GoldyGirl

So I had the Sleeve on Jan 9th this year, had do have Gallbladder Removal on Feb 1st this year, had nothing but problems. I NOW have Bile Reflux, so Doctor has me to have the Bypass on NOV 21 this year, Yes that is Thursday. Husband is PISSED, he went off last night saying all the health issues are my fault, and I choose to have the sleeve to loose weight, and now I have <edited> up the family's life for a year now they Have to wait and have me Recover from YET another SURGERY......I feel so Sad and Alone, NO support, and starting to feel like it is My fault I was Fat I chose to eat no one ever put a gun to my head and MADE me GET FAT......ugh so depressed,...

let your sleeve work and save your money. Best of Luck

Thanks for ALL the Kind words, I am getting More and More Nervous as Thursday is getting closer. It is so strange to be going into WLS, and Needing to Gain weight. It is strange, I just have to keep in Mind I am going to get healthy and Strong....I am so Weak Now.....

So I had the Sleeve on Jan 9th this year, had do have Gallbladder Removal on Feb 1st this year, had nothing but problems. I NOW have Bile Reflux, so Doctor has me to have the Bypass on NOV 21 this year, Yes that is Thursday. Husband is PISSED, he went off last night saying all the health issues are my fault, and I choose to have the sleeve to loose weight, and now I have <edited> up the family's life for a year now they Have to wait and have me Recover from YET another SURGERY......I feel so Sad and Alone, NO support, and starting to feel like it is My fault I was Fat I chose to eat no one ever put a gun to my head and MADE me GET FAT......ugh so depressed,...

not enough Protein and you will loose your hair, and lose muscle Not FAT...Protein is VERY important.....add a shake with Medical grade Protein once a day to add good protein that is well absorbed, there is A Big difference in the kind you drink...Good Luck, and remember it is NOT just about Weight Loss it is about being Healthy also!!

Yes, RNY is Roux-En-Y gastric bypass. I only lost 40 pounds with my band; I've lost over 70 with bypass.
You will do fine; just follow instructions to the letter - at least for the first 3 months!!! LOL!!!

So I had the Sleeve on Jan 9th this year, had do have Gallbladder Removal on Feb 1st this year, had nothing but problems. I NOW have Bile Reflux, so Doctor has me to have the Bypass on NOV 21 this year, Yes that is Thursday. Husband is PISSED, he went off last night saying all the health issues are my fault, and I choose to have the sleeve to loose weight, and now I have <edited> up the family's life for a year now they Have to wait and have me Recover from YET another SURGERY......I feel so Sad and Alone, NO support, and starting to feel like it is My fault I was Fat I chose to eat no one ever put a gun to my head and MADE me GET FAT......ugh so depressed,...

This thread is going to be very embarrassing for me, but I've talked to ALOT of women who are 8 or more years out on this subject, wished I'd of talked to them sooner!!!
Before surgery I was warned OVER AND OVER again about alcohol!!!..did I listen, NOOOOOOooo. I was going to be the ONE who drank like she did before, This is the ONLY issue I REFUSED to listen to, I didn't want my surgeon or the PhD's to get in my 'Cup'. I did give up beer, only because of the carbonation, but what was I thinking, I wasn't!!
About a year out, I thought I was safe, I was a miraculous 115 lbs, entering 'Maintenance" , had my Vitamin regiment down pat. blah blah blah. Feeling accomplished. BARTENDER!!! vodka martini please!!! first one, feeling good, whooo hooo...did a body check, no pain in the pouch, cool, BARTENDER!!! Vodka martini Please!!! People, I don't even remember leaving the establishment I was in. I opened one eye, head pounding and my husband standing at the foot of the bed shaking his head!!!..OH GOD!! what did I do!!!...well apparently not much. One minute I'm sitting there socializing, next second, I'm on the floor. I was a complete puddle, he carried me to the car and poured me in. out like a light!!!..I consider that episode a fluke, wont happen again, I'll drink something lighter
DING! round 2: GNO aka: Girls Night Out.
This time I decided I'd better get a strategy. I'd eat first. well this time I ordered my fave: White Wine..loveeee my wine, or I did. 1st glass, good, milder and lighter than the martini, slower to get a buzz. good strategy. yay me, figured it out. Drank a glass of Water in between, good, no pain in the pouch, not to buzzed. 2nd glass good, THIRD GLASS, BAM!!!! Hit me like a tone of bricks, this time I didn't fall out, but my buzz factor incapacitated me, I knew I couldn't get up and walk. crap! I whisper to my gal pal, to take me home. EMBARRASING!!! ok fine, I get it, I don't need round 3 to teach me anymore lessons, I'm not hard headed. But I do miss hitting the Vino till 2 A.M. So I do have 2 glass on whatever with a Water back, and call it a night, or if its a dinner party, I drink water for the rest of the night, I mourned, and still mourn my 7-8 glasses of vino on GNO'S. thanx for listening, embarrassing as that was.

Success did not come easy, but, none the less, it arrives. Hello my name is Dee, I live in West Central Minnesota, with my husband Terry (& 2 of my 3 girl children, more on them later). In the land of Ten Thousand lakes & the Northern farm belt. Prime fishing, hunting, summer & winter sports wonderland. I'm originally from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. So all in all, not a bad life.
UNTIL!!! wait for it!!!!!!!...wait for it!!!!...my Doctor informed me I was FAT!!! well of course he didn't say that, he called me...wait for it!!! MORDIDLY OBESE!!...what the hell?..no I'm NOT!!.. and that's why my fellow WLS'ers, my DENIAL FILE weight a ton more than I did!! That guy deserves a metal for having to lug that file to every office visit I came to. So begins my 'Journey'.
I was never on 'Every diet on the planet", because of that Denial File. I wasn't unhealthy or so I thought, till my last Dr's visit. NOW I had every illness and disease that accompanies obesity. You name it, I now had it, yes the signs were all there, symptoms all there, but that Denial File was with me everywhere I was and went. Again..what the hell?? Fast forward from that point to 2 years later with no weight loss, no change in health and getting worse, no change in lifestyle, mostly from my own laziness and lack of really taking a good look at myself and my future health. so back to the doctor I go with full blown symptoms and tingling sensations, and yep, prediabetic. Crying about how I really did want to be healthy!!
Mr. Doctor asked me if I ever heard of RouNY..No I hadn't, then he reframed his question..had I heard of Gastric Bypass, well I had, I watched Carney Wilson on the tv & the net. so, fast forward 2 more years, with research done, all WLS options considered, food experts gotten, all head Doctors cleared me for surgery,family informed, Surgeon picked, insurance ok'd, I had the surgery. It was a whirl wind of productions, but well worth the effort.
Now when I look back, that is the point where my new life began, I became the person I always wanted to be. Health is what put my life back in order, weight loss was the 'Perk'. Im not saying it was easy, and certainly NOT a magic bullet. It was ME who had to learn new ways, not only eating but the way I think of life in general. I had to leave the old (complacent, fat & sick)me behind. Change is not easy. I left behind a old friend, I had to, I mourned,felt sorry, and hated her all at the same time. But I know she's proud of me, she tells me all the time. She will always be with me, cuz she lovesssss sugar!!!..lol..Reese's Peanut Butter cups to be exact. I'm constantly slapper her hand away from that lovely orange wrapper lol..life is good..knowledge is better. Thanx for listening and I'm happy to be here:)

Hello,
I had the Sleeve January 9th 2013. Had Gallbladder removed February 1st 2013? Contained to have pain on right side, and acid reflux. I reached my goal weight of 155 in August, My start weight was 263. I continued to lose weight, and be sick. Throwing up, nausea, and heart burn. Surgeon found out I had Bile Reflux in October. I lost down to 130lbs, and was in hospital for dehydrations every few weeks until November. I was revised on November 21, 2013. I ended up in hospital December 8th, for extremely Low blood pressure, and dehydration, was in hospital for 6 days.
I am slowly getting better. They have my blood pressure under control with medication, and I am starting to be able to keep small amounts of food down, I have gained 4 lbs.
I did not want the Gastric Bypass, but it is what I had to do. Surgeon said I should be much better and able to start working out by end of February.
Good luck, and keep us posted.

sorry click the wrong button,,,end of my preaching is..while food and I don't love each other yet... we do have a respected understand

Your "I hate food" header kind of scare me so I clicked on it. I'm 3 years post op. The first year I felt the same way, then I became afraid of food. Because I have GREAT insurance, I have a Nutritionist, a Dietitian, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a Life Coach in my corner and on my speed dial. Without these 5 brilliant people I would never had succeeded in reaching and surpassing my goals. Now that I am 3 years out, I firmly believe WLS is 25% Knowledge, 25% learning, 25% Physical, 25% Mental. Combined, these 5 people have taught me to trust my pouch, listen to my body, trust in food, and to NOT be afraid. If food becomes the enemy, then I will be defeated and all that I have been threw and learned will be for NOT. So during my I HATE FOOD stage, was the prime opportunity for me to forge ahead and start cooking/learning to make and tweek my own WLS recipes, and discover foods that DIDNT make me sick. Long journey but I got there, eventually, with a lot of phone calls and tears. So my advice to you, would be, just because curtain foods make you sick now, try them again in a few months, search for foods that wont make you sick, you have to have a relationship with food, might as well make it happy and peaceful one, I finally did, long journey to get there, but now we don't love a\

Am I the only one who studied that picture for a while trying to figure out which body was me?

Thanks for telling me! My husband things I am losing it! I can go from 0 to infuriated in a instant and then I am crying!

Hey everyone! I had RNY last week on 11/26, so I'm 8 days out. Long story short: everything has gone pretty well, no complications, tolerating full liquids with no problem BUT I'm still struggling with amount of liquids. I've never been a big drinker, so I've been borderline dehydrated all week. And to further complicate things, I got sick outta the blue last nite and now I have the whole cough, chills, fever, low blood pressure, and high pulse. Doc says likely viral but I'm starting antibiotics to prevent anything bacterial and I got a shot of steroids in office to help with tightness in my lungs. I had planned to return to work 2wks out but was told today that working in December is outta the question now. D@mn, d@mn, d@mn!! So here I lay on the couch with my blanket, my 2 warm doggies, heating pad, and Water. Needless to say, I'm pretty bummed about all this but I'm trying to look at the bright side and hope that maybe I'll shed a few more pounds this way.
Thanks for letting me vent! Hope everything is all good with u losers!

The only protein that I found I can stomach is Premier Protein in chocolate flavor. In the beginning they had to be super cold for me to drink them. I would sit them in the freezer for maybe 30 mins before drinking. They are available at costco and SAMs club. They come pre made in an 18pack. This time of year you can also heat it up in the microwave for a great tasting hot chocolate!

I am six months post op and still having major issues getting all my supplements in. Any tips?

I too have fluctuated a bit, usually up to about 4lb. When I did my ticker I was @ 3lb to goal, I am now at 7lb to goal I just need to remember that when I hit a stall I float around a 4lb range before finally starting to drop again.
Got my one year follow up appt next week (a couple of weeks early) and was hoping to be at goal by then, but it's not going to happen
Taken Friday and Monday off work so I can hit the gym every day of the long weekend to try and help it along a bit!
xxx

I never felt that "full" feeling either but I also didn't really feel hungry. My doctor had me only eating 4 oz of food (liquids included other than water) per meal. Make sure that you are not eating just to eat. Maybe you are not feeling full because you were never really hungry...maybe head hunger. Just an idea. Hope that helps

I LOVE to Exercise!!!! I have signed up for a "Mud~Run" in September and with out my Sleeve I would have never don that.....Just happy and wanted to share......

If you find a good one please share, so far I've found them all nasty. What I really need is a taste-less Protein...someone work on that for us!!!
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 198

I've heard a few different ideas, but wanted to check in with y'all. I HATE Unjury unflavored. It is not unflavored at all. lol. Anyone find any better ones?

Ah ha!!! A question I can answer!!! Vitamin D is fat soluble. Almost ALL my obese patients have low D because it sort of gets absorbed into the fat where it can't be used for bones or be measured in blood work. Less fat to absorb D = higher Vitamin D....ALSO some of the newer studies show higher D levels actually help burn fat, go figure. Whatever, it's a win win for you!!!!
HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 225

Dear Goldy, I hope your household has become calmer and that you are doing much better, Healthwise, spiritually and mentally. We would like to see an update and continue this conversation to offer you hope and support as you are going through a difficult time.
MaryMc, I don't know what your story is that you are not allowed to go to Mass, but I am here to be your friend and am a strong 67 year old woman who lived that life once. I was only allowed to do what he allowed, and I was 40 years old, not some kid. I found that backbone I mentioned after 4 years of intense hell, and have been married to the love and partner from heaven for 23 years. Your journey in this weight loss will make you a new person. I would love to keep knowing and communicating with you and Goldy during this wonderful new phase of your life. Cheers to the new Goldy and Mary Mc!
Merry Christmas, Linda

Hi just checking in on you , i'm so proud of you going to see a counciler,I wish I could get up the nerve or get a "backbone" as one woman said(& she's right) My husband won't even let me go to Mass on Sunday,but my situation isnt the point of topic...you are, are you feeling any better? I sure hope so, just keep those fluids going & eat small meals a few times a day instead of 3. that seems to work for me. hope this little bit of advice helps & have a Blessed Holiday Season.
And for those folks who have their panties in a bunch over a word or to "they" think are inapproprate, GET OVER YOURSELVES, we're all adults & if the language IS offensive this sit will delete it. Have a happy holiday to all members...= )