; Not much else to say. I'm doing well and continuing my journey.

This time last year I was getting ready to undergo my surgery. I followed the diet to a 't' except for on Thanksgiving. That was my last meal it wasn't a big meal but it was my last meal that I would have for a year. I decided that at that moment I needed to make a change. I actually made the change long before when I started my pre-op diet however I wasn't as serious as I thought I needed to be. So as I underwent surgery everything went fine, I tried to minimize the pain and the gas in the minimal suffering that came with the surgery and was out the next day and back home. I went and about my business to school and back to work and was trying to do my best to make sure t…

Hello everyone! I'm looking to make friends in the Metro Detroit area. I recently just had my surgery Nov 21 and already I'm finding it hard to relate or talk to anyone. I'd love to meet or talk to anyone in my area and hopefully can build a relationship.

Following the lead of others and using this thread to post my story and subsequent updates. First appt: 10/22/15 Surgeon appt: 11/11/15 Insurance approval: 11/23/15 Pre-op appt: 12/31/15 - all clear for surgery! Surgery scheduled for 1/26/16 My stats (I still need to do measurements) SW: 290 HW: 315 Height: 5'5" Liquid/pre-op diet starts 1/12/16! Exactly one week to go! My husband is going to have VSG done as well, and has already started the process. He has to have a sleep study though due to his neck circumference, and they cannot get him in for an appt until March. Was hoping we could have surgeries closer together, but we will make it work.

Im 3 weeks out post op and now is when the will power for me really begins. How many calories are you getting in a day?Im staying between 800 to 900 a day. It is scares me cause Im getting more comfortable eating several time a day and I feel like Im getting to many calories for only being 3 weeks out. Any help or others experiences would help . Sent from my SM-G935V using BariatricPal mobile app

Hey everyone just seeing how thanksgiving treated you!!! I had strawberries and watermelon... Lord knows I wanted everything else[emoji23][emoji23] just coming back from the gym keep up the good work everyone[emoji2][emoji2][emoji2][emoji2][emoji182][emoji176] Sent from my SM-J700T using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi all! I can't believe this journey so far, and it has just barely started. As of today I am two months and two days out from the day I started my pre op liquid diet. On that day I weighed 292.8 lbs. Two weeks later the morning of surgery on October 4th my weight was at 275.6 this morning I reached 50 lbs give since the start of my liquid diet. And 33 lbs gone in the six weeks and two days since surgery. It feels amazing! Sent from my Pixel using BariatricPal mobile app

It's been a loooooong 6 months, and I'm so excited that I'm just over a week to go until surgery! I'm about halfway through the liquid pre-op diet, and it's gotten much easier after the first couple of days. I'm definitely still hungry and definitely more tired than normal, but it's been tolerable. I'm so excited to start my post-surgery journey to a healthier me!

Hi all, I finally did it. I got sleeved yesterday. I flew all the way over the ocean to Mexico Tijuana to have my procedure done by dr. Jaime Ponce de Leon Palomares in the Int Hospital. Ill try do breakdown my journey up to this moment (Excusez moi mon French, English is not my primary language. Neither is French :-) ) Transportion. Like i said a had to fly in cause i don't live in the USA. Beautiful country though i vacation here as much as possible. I flew into San Diego and got picked up by the Drs. driver, named Sandra. She got there a little late, but i kept my cool. She is a happy chatty girl, so if you ever get to have a ri…

Hey everyone. [emoji4] I haven’t posted for awhile but i just want to share my story as there are lots of new people flowing through surgery and I’d love to help anyone with my experience. I had wls dec 2014. It was quite an ordeal for me, very painful and I had complications. I weight 243 lbs at my surgery and I’m 5’6. I ended up having five or six surgeries on my stomach over the next 6 months. Gallbladder went, exploratory, revision surgery, a endoscopy for a super bad stricture, a granuloma removed from my belly button ... After my wls I was unable to eat solid food for 10 months due to a severe stricture. I could only eat broth and sometimes cheese. So in a way t…

I was sleeved two weeks ago today. I am following my doctor's orders to a tee. I am only weighing once a week. I actually gained 2 pounds this week....seriously? I was so disappointed when I got on the scale this morning. If I wasn't following the orders exactly I could understand - BUT I AM. Helppppp!

Today marks my 1 yr anniversary. I have no regrets of my decisions I've made . I did the sleeve.. my HW 208 SW 196 CW 132 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920AZ using BariatricPal mobile app

I had Gastric bypass surgery back in June 2015. Stayed in the hospital 2 days and was released. I never felt great afterwards. Felt very weak, tired, and in pain. 3 weeks after surgery I started a new job as a care giver. I kept telling my new family that hired me I wasn’t feeling right. I worked my 8 hour shift but was feeling awful by the time it was over. I mentioned I was going to the ER after work. Showed up at 6pm and ended up being hospitalized for 3 months. Apparently I had a blood clot so they admitted me and searched for it while pumping me full of blood thinners. Two weeks into my hospital stay my blood counts were showing my system was being poisoned. My small…

Hi everyone i had a gastric band fitted in 2009. Was great for a while but sadly, blockages and breakages (from a faulty batch) and I have given up. I started at 260lbs, down to 175 with the band, now back up to 225 so time to stop that growth! i have a revision to a RNY (Fobi pouch type) on 14 December - and today heard insurance will pay 20% which is great news. The bypass involved no special diet, really, so am a bit apprehensive: protein drinks (less variety here in New Zealand I think), dumping, and having the RNY by open surgery not laparoscopic - all make be a bit nervous... Thanks to you all for keeping me company on this journey.

I had my surgery November 10!!! I haven't had a bowel movement at all!!! Stomach is killing me because I'm taking everything trying to go. Now I'm sitting in my car about to go to the gym. I'm need to lose this weight, so I won't be going home. I tried exlax, magnesium( 2 bottles) detox tea, smooth moove tea. Nothing is working, oh I think it's call sinna.. anyone else having problems!?! Sent from my SM-J700T using BariatricPal mobile app

Hello, My (Lela) story began in August 2013, I began taking a product called Plexus Slim, the product was awesome, but I was not happy with the results, So I began searching info on the gastric sleeve. In Jan of 2014 I began the process for surgery, soaked in all the info that I could find, started going to the gym on a daily basis, participating in a couple of classes (Water aerobics, body combat) along with walking on the treadmill for 45 min, also strength building with weights, So here I am 5 days out of Surgery and I feel great, thanking God for no nausea, I honestly feel like I could take a hike up a mountain, I am just concerned that I need to be doing somethin…

Its incredible how fast time passes, yesterday was my 3 months surgiversary and I couldn’t be happier. The results im seeing amaze me, every day i’m more and more in love with my surgery, i became a new person, i’m happier, been going out a lot more, i can walk all I want and don’t get tired, i’m still working on some things like my laziness (the couch calls my name and i can’t resist it) luckily i lost my love for fries and chicken nuggets but i do miss diet coke [emoji17] So far i lost almost 34 kg which I couldn’t have done without surgery. Surgery was magical for me and the only thing I regret about this is that I didn’t do it sooner. I’ll leave you some pics of my hi…

Just leaving the gym, and I am finally off my liquid diet!!![emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16] I'm so happy!!!! Current weight.......325 last week 334!! God is good sooo proud of myself... especially since I haven't told anyone Sent from my SM-J700T using BariatricPal mobile app

I never thought I could or would be as successful as everyone I saw on this forum. The first few weeks post op I looked at people posting 100 pound weight-loss thinking if only that could be me! I have to say that it happens so slow and yet so fast! I am one of those people that loses weight every few weeks! 2-3 weeks with our losing weight then a 10 pound weight-loss, it’s so crazy! The biggest thing I take out of this is a new relationship with food that I hope to keep for a lifetime! So excited to see what the next year holds! Good luck to everyone on this journey. I don’t regret it for a second (except not doing it sooner!)

Had lap band 14 years ago. Suddenly had no restriction and heartburn. Endoscopy yesterday. Severe erosion. Waiting to see surgeon for removal date. Hoping to get sleeve after. Wondering recovery after removal and I guess since eroded I can't have done at same time.

Hey! So I've left dieting behind. I no longer weigh myself. I don't count my calories or macros or protein grams. I have no idea what I eat in a day, it's always different and I actually forget. I exercise for fun and enjoyment but not for weight regulation. If I don't feel like working out, I don't. Bariatric surgery helped me lose 100 lbs but it also caused a great deal of pain in my life. I struggle to this day with food getting stuck, vomiting, and dumping. I have rejected dieting because after my weight loss I realized I was just as miserable and unhappy as prior to my weight loss. Living a life centered around food, dieting, weight and body imagine was taking al…

This morning I went off to have my blood work done prior to surgery tomorrow and decided to get something to wear to dinner tonight(I’m watching them eat, lol), the BF and I are going out with his friend and wife and wanted to look good. I tried on multiple options and the staff in one of the stores saw how this shopping trip affected my mood and they started pulling options for me. Needless to say I walked out with nothing, only a new pair of morning slippers for the hospital. While walking up catch a taxi I couldn’t be more grateful that tomorrow would be the start of the new me. I vowed not to buy anything until the new year because I never want to feel the way I did …

I think that this is the first time that I've really paused to reflect back on my surgical experience and I am feeling very humbled. It was therapeutic for me to spend the time to read so many stories and experiences and to feel like I am among people who understand what I am going through and how I am feeling. So much of my focus has just been on getting through the day to day of ensuring I meet my water and protein goals that I haven't really fully absorbed that this is my life now. Honestly, this was the best decision that I ever made for myself, and I wish that I had done it years ago. I had been mulling it over for several years, but was too afraid at the time to rea…

Hi guys, my names Jennie and I live in the U.K. I am 31 years old and had my gastric sleeve surgery on Monday. I have struggled with my weight and my relationship with food since I was in my late teens. I came across this website and thought I'd sign up to get in touch with people in the same situation. I originally had a gastric band but it slipped and had to be removed in April. Boy, was getting that thing a big mistake!! Many many problems. Luckily my surgeon offered me the gastric sleeve surgery. So here I am, 80% stomach removed and recovering well. I would love to hear from anyone and hope to possibly make some new friends. Many thanks guys