Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

So I think I'm back to loosing again. It's been two whole weeks since I've moved an ounce. I am officially down two pounds this week. I think I got more frustrated because I am still pre op and this is the hardest thing I have down by far. Changing all my eating habits and not being able to eat for emotions and stress is so hard!! Then I got this stall and I felt hopeless!! But now that I can see I'm loosing again I feel like all hope isn't lost!! I only have 6 measly pounds to go and it feels like its a million. I just want to get the ball rolling. Get my insurance papers in and what ever else needs to be done so I can get a date. I am So jealous of everyone who has had …

Well I'm going for my upper GI series tomorrow....heard its quite a charm:(! Praying everything goes well!!!

Hello all! I was sleeved 12/10 and am down 17lbs since surgery. I'm looking to see if there is anyone that lives near me and would like to become occasional work out buddies or attend support groups together. I live in the East Bay of Oakland-San Francisco area.

Omg, I'm sitting here waiting for my mom to pick me up to take me to the hospital!!! Getting so excited and a little nervous. More excited though. I have total confidence in my surgeon. Eeeeek!!!

Hey i just need to vent!! this process is getting tooo loong for me at this point evrything is done got cleareance from evrything all my tests done so now i have sleep apnea an im waiting for a cpap machine so i call my surgeons office to schedule my second consult to keep things moving and now i have to be a crrtain amount of time using the cpap and have that documented so i can see the surgeon but that wasnt in the checklist they gave me i didnt know that using the machine had had anything to do with my second consult im just worried by the time i use the machine im going to gain the weight that i have lost so far and when the time comes hell be like oh! Another dela…

First day of having my land band and my chest hurts also I drink a lot of water today and never felt full.. What does this mean ...

First day of having my land band and my chest hurts also I drink a lot of water today and never felt full.. What does this mean ...

Wow. After a year I can said I feel great. Thank you x Grastric Sleeve..

I feel absolutely marvelous! I've been missing is action since surgery. I've been trying to adjust and get me new life in order. Surgery was July 23, since then I have been release from my surgeon to start working out. I have officially gotten rid of 24 pounds forever! I'm doing better with fluids as the days go by, but I have no problem taking my supplements . Hope everyone else is doing good.

Im an emotional eater. How did some you that are handle it after the lapband surgery?

I am pre op. 258 lbs 5'4".. I always feel like crap. ALWAYS.. I am always tired I'm irritable always painful (back, knees) depressed anxious dizzyish lethargic I just never seem to feel good. do you guys feel better overall after surgery? physicall and mentally? tell me about your stories!!! I need some encouragement!

Ok, is this normal?? I gained 7.8 lbs while I was in the hospital. Surgery was Tuesday, I only had water, small container of apple juice and ice chips while I was in the hospital. Came home yesterday and took it easy only drinking water. Weighed myself this morning thinking I would have another large loss and I GAINED over seven pounds!! WTF Tell me this is normal??

Today is the 14th day post op and I had a family gathering. I have in and had a few bites of pizza, chocolate and ice cream! I chewed well but didn't wait 1 min between each bite! I'm stressing as I don't know if I've done any serious damage. Does this mean I've stretched my stomach, band??? I wanted to force myself to throw everything up but then got even more scared I'd move the band! Am I meant to feel pain? What are the signs I've ruined it. I was doing so well! It wasn't even hunger just head hunger and temptation cause its been so long. Do I need to inform my surgeon ASAP?

Gud mng, so i ws sleeved 8/6 and bcuz of my surgeon error. .I ws given a regular clear liquid diet instead of sugar free..which means I was immediately sent into dumping..that evening I ws throwing up blood. .diarrhea, and the abdominal cramping..all this the entire time..but guess what out of 8 drs nobody nu y this was happening. .on day five in the hospital my mom amd I read some papers the dietician had left and there it ws.. DUMPING. .. I WAS HURTING MYSELF WIT THE TEA CUS I ADDED 3 PKS Of SUGAR... THE IITALIAN ICE, AND JUICE WAS REG...PLS THE SUGAR ATTACKED MY SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY. ..WORSE FEELIN EVER. ..PLS B AWARE OF WHAT U R PUTTING IN YR MOUTH...AS I TRUST MY SURG…

Today I have my surgery at 7a.m

I am currently doing my 6 month medically supervised diet. I had my first check-in with my doctor on 8/13/13. I gained two pounds. Ugh! This 6 month diet is an insurance requirement. My question is: what is my insurance company expecting from me during this diet? Do they want to see that I can stick to a diet and lose weight to prove that I can handle the post-op diet, or are they just confirming that I cannot lose weight on a diet? My diet consists of 1800 calories a day and I'm not even coming close to that. I've also been walking/running on a regular basis. Please advise on what the insurance company wants to see. Thanks!

I am just starting the journey, I have completed my BMI test, I have my referral letter and have started my physician monitored weight loss. I will go to orientation on 8/19. I am doing things a little backward because I signed up for the wrong orientation class so I just continued on with everything else since it was all scheduled. After Monday I can submit my referral letter and wait for them to sign me up for my surgeon visit. I am hoping for a January surgery date!

Sleeved feb this year. Down 86lbs. Wife is down 85. Loving the new changes.

Anyone out there do P90X or Insanity?? Was thinking about getting one of those. Any advice??

I had Surgery on Friday but have not had a bowel movement; is this normal?? I am still on clears.

I was banded four weeks ago and have a strange question. All of my incisions look fine, but I am not itching a lot around several of them. I have a rash around a few that I think it from scratching or rubbing them. Anyone else had this problem or have any suggestions?

Hey guys!! I'm one month post op tomorrow 8/15 and decided I really needed to join this site because I am really struggling. I find myself hungry and nauseous all at the same time...just the thought of taking my nighttime meds and having to crush them and mix them up with liquids...I'm starting to feels a little defeated drinking water is painful because of how slow it goes down and I want to eat but nothing feels right...

Surgery at 10:30 tomorrow morning! Praying for speedy recoveries to all the other 8/15'ers!

Well I received my approval letter in the mail today with a surgery date of sept. 30th. Does the Dr. Really go by tht date? Is it possible to have the surgery earlier??

Ok, I just got the revision packet from the surgeon's office I have been considering for my revision surgery. Overall, the packet is pretty standard, asks all the standard stuff for your background- but on the first page it states that there is a non-refundable $500 fee to cover costs NOT COVERED by insurance. They say it is to pay for them to submit the insurance approval, post-op (support group) and misc. fees. I'm sorry, but even though this Dr. is FACS, ASMBS and I have check his state licensing board (no negative remarks), and has lots of people who have talked well of him. I don't know if this is a new fee to recoup costs that he doesn't get from the negotiated…

Hey all! Had banding yesterday. Feeling ok. Wounds are very sore especially were port is and were the drain was. Had very bad experience with anaesthetic too. But hey it's all over now. Anyone got any tips on how to get comfortable while lying down. My wounds are so sore and feel like I'm bursting them when I move.

I started my journey on May 13, 2013 which was my first appointment with my surgeon and I was at my highest weight ever 244. Today as I did my weigh I was 195, and I am actually 1lb away from my 2nd milestone which is 50 lbs. I am sooooo excited, feeling good , and rocking my sleeve.

I like the response im getting back. Great ideas im willing to try. More input is welcome. Thanks very much.

Tomorrow is my sleeve I'm super hungry right now but I'm sacred to eat! I'm suppose to be on a liquid diet do they know if you eat when you go for surgery? I don't want to risk it but HELP ME!

I've been browsing these forums for about a month trying to get my finger on what actually goes on with the sleeve. With the information that I have learned from you guys, I have decided that when it finally happens, the sleeve is the way I want to go. I have had my initial consultation, and done the psych eval and just completed the upper GI requested by the surgeon last week. Now I am patiently waiting for the next step... hopefully I will hear something from them soon.

Hello Everyone, i have joined VST for about 2 weeks and i must say it was a great help in my pre-op with all these encouraging stories. i am Ahmed a 34 year old Egyptian living in Dubai, i have been suffering obesity for a long time cant even remember since when !. all i can remember is i have been trying to lose weight for years and years with no success, the even worse is that along those years with all the short term success of losing some KG's overall i was actually gaining more and more, last year when i hit 126KG it was a shock and i decided that i need to do something different this time, i have been discovering the surgery option for months and was always set t…

Dear body- As I sit here just a little more than 48 hours from my surgery day, I am thinking about you...there have been so many times over the years when I looked upon you in disdain, and, body, I am sorry for that. It wasn't you...it was me. It was the emotional part of me that found food as a comfort for the times I was lonely, the times I was sad, the times I was rewarding myself for any number of things...the disdain I had was for me, not you. Truly, body, you deserve my praise and appreciation...I appreciate that over the last 15 years, as the numbers have crept up on the scale and now top 300 pounds, that you have taken it all in stride and not (yet) succumbed to…

Hi all, just wanted to introduce myself, Im due to be sleeved on the 20th May, by Dr France in Adelaide, South Australia. I had my lapband removed in November after nearly 7 years. The band worked fine in the beginning, I lost about 35 kilos, but started to suffer severe reflux, then once i had the band deflated to sort that out i could never get good restriction, i could either eat everything or not even get Water down depending on the day. This went on for a couple of years while the reflux returned time and time again...... and I have regained nearly all the weight After reading a number of posts on this forum, Ive realised im nowhere near alone with this experienc…

This is a thank you to all the people that have responded to my many questions. Because of all the answers and help I've revived my surgery was made easier. I just wanted to say thanks. And I will send post op inst to those that requested them I'm still in catch up mode at work. Thank pat

I am just starting the journey, I have completed my BMI test, I have my referral letter and have started my physician monitored weight loss. I will go to orientation on 8/19. I am doing things a little backward because I signed up for the wrong orientation class so I just continued on with everything else since it was all scheduled. After Monday I can submit my referral letter and wait for them to sign me up for my surgeon visit. I am hoping for a January surgery date!

To me the most daunting part of this whole experience was going to be the 2 week pre-op diet. Here's the scary part. My surgery is August 26th. That means as of this morning I am starting the anxiety invoking, terrifying, I hope I can do it, I have to do it 2 week diet. In these 2 weeks I am going to wean myself off of coffee (my taste of heaven every morning, noon and night). I plan on making it weaker and weaker by adding more fat free milk. Until it is more like milk with a splash of coffee vs. the other way around. I do self medicate in the sense that I use caffine to prevent my migraines. For those that don't have migraines, just imagine a headache 10 times w…

I've previously done a bit of research on Lap-Band after my doctor brought it up earlier in the year, but this time I'm actually seriously considering it. In fact, I'm signed up to go to an information session at one of the local hospitals tomorrow night with a surgeon who I've heard lots of good things about. Before, it was sort of a "well, ok, maybe I'll think about it as a vague possibility" situation, but now I'm in a spot where I could actually see myself going through with it. Scary, but good! I'm going to be a fun patient because I'm a data geek by trade-- I've got an MA in sociology (no fear of PubMed here!) and I work in healthcare outcomes reporting. Success s…

Does anyone know of a dr. that takes new patients that are self pay? I'm in the chicago area I need to find someone asap I'm starting to get depressed with all the wieght I've put on.

Hi everyone, I am new to this site. I already appreciate all of the stories and knowledge that i am gaining already. I am almost 4wks post op. I had the Gastric Bypass on 7/16. Overall Im doing well and learning to adjust to my new life. The hardest part for me is dealing with the mental effects of what did I do to myself...LOL.

Hello! Not sure what to say. I'm in my 50's. My date for surgery is Sept.3 rd 2013. Have done everything before last April, put offsergery because I have gramdchildren everyday. Thought it would be better to have surgery after school started. I have always had weight problems. Never a skinny person. Took a year to make up my mind to do this.My weight when I started this was 285 am not 237. I hope to lose 100 more,after and keep it off. I know it is not easy. I have dieted off and on my whole life. Am ready to stop going up & down. My pcp is realy exiceted I'm doing this, not my family. They keep telling me I don't need to do this. There not the one wearing 3x clothes…

So this is my first time posting on here. My surgery is set for this Friday! Feeling excited, nervous, scared, anxious and ready! I've been preparing for this day for over 9 months now. I've been struggling with my weight since I was a kid. I'm 5'3 and 220 pounds. My heaviest has been 235. I'm so very thankful I have the support of my family. I know this will not only change my life but theirs too! I'm ready to do this!

My insurance is a *** and the medical group I belong to requires that anyone wanting WLS must go thru a WLS program. My first class was Wednesday Aug 7. Wow is all I can say. This is an intense program. During the program I have to attend a total of 7 classes that are just about WLS, the first 3 classes are in Aug, and he remaining classes are once a month until Dec. during his time I have to attend 3 more classes, each class is 8 weeks long, have to meet with the preventative med Dr. Who goes thru eating and exercise habits. She then sets a exercise and wt loose goal. The goals must be meet, if they are not than you can be denied surgery. And you have to physic eval. At…

Afternoon my ppls! Just wanted to let everyone know that I have some new vlogs on my YouTube. If you haven't got a chance to take a look my name is: ILoveMyBoutiique. Yes with 2 i's lol If you can't find it type in: ILoveMyBoutiique Channel I started making these vlogs so everyone can see and go thru my journey with me. I hope you like them! See you guys over there!

Hi, everyone. I'm a noob here, and found this site while I was doing some research on what my first year after surgery will be like. My wife and I were both just approved to have surgery (first try, yes!!!!!) and we have our consults with the surgeon, dietician, and psych evaluation coming up over the next couple of weeks. Once those are done, we will be able to schedule our surgery. I'm so excited about being approved... I had been approved for the RNY surgery at one time but I gave up on it when my insurance company (at that time) started changing the requirements every time I got close to meeting them (that was years ago before I had ever heard of lap band sur…

It's kind of long but here's my story I started this whole process about 2 years ago and decided I wasn't ready for such a life style change. I tried to lose the weight on my own just with diet and exercise and lost about 40 pounds, I was thrilled with that. It was the most I had ever lost. I then eased up on the exercise and wasn't so strict with my diet and soon the weight was creeping back on. It was then that I decided I needed to take a bigger step in my weight loss journey. I met with my doctor at the end of June, 2013 and was put on the fast track to meet with the surgeon to try to accommodate my leaving for school at the end of August. To my surprise I got an app…

Did any of you have acid reflux PRIOR to banding? I have been on nexium forever and am about to be banded on 9/5. Do you still have AR now? And do you just control it with meds?

So, I live in a college town where a lot of my friends go home during the summer. So, I haven't seen a lot of my friends since right after my surgery, a lot of them left in may, my surgery was April 25th. They are coming back next week and I'm super nervous about how they are going to react. My specific worry is this guy, who I was sort of dating before my surgery and the summer. He wants to meet up with me tomorrow, and I'm really self conscious about seeing him again. It's super awful that I've lost 103lbs and I'm still uncomfortable with myself. Sorry for the mini-rant.

Woohoo! I woke up this morning. I am starting my second day of my 2 week pre-op liquid diet. Yesterday I weighed 264.2. This morning I stepped in the scale and it read.....drum roll please.......260.8. My fat percentage is 51.6 and my BMI is officially out of the severely obese range. My BMI is 39.9. Yippee, yahoo, hooray. It seems as I travel along this journey I have so many things I can Celebrate as accomplishments to keep my spirit up. My next goal......to lose a pant size before surgery. Happy Dance, Happy Dance, Happy Dance

I am now 8 months out and without a doubt this is the best thing I have ever done for myself. I have had amazing support from my family and without my husbands continual support this would not have been possible. I had my sleeve done in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia I am an Australian and have been here now two years. When I decided I needed to do something drastic I went to IMC and sought out the baraiatric centre and made enquiries to see the surgeon. Dr Bukhari was the most amazing doctor. He said he would only do the sleeve and asked me to have a few tests done to make sure everything was ok to proceed. I had the tests done at the end of November and had my operation in …

Posted June 16, 2010 - 6:48 PM hi everyone! i have read so much in this forum and want to say thankyou to every single poster! ive learned so much and sincerely appreciate verticalsleevetalk.com. im a 47 year old male living in brooklyn, new york. i currently weigh 305 lbs and have been overweight all my life. ive been hovering around the 300-315 mark for about 10 years. before that i hoovered around 280-300 for the prior 10 years. my high weight was 323, which was in 2004. the most ive lost dieting and exercising was about 40lbs on a few occasions, but i always put it back on. in 2004 i decided to have wls and was going to have gastric bypass done. after being approve…