Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

Banjo so if I am understanding you the full feeling is positive

I didn't tell but folks real close that I was concidering lapband, and haven't told but those same few that I've had the band.

I've lost 27#'s since I started the prep, and had the surgery

I am 4 days postoperative I'm not nauseated but my stomach feels SO full.

Hi from Nevada. I should have my surgery by the end of November. I had the gastric bypass in 2003 and unfortunately had severe complications. I lost quite a bit of weight but gained it back after having 6 back surgeries. So, now I am having the lap band done. I am extremely excited and determined to make the appropriate changes. I am nervous but can't wait.

Hi, I'm Shanitha. I am 33, single, childless, and ready to shed 100+ lbs. I was looking at the sleeve but my insurance won't cover it. Didn't want the bypass b/c didn't want things rerouted. In addition to the sleep apnea I've developed, I have lupus, fibromyalgia, and pulmonary hypertension...taking various meds have helped pack.on the pounds and I hurt too much to exercise like I should. Basically, I'm tired of being the fat girl and want to experience life on the healthier, slimmer side. Here to be a sponge and soak up all helpful info!

I went to a seminar a few weeks ago and a consult today. The doctor told me the band has a high fail rate and 5 years out most regain all their weight. She said I should consider getting the gastric sleeve. The band sounds safer to me. The surgery will be in Petoskey.

Hi, can anyone explain to me how this works? Is everyone on this through a phone app?

Hello, I am so thankful for all the info on this site! I am a 51 year old, wife, mom, grandma and friend. I run a small investigation firm in Northern California. I had my surgery 10/18. I am a Kaiser SSF patient. Dr. Khayat and his support staff were amazing! I felt informed or overinformed all the way thorugh. I was very frustrated by stalls. Failing the first psyche exam and filling conditions. But with all that I still had surgery in record time. In May, I attended orientation (289lbs.). On July 2nd I attended lifestyles 1 and began pre-op diet (273lbs). September 19th I got my date! On the day of surgery I was 258lbs. Today I am 243.2. Feeling good mostly. From w…

Been sleeved about 1 month so far 10/3/11. Doing awesome. Starting weight was 247, had type 2 diabetes for 13 yrs since pregnancy of first child, on meds for blood pressure, cholesterol. Surgery was done at Reading Hospital, Pennsylvania by Dr. Ceppa. I am now at 224lbs. I had to post (my first) because this forum has been a life saver for me. I am able to get on here, and look just about anything up. Everyone who had previously posted, was able to answer so many questions. I encourage anyone thinking about getting the surgery to become a member. Especially if you do not know anyone with the sleeve. Very comforting!

I was banded 5 days ago and I am feeling worse. I am still on liquids and haven't strayed a bit from that. But each time I have a protein drink, I feel sick. I haven't thrown up...thank goodness. I also have a horrible pain on the left side, sometimes almost doubled over. I have drank a lot of water and tried to walk. I had to lay in bed all day yesterday because it hurt so bad. Anyone else have this?

I am so excited! This web-site is awesome!

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I just want to be selfish for a minute and vent. I am 4 mths out and have reached my goal weight of 165. And guess what........nobody cares ! Not my friend that had a sleeve done a year ago yep that same one I supported from day one. Which included picking her up at 330am the day of her surgery. Most certainly not my pregnant Aunt who has had 2 children since her gastric bypass and is pregnant again. Yep the same Aunt I drove from Dallas to Houston to be with when she had surgery despite being 7 mths pregnant at the time. Then come two of my other friends who I love dearly . One I can always count on but she is struggling with her weight and trying to do it the "natural"…

Well winter is showing it's ugly face around here and with it comes the blahs. I hate to be cold, I ache from head to foot durring the winter from arthritis and many other health issues I have. Since moving someplace warm is not an option, I end up staying in the house a lot. With staying home comes the tendency to get bored and one thing leads to another and I end up snacking more than I should. Food has always been my comfort and this is no exception. I have done wonderful with my sleeve and I am afraid I could easily make some wrong choices due to my winter blahs. I will get thru this, as it is a matter of being strong and making the better choices. I have c…

Today I scheduled my first appointment toward the lapband surgery. I believe this 4 hr appointment is with a surgeon and other staff, I have no idea what to expect . Is it possible to control the amount of weight loss? How long does it take to get a surgery date? What happens during presurgery, post surgery etc? I would appreciate anyinfo, suggestions, tips etc. Thank you, Debbie

I was a little sad because I saw my "actual weight" Today at my appointment Today. I immediately beat myself up and asked myself How Did I allow myself to Get this out of control)-:...it Kinda brought my spirits down. Like the cliche goes," WHAT U DON'T KNOW WON'T HURT YOU", well I know now and I Feel sad )-:

Hello everyone! I just found this forum and I am so excited! I was banded on October 6th 2012, I am in the process of learning all the do's and don'ts. I am learning that drink 24 oz of Protein shakes is a lot harder than it sounds! I look forward to getting to know you guys and exchanging stories, recipes, etc.... Have a great day!

Hi everybody! My name is Michelle, I'm 31 and a proud wife and mommy to 2 beautiful little girls! I am looking forward to the lap-band because I am ready to get this weight off and live my life and be healthy for myself, my kids and husband. I was a healthy weight all of my childhood and I used to roller blade and climb trees just about every day! Then in high school I had dance and Color guard all 4 years of high school so I was very active and healthy. I met my husband my senior year of high school and got an apartment with him after graduation. I gained a little bit of weight, maybe 20 pounds from the time I moved out until we got married 2 years later. After we got ma…

I don't know if its gas or if I'm hungry

I finally started the gym last week after gaining a pound at my monthly check in and im down 8 already toward my 15 for surgery. Im also offically 108 days smoke free and feeling really good surgery will be after holidays everyhing is done but nitruitionclass which is set for dec. My psy eval was a cake breeze lol

I just registered for a seminar with the surgeon I wanted. I'm so excited and hope everything goes as smooth as possible

Hello everyone!! Im new to vs talk so still trying to get the hang of how everything works. Here is my story: I'm 24 and I live in Waco, TX I've been overweight since I was little and slowly have been packing on the lbs. Im not confident with my body and it's time for a change. I've done all the fad diets, WW, Phentermine, weigh in with "diet" doctors & the gym religiously for years straight. I lost weight with Phetermine, but once i stopped taking it i immediately gained all of my weight back. I'm done with all these attempts at losing weight it's time to GET SERIOUS. I tried to get approved for lapband 1 or 2 years ago but didnt weigh enough for my i…

Well I began my giant journey on July 26th when I was qualified to be a candidate for gastric sleeve surgery by dr Richards Nyugen in San Jose,Ca. From there i was required to be cleared by 6 specialist in order to proceed w the procedure. I then over the next couple of month received the clearance awhile brought me to a few days ago!! On October 24rh2012 I went in for direct at 7 am where I had the sweetest nurse

I feel bad because I was suppose to get Sleeved. But my insurance said band or gastric bypass. So I went with band. People can't get approved here I am being ungrateful.

With the weight and age does anyone else suffer from it? And does losing weight help with it? So embarrassing

So I had my first appointment with my surgeon Today! I am so happy because everyone was so nice and very caring. We discussed what my requirements are and procedures that I have to do on my end. The nurse that went over the insurance part told me that She "absolutely loves" my insurance company!! She says they usually give a approval in 2to 3 business days!!!! Yayyyyyyyy! I am so motivated and so ready for this! It's long overdue!

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I just had my GBP surgery this past Tuesday the 23rd of Oct! I am sooo excited I finally did it!

Hi everyone, I was banded with a 14 ml band in April 2009 in the U.K. Only my family and a couple of very close friends knew about it. I had some weight loss - but not much - about 21lbs . To be honest I thought it would be miraculous.... it wasn't. I thought I knew what I was doing...I didn't. From July 2009 through to February 2010, all four of my family, child, partner, mother and brother, had five surgeries between them and three acute illnessess. I was distracted and did nothing to support my band at that time. I had a fill in February 2010 but from March 2010 an illness (unrelated to the band) kept me off work for over 9 months, .During this time in Sept…

Hi all, I was banded six days ago and everything has been, and still is, plain sailing for me. I live and work in Turkey and had my banding done in Izmir, through a company called 'Revitalize'. The surgeon was Dr. Cenk Tokat. I have only praise for the company and the doc, even though he speaks very, very little English. I was wondering if anybody else had their procedure done here in Turkey, by the same doc as well, and what was your experiences? Happy healing - and losing! - to everyone!

Here is my before and seven month after pics. I'm the one in the middle. Best thing I've ever done for myself.

Hey guys. I have a question how many seconds or minutes do u wait between bites?

Hello! I'll try to be brief! I live in North Queensland. Australia and had sleeve surgery on 10 October 2012. The desire to manage my increasingly unmanageable type 2 diabetes put me on this path some 18 months ago. My father died with half a toe, my great grandmother with half a leg - I wanted extra years of life and all my limbs!! Losing weight was an added bonus. On day 5 following surgery I went from 5 tablets a day to TWO - for me, this makes everything worthwhile and I was a bit emotional when this happened, to have such instant improvement in my diabetic body was beyond what I had hoped for. I'm now 3 weeks post surgery and trying to sort out this whole ea…

MY surgeon told me that I Should start a 1200-1800 calorie of which he did gave me a sample menu and things I can do to lose a few pounds before surgery. He says the weight I lose will help shrink my liver and make it easier to get to where they are going to be doing the procedure. He also said that If I don't lose something that the liver Maybe too hard and they will have to postpone the surgery, because they wouldnt Want to damage the liver. I pray this isn't the case and that I will lose enough weight. I don't have a surgery date yet, I Still have tests to do but I am going to start the diet that he gave me really soon. That will give me a jump start on my weight…

Always looking for more games to play. If interested I'm mamaed2437 Keep your hands busy you can't put food in your mouth!

HA! That was an attention grabber. What I really want to know is what is the green BAR on the right side of my profile with a number in it? The number increases but no idea why! And while I still have your attention, I got a new name today, advanced member. ??why?? I get newbie, but all of a sudden, I have an alias. I need LBT for dummies!

Hi guys, I make a crab cake for my dines and had some cocktail sauce & dip with it. After dubble checking i found that there is suger in it and lots of it. After reading the lable I found 1. high fructose corn strup 2. molasses 3. sugar 4. corn syrup 5. another sugar listing... I had it yesterday and again tonight. I had RNY hoping that I would have dumping because I didn't want to be able to eat sugar for a long time. I'm going to take extra care and remenber to look at everything. I had been doing very good with reading my lables but this one got past me. Tonight im going through everything in my house and tossing everything that I cant have, that could have made me…

It's funny when some one asks what I'm doing for Halloween. I reply oh just getting my stomach ripped out. And they laugh like its a joke lol...... Oct 31 is my surgery. Can't come any sooner!

Hi everyone I'm new on here and really enjoy reading everyone's journey. I got my lapband 2 years ago but fell pregnant before my first fill. I went back to the surgeon in April weighing 15kg more then I did before my operation. So far I have found it difficult to lose any weight I am at 5mls (10ml bband) and feel very restricted I am still not losing weight nor eating much as I am sometimes unable to tolerate liquid. Any tips for me from an experienced person on here? I work in children's services so I'm always on my feet and running around. Any help is much appreciated thanks

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum though not new to banding. I was banded in January 2012. Since that time, I've lost 70 lbs. I have another 50 or so lbs that I'd like to lose. I live in Canada and was banded in Canada. I was a regular on another WLS community but I found the site too restrictive - we weren't able to vent or express our frustrations. The company would block the postings. I believe it is when you are frustrated that you need the most support from others. My weight loss has stalled/slowed over the last few months. I feel like I'm back on track again but you know how easy it is to fall off the wagon. It's time to get this weight off now, once and fo…

Hello, I'm Alecia, from Spokane, WA, I'am required by insurance to have a 6 month waiting period, I have my 5th appointment Nov 1, I have a tentative surgery date of December 17, new to group, looking to meet new friends, gain, and offer support on this life changing journey!

I am so happy! Rec'd the ins. Appr. just now. Calling dr 1st thing mon morning to get my pre-op Apt sched & hopefully the next thing I post will be a surgery date. It's been a long road to get here, I am so blessed to be given this opportunity! Good luck to everyone on here. :-)

I am a 30 year old female. I have been a lil overweight as long as I can remember. When I was 15 I weighted 130 and I was happy with that but even that was considered overweight for my 5'1" frame. I did not have a big problem with my weight until I had the Depo birth control shot and after that no matter what I do or try I have not been able to lose very much weight. As of now I weight 325 but oddly I dont see my self as big in my minds eye, I still see my self as what I was 15 years ago. I have tried all the diets and weight loss plans over that last 10 yrs. I have even tried meds to help was on those for 3 months but only lost like 5lbs even though I walked/worked out e…

Finally!!!!!!!! I finally hit the ONES! And it also makes me officially down 100 pounds! Had my surgery in February and I have done wonderful! I would do it over in a heartbeat!

Hello all, Brand new to this forum and site. I just found out that I am having my surgery on Oct 18th. I think the thing that scares me the most is the pre-op diet. My diet will consist of 4 shakes a day and one cup of veggies. Yikes! I am sooooo ready for this new beginning of my life. My weight has been a big hurdle in my life. (as most if not all of us have had) I have enjoyed what I read so far. I think this will be a good site for me and hopefully be able to give advice to people going through it later on or getting advice from people who have already. Looking forward to getting to get info from all of you!

I am so excited... I didnt use my insurance coz it is so ridiculous... I have to pay $5000 + 20% of the surgery that would total to $7000... The surgery is only $9988. So, i have decided to just pay it n my own and use the bariatric surgery some other time if I need to do the gastric bypass which I doubt. I am very excited! I don have to go in so many hoops if i go with my insurance. Government insurance sucks ... I wish they have better plans someday!

Hello everyone! I am brand new to this group and I am so excited to get more information. I can't wait to meet new people as I go through this transition. I just had my surgery on October 22 and I am healing and embracing what is to come.

To get banded wish me luck