Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

I had surgery Oct 12th, I am down a total of 48 lbs (including my peril diet) which I am excited about. I went from and 18/20 to a 14 pants size. My problem is..I do not know how to take a compliment. I went to the dentist for my regular cleaning and was shocked that they all knew I had the surgery. (I have only told a few people) I work for an orthodontic office so I believe that someone from my office shared the news. I am not ashamed of me having the surgery, but when I walked in all of the girls came out to "check me out" .. it was like I had a new baby. lol! I was so uncomfortable! I would have loved to just run out. Last night I went to a wrestling meet and peo…

Im starting to feel depressed four more days till my surgery n i start having a hunger fit!!!. What did. I just do i ran to my kitchen upset so hungry pulled out some sugar free pudding my van muscle milk n a scope of muscle milk cake batter in dove in two spoons. My daughter says mommy i want cheese fries i fixed it i began to pick up the fry placed n my mouth began to chew n mind said to me dont do it rhonda spit it out dont cheat u got this far i began to gag didnt continue whats wrong im so fustrated im tired of these damn broc Soup n Protein shakes i wanna cry this is what i want WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT PLEASE!!! I WANT THIS CHANGE WHY NOW HAS MY MIND STARTING TODO THI…

Does anyone else out there have to wait till 2013 for surgery? I'm a bit anxious about what the new healthcare reform is going to do for everyone and how it's going to affect those if us planning on having surgery? Can anyone relate? Or does anyone have answers?

New comers this is NOT for you. This is for the "ladies" that are acting like junior high mean girls. Now the funny thing is a stereotype mean girl is blonde skinny big ego....and except for the blonde, if that was us we wouldn't be on LBT. We are here to ask, give, and receive from each other. How about if you don't have something nice to say, SHUT UP. The new people deserve better. And to the new people, don't let a few bad apples scare you off. Welcome, I'm banjo257, I am waiting to be banded and I would love to give a pat on the back to anyone that is deserving, a hand to pull up anyone that has fallen, and a foot to, well you get the idea.

So, I have been a little distant! why you ask? At first it was just stuff and busy-ness. I am happy to say I have my nurse assesment on monday followed by my nutrition class. I pick up my Optifast that day and start on tues. After that is one more dr's appointment and then surgery on the 26th. I was all excited to have a pre-holiday feast this weekend, since Iwill be on Optifast through the holidays.My dad and brother may or may not be coming and I wont know until later today. The thing that stinks is that Tuesday I went to get the mail and fell and fractured my big toe in three places and my other toes were injured in the process. So now I cant do much of anything :(A…

Hi everyone, I had my RNY on September 26th 2012. Just looking for new places to get some good support and information. Glad to be here and I pray that you are all happy and healthy!! I live in Oak Harbor Washington I have 9 kids and 10 grandkids, and 1 doggie. My husband is my biggest supporter. Jesus is my life and I live for HIM. I find that exercising is not what I like to do. Although, I do run a 5K every other day, It does not seem to be enough. What are some good tips on what to do for exercise? Another stumbling block for me is Protein, I am very picky and sense my surgery, I am even picker....... UGH, makes it hard to find things I like!! Thanks for your hel…

Hi my name is Cindy! I had gastric sleeve surgery June 27th of 2011. I have lost 180 pounds to date. I really stuck to my program and so far I have been very successful. I need to lose about 100 more but now it is very slow! I am very optimistic I can get to my goal weight!

I'm excited to get started with this journey but Im nervous too! I was wondering how long people usually spend in the hospital? Do you check in the night before or the morning of?

I thought I would start my journey to share with so many, its my first one, and was very nervous, Please have a look at my Youtube vid and inside my life http://youtu.be/HOqS288gzxU

I fell nervous becouse tomorrow I have an endoscopy test that's my first time I don't know its hurt???

So I started doing exercise a week ago n my weight was 210 so I weigh mi self today n am 205 So I lost 5 pound in a week. I know I can do better am going to do better

Hello, My name is Kat. I am 35, married, and a mom of two. I have been dealing with weight issues since 1st. grade. Up and down. I finally made the decision to have the surgery because I have several health problems and am in constant pain. So I am hoping that losing this weight will reduce it. Anyways I am looking forward to getting to know you and hope we can all support eachother. They say that support is one of the most important keys to keeping the weight off. Thanks for listening, Kat

It's my second post I also finally got my period(tmi) sorry guys. I had my surgery on sept18th so 12 days ti be 3 months out. I weight myself this morning and 199!! 42lbs lost yes I'm a slow looser. Just wanted to Share this with you guys!

Well we were all set for Surgery this Month until the Insurance Company called and said I needed a mandatory 6 Month Diet and Exercise program. I don't understand how when I called the benefits department in Aug they didn't know about this requirement, but all my paperwork from the Surgeon goes in for approval and Walla this missed requirement is now my denial for Surgery. I attended my first class Nov. 30th and my second class Dec 3rd, have 4 to go. My final meeting with Surgeon is April 5th so hopefully Surgery soon afterwards. The kicker for me is my deductible has been met for this year, now with this extension I must meet a $3000.00 again. Frustrated but not defeat…

Has anybody that are in their middle age that has had or schedule for this surgery

Hi my name is Crystal and I am 37 yrs old. I have been married to my best friend for 18 years. We have 2 very active boys that are 14 and 6. I have been over weight my whole life. I have a very high BMI and sleep apnea. I started this journey in August of this year and have 2months of monitored weight checks and a physiologist visit to go before they send to insurance for approval. I am really nervous about this. I have visited this site just about every day for the past few months and finally decided to join. I love reading all the journeys of everyone. I pray that everyone has continued success.

So this is wat I have for dinner It has pineapple, cucumber, ginger, grapefruit n celery.

I don't know how to feel!!! Scared excited and nervous!!! I want it over!!!

I am one week post op today. I lost 10 pounds on my 8 day pre op liquid diet. I lost 12 pounds post op for a total of 22 pounds! Hurray for me! I am super happy but worried for the day I get on the scale and nothing! I know, I know.... One day at a time. I only wish my brain could remember that! Power to the sleevers:)

My sleeve journey has been so smooth that I am embarrassed to talk about it! Never been nauseous, very little pain, no adverse reaction to any food. Life is very good but I seemed to be able to eat plenty of calories each day, woke up looking forward to my diluted orange juice and vanilla protein shake (tasted just like creamsicyles from my childhood), greek yougurt with my chia seeds, marina sauce on my spaghetti squash, etc. Everything was great but I realized that I was eating too many calories even tho it was mainly protein. I had hit a plateau in my weightloss but was not gaining any back. I gave up my wonderful breakfast protein shake, my Greek yougurts with th…

Tomorrow is my big day!!! I'm excited and nervous! I'm ready for the new life, but that still comes with some gitters! Anyone else day tomorrow! Sent from my iPhone using VST

I made it to the hospital! Waiting to be moved to a waiting room! Hope everyone scheduled for surgery today has an uneventful day & speedy recovery!! Sent from my iPhone using RNYTalk

I'm so excited that today after waiting for six days I finally got approved for my surgery. Tomorrow I will find out surgery day.

I am 3 months out and just got back from lunch with a work associate and even though I am 3 months out I still order way to much food...... Or maybe its I cant eat as much so no matter what I order I have to take 3/4 of it to go , which usually ends up getting thrown away since I don't like left overs..... So for lunch I ordered a" Pho" salad and a fresh spring roll (which was only 2 pieces of shrimp and the rest was vegtables).... after eating the spring roll I was totally full and couldnt even touch my salad and meat , so I got that to go but will probably not eat it for dinner and throw it away. Its so much food it would take me 4 days to eat it all and that…

Just spoke with my Bariatric coordinator and she just faxed my paperwork into insurance. She says she double checked and I appear to have everything. She also said give it a few days and start calling the insurance company. Bugging them can make the approval process quicker. So now I can breathe a partial sigh of relief and know at least the ball is rolling..Hopefully no problems. Fingers crossed! Ready to start a new, healthy life.

Sleeved on 9-27 with no known problems. Follow up on the 10th showed I was dehydrated so I got two bags of Fluid and went home. 11th I was trying to get all my liquids is and after second bottle of Water I had chills so bad so I took temp and have a mild temp of 100.5 (230 pm). By 315 my temp was up to 102.8 so I called Dr and they asked me to come in. 2 more bags of fluid later my temp was not down and my heart rate was staying steady at 114-116 so they admitted me to hospital. Catscan revealed an air pocket outside the stomach that fluids were going into and then back. Now I have a picc line for nutrition/hydration and standing by to see if it will heal itself. …

So in 24 hours I will be in surgery! So excited the day has finally arrived! Can't wait to be on the losers bench & be able to post weigh ins & pics!!!!! Congrats to everyone starting the journey tomorrow!!! Sent from my iPhone using RNYTalk

For those of you that are on or have been on the pre-op diet, are you/did you lose? I lost a couple of pounds the first few days and have not lost since. I'm drinking protein and eating my one lean protein meal at night. I only cheated once and it wasn't that bad at all. I thought I would be losing more. I'm a bit discouraged and am nervous. I have surgery on the 20th. My doctor didn't say I had to lose any specified amount of weight prior to surgery, just that I had to do this diet. I'm interested in your experiences with the pre-op diet.

So, I am 12 days out of surgery and for me in a week of full liquids which started last Friday. The first week I did great for all my fluids in and by the end of it I could eat a cup of broth, without a problem. Then week 2 started and while I struggled the first day to get my protein in the next 3 I was able to 60 or above without too much trouble, in fact on day 10 from surgery day I got 600 calories in! Then comes yesterday, day 11 and I can't eat ANYTHING! I tried a protein shake couldn't finish but a 4th of it and I felt sick, I tried unflavored protein in a smooth soup got two bits in and felt sick, I tried a greek yogurt bar, which i had been anle to eat all of a f…

question, do you have to give up coffee after surgery?.... I drink with a splash of skim milk now??? Anyones thoughts??? Thanks.

I am super excited about hitting the 1 week mark. I am down 18lbs in one week. I am feeling pretty good. I end up having three procedures done hernia repair, gallbladder removed and VSG.

Just got my balance for what my out of pocket will be for RNY. $595.00. That is not bad at all. $520.00 for the surgery and $75.00 for a year of nutritionist counseling with the dietician. Anthesiologist will of course bill separately. So maybe all together i may be out of pocket $1000.00 not to bad

Hi, in order for me to get the sleeve i have to loose 8% of my body weight. Does anyone have any ideas what the best way to do this is? Did anyone else have to?

Hi everyone!!. My name is Holly. I'm 43 ( will be 44 on New Years Day) I notified my insurance company ( PCIP California) that I wanted lap band surgury. I then contacted my dr. that I wanted this. I told him what the insurance company said and gave him the info. That was Nov.12 of this year. I am still waiting. My dr emailed me and said he is still trying to figure stuff out and that their requirement is that I get in a surgical group ( huh???) and he is still waiting to hear from them where to send me. I have PCO ( polycystic ovaries) and insulin resistance. I have 4 children, their ages are 12, 10, 2 1/2, and 18 months. I have struggled most of my life wit…

Hi I'm new to the forum. I'm 43 and bmi is 37. 213 lbs and high cholesterol with edema. Is the sleeve the right choice for me? I've gone through my evaluation, now waiting to get the ins approval. What I'm nerves abt is too much weight loss, but opting out the lap band. Any advise please!

Hi , I haven't been on here lately but wanted to hop on and tell of my progress, I am 3 months out and all is good!! Made it through the dreaded Thanksgiving holiday and feeling marvelous. I am down 73 lbs as of Saturday Dec 1st , only have 100 more to go !! This is what I have found in the last 3 months. This surgery is in no way like the Bypass, my sister had the bypass just a few weeks before me , and from what I can tell we are loosing at the same rate lb per lb, but she can eat more than me in one sitting but she can not eat the variety of foods that I can. I found that I can eat anything just not in the portions like before so now comes me having to use…

This is not the easy way out like people like to call them this si the hardest thing to do. When I was upset I use to eat eat n eat n the did the trick but know the am 4 months post op it's hard cause very time the am upset sad or mad I can't eat n that's a good thing but its also hard cause know its even harder idk wat to eat how much 2 eat if am eating to much if am not loosing weight omg I can't take this every time I look at the mirror I see the fat me the one the I hate idk wat to do

I am one week out from surgery & down 22 lbs. I should be super excited. Losing 22 lbs. in a week is something I should be proud of, right? It's just that I have lost and regained the same 30 lbs. over & over again for the past few years. So, I guess I feel like I will know this is really working when I move past that 30 mark & keep moving. Has anyone else had a similar experience or any advice on this new journey?

I am going in to my PCP next Monday and I am going to be requesting the referral for the bariatric program hoping to be accepted for it - I am leaning toward the sleeve but what are the criteria they go by - I am 245lbs - 5'6" and my BMI is at 39 - does anyone know what the BMI requirements are?

I had my VBG three years ago and put my Type II diabetes in remission, relieved my hypertension and started a new life, all with the intent to get pregnant. So after many years of trying to conceive and one failed pregnancy, we now have a baby! Pregnancy does some weird stuff to your body and places that weren't flabby after surgery now are, and places that were flabby after surgery are now even more so... So here I am 10 weeks out, back to work, and trying to figure out the best place to start back on my road to recovery. Although diabetes was in remission, the pregnancy brought it back on in the last half, so my carbs (which I was required to eat to feed the growin…

Hello everyone i have posted on here before. I had the sleeve march 22 2012, so its been roughly 8 months. My starting weight was 350 im right around 230 ish now. I went from a 46 inch waist to 34 inch. I eat what i want now and do not crave many bad foods as i did before. And if i do it is much easier to say no. Anyway it has been awsum, and am super happy with it.

Just weighed myself and I am down to 245! Started at 289 and my surgery was October 25. Big milestone! Thought I d never be here.

Hello everyone! I am sort of new around here. I have been on the site for about 2 years but never actually posted anything until now. I had the lapband surgery in Oct 2010 and have been very successful with it. I wrote all about it in my story on my profile, not sure if you can see it or not someone will have to tell me if you can or not. I also have an album I uploaded with pictures of before/during/after pictures but I do have that set to friends only so you will have to become a friend to access them. Anyway, I lost a total of 168 lbs after only a year and 3 months. I got down about 20 lbs less than my goal weight and was maintaining that weight very well. It wa…

I have been feeling discouraged alot lately. I am proud of one thing though I am not turning to food like I use to:) However I am always on this site to get tips, and motivation to keep me going. Well I have a 14cc band and I am at 7cc. The last two times I have gotten fills it was so painful he could not find the port because it has changed posistion he evenutally got it but it has me scared to go back I have not seen the dr in 4 weeks I am going back next tues and I know I will need another fill because I am starting to feel hungry more often and I am eating more than a handful of food. Not much more but still it is more than a handful. I also started walking everyday a…

Hi everyone I am having surgery on 1/16/12. I was hoping someone could help me decide between the lap band and realize band.

I'm 4 weeks out and for the last few days I have been feeling like I'm starving. I get in my shakes and fluids but I'm feeling guilty after I eat. Any advice.

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I've had almost zero trouble since being sleeved, and I'm thrilled with the result. My biggest problem is that I am not supposed to drink while I'm eating. This has caused me a LOT of trouble. In the beginning, post-surgery (April 4, 2012) nearly everything was liquid anyway, so it wasn't an issue. Now, three months later, I find myself gagging and having great difficulty swallowing more than 1 or 2 bites of "real" food because I can't even take a sip of Water. This means that I'm not actually getting anywhere near the minimum number of calories the doctor says I need, but I can apparently choose to eat OR drink. I've tried all sorts of different things, but I'm current…

Hello guys I am new on this site and this is my first post. The reason because I am here is to get the knowledge about the health issues. Actually my mother is suffering from various dieases she is taking her madicatio properly but its not working so that's why I am here to find some easy and quick solution for her. My name is Chester and I am 22 years old. hope I will find some good stuff from this forum. Thanks.....

I've been lurking on the boards for months now and am finally posting. I'm 4 weeks post op and down 20lbs from my surgery weight and 32 lbs from my January high. Here's my issue, I've lost 30 lbs a hundred times or more and every time gained it back. And while my brain knows I'm not going to gain this back, I can't bring myself to get rid of the too big clothes in my closet bc I'm scared I'm going to need them again! I mean I know I won't, but my head hasn't caught up with my brain.