HeatherF

Hey Everyone,
I am new to the VTS group,but here it goes. I am in Jacksonville Fl, my husband is in the Navy and I should be having surgery in August at NAS JAX. I am beyond excited to have this surgery and start a new healthier life. I am a mom to 3 kids ages 8,6 and 2 so I am a little nervous about after surgery with my energy level and trying to keep up with my family. Also my 2 year old is very attached to me so it will be hard not being able to physically take care of him in the begining. Any advice or tips would be great. Thanks

This thread has been a bit in active. However I thought i would jump on.. I just received the go ahead from m Dr today to start the Counseling/Program etc to have WLS surgery. I am leaning towards the VGS which is how I found this form.
I live in Orange Park, just moved here in January. My husband is in the Navy & I will have my procedure done by Military Doctors, I am guess at NAS JAX. Husband supports me 100% and I am looking towards a better, happier, fitter life with my children.. (girl ages 12 & 14)

My surgeon is a Captain and I <3 him! My surgery took 1 hour and I was walking the same night after surgery.. I have had no issues other than trying to find a Protein supplement I like.. I have lost about 60lbs since January (25th) and that is without any exercise.. I just returned from a 6 day trip to Jamaica at an all inclusive resort and I had a fabulous time, was comfortable in the airline seats, bus seats walking in my bathing suit on the beach at the resort etc.. If I went on this trip without the surgery I KNOW I would have been miserable.. I had a fabulous time and thank my Doctor everyday for listening to me and accepting me as a WLS candidate.
If you called NAS JAX about surgery you probably talked to the WLS Coordinator/Nurse Mrs. Massari.. She has her moments, I attend the monthly meetings she is in charge of them ...

I was sleeved 1/25/12 and have been doing great my surgery lasted an hour I was walking that same night and the next day I was wearing my own clothes having the nurses asking if I was a patient here.. LOL (I did have to stay on the ICU floor due to no room on the other floor)..
I hit ONDERLAND in February then I was in a stall for 2.5 weeks.. My weight finally moved a lb and I am hoping my stall is OVER!! I am 190lbs, as of this morning. I started off at 235lbs.

Ginger I am not sure where you are located but I am in Orange Park Florida and go to Doctors at NAS JAX and the Band is one surgery they do not do there (i believe).. My VSG was covered at NAS JAX

I was sleeved 1/25/12 and have been doing great my surgery lasted an hour I was walking that same night and the next day I was wearing my own clothes having the nurses asking if I was a patient here.. LOL (I did have to stay on the ICU floor due to no room on the other floor)..
I hit ONDERLAND in February then I was in a stall for 2.5 weeks.. My weight finally moved a lb and I am hoping my stall is OVER!! I am 190lbs, as of this morning. I started off at 235lbs.

I decided to have WLS about 4 years ago, due to the fact that we were living overseas though it was not an option.. So I tried WW online and I had a trainer, I even worked out with friends..
I moved to Jacksonville when my DH got orders to NAS JAX almost a year ago.. After purchasing our house and getting the kids in school I finally started looking into WLS again.. My defining moment came for me when I was a Girl Scout Leader and asking the Girls at meetings and camps to do things that I was physically unable to do. How can I expect them to do things that I myself could not do what kind of role model was that? I didn't want to be the fat girl in the corner at the clubs with her thin friends, or the Mom hiding behind her children in photos or just unhappy and unsociable anymore.. I tried taking care of myself and doing the things without surgery but I never lost more than 20lbs.. Now that I have gone through the preliminaries for the surgery I know I have to change my relationship with food and the decisions I make on what and how much I eat.. I have successfully lost 15lbs just by better food choices and no exercise.. I have started introducing exercise into my daily routine and hope that I see the scale moving again..
My surgery is scheduled for 1/25/12 and I can not think of a better way to look at being 35 then with being the me I have always known was inside that fat girl, this skinny b***h is ready to come out! LOL

I am being sleeved on 1/25/12~!~ I am super excited, I have been trying for 3 years to lose the weight and for 2 years i have been researching WLS.. now it is almost at the end, which really will be the beginning and I am so excited!!
I am starting to get a bit worried and nervous though, I know this is only natural...