nickyvolzz

Buying shoes that fit
Feet not hurting
Knees not hurting
Walking upstairs
Going to the gym and being the fattest one
Going to the pool with out being stared at
Diabeties
Dying and leaving my kids with out a mom
Shopping for clothes and not needing 3x size
Having more energy
More endurance during sex lol ie being on top for more than 5 min lol hahaha

I think you will be okay. Don't stress. At my first consultation appt the PA told me that they had a patient that was pregnant at the time of surgery because she(unbeknownst to them) had unprotected sex the night before surgery. They of course did a pregnancy test on her just like they do on all female patients and it came out negitive. Anyways, the baby came out fine and everything. During the pregnancy she had to see a special nutritionist though. Best wishes for your two tiny precious bundles of joy! You can do this! It will all be okay. It always is. You just keep on keeping on. I wish the best of health to you and your babies.

LOL! Thanks Dave!

Great advice and so very true!!

Thanks for the advice. I have told everyone. If they dont wanna support me then fine. Ill be a one person army.

WOW!! Extremely well said.. Great advice!!

No one, absolutely no one, can define your destiny unless - you let them. Fiance, mother, father, sister, brother, boss, best friend, worst enemy - no one has that power unless - you give it to them. They can't demand it, they can't take it, they can't force it. No one can stop you from achieving your goal - except you. Sometimes in the heat of battle we have a tendency to mistake "needs" with "desires" and there is a big difference. You NEED to walk to achieve your goal. You desire a friend to walk with. Big difference. You NEED to stay focused on following the protocol that allowed you to lose 45 pounds. You'd like to have your fiance's support. Big difference. You NEED to eat healthy. You'd like it if everyone around you would eat healthy as well. Big difference.
You have everything you NEED to succeed. Life is meant to be good. You deserve to be happy. Celebrate the great job you've done already. Commit to never again giving anyone the power to control your destiny. There is nothing you cannot be, do, or have! You're gonna love the new you!!

After a two week stall I lost 3 pounds this week.
I'm now 179.
The most awesome part is I now weigh less than my man!!!!! I don't think I've been able to say that in 20 years.
I'll be 12 weeks post op on Monday and all together I've lost 55 pounds.

I haven't been to this thread in awhile, but I was thinking of one today so I came and read up on all the latest posts. Anyways I would love not being the one who creaks the wood floors in our house so loud! It's awful! Especially when we have company over and I have to get up and walk around when everyone is quiet! It's like I know what everyone is thinking but atleast no one says anything! Oh and since it's that time of the month I thought it'd be nice not to struggle so hard to put a tampon in! Lol we got a lot to look forward to!!!!

Buying shoes that fit
Feet not hurting
Knees not hurting
Walking upstairs
Going to the gym and being the fattest one
Going to the pool with out being stared at
Diabeties
Dying and leaving my kids with out a mom
Shopping for clothes and not needing 3x size
Having more energy
More endurance during sex lol ie being on top for more than 5 min lol hahaha

She probably has a little more invested in him than to just leave him just to not deal with it. Husbands are people too. Don't give up on him, I'm sure he'll come around. She's just frustrated and I get that. Wishing you the best:)

We all have been there before. I didn't get to 300lbs by working out and eating healthy he will have his Epiphany one day. Be supportive and make suggestions but remember how you felt when people would tell you how to get healthy when you weren't ready

Buying shoes that fit
Feet not hurting
Knees not hurting
Walking upstairs
Going to the gym and being the fattest one
Going to the pool with out being stared at
Diabeties
Dying and leaving my kids with out a mom
Shopping for clothes and not needing 3x size
Having more energy
More endurance during sex lol ie being on top for more than 5 min lol hahaha

I guess i wanted to post this because people need to advocate for themselves and sometimes you dont have an CRNA or Anesthesia doc that is willing to help you out so here it goes. . .
Allot of patients wake up post op with nausea. This is a common side effect to the anesthesia and can be rather uncomfortable. A wonderfull drug, IMHO should be over the counter in fact is called Zofran or Ondansetron. This medication works by stopping the feeling of nausea. I wont go into the pharmacological end of it. Surfice it to say that for most people, as long as you take it before the vomitting begins, it's a god send. Zofran comes in ODT (Oral disolving Tablets) and pills as well as injection and this october a film (like the new med film strips that melt on your tongue your seeing so popular.) 4mg or 8mg is the dosing, the ODT are a little chaulky after they disolve and you need to make sure you have a moist mouth but they are great. The best part about it is that it does not have the GIANT list of side effects that comes with the old friend Phenergan (Promethazine).
If before you go into surgery your feeling anxious, you need to tell someone. They can give you medications to help you relax. Its normal to have anxiety and some very real fear before surgery. Your nurse or anesthesia doc can help you with this. Don't man up thru it, use the pharmacology to your advantage!
This brings me to post op pain and the management of it. Pain meds come in several forms. I would say the most common are morphine, dilaudid, Fentanyl and then you get into the percocet and vicodin meds. My point in listing this is simple. If a med is not working for you, or is making you sick, ask for a different pain med. These all work a little differently most work on the GABA or MU receptors but each has its own little quirks. Morphine for instance is natorious for giving you an itchy nose. This is due to the histamine release and is common. Nausea with all of these can occur. there is some merit in relaxation techniques and distraction/diversion therapy. This is fairly simply and can help with minor pain or even some break thru pain that can occur post op.
Talk to your dr about any concerns you have with pain or pain management or the treatment you are going to recieve. Dont be afraid to ask whats this med for? why are you giving me this? You dont have to be in the medical field to be told what a med is for, but you should know EVERY med your on. If i ask you what is in your PCA (pain pump) you should be able to tell me. Remember that a little pain is ok, your body will throw endorphines (sp) at you and help with it, but any more than that can hinder the healing process.
Be informed peeps. Dont go in not knowing what you need for yourself!!!
I dont know it all, in fact i would say i know very little and all of this info you can find online. I'm not trying to make myself sound smart, i'm just trying to help some of you shy ones realize that this is your body and you deserve to know whats going in it, and why. Always consult your dr. before taking any medication.

Dstollery....that was a riot!!!

I absolutely LOVE everyone's answers.
Mine would be:
•I live in NYC and commute by train, it would be nice to be able to fit in a single seat rather than 1 1/2 or 2 seats.
• Being able to tie my shoelaces without feeling like I'm about to pass out.
•Being able to dance without feeling like everyone is going "Hey look at that fatty dancing over there."
• Being able to put on pantyhose with it tearing from my thighs being so huge.
• Being able to shop with my mom, friends, etc without having to stop at the "plus" side (usually hidden in a dark corner) because nothing fits in the "normal" side.
• Being able to meet up with old HS & elementary school friends without them thinking "Damn, she put on some weight"
• Not feeling like the one person everyone points at descreetly while in social situations
I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY!

I deleted that in case anyone I know would see

I know how you must feel. I've got judgmental people over here too. It sucks. If we were going to have heart, knee or whatever other type of surgery that's okay, but weight loss surgery is unnatural and whatever else bs they try to guilt us with. What as humans do we do that is natural anyways! I guess no one should go to the dentist to get there cavities filled! Or take medicine either. What a bunch a bs. I feel for you. You should be able to count on your hubby to respect your wishes. I'm sure if it was him going to get a vasectomy he wouldn't want you out there telling everyone! Hope those people he told don't give you a hard time. :-)

You should love her body because that's a part of who she is. Love is much deeper than outside appearances. She should find someone new then in that case because you are wanting her to lose weight for you. If she is unhealthy she should lose weight for HER HEALTH. Not for your eyes. But anyways if you really love her for her spirit you will stay with her " thru thick and thin" be ways no hard feelings just sayin. :-)

You should love her body because that's a part of who she is. Love is much deeper than outside appearances. She should find someone new then in that case because you are wanting her to lose weight for you. If she is unhealthy she should lose weight for HER HEALTH. Not for your eyes. But anyways if you really love her for her spirit you will stay with her " thru thick and thin" be ways no hard feelings just sayin. :-)

Buying shoes that fit
Feet not hurting
Knees not hurting
Walking upstairs
Going to the gym and being the fattest one
Going to the pool with out being stared at
Diabeties
Dying and leaving my kids with out a mom
Shopping for clothes and not needing 3x size
Having more energy
More endurance during sex lol ie being on top for more than 5 min lol hahaha

I know huh the nerves will drive me nuts too when it's my day at the hospital. Just try to relax. A good relaxing breathing technique that I learned somewhere is called 567 breathing. It's where you breath in for 5 seconds, hold your breath for 6 seconds and exhale for 7 seconds. You just kinda count silently in your mind. But anyways, GOOD LUCK!!!!!!! :-)