Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

It's July 17th at 10am I decided to have this done in January and now I finally have a date after jumping through all the hoops. Can't wait to join the bandsters!

Hi my name is annie and I started my journey in july2011 I have list 60lbs from july to dec2011 I had my surgery on dec13 2011 and all together I have lost132lbs this was the best thing I could have done for my self and it change my life in so many ways

Hey y'all! I've in finally got the junk to join y'all in your chatters!! Cliff note verison of my story. I've been thinking about WLS for February 2012 on and off, until May 2012 when I started to slowly research things. Search out websites, books, and everything. So with the support of my handsome hubby we went to an info session at MUSC, Tuesday June 5. Asked him which surgery he liked the best. He was leaning told the vertical sleeve and so was I. But I was teetering on the edge of RNY or Sleeve. So I turn in my paperwork, get the ball rolling on that end. I got a call yesterday, June 7, saying they got my paper work and were going to pass it. And today I spok…

Yaaayy! I'm so excited! Finally heard back from dr office today (after being impatient, it's just been two days) and my insurance covers the surgery. I have to see a nutritionist and have a psych eval for when they approve it. And criteria bmi >35 with one or more co morbidity! My bmi is 38.4 and I have hypertension, so I hope this process goes fast! And I have a scheduled surgery date by July.

Hi everyone! Just joined the group and I'm so excited to be part of such a wonderful community! I am pre-surgery, hoping to have my sleeve this summer. I am currently finishing up all my "pre-reqs" and working on losing the 5% of my weight that the MD requires. I am getting very excited to get it done! My story is probably similar to a lot of yours. I was thin until college. My "freshman 15" was more like a freshman 50 and it just went up from there until I was 100 pounds overweight. I have tried every diet I know of, including a liquid diet I did about 6 years ago. I lost 100 pounds then and was so happy! I thought it was for life, but you know the ending to…

Hello everyone. I am a new user, however, I have been reading the posts for a couple of weeks now. I, like some, have went back and forth with whether or not to undergo surgery for weight loss. After a visit to my doctor's office (I avoided him for a whole year), and finding that I was borderline diabetic and had hypertension, along with tipping the scales at 346 pounds, I decided enough was enough. I was sleeved on 4/23/12. Since I started my journey, I have lost 51 pounds My goal is 180-190 pounds, given I am 5'11". I am still struggling with my protein intake and I'm just incorporating semi solid foods into my diet. I realize I needed support from those who ha…

Hey all, Been lurking for about a week, had some issues creating an account, but that finally over and I'm ready to get started. (a little background about me first) I've had weight issues all my life, I'm a male, currently 21, and if i had to guess weight i'd say around 450+. Ive tried many types of diets, most of the times it will work until about 20 lbs, then i start gaining again. I currently have 2 jobs, and spend most of my extra time working with music (I'm a musician), but am looking forward to putting in the time towards a better me. I've not yet consulted with a doctor, to be honest, my current doctor has ruined my view of most doctors. If there is anyone…

hi fellow sleevers Awful awful awful I had surgery recently (NSV)taking my important medicine daily, the dosage should have been adjusted due to weight loss of 65 lbs. Spoke w/dr. prior to surgery, he said all would be fine. He was aware of WLS, apparently not aware of how much i had lost. Day after surgery, i started having delusions. They lasted about 4 days, subsiding each day. My medicine levels were WAY too high for my new weight, causing the problem. (had nothing to do with anesthesia). It was really terrible. Due to the fact that my dr. did not take into effect the amount of weight loss i had, it conflicted with my other med., causing these terribl…

Enough said :'(

Had my sleeve done two days ago,I can't pass wind and tummy is swollen,help please....

Had my surgery on may 1 st. I have lost 42 lbs so far. It's a real big challenge. I have been wanting some ice cream and coke so bad but can't do it.

Hi all, I've kinda been lurking in the forums for a bit, have my 2nd visit with the surgeon on Tuesday (6/12). After that, they'll submit everything to insurance & go from there...seems like I've been waiting forever, but in reality it's only been a couple of months so far.....Anyway, just wanted to say Hi

Hi, I'm 4 days away from surgery, and on the liquid diet. Have been now for 4 days, seem to be doing pretty well with it other than my energy level has went severely down hill. I hope to gain it back as I have lots to do at home to prepaid for surgery. I'm here in WV, anyone else from Here?

Im currently 5'6 319lbs and just got news that my surgery date will be june 25th. Im excited because I had to go thru so many extra things due to me suffering from bipolar and my insurance not wanting to approve me because of that. I am nervous about the actual surgery and the lifetime maintenence I will have to make to my diet. I am so happy to have found this app.

Im currently 5'6 319lbs and just got news that my surgery date will be june 25th. Im excited because I had to go thru so many extra things due to me suffering from bipolar and my insurance not wanting to approve me because of that. I am nervous about the actual surgery and the lifetime maintenence I will have to make to my diet. I am so happy to have found this app.

I was banded in 2007 but had a complete unfill in 2009 due to complications. I am back now. 1 fill and lots of pain but I s adjusted and 15 lbs down. Tab

Well I haven't posted anything in quite a while. But here's my story I guess. I have always been over weight as long as a can remember. Life hasn't always been so easy as most of u can agree. But I got my surgery on march 6. My highest weight was 321. The day of my surgery I was 300. Post op was a little rough for me. My husband is in a wheelchair so doing things around the house was hard and lets just say being home was very stressfull to say the least. There was no one to go walk with or go to the gym and for some reason i really dont like doing things alone )Food wise At first my husband was very supportive emotionally which was great. But then When I started on soft …

Well dr called going back in hospital today

July 3rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just want to tell a little bit of what i'm going through I have been going thru this obese cycle 20 yrs or more its just gotten worst and I need HELP I am a type 2 diabetic that can sometimes get out of control just found out I just had some high cholesterol readings & high triglycerides as well....So to make a long story short this is not the surgery I had officially planned on going for I been pro lapband and even stood strong on my decision to get the lapband until my best friend REDBOTTOMS82 had told me to look deeper into the complications of the lapband because we both were going for it but, she changed her mind a few times before deciding she was going for the …

I'm researching the weight loss surgical centers in the Kansas City, Mo. area. I am considering the Institute for Advanced Bariatric Sugery. Had anyone had any experience with IABS ? I'd really appreciate any info or advice anyone has to offer. There are so many weight loss surgical centers out there it's hard to know which is best. Thanks so much.

hi, im amanda. im 23 years old, at the doctors today i weighed 286. i have a 2 1/2 year old son. he's the main reason im doing this. i want to be able to play with him without tiring within the first 5 minutes.. i also want to live to watch him grow up. i can also feel my health deteriorating, i have trouble breathing, not sleeping well, have GERD, and constant back pain. ive been doing the research the past few months, called my insurance company ( i have horizon nj health, with medicaid)..they gave me a list of doctors, i researched them. and now my first consultation is feb 25th. with dr samuel wasser in willingboro, nj has anyone else dealt with nj medicaid/h…

Hi all I weight 42st in January 2012 in december 2011. I got the ok for lap band surgery for pre op I lost 5st and weigth 37st. My surgery was on 9th march 2012 I have lost a other 4st before my first band fill which was on 31st may 2012 at this I have lost a other 2st I feel much happy with the weight lost still got a long way to go. But I am looking for sport and help with what the do and not to do with lap band? So please help I could do with the sport? As I am looking to get my life back and get married and have kids? Thank you for your help and sport?

I have a month left before I send everything in for approval. I am really hoping to be approved! I am 4'11 and 245 so my BMI is about 50 :'( I also have asthma. Which didn't really start until I gained alot of weight. I have to say this site is helping me a lot with getting myself ready. My biggest fear is failure but you never know unless you try.

Hi Atlanta Sleevers, I am new to this process and have yet to really get my process moving, so far my insurance is a no go but I am still trying to pursue this surgery. My question to you is how do you go about finding the right surgeon? Can you share your process on the routes you have taken. So far I have been researching Surgeons and comparing. I notice that there are some form of seminar type sessions you are required to take but how do you get an appointment for a consultation? Help.............

My husbands work has been very slow lately and they are talking about possible layoffs that are permanent. Im really scared because my insurance is through his work...if he loses his job there's no way I could get this surgery done its way to expensive. Im so upset...im so close to surgery....should be coming up in september is what were thinking. For all the people who are religious out there if I could please ask you to pray for me and mu husband that'd be awesome, we could use all the prayers we can get. Im so discouraged now im 22 years old and weigh 329 pounds I need this surgery done really bad. Sent from my Verizon DROID3 using RNYTalk

Had my drain pulled out today. Omg! The reliefe was amazing! Today was my one week, post-op appointment. I have lost 27 lbs so far. & can't believe it, but I am already beginning to feel better. Just seemed like everyday, til today.. I was in agony. Mentally and physically drained. But today was a good day. [ATTACH]182[/ATTACH]

So I had surgery on the 16 of may I lost 21lb in the first 2 weeks from last thursday to now I have not lost any thing matter of fact it seem like I have put on a lb or so I just don't get it I go to the gym everyday and I bearly eat anything because when I do I dum ugh! I frustrated

Or those of you who read a previous post of mine. I feel like I was discriminate against at work for about to go out on fmla . Today I found out I was terminated. Oh well, filed for unployment, and waiting for my lawyer to call me back.

I have struggled with my weight for mot of my life. I learned how to cope with life and issues by eating junk food. It was the only stable steady thing in my life. My mother died from cancer when i was 4 and my father passed a year later by ways of his own hands. At the time I didn't understand, but as i grew older, i missed them and couldn't process why I had to be the one little girl without parents in my school. So i ate. Candy, ice cream, cake, cookies, chips, etc. I started dieting when I was about 12. I weighed about 180 pounds. I tried the typical diets like weight watchers and those 3 days of starvation diets. Nothing ever worked. By the time I was a senior in hig…

I have what feels like spasms in my tummy when I eat or drink something. I also have the feeling in my tummy that moves it reminds me of being pregnant. Has anyone else experienced this weird feeling?

hi all i've heard so much about beefturkey jerkey on the board i just had to try it. Bought it at local grocery store. I'm going to order on the website. Different flavors, yumyum just thought i'd share. thanx for the tip kathy

Hi Everyone! I'm new to this site. I was actually told about this site by a person (who is now a 'band buddy') who was attending my behavioral management class (that was required by BC/BS IL). I found this past Monday (June 4, 2012) that I was approved for surgery. And I'm ecstatic!!!! My concern: toning once the procedure is done. I know the weightloss is 'low' compared to bypass...about 1-2 pounds a week. I'm still concerned about excess skin/saggy skin. Does anyone know of any simple toning exercises that will help minimize the sag (I keep thinking about the movie 'Click' when Adam Sandler lost all that weight due to illness and he was playing with his belly f…

My name is kevin. I've had my surgery nov 28th of last yr. I've currently lost 190 lbs. I had a very weird experience yesterday, I went on my first date in 14 yrs. this was my problem it's been so long that I still felt like that big guy I had been all that time. It didn't help that we didn't connect! I just felt strange. Has anyone had these feelings or experience? I had one girl who wouldnt date me if I was going to lose weight faster than her? WTF!!! This girl was a twig! Any way! Thanks for having me! Kevin W

Hi y'all had surgery the 4th feeling pretty well. Left side is sore and so is collar bone. Been walking n trying to drink.

anyone know if there is still a 6 month pre op diet for bcbs To get approved

so i have my sleeve put on th seventh of may for the first week everything was ok, after about the second or thrid things started to go downhill. Now i am throwing up literally everything from from yellow stomach bile to the water i drink i immediately went to the hospital stayed for 5 days on fluids and they still couldnt figure out what was wrong so i left only to go back 4 days later for the exact same thing they sent me home with all of the medication that is not working and honestly im terrirfied to eat anything all i want right now is some fruit im not getting in any sodium pottassium electolytes protien anyhing and i am always weak and tired, i have no clue how im …

Hello everyone I have called my dr to let him know that I want to do the lap band. Not sure but I am tired of being 202lbs. My goal weight is not that bad for my heigh and weight. Not trying to be to skinny like a size zero. I would love to be 150 not just looking good but feeling good about how I look when I look inn the mirrow. I lost before but it came back fast after I broke my leg. My husband will be supportive but he also have to work and I have two little ones at home. I do not know how this is going to turn out for me and I hope that my down time will not be long and hope that it could be done on a Friday and I can recover over the weekend and I have good neighb…

Ok, so I go to my surgeon's support group and last night someone said something that struck me emotionally. A lady was talking about how she wants the sleeve and her husband, who was with her, was against it. After she was done talking another lady, who also didn't have the sleeve yet, said ".... but you're not that big". Seriously???? We're at a sleeve support group and you bring that out??? Yes, the lady who said that was larger than the one with the unsupportive husband, and I think that maybe this lady was just trying to make the other feel better (compliment??), but I got so emotional and had to call the lady out on what she said. I was told alot by friends and fam…

Although I suppose, given where I am, I could say the journey of a thousand years. Hi there, My name is Chantel, and I am very fat. And yes, I've tried dieting. And very recently, I came to the realization that I needed more help. Funnily enough, that realization came to me the day before I called my endocrinologist's office to cancel my next appointment (not only is she rather a not-great bedside manner kind of lady, but she's in a really inconvenient place. According to the rating site, there are better doctors closer to me), the receptionist let me know that she had the appointment for me that the endo had referred me for... And in our last appointment, she…

To schedule my last nutritionist Apt. Than surgeon apt.

Guess it's normal,but I keep second guessing. I know I want the surgery and don't think the food will be a big deal as I was on Topamax before and it made you forget to eat( I dropped it as it gave me a poor memory and I'd be driving and 30 minutes later not know how I got there). I guess this scares me as it's permanent. Just needed to vent I guess.

Just had surgery on May 29th. Still hungry! haha Glad to be here. Looking for some pals to share the journey! I'm from TX...mom of two...can't wait to make this happen in 2012!

Hi Everyone, My name is Becky, Im 23 yrs old, 5'7 and 329. Ive researched the lap band going on 2 years now and well I am beyond ready to make a change! i have alot of health problems going on and my weight makes them all worst! I have previous injuries as well as high blood pressure with being border line diabetic. I started my process for the lap band techincally about 2 weeks ago and should be set up for surgery come mid-the end of June! my doctor is so relieved that i finally made my step since my health has been going down hill for awhile now. I wish i could say i have a great support system from my own family but they cant seem to realize that i am beyond serious…

Hello, I am a newbie considering Lab band surgery. Only last month have I even considered this, I am quite nervous about actually getting the procedure. I have just submitted paperwork, no approval yet.

i had my sleeve in mid 2010 and lost alo of wieght since i wasnt eating anything. i was literally living on very low calorie liquids, because of the very restrictive nature of my sleeve and the pain i got when i ate. three months ago all of a sudden my sleeve is able to accomodate any type of food in any ammount at any time, i also have hunger pains back and i can eat and eat and eat its soo weird, i only eat healthy food, no bad carbs and very low good carbs, lots of veggies and good Protein (soy, i dont eat meat) and stuff like that, i dont eat sugar or drink sugary stuff often. i started gaining back weight by the day its very frustrating, its like i wont stay thin unl…

I went to my surgeon's office for an educational seminar and for a consultation today, and I am scheduled for surgery for FRIDAY! I have so many feelings all going on at once. I'm not afraid of pain or of recovering--the anaesthesia has me a little worried (I have trouble giving up control to anyone!) but that's why God made sedatives, right? I'm so thrilled that I'll have this surgery over and done with so I don't have time to get anxious which is why I deliberately chose the earliest date. Making the last minute arrangements is a bit of a hassle, but I didn't expect it to be any different. Hopefully we'll be able to get the hospital forms ahead of time so we can…

Just wanted to introduce myself. My long history at weight loss and gain loss is similar to most everyone here. I was divorced 4 years ago after 20 years of marriage. It was the most painful thing I have ever endured. That loss of a family unit was devastating to me. Although he never came out and said it was my weight I always knew in my heart that it was some of the reason. But still I did not try to do anything about it. I am an RN and it was seeing the illness of my obese patients. In addition the difficulty moving them and the ability for them to move themselves not to mention the odor that made me realize this could be me one day. I don't won't to live the last 20…

Hello Everyone, I am a newbie on here! I have my post-op testing tomorrow (6/7/12) and then my surgery is scheduled for 6/19/12!! I am getting a little nervous now but I am so excited for this change. I am currently at 280 lbs and shooting for 160!! Wish me luck and you all are my heros! Sincerly, Kimmy

My story begins nearly 6 years ago when I went to see doctor for routine checkup. My routine checkup turned out not so good, she pretty much told me it strait you made yourself this way by what you eat and lack of exercise. Hearing those words morbidly obese did hurt. She also explained that weightloss surgery would be needed because I wouldn't be able to do it alone, I was enrolled in nutrition class and fitness class which I'd have to do twice a month. I felt bullied I knew I was big but I was content with myself no real health issues. After a few classes I decided this wasn't for me but I did need to change but it had to be on my terms, I quit smoking and drinking sod…