Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

Hi everyone, My 42 birthday present to myself is the first major step to improving my health. I have struggled with my weight all of my life even when I played junior college basketball I was still just shy of 200 pounds. I am a registered nurse who has seen all of awful things that can go wrong being morbidly obese and gastric bypass surgery. I chose life. I chose to live a fruit life, running after my 2 year old miracle toddler. I chose to fight against high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, sleep apnea, and gerd. My loving husband of 8 years supports me in his own way, if you know what I mean. He is also morbidly obese and I pray that he doesn't become a barrier. I am …

Hi Everyone~ This isn't the first time I've been on this forum. I was referred to VST by a patient of mine after asking her about her experience having the sleeve. She had given me several sites to check out in order to help me with my decision that I have been sitting on for almost 2 years. After going through the site and reading what others had/are going through, I decided to take the plunge. Within a 2 months time, I did all of my bloodwork, psych eval, doctor visits, etc. Then set my date for 11/13 for my surgery. I have been overweight ever since college and my highest weight reached was 252 lbs. Throughout my life, I have been involved with sports, my photography…

I am so excited! I am almost to my 1/2 way mark and almost out of the 200's and into the hundreds!! Woohooooo!!!

Anyone still debating about which between bypass and sleeve? I am... January 2013 surgery. Need to decide!

Today was the start of my 2 week liquid diet.... It was rough, but I made it through! I just keep telling myself you can do this with the end result in mind! Today is the start of my new rest of my life!!!

Hey!!! My name is Melissa!!! Im 33 and from Va.. My surgery date is Dec. 3, 2012!!!! Im on a partial liquid diet and will begin the full liquid diet on Monday!! Im super excited!!! Find me on facebook if you want to @ www.facebook.com/ melissaannelabbemorgan. Hope to hear from you all soon!!! Any advice or suggestions is greatly appreciated!!! Blessing- Melissa

Yayyy!!! Down 2 pant sizes in 3 weeks!!! Love it!!!

Aloha, everyone! I went to my first bariatric informational meeting last week, and it was just WONDERFUL! It was run by my surgeon, his nurse, and his bariatric coordinator. The Director of the Bariatric Program was supposed to be there, too, but was on vacation. Doc spoke for about an hour, and answered any questions that we had. We also had a former patient, who had lost over 200 pounds, speak to us. He was inspiring and hilarious. I was going to stick around for the support group afterward, but wasn't feeling well, so I had to leave. But his staff was everything I could ask for, and more. They're there for the patient every step of the way. Anyway, the coordinator ca…

I just finished the last item on to do list for the surgery last week. I am finally at peace with my decision and ready to do this. 1. Money (Check) 2. Blood Work (Check) 3. EKG (Check) 4. Meet with Nut (Check) 5. Start a Pre-Surgery Diet (Check) - (Lost 30lbs, woo hoo!) 6. Psych Eval (Check) Surprise bill from from IRS - What??????? There was a problem with our 2010 Taxes and we just got a bill for about $4,000. Ugh! I've called our CPA to figure out what (the blank) happend. Oh gee he mysteriously no longer works for the firm. The only good thing is that the owner of the firm called me and will help us figure out what happend. I am soooo bummed. Th…

It has been one week since my surgery. Everything is going well. The hard part for me is wanting to eat normal food. I realize I can't eat much but the liquids and taste of the protein is hard for me. I'm feeling very well and excited about what the future holds.

Well I made it to one month! The journey has been a very happy one so far. I have struggled with stalls and trying to perfect the diet but all in all I couldn't be happier. Yesterday I went to Nordstrom's and Dillard's and was actually able to shop there! My "comfort jeans" were a 48 and this weekend I was cruzing around in 40's! I couldn't tell you the last time I was able to buy nice clothes! Here is a couple pic's from yesterday and a starter pic. I am down 30lbs since surgery and 70 since I began the journey. Good luck to everybody this Thursday (Thanksgiving)!!!!!!!

Hi my name is Jami and I just recently had the lapband procedure. It has been close to 5 days now and I have lost 8.5 pounds. I have a few questions though. What is the probability of me having to have skin removal? Why does my stomach rumble so bad and hurt in the evenings? If anyone has any suggestion or comments they would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.

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Come on in. Sit down. Hope you brought a smartphone or tablet because the magazines are old. And it is getting real old waiting for approval and surgery date. So if you want to chat to pass the time, let's!!!!

Hello everyone, I had my surgery 8 weeks ago. I started at 430lbs and Im currently at 380. The issue is that Im starting to have cravings for sweets and now only consuming 2 meals per day. The last recorded weight loss was 2 wks ago. Ive maintained the same weight but am afraid Ive stopped losing. Has anyone experienced this?

Been lurking for a while... This place got me through my surgery. Here are my stats. Highest weight 275 Dos 09/12. 255 11/18 --211. 44 lbs gone! Total wl

For the last 5 years or so I've put a lot of weight on and for that reason I hate the way that I look. I don't like people taking my photo. I have 2 gorgeous kids and there is only a coupe of photo's of me with them. After reading this I have a few more photo's now. I'm considering lap band surgery and have an appt to see a surgeon in 2 weeks. Fingers crossed my surgeon approves me and I can make up for all the photo's I should have taken. It's definitely worth a read. http://www.ivillage.com.au/the-mum-stays-in-the-picture/154242

Hi everyone, My names Dean. In a 43 years old, married with 8 year old twin girls. I'm a Detective with the Queensland Police. I had my surgery on the 7th Nov (12 days ago) and I'm feeling pretty good. My starting weight was 137kgs (301.4) After the 2 week pre op diet I was 130kgs (286) on the day of surgery. After the first week I was happy to lose another 5 kgs (11) and was at 125kgs (275). So 12kg (26.4) in total. Looking forward to getting to know everyone. This week my weight seems to have really slowed, it looks like I'll lose about a pound, maybe. I'm not too worried, I know this is a long road, but I was surprised that the weight loss slowed up so quickl…

My name is A and I am 26 years old. I am married and am the mom of 2 beautiful girls. My oldest is 3 and my youngest will be 1 year old on the 28th of November. I currently reside in Orlando, Florida and I am a stay at home mom. I have been married for almost 8 years. I have always been overweight. I have struggled with food and weight since I was younger. At my thinnest I was 170lbs and 5'1. I am currently close to 300lbs. My heaviest weight was 330lbs in February of this year. I started working with a nutritionist in Feb and trying to lose weight. I currently walk 2-3 miles 4-6x's a week. I have been trying everything to lose the weight but nothing is helping. I …

Hello, everyone! I'm Victoria! I'm 20, banded 12/11/11, and I'm 50 pounds down so far. Feel free to introduce yourself! I'd love to hear from some banders around my age, or whoever! Haha

Hey all! I just had my surgery on Tuesday and I feel like I could die. I'm jealous of everyone that says the feel great. I am 35/F preop weight was 244.5 at my last dr visit. I don't remember what it was the morning of surgery because I was already sick before then, my husband drove me to the hospital that morning and I laid the seat back with my eyes covered the whole way there. :-( Anyway, so here I am only 4 days post op and I feel no energy, tired, and how in the hell am I gonna make it the rest of the 2 weeks, or 10 days. I'm feeling very discouraged at this point. I'm barely getting in my liquids, in fact getting nowhere close to what they want me to be at and the…

Tomorrow morning will begin the journey for me!! I will have my revision in the morning! Wish me blessings!

I am considering this weight loss surgery for myself. My Mom had an old school gastric bypass almost 10 years ago, it hasn't gone well for her, so I am hesitant. My insurance covers it. I am female, I currently weigh 240 and I am 5'6. I'd love to have some advice on if this is worth it. I have struggled my whole life to keep my weight down, and have never been successful.

I just downloaded this apt. I had my r n y on 6/27 down 118 lbs and am looking to hear others stories

My surgery date is December 20, 2012 very happy. Sent from my iPhone using RNYTalk

After six quick months, I will finally be sleeved tomorrow. I joined this site in May right after my PCP put my referral through. I jumped through all of Kaiser's hoops and met some amazing people along the way. This site and the posters here have been invaluable to me during these six months, and will continue to be as I finally become a post-op patient. The advice, kind words, and support I have experienced here have been amazing. I can't wait to come back from the hospital on Tuesday and write to you all as someone who has been sleeved. Thank you for everything! Allison

Hi, this is my 2nd post! I have so many questions! Ok, i was wondering if there are any low BMI bandsters (my bmi is 33) who had a successful weight loss in the first month. After 30 years of struggle, i am definitely not in a hurry and will give this the time it needs, but i know how i work and would like to hit the ground running if possible to set the tone for my journey. Even an initial good loss of say 10-20lbs the first month followed by a long-ish stall is ok.... i just wanna make sure i do everything i can to not have a situation where i don't see ANY results post op and have some kind of post op depression. Like i said, i know it will take time, and i have …

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Hey, I am having pain in both of my hips and was wondering if it was due to having excess skin hanging from my stomach. I have lost 92 lbs and thought the pain would be going away. I can't afford plastic surgery. I was wondering if anyone else is having issues with this.

I just scheduled my surgery for January 4th! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!

My date is dec 17th! I am really excited and nervous too. I work in retail and have reoccurring customers, how do you guys feel comfortable answering the question: "You look great, how are you loosing all the weight?" I'm not sure i want to tell everyone especially people I don't know that I had surgery. Any advice?

Down 97 lbs since January and 67 since surgery on 8-22-12

So I was sleeved 11/16. Woke up started walking& doing spirometer. At about 3 am BP tanked down to 70s/40s& got a 1 liter bolus. 2 hrs later tried to go to bathtoom&said I'm going to blackout' tried to lean back to bed. But somehow ended up on floor. Next thing I knew all my co-workers (yep i work here, no privacy for me)were lifting me back to bed. Blacked out again woke up in the middle of a code speed w/ HR in 150s& Bp down to 70s. Got 2 liters of fluid& 2 units of blood. Doc moved my gastrograffin swallow til today& said I might still be bleeding from staple line. Very weak now. Sleeping a lot/too much. My drain dumping blood like 500 cc per da…

How on earth do you add a picture so people can see my picture as I post?

Just joining LBT. I have made the decision to go with the Lapband . My surgery date is Nov 21st. Yes that is the day before Thanksgiving. My doctor is Raul Rosenthaul,at Cleveland Clinic in Florida.Just excited and can't wait.

2 years after my surgery, I still vomiting almost every day, and I did not loose any pounds. In June I tried to talk with my doctor and, the advice he gave to me was to take off "my band", he did not believe when I said that I am not a eating person, I already tried to have my 4 meals, but I could not do it, and when I have my dinner, almost every day I throw up. Now I am very depressed, I don't have any energy, I just think this surgery did not work for me, I know I have a very slow metabolism, I have hypothyroidism and he did not want to fill my band because I still vomit. And I have been thinking of another surgery. I would like to know if anyone has been going throug…

So nauseous. I can barely get any Protein in. All I do is sip Water. Plus I only feel ok if I'm laying down. The second I get up I am so nauseous. Doctor prescribed dissolvable zofran. It helps the first hour but then the next five are agony. Did anyone else experience this??? I'm regretting my decision to have the surgery. I just want to feel better.

Hi, This is my first post! I am getting banded on dec 17th - I have done a ton of research and am absolutely certain of this decision. I have also made the decision to not share the fact that i'm getting banded with EVERYONE. There are certain friends who would not only object, but hold it over me and make me feel inferior or like there is something "wrong" with me cos i need a band (i know, why are they my friends right? not the point though) The extremely slow eating, tiny bites, possible "stuck" or burp/slime episodes..... i know these things happen if u aren't careful which i plan on being, but i also know it can easily happen if you're not thinking for a split se…

DOS 12/15/11 235 lbs 10 1/2 months later 11/6/12 139.9 goal weight 135 total down 95.1 lbs 4.9 lbs to goal & century club WooHoo remember-- don't tell anyone

I have had my sleeve for 11 days now and decided to try 3 teaspoons on fromage frais yesterday. I ate it really slowly (took about 45 mins) it felt fine going down but about an hour and a half later I had the most horrendous diarrhoea. Is this normal as I haven't eating for a while? I know I'm not lactose intolerant as I manage my whey protein shakes. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Anyway this will be my second surgery, I'm having the lap band removed, and having the RNY done. The 27th is my surgery date. I know I will get through this, but I'm a little afraid. With the band, I have lost 100 pounds and now, I'm ready to move on and lose another 120lbs. I feel this is a good time to have it done, and avoid the holiday pig out. I have come way to far to turn back now. I have begun donating clothes to the Salvation Army, this way I, I will not turn back.

I had my 6 month appt today. I had surgery May2,2012. Before surgery I was 278.01 today I weighed 196.9. I have lost 81 lbs in 6 months. The picture below is me Christmas last year and a few weeks ago. I have a long way to go but working for it.

Hey guys, its been two years, I had my sleeve on November 17, 2010. My Starting weight was 580 pounds. Today I'm at 260 pounds. I'm at a stand still on losing weight and I'm happy with that, I would like to get down to 240 but I'm not in a hurry, I can eat what I want and do what I want. I'm off most of my prescriptions, High blood pressure medicine, Cholesterol medicine, Diabetes medicine, I have more energy then I have ever had. This has been a roller coaster of emotions but it was the best thing that I have ever done. If anyone has any question feel free to ask me anything.

Please go to facebook and search lovemytwinboys and add kim as a friend. We have a secret FB group she will add you to!!!" Please join us as we share our journey together!

Not necessarily to be seen doing it... but recording myself SINGING and posting it for the public to view... Almost to goal... feels great... Keep on Keeping On! <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-fEu_XnyFc

Hi, I'm scheduled for surgery march 30th and am so nervous:( never had any surgery before! My bmi is 30...but I Absolutley hate being overweight...today I had to go get size 16 pants because all my other pants are killing me... Anyone out there with the same starting bmi? Just wondering what you're weight loss was like...I know starting from a higher bmi the weight loss is faster... So great to hear all the success stories! Congratulations to all that have succeeded with their journey!

Hey Guys, So I am kinda stuck here.. I haven't lost any weight within the last 3 weeks. However I started lifting and working on P90x? I don't understand because I haven't lost anything but actually gained 2 lbs? Anyone else have the same thing happen to them? I did not measure myself which I should have.. I will start today.. Any suggestions or tips?

3 months post op Highest weight 305 Day of surgery 290 Cw 219 Day of surgery I was on 11 different meds doctor wanted me on a Insulin pump my A1C was 10.9 I had high blood pressure, gout, acid reflux, bad knees and a bad leg, my back hurt all the time as well as my feet Hell I hurt all over. My waist was 46-48 . To day I'm down 86 lbs from the start of my journey 71 lbs from surgery and my A1C just came back at 6.0. Today I'm wearing pants that are 38 waist I went from a 2x-3x shirt today I'm wearing a large to XL. My trainer at the gym has grounded me from the weight room till I can do 1 hour of cardio what good is muscle if your heart quits working. I'm off a…

Hi! Im new to this site..been lurking on the sleeve site for a bit. I just started the process. Im 3 months out of six on my supervised diet. Have my psych eval scheduled for January. I am having to switch insurances in January to hopefully get approved. My husbands insurance will NOT cover WLS for any reason. Thru my employer it hopefully will after all the hoops are jumped thru. I apologise in advance if this question has been hammered into the ground. I can't seem to find it. The big question....how did you decide which surgery to have? Did you just go by the recommendations of your surgeon? How much input did you have into your surgery? WHY did you ch…

Does the cold weather bother you now that you have had surgery, more or less. My wife says I'm losing my mind along with the weight.