nursnhearts

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My name is Julia I am 3 weeks post op. My weight loss struggle began after the birth of my second child (now 20). Before his birth I was very active, exercised all the time I stayed healthy and trim! Within 6 months after his birth I gained 60 lbs and I still exercised my diet was the same, my exercise habits were the same and it was as if I kept hitting a brick wall. It was very frustrating to say the least so I accepted the weight gain thinking "this is the way I'm supposed to be". After about 10 years of trying every diet, and exercise known to man I found out I had hypothyroidism at first I was elated thinking getting on medication would help me get my weight back on track, boy was I ever wrong! I gained another 40 lbs after the meds til I hit a top weight of 233 with high blood pressure, sleep apnea, weight bearing joint pain due to my weight and a cholesterol of over 300. My 5.4 frame and my weight and all the co-morbidities made me realize when I read a study about people with my issues only 50% of those people lived another 15 years max! It scared me into action. I started my sleeve journey in 2011 because I had heard about the sleeve but I wasn't going to rush into anything this major. I spend countless hours on the internet researching everything I could about this procedure vs the gastric bypass! But then I started thinking since I have hypothyroidism then why would I bother since I can't get weight off. So I came across an article about hypothyroidism and sleeve surgery, seems that they ghrelin in the stomach sometimes creates a "roadblock" if you will for hypothyroid patients and when that portion of the stomach goes away that creates the hormone ghrelin it removes the roadblock. I took this to a surgeon friend I worked with and they told me that was something they were finding out and was new information. I realized at that moment when she told me this that I had hope for the first time in many years that I could actually get this excess weight off of me and get healthy, I am on the road to healthy now. So far to date I've lost 30 lbs, 14 of that was preop and 16 after surgery. Im so happy I found bariatric pal! It has helped me countless ways preop and post op. I wish and pray to all of you who are on this journey a healthy and happy new you!

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nursnhearts replied to Kristin1969's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

Not only friends but family too! 2 of my sisters fought me tooth and nail to not have the surgery not because they were worried about my safety, they were worried about me loosing weight and looking healthy so they tried to get all kinds of support to try to stop me....On the day of my surgery they didn't even acknowledge me until days later they texted me and asked me how i felt. You trying to change yourself to get healthier people will do everything to stop you. I am 3.5 wks post op and so so hapy I did it, Just keep trucking on, you are on the right path
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nursnhearts replied to PurpleKite's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

I went through a bit of depression! But I remembered why I did the sleeve in the first place! The mental aspect is tough! I had my sleeve on Dec 27 2012 and I am so happy I did it! Hang in there, those feelings are totally normal
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