taurabird

Agnostics state that there is no way to really know one way or the other if there is a god. You could consider ones self an agnostic atheist or a agnostic theist. Agnostic simply means without knowledge.

I tried it before and it did the same to me, not hungry and lost weight and thay weight came right back on again because I didnt learn anything. The reason I am worried about it is that first year wr are supposed to learn good habits and I dont want to mess up that opportunity

Nonbeliever is a generic term encompassing lots of groups like; Freethinkers, Humanists, Atheists and Agnostics.

I was thrilled when I first saw this subpost because it was so rare to see space given on a mainstream site to the nonreligious like me. So yes I assumed it would be a safe place to "hang" and just tall about whatever related to nonbelief...not just about the sleeve. Now I would expect and welcome a question or statement like.....when I checked into the hospital did they asked you your religious affiliation? Or what was have u found to be more shocking to people.. ...your decision to be sleeved or that you were a nonbeliever?

Judy, That is so awesome!!!! I am so happy for you and I cant wait to feel just like you

I have been thinking a lot about the different fitness levels of everyone before being sleeved and how much more they can do now the weight has come off! I think it would be very encouraging for us newbies and for everyone for that matter if all the wonderful sleevers here would be so kind as to contribute a story describing what your activity level was like preop followed by an example of your current postop activity level as a comparison so we can see just how far you have come! Before and After pics are awesome but I would love to read about before and after activity successes that you have experienced. I look forward to reading about everyones victories!

Yoga!

Time for an update pic???

Around, it sounds awesome! How far out r u?

Good for you for standing up to that bully!

I can't wait to be bendy ;^) sounds like fun to me, lol!!!

Oh my word. Nancy I am so sorry for your losses. That is unimaginable pain. I am also thrilled to hear about yours and yoir husbands success together. That makes it that much sweeter! Thank you so much for sharing your very personal and motovational story with us all.

Go out to youtube and search for "intubation" you will fond many videos on the procedure. That will give you an idea of what happens. Basically the blade that has to be used to see where to put the tube can hurt the inside of your mouth. People can lose teeth that are loose or suffer cuts. Again I am sorry you are having to deal with this.

So sorry sweetheart!

I hope u are able to get some peace and quiet in the private room. Like iggy said there are nightowls like me up at all times of the night so ppst away.

Sorry that happened. It is true that is hard to intubate people with short necks, it is the anatomy of placing the breathing tube into the airway that is at the front of your neck. So the tube has to go through you mouth, behind you tongue and then curve sharply forward to go into yoir airway instead of your esophagus. That curve behind the tongue is even more sharp in someone that has a short neck. I hope that description helps. The doctor has to make the call if it will cause you more harm than good when performing the procedure. It is not like humans are machines where all the parts are exactly the same.

Keep us informed. Hope you are feeling stronger today.

Keep us informed. Hope everything is well on yoir checkup.

This January I had a life changing moment after climbing only 2 flights of stairs at the hospital where I work, but before I explain what happened let me tell you what I do for a living and introduce myself to everyone officially. I am a female who is 5'8" and 39 years old and have been overweight since I was about 9 or 10. I am a critical care RN and I am on the rapid response team, that means that if a patient in the hospital has a major change in their condition I am called to the room to quickly assess the patient and treat the problem emergently in order to stabilize the patient while the doctor is called. It is basically like calling 911 in the hospital. So to get back to what happened, I was called to a room on the 4th floor but I was on the 2nd floor at the time so I took the stairs to save time. By the time I reached the 4th floor I was sweating, sucking air and dizzy, basically felt like I was going to pass out. As soon as I walked into the room I knew the patient was not breathing adequately on her own and she was not responding so I took over her breathing by using a bag/valve mask with oxygen to force air into her lungs while the respiratory therapist was preparing to place a breathing tube into her lungs. All of this is very demanding both physically and mentally. It was in that moment, trying to catch my own breath while giving her rescue breaths that I felt for the first time in my life that I had to make a huge change. Anyone that knows me understands that I would give my own life to help someone truly in trouble and here I was on the borderline of not being able to even help myself. To say that this really tore me up mentally is an understatement as I hope you can imagine. This was my moment of deep clarity, I saw my future and it included me as a morbidly obese patient being taken care of in a hospital because I couldn't take care of myself. This has been such a whirlwind of an experience so far so let me describe the other events that led me to the decision to have wls. I always considered myself to be healthy and strong up until about 2 years ago when I first started having some shortness of breath with activity and pretty much staying tired all day. For the first time in my life I could see that I had started the slow decline of aging but I still did not see it as a weight related problem. Like most everyone else I have been on every diet known to man and would be somewhat "successful" but would always regain the weight within months. I would diet with the only goal being to "look" better. My highest weight was 275 pounds when I was 25 y.o. and my lowest adult weight was 175 but that only lasted for a few months. My typical weight has hovered between 230-250 most of my adult life. I had considered bariatric surgery several years ago when I first heard about it but quickly dismissed the idea because I saw myself as healthy and the thought of long-term Vitamin deficiencies or malabsorption scared the hell out of me. I am an expert at losing weight but I can only maintain the correct eating pattern for a while before the nagging hunger gets the best of me and I fall off the wagon. Once that happens it is on like Donkey Kong, lol...I rapidly redevelop the all of my old cravings for sweets and carbs that have been with me for as long as I can remember and I lose control. It was at the same time that I had the scary experience at work that my job announced on the intranet webpage for employees that they were implementing several different weight loss plans for everyone that wanted to participate. One was a 20 week medically supervised exercise program with a personal trainer session each week and at the bottom it listed bariatric surgery. I clicked through and read all of the options and was seriously thinking about starting the 20 week exercise program and becoming serious about eating healthy. I then clicked the link to read about the bariatric surgery thinking that I would just see what it had to say. I was immediately blown away when I read about the sleeve, it overcame all of the objections I had about wls. I could literally not read enough about it over the next week, I devoured every piece of information I could find. After that week I had made up my mind that I needed a sleeve so I could take charge of my health along with the medically supervised exercise program. So at that point I started down both paths; wls and exercise. I attended the information session 2 weeks later on February 6th and had my first appointment with the surgeon, Dr Jawad, on February 8th. Today, March 25th, I received my official approval from my insurance to have the surgery! It only took a little over 6 weeks to go to all the doctor appts, get all the testing completed, submit everything to insurance and gain approval. The even more amazing part to me was that Health Choice approved my case in only 1 day!!!! The insurance approval was so fast that I am still waiting to hear the results of the manometry test to make sure that my stomach/esophagus does not have any pressure or motility issues that would make me a poor long-term candidate for the sleeve. So, of course, that is the only thing I can think of today, lol, I am so excited that I can't stand it! I am waiting on those results so I can be placed on the surgery schedule!!!! I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. Today is my 5th week on the exercise program. I have worked myself up to walking 4 miles, 3 times a week and doing yoga 30 minutes a day. I am able to do a mile in about 20 minutes and I have worked myself up to walking 4 flights of stairs before I am totally out of breath. My endurance is slowly improving but the important thing is that it is improving! I am so proud of myself for this new habit I am developing:) Thanks for listening and I am so excited to be a part of this message board, I have learned so much over the last month from all of you. I really appreciate everyone that contributes to these great discussions!

52 days until surgery!

Amazing!

Anytime you have severe soreness after a workout or catabolism you have to flush your system with plenty of fluids so the lactic acid and the byproducts of the broken down muscle fibers can be flushed through your kidneys. With the sleeve that can be hard to do obviously so be aware that you can cause harm to your kidneys if the byproduct concentration is high enough. Drink plenty of fluids!!!

I am on south side of Orlando area by the attractions. Surgery daye June 5th.