prettysleeved1

Maybe 20 pounds is not enough to cure the diabetes? I always figured that when they say diabetes can be "cured" with surgery, they just meant that the weight you lose will facilitate the lowering of one's blood sugar. Have you spoken with him and expressed the fact that despite your efforts, you've only lost 20 pounds?

15 pounds.

I had my surgery on July 23rd at 7:30am and it has been a ride. Although I woke up from surgery thinking WTF I had just done to myself, I have no regrets about it (at this stage). My one week post-op numbers show that I am down 26 pounds. That's comprised of 11 for the pre-op diet and 15 for the first week post-op. Not to sound cocky but I'm not surprised. Weight loss has never been a problem for me-it's always been maintenance. That's the main reason I elected to have this surgery (although I don't know why this surgery is considered "elective" when it is being used to treat a disease). In my obligatory pre-op nutritionist visit, she also confirmed I'd lose weight quickly because of my athletic background and the fact that in spite of my weight, I'm a true mesomorph. I must admit that at one point I felt that my submission to surgery felt somewhat like defeat. I felt like a lame-o. I felt like a stereotype even though I know I'm not. I'm not necessarily an overly competitive person but I am good at enduring in most of my undertakings. I felt like I was throwing in the towel. Back in late April, my husband I went to the mall to shop for suits (for him) and I happened to walk past one of the mirrors and it pretty much ruined the rest of my day. It was bad enough that the Old Navy that I live and breathe by was starting to lay problematically but this real live visual was just too much to bear. Being a mesomorph, I don't have big round hips (my husband calls me "muscle booty"), round wrists, and fluffy thighs so I couldn't pretend that I was "voluptuous" or "thick" or Rubenesque. A journey into higher and higher weights would surely make me look like a member of the powerlifting team. Aesthestically, my frame is just too large to carry too much weight while at the same time people always visually underestimate my weight. That was my end game for the dieting rat race. That Monday, I must have called or Google'd 100 doctors under my insurance plan. It was more work than I thought because I refused to use a TV doctor and my inane insurance company refuses to give bariatric surgeons their own category which meant that I had to weed through the people who only took out spleens, cysts, tonsils, etc.... I finally found a surgeon and made an appointment for May 9 and the rest is history. I walked away from the first consultation mainly feeling happy that because of my height and structure, my "ideal" weight is considered 20lbs. more than the height/weight charts dictated. I was happy that I wouldn't have to reach for some totally impossible number. I'm mean, in the 5th grade I was 5'7" and 155lbs. so I will probably NEVER make the height/weight chart's definition of "ideal" in a healthy manner. 8 days post-op and I'm feeling pretty good. I'm increasingly able to sleep on my stomach and I'm not bothered by the broth, protein shakes, and liquids. I'm just waiting for my two week follow-up where I will hopefully be released to start back running everyday and get this show on the road. Life is wonderful when you have something to look forward to.

I had Care Credit in the past for something else. My credit scores are all in the 700's. It was okay but it's through GE Money Bank and they don't have good reviews. There's another that's affiliated with Chase but I don't anything about that. My doc has pamphlets about it in her office.

My doc said to wait a year but there is a forum on the topic.

Tell him to stop or to replace.

LOL! Or people could realize that when they post their business on a public forum, they're asking for whatever responses they get and nobody on a WLS board is going to co-sign eating a Snicker's Ice Cream bar 2 days post-op from their hospital bed. That's the thing about the interwebs: don't start none, won't be none. IJS... OP, that's actually a good idea.

I agree. I saw some videos on YT from some surgeon's office and he had operated on 10 and 12 year olds. Um...I have to seriously question the feasability and rationale behind that. What are they going to do when they become adults that are out of their parent's house? What type of psych evaluation and counseling could they have possibly had to prepare them for such an undertaking at that age?

She didn't say that it's solely age but that looking at a sample of anecdotes like the OP posted, a common factor amongst them is age. Correlation vs. causation. Yes, the US tells you that once you are 18 you are an adult; and yes, there are mature 18 year-olds but you're still a teenager so.... It could be willpower but I just think that at 18, it's not as "real" as it is to someone whose 25, 30, 35. When I was 18, I had only been on one diet in my life that I was put on by my coach. By the time you get 30, 35+ and you've been on every diet, you start feeling new aches and pains, and weight is affecting stuff you thought was unrelated, etc...it starts to get really serious to you. Not to mention the fact that most teenagers are still on their parents' dime (which could be another factor). For the record, my definition of "adult" is out of your parents' house and/or paying bills.

That's cool. I'm also 5 days post-op (well 6 now) and I can't have pureed foods for another week. I bought a bunch of organic baby food before hand that is now in the freezer because I can't eat it yet.

Ask if you can see a different nutritionist. My insurance didn't cover the nutrition consult so I could have seen whatever nutritionist I wanted. Luckily, the one my doctor uses works full-time. It was only $140.

Well, what did your doctor say about not doing the pre-op diet? Did he say that he'd cancel? If you were saying you had another week, I'd have better advice but at this point, you need to just ride it out. As a last-ditch effort, I would just do liquids all day Sunday but you're at the point where you have to take responsibility for the fact that you didn't follow doctor's orders and prepare yourself for any possible consequences.

I don't see how the luna bar and the applesauce with the carbs/sugar is doing you any favors. Do you exercise?

I assume you're over 18 and you're either using your own insurance or your own money so you can tell or not tell whomever you want because it's nobody's business.

And you have to watch your calories while you're on it. You won't hit near 1,000 but you'll have a better chance of hitting 20lbs. in a couple of weeks.

I'd probably do a PSMF (basically high Protein, low fat, extremely low carb) and step up the workouts if I were you. http://www.whole-hea..._Fast_09-02.pdf

Yeah, their report can contraindicate surgery. The fact that you've been recently abandoned will be addressed and the psychologist will likely want to make sure that you whole aim in getting the surgery isn't so you can get your husband back or find another man. They also talk about past diet failures and why you think that this time will be different. But, other than that it's easy. I have Panic Disorder and OCD and go through bouts of depression but I had no problem with the insurance.

Try regular protein treatments (on your hair).

I was told by my doctor's nutritionist, and a couple of other bariatric surgeons I consulted before making my final decision that hair loss is a product of slacking off on Vitamins and Protein. I remember I diet I went on in 2005-ish where I lost a LOT of weight (nearly 80 pounds) in about 4 months and I lost a lot of hair on that one but I know my calories and protein were all wrong. I was barely eating, not taking vitamins, and exercising like 3 hours (straight catabolic cardio) every.single.day. Once I got off of it, the hair came back quickly though.

Same here. Maybe because I don't have a history of clotting.

BTW, soda has never been my vice. Could never finish a whole one. Flavored teas are my vice; namely mango and peach.

KERPLAM! OP, knew good and doggone well what kind of responses she'd get with this thread.

I asked to be kept another night. I'm sorry but tooling around inside of me and sending me home 24 hours later (or less) = no bueno as far as I'm concerned; pain or no pain.

I had a morphine pain pump. It was a joke. They turned it up for me. Still a joke so I stopped using it. I did much better on the shot they injected into my IV.

The nurses in the hospital should offer you one. They offered me one but I declined it. I had one from a previous abdominal surgery a couple of years ago. It does help with pain somewhat.