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im a month post op today. down 35lbs. i gave in and had the tiniest sliver of choc cake tonight. it took no more than 3 min for it to go right thru me wow theyre not kidding when they say stay away from high sugar and fat i always learn the hard way! lol rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 219/ gw 140

i got the bypass a month ago today. i have lost 35lbs so far i got pneumonia which decided to stick around for a few weeks. but i dont regret it at all. i wish i did bypass to begin with but i was too big of a baby lol. do it. u wont regret it. and my incisions healed beautifully i sometimes forget i have them lol. rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 219/ gw 140

yes u get the band and port removed at the same time you get rny. rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 222/ gw 140

jennifer - when i got the band 3 yrs ago i did it cuz i was afraid of gastric bypass. now ive done the bypass....trust me u should go with the bypass! ive had wayy better results u wont get sick. dont worry. rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 222/ gw 140

thank you panda! prays have really helped. i believe God played a big part in helping me get through this. rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 222/ gw 140

thank you! my breathing has improved. i seem to be turning the corner finally. rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 222/ gw 140

dont give up!! my surgery got postponed cause my doc was sick. they ended up doing it earlier than planned lol. this journey is worth it trust me!! rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 224/ gw 140

thank you! rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 224/ gw 140

before surgery i wouldve thought it was great if i didnt wana eat. well now i just get nauseas if i even THINK about eating or drinking. i have to take nausea pills. but im not getting even close to the amount of Protein or liquid i need daily. i dont even wana drink water!! anyone else have this problem? advice? rny 4/6/12 <br />hw 255/cw 224/ gw 140

im down 31lbs in my first 3 weeks. i feel like there should be an encouragment forum for those who havent lost much. im extremely happy with my loss in only 3 weeks. but i set small goals for myself. every 5lbs i celebrate. forget these huge 25, 50, 100lb goals.

3 weeks ago on the day of surgery i weighed 255. today, 21 days later i weigh 224! 31lbs down in 3 weeks!! i have a total of 115lbs to loose. i wana be 140. HOWEVER i would be happy at 150-160. so i have 94lbs left to loose.

after dealing with dry fish, i called my mom and we had them discharge me. im home now. feeling alright. theres one big stitch where the chest tube went into my ribs. im still on home antibiotics thru IV for another 10 days. didnt sleep good at all last night. woke up regretting this surgery all together. its just all the complications made me feel like "if i knew this was how it would be i wouldnt have done it". im tellin ya things needs to get better real quick. i feel like ill never be me again.

after dealing with dry fish, i called my mom and

so sick of being here. they just put in front of my ehat i think it was fish. tasted like rubber with no seasoning. not to mention it was dry n u could tell it had been sitting out. they i wake up from a nap with coordinator tellin me how i should ask. oh scuze me miss skinny like u kno anything. im just fed up and sooo sick of this ppace!

congrats! Deff keep and eye on that cold. They sent me home with a cold too and it turned into pneumonia.

thank you!! the meds they were giving me before this worked alot better and i keep adking for them but theyre not budging. they forced me on my side and its a tiny.bit better but id love some strong meds. i miss home. who knod how much longer ill be here.

i hAd the band 3 yrs ago. i now have the bypass. i dont recommend the band. it can easily stretch and make it hard to restrict. i kive the gastric cuz its always restricting. snd ive lost 30lbs in 3 weeks. i bever saw results like tgmhat wirh the band. my insurance actually stopped approving the band cuz too many people switched to rny.

well im back in the hospital now. they put me to sleep and put a drain in my lung. its very uncomfortable but i can breathe

i can breathe again! ))

thx mary! im waiting for them to take me to the oR

you will be fine if you slipped up and had chicken. it will be digested and gone in a week. i broke down and had a basic salad 2 night before surgery. lettuce tomatos and cucumbers with fat free honey mustard dressing lol. didnt make a difference. you just need to get in the habit of a liquid diet so it doesnt shock u right after surgery. but trust me, you wont want solids at all.

thank you Panda! That means alot seriously <3

thank you. praying has become one of my outlets

thanks guys! they just stuck a needle in my back to remove some of the liquid in my lung for testing. gross n painful. tomorrow theyre gunna knock me out and go in and drain the whole thing. after that i should get my breathing back. i hope.

Yupp I was admitted tonight. The pneumonia is so bad that more than half my left lung is collapsed and filled with fluid. And there is still an abcess in my belly which they can't figure out. So I keep praying and hoping God gets me through this. The doc will most likely drain my lung tomorrow then he will perform surgery and go in to get a better look at the abcess. Oh this is quite the experience.