Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

Hi I'm Glenda, I lost 108 lbs on my own, then decided to have gastric bypass to get to my goal weight. I'm so glad to join this group. I'm 3 weeks post surgery down 29lbs. I have problems getting my water and food in. I get so full so quickly. I'm afraid I'm not getting the proper nutrition. My fear is my upcoming vacation I'm going to Costa Rica. I'll be 10 weeks post surgery then. Very apprehensive about how I'll manage my food. Help please.

I recently found old pictures of myself from my 5th grade graduation ceremony and those from 8th grade. It was during that time when certain adult family members couldn't keep their disgusting hands to themselves. The pictures definitely reflected my pain. I gained 120 pounds in middle school and at the age of 14, I entered high school at 260 pounds! It makes me sad even typing this. I ate and ate hoping to gain weight so that I would no longer be a sexual target. Once it stopped, I still carried those bad eating behaviors with me. Years later as a young adult, through Christ I was able to let go and forgive those who hurt me. Life seemed to get better emotionally for me.…

I have to admit I'm very jealous of those of you who only had/have to wait only a couple months for your surgery. I'm really struggling with the fact that I have to wait through 7 months of supervised diet program before I can even get my surgery date. Is anyone else on here really early in their long ass process? This dieting is hard when you haven't had any medical help yet (surgery). I've lost 13lbs in my first two months...but that's been super hard. Do I even need to worry about losing weight at this point? The struggle is very hard and it just seems like it would be better not to even try to follow a strict deprivation diet until the actual surgery takes place and I…

I am 5 weeks post op. I've stuck to each phase of the diet. I just moved to pureed foods a week ago. I have lost weight each week and am down 60 pounds since March. However, for the past two days my weight has gone up a couple of pounds. My calories are below 800 calories a day, most days much less. Is yhis something to be concerned about?

Hi guys, I am 10 weeks post-op and losing hair. Have lost 50 pounds, YAY! But the hair loss scares me. Isn't it kind of soon for me to be losing so much hair? Blessings...

I woke up this morning and realized: This will be the last holiday season I will allow myself to be single and invisible. By this time next year I will have blossomed into my true beautiful and healthy self instead of hiding behind all of this weight and shame. I am so excited for the adventure ahead. I pray it goes well. I know it will be a tough path, but that the rewards will be so worth it. Do you remember the day you knew your life was going to change for the better?

Hi all! So I was just approved for surgery 7/1/15 ! Couldn't be happier .. Just scared! Hear all sorts of horror stories. Such as a cath being used for surgery. Some reason that scares me more than anything! Any advice? I'm 27 and 253 pounds !

Im not too scared yet. Probably because ive been through many surgeries. I just want to get this over with. Get this band out of me finally and hoping to have real control again over food and expecially sugar. I dont want to fail this time See you all on the other side

Starting weight: 249 Surgery weight: 228 Current weight: 204 Goal weight: 145

Hello everybody I had my surgery June 30,2015 I'm in a lot of pain I walk around the house and try to drink plenty of water. I just need support going thru this I would like to eat but I kno it will hurt I just need to vent (sleeve) HW 300 SW 290 three days pre-op

So after a year long struggle and being denied once before! I finally got my date, July 13th!!!! I start my liquid diet on June 29th!!! I'm so excited words cannot describe! Although I am still nervous and worried about the liquid diet and post op diet.

Hi everyone, Got back from the cruise! I am 2 1/2 month post op. Let me start with the abundance of food was not the problem at all. I was never hungry. Nor did it bother me seeing others EAT!!! Since I was afraid of dumping or not tolerating the food I was basically eating tuna salad, cheeses, Soups, crackers, and my Premier Protein shake. Whenever my family and I dined in their specialty restaurants I would order Soup. Like I said I do hav issues chewing and tolerance of the food. I went thru NCL and I brought in 2 cases of Water and a case of my liquid Protein Shake. Always got off with my portable cooler that had water, tuna kits, shakes, and a banana. …

So I have surgery this month on the 20th and today I spent the whole kids' nap time watching YouTube videos about pple who've had WLS and not regretted it but hate their loose skin and are getting tummy tucks! It just kind of rocked me and made me scared that I am never gonna be good enough! I'll loose the weight get the counseling, and still not feel okay bcuz of loose skin! It may sound dumb but it just left me feeling down hearted like there's always gonna be something I need to change! Any advice or skin stories or anything to get my pep and excitement back would be awesome!! Thanks in advance!

I'm doing great but I'm a little worried I can eat pretty much anything I want and seems like I can handle almost as much as I want. But in scared I'm stretching it out or can anyone else do this I'm still losing but only 3 pounds the last 2 weeks

Hi, I am 2 month post op and going on a cruise June 6, next week. Has anyone gone on a cruise after WLS so soon! Thanks!

I'm halfway through the insurance prerequisites I had to do 6 months supervised diet, psyche evaluation, and EGD my mindset is different now and I feel like this time I'm ready my last diet visit isn't until Sept 9th hopefully looking at a late September or early October sleeve date

Hi, my name is Samantha I'm 46 year old mother of a four year old little boy named Jackson. I have been overweight my whole adult life. I decided to do the gastric sleeve and am working my way to that goal. I have already been to 2 seminars and my surgeon consult where my pre surgery goal weight loss was 18 lbs. I have already lost 8 lbs so down to 10 more to go.. My nutrition class is July 8th at Kaiser South in Sacramento and plan to be as close to goal as possible so I can get all my other appointments scheduled. I'm just looking and learning right now and want to thank you all for your help in advance. .. Quick update. At my goal weight have psychologist ap…

I was 3 weeks out yesterday and have done fairly well, but my sleeve is so picky I am running out of options for food and drink. I can't do plain water or any artificially sweetened drinks like Crystal Light. I've only been able to do Decaf iced tea and Syntrax Chocolate Truffle flavor for protein. For food I am lactose intolerant since surgery and can't even handle Lactaid milk. So no yogurt or cottage cheese or cream soups. The things I can handle are lunch meat, eggs, and baked potato. I can only take 2 oz at a time. I have tried tuna, chicken, and tilapia and get sick from those. It seems I'll have a really great day followed by a day sicker than a dog. Thanks for rea…

I started this process on Jan 8 by going to a seminar(259 lbs) Feb 23 started my three month dr watched diet. I finished my last diet class on May 20 (254lbs). Got a call while on Vacation on May 29, and scheduled surgery for June 15. At my pre-op appt on June 3, started my pre-op restricted diet on June 4. It went so fast I didn't really have time to get nervous!! June 15, I weighted 240lbs. Today I am down to 224. I am excited to not only get rid of some weight for good, but also I have a bathing suit I have that I would love to get into by the end of summer!!! I just have about 20 more pounds to go till I can wear it!!! Tomorrow is my 2 week check up and I am prett…

I have been casing this forum for a little while, checking everyday, multiple times and I want to say thank you to all because you have really helped put my mind at ease. I have my first surgeon consult on Aug 4th to start the gastric sleeve process. I have been thinking about it for a couple years and finally got up the nerve to pursue it. My final straw was when I went to Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO and rode a couple rides with my 7 year old son and I had to squeeze into them and I almost didn't fit. I was so embarrassed and all I could think about is how do I tell my son that we can't ride because I'm to big. Came home from that trip and explained to my husb…

Gastric sleeve I had my surgery on 5/1. It has been a 2 year journey with weight watchers, hug shots and multiple other programs. My insurance changed in the midst of this and we're back to ground zero. Finally I was approved for surgery and my primary insurance threatened to hold my secondary insurance up from paying. Where does that happen to at? Needless to say I had surgery PW 292 CW 262 Weight loss 30 Bmi 47 now 44.

I was cleared by my NUT today to eat whatever I want (within reason, of course) and it was great! My boyfriend (a chef) made us filet mignon with a mushroom sauce, garlic spinach and sweet potato. He was very cute and put about an ounce of steak, and about a half cup of each veg on my small plate, and I still couldn't eat half of it. But man, did it taste great! So much better to have real food after the last six weeks. And it will taste great for lunch tomorrow too!

Today I am facing surgery in my HEART - for a blockage that I didn't even know that I had. I am petrified!! But imagine what could have happened if I hadn't been doing all this pre-surgery stuff. They may never have found this blockage. So, I am so thankful already for my Gastric Sleeve Surgery and I haven't had it yet! I am very scared, very, very, very scared. So, I need prayers, because dying today is not an option.

Just a quick post. I was back on this forum in its previous form back in 2009 when I had my VSG performed. I dropped from 325 to 215, sped up a bit by an abscess after my initial surgery that put me back in the hospital for four weeks. In the past five years, my health has been wonderful, but during the past 24 months my eating habits reverted back to my old habits of high-carbs, sweets and constant snacking, and as a result, I've gained back to 250 pounds. That was my wakeup call. I'm back here and starting the 5-day Pouch Test/ Reset to get myself back in order. I tried to do a quick Adkins Induction 2-weeks but only made it through the first four days, so clearly…

Going home today ! Taking small amounts Jello, chicken broth and water gas from both ends better with walking no BM yet feeling stronger minimal gas pains now after eating

I haven't been on here for a while. Just wanted to share my story so far. I'm going for my second fill on Monday. I should have gotten it months ago, but life got in the way. Oh well, hopefully this gets me back on track. I've been slacking here lately. Had my surgery 12/19/14. I've lost 64 pounds since surgery. 100 since liquid diet. I know I could have done better, so I'm a little down. But I'll get back on track!

I have my last NUT on Monday and my contract review and signing. This has taken more time and mental ups and downs than anticipated. My insurance should cover but will wait to hear back after Monday. Feels good to be getting through the action items. It's been three months and a long journey. I am so thankful for the journey stories on this site. I hope I can do the same soon. One last hurdle is insurance!

Sleeve I am.two.months out and I have had snavks. I feel really bad but my protein bars are helping with my snacking. I can eat a half a cup of food but im eating every 3 hours. Im down from 292 to 254.

Today I am 10 months post-op. Starting Weight: 260 Surgery Weight: 236 Current Weight: 171.6 Goal Weight: 165 I am only 6.6 pounds from my nutritionist's goal weight. Still 16.6 pounds from a "normal" BMI, but I am thinking of that of more of a stretch goal for my second year post-op. The pounds have definitely been coming off more slowly in these past 3 months, but I am still losing. It might be tough to make 165 by September 1. I would need to lose 3.3 pounds each of the next two months and while I managed to lose over four pounds this past month, the two previous months I lost less than three pounds each. I've decided to just keep doing what I am doing and not t…

Hi everyone! I'm a 31 year working mom. I have 3 girls. 4 year old twins and a 3 year old. I have been overweight most of my 20s. After having the kids I lost all my baby weight plus some. I was working out happy, stressed but happy. But once I hit 30. My metabolism just seemed to be at a standstill. I started packing on the pounds! I have been getting sick a lot. I have had a few asthma attack, a hive flare up, I'm anxious A lot. I have a desk job as an insurance agent so I do not get much activity in my day. I finally decided that is enough is enough. I needed to make a drastic change. I started walking on my treadmill last week, did the seminar online, and scheduled a …

Whats up everyone. I just had my lap band surgery done on the 5/28/15, as of today I went from 293 to 277. The recovery process has been painful. Has anyone else dealt with your stomach feeling bloated?

Hi all, I was sleeved on June 26th, 2015. I started my journey in March after my 39 birthday. I finally told myself I am not going into my forties with this weight. Along the road there were nay sayers and supporters. I am now 4 days post op. I started full liquids so I am drinking cream soups high in protein. Feeling pretty good. However I noticed white stuff on my face. I read that some patients will have an increase in acne. Has anyone experienced this?

I'm 13 months post surgery have lost 116#'s still got like 15-20 to go but can someone give me some suggestions to help with my constipation my doc tells me it's ok to take milk of magnesia every day but it's getting hard because I work the weekdays??? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! PS..., what do yall think about grapefruit I've been eating for the last 2 days!! Thanks again!!

Thanks for all of the advice everyone! Turns out I really wasn't getting enough fluids. I got strep throat Sunday and really got dehydrated. I was sent for a banana bag and another bag of fluids but got sick from the banana bag so I didn't get much of it. They did straight fluids then and I went back today for more fluids. Feeling a lot better and going to use your great ideas on getting more fluids in! Thanks again for the support. I appreciate this forum so much!

Did anyone else have this problem? I was solid something so badly!!!! It's so hard to take little sips of things I just want to CHEW!!!!!

But i can't im overwhelmed with the kids , the house, the errands. SO im not able to Walk Around The Neighborhood more. Or jump on my treadmill as often as i should. Some days im exhausted don't have any strength some days i have do much energy like today. I cleaned walls,swept and moped, all the house ,scrubed all the furniture tvs cabinets everything dripping sweat. But didn't have the strength to get on the treadmill. Now i feel disappointed in myself. Feeling a little depressed i don't know why???

I've read all kinds of great information on this board and just want to share my experience, although it sure is a lot like all the other experiences. My doctor was Dr Heider in Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. He took his time to answer all my questions and explained everything. The staff was also very nice going over diets, process, etc. Check out their website and see the fairly low self-pay option in the US. The hospital, while smaller, is very new and I felt like I received excellent care from the moment we arrive. Did the pre-op testing, upper GI, EKG, blood draw, etc. on Wednesday afternoon. The barium goo was pretty nasty and I think I would have thro…

My surgery was on Monday, June 22, 2015. My weight was 256 before my preop diet, and today I'm down to 233. I decided to have the sleeve after my GP, GYN and cardiologist all suggested I should consider WLS. I had hypertension and was on two meds, high cholesterol and was on Crestor, and was recently diagnosed with pre-diabetes. And did I mention I'm a cardiac OR nurse? I knew if I didn't do something, my life would be cut short. After about a year of deliberating, I finally decided on the sleeve. I am now on no meds aside from Pepcid AC Complete twice a day and vitamins. My BP this morning was 114/78!!! Thank you, Lord! My BP was never that good on two meds! I am…

Sleeved 6/11/15. Three days pretty miserable but got off pain meds third day and off Tylenol fifth day. Surgeon let me go in pool and eat stage 2 (soft foods) after office visit on eighth day. Started with a couple tablespoons tuna with mayo. Chew it good. No problem. Then broiled thin flounder. Went back to desk job ten days out. Lost 15 pounds first eight days but have been dead stuck since then. I am still drinking Protein shakes twice a day but I can eat Soups, scrambled eggs, small amounts of cold cuts, an occasional cracker, Peanut Butter. Jello, pudding lots of Popsicles and lots of homemade broth. I am thrilled that I have had very little discomfort since t…

Any Georgia peeps here? Don't be shy, speak up!

Nervous but excited. Wish me luck!

Hi- I'm Jeff, a 50 year old Marylander who just underwent a sleeve on Friday. After a miserable Saturday and a terrible Sunday morning things picked up and I am home. Drank some medicine cups of Water, some Premier Protein chocolate and now having some warm chicken broth. Still pretty sore, but after all- they yanked a big chunk of a major organ out of my side...so what should I expect. Walking has been key...took a nap this afternoon and then walked outside for 24 minutes...clearly too much for 2 days post. I hope to be able to read some inspiring stories on this forum, to hear people's frustrations (mine? I came home and was HUNGRY!!) and to Celebrate their triumphs. Ho…

I'm 2 months out and noticed that I am able to eat a lot more food without a feeling of restriction ????. I almost feel like I'm able to eat a regular size meal versus 2-3 bites then feeling full.

Finally after months of tests, medical appointments, paperwork and hours of explaining to my good friends why I have finally come to this place in my life, my surgery is tomorrow. Check in for 5.30am and surgery at 7.30am. After fighting cancer 14 years ago, complications of the surgery, chemo and radiation caused significant side effects and damage that left me with health effects and took away ability to exercise and my love of trail running. My weight increased significantly. Failed diets made my weight yo-yo upwards. I started to withdraw, didn't want to go out socially. I've struggled to keep up a professional career, fit in plane seats, turned down job opportunit…

I got the call today 6/17/15 that I was approved im so beyond excited I have been wanting this for many years. O the butterflies just arrived in my stomach. Now to wait till July 7th for an appointment with the surgeon and find out my surgary date!!!!

Hi I'm Bobbie I've struggled all my adault life up and down with my weight my highest was just a few months ago at 258 lbs I couldn't seem to lose any so I decided to check into beriatric surgery and everything fell into place I was surprised how soon I got to get it I started in April and my surgery was June 23,2015th I went on my 2 week pre op diet I lost 15 lbs and I weighed Sunday and I weigh 228 lbs now I'm looking forward to my new me and reading everyone's story it was rough the first few days getting fluids down and protien shakes in and all them meds but it got easier with help of my hubby he is on me making sure I'm doing what I'm suppose to only problem I got i…

Hi everyone! I'm new to this. I'm 34 years old. My surgery date is July 30th. I'm feeling a little scared about it. I'm actually going through this with a close family member (she will have her surgery a few months after mine), but I still feel I need additional support. I've only told my husband and my best friend. They are also very supportive (but they don't know much about it). Any support from others who have a surgery close to July 30th?

I had my surgery June 21, 2015 in Puerto Vallarta Mexico with Dr. Juan Hidalgo and his Weight Loss Team. My experience was amazing from start to finish. Dr. Hidalgo is such a wonderful doctor. He genuinely cares about each and every patient.The nurses at hospital CMQ were outstanding. The care I received was top notch. Interacting with my co ordinator was also trouble free, because he answered any questions I had. If you are thinking of having Vertical Sleeve surgery in Mexico I would highly recommend Dr. Juan Hidalgo and his Weight Loss Team. You will not be disappointed.

Hello everyone, I just joined Bariatric Pal. My surgery date is July 20th and I'm excited about sharing my experience others. This website is amazing. I've read many of the testimonials and they are extremely encouraging. Thanks.????

I am getting sleeved tomorrow. Whew!! Excited to finally be getting this done. They called me and changed my time to 8 instead of 11am. I can't wait! Good luck to my fellow June 24th sleevers. See you all on the other side...