Lovelycurves

Whoops added a pic of my bf lol don't mind that pic xD

Oh and forgot to add before pics :-p

Hey everyone hope all is well I'm about 11 months post op today!! WOW HOW TIME FLIES!!! Anyeays here's my stats HW: 350lbs SW: 302lbs CW: 179lbs I'm down almost 200lbs from my highest weight and since surgery I am just over 120lbs I am a slow loser now especially lol I had the Duodenal Switch on 8-6-2013 and I'm so happy I did. any bariatric surgery I believe is great for people who need the extra tool to help them. My goal weight is 160lbs and ultimately I want to be around 130-140 lbs by this time next year so hopefully I can still use this tool and get to my goal. I'm definitely going to need to have my excess skin taken off but that's something I'll worry about after I get to the weight I want to be at here's pics from this 4th of July weekend...

you look great I can see a huge difference in your face especially!! Keep up the good work!

My stats are this surgery date August 6 2013 weighed 302 today 193lbs. Here's my before & after pics :-)

I bruise so easily it's crazy. I've talked to my drs and everything is normal. Although if your platelets are low enough you will bruise or have a bleeding disorder. My platelets are a lil low but dr told me not low enough to cause bleeding issues or bruising. I bruise so bad and so easy especially on arms and legs and my dr told me some people just bruise easily. But check with dr and see if your platelets are low? Other than that for me everything is normal levels so no reason to be bruising easy. I am also 8months post op. So don't worry too much till you have all your blood work done and check thoroughly good luck hope this helps.

Fingers crossed for you! And prayers your way!

Today I had my initial consult with the surgeon and I'm definitely anxious now! So I have a few things I have to get done, 6months pcp supervised diet, psych eval, my initial labs, and surgeon wants me to do a sleep study. (Cause my weight but also because I'm always up every couple hours a night) then within 90 days (of surgery) I have to get pulmonary and cardiology clearance. So I'm completely excited. My insurance I have right now, I would have to do a WHOLE year of supervised diet, but I'm switching to a different plan when open enrolement is (febuaryish) so then it'll only be 6months. I'm really happy to start this journey! I'm only 21 and have high risk for diabetes heart disease and a ton of other health problems so I'm taking control of my life! I already have high blood pressure, have had asthma since I was 6months old and possibly sleep apnea! I really cannot wait this surgeon is compassionate and I'm so happy I found him! 6 to 9 months and ill have my surgery and start moving on with leaving behind this old me! So right now I weigh 326lbs (I range btwn 325 to 336... 2 weeks ago I was 334 so my weight fluxuates a lot lol) I'm happy and excited, good thing is my insurance takes my bmi from this initial consult with surgeon so even if I lose 30lbs before I have surgery this use the weight and bmi from today! :-) so I'm just so anxious and happier than ever! I just cannot wait till it gets closer to the 6 months so I can get a surgery date! Whoohoo! Haha ok so now I'm done blabbering on I'm just soooo excited!

This definitely helps thank you sooo much! And I have to get both cardiac and pulmoary because I have high blood pressure and asthma (although my asthma hasn't bothered me for a long time like it used to I have to get both clearances!) But thanks sooo much you like answered everything for me! I'm definitely excited, and I'm not sure if january is or not! I was talking with my mom and there are 2 different open enrollments for my insurance (but I only get 1) we aren't sure if it was july or if its in like january/febuaryish! Haha we are caling my insurance tomorrow to double check everything with them. So I'm happy to say soon ill be having my bypass done and feeling tons better about myself! I cannot wait for this life changing event!

So I had my seminar today, and am super stoked about this. One negative to it is I have to do 1 WHOLE year of supervised diet which I can totally deal with but it does kinda suck because I was hopeing for only a 6 month diet. But I was told if I could switch to another insurance which is still part of my insurance just a different plan. Then I would only have to do 6 month diet. Which is awesome! So I'm going to talk to my insurance to make sure there will be no penalties and see about switching to this other plan. I still am going to see tbhe doc and everything will basically roll over and I won't have to start over. So far I have the seminar done off the check list of requirements. So here ill list what insurance requires. -seminar -class attendance (which is educational classes there are 2 before surgery) -consult with surgeon (which is next week on 8/30) -5 years of past med records (weight documented 2-3office visits a year... which I have) -BMI 35- with 1 co-morbidity (my bmi is freaking 55 and I have high blood pressure) -12 months of physician supervised diet (unless I switch plans then only 6months) -psychological eval (with MMPI what the heck is mmpi lol) -pulmonary clearance -cardiac clearance -letter of recomendation from pcp (med necessity) -documentation from pcp on smoking cessation for min of 6 months (not sure what this is!) -maintain food diary (not sure for length of time will def ask surgeon) -physical activity log (same as food diary ask surgeon) I'm extra excited that I've gotten this taken care of and I'm very suprised that it really isn't too much asking for except the length of time it takes! I'm just excited about this whole thing, and my surgeon is very honest and careing. And he seemed definitely great! So I'm just excited to see what the next year brings! Because I've been trying to get this taken care since 2010 and since I found a doctor who knows what they are doing now I can actually get this done! I cheers to that. Oh and found out the drug screen and alcohol and tabacco screen too (which I don't smoke or do drugs but occasionally have a drink! So idk how that's gonna work out!)

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Hello everyone, I recently started looking into getting gastric bypass as I've gained a ton of weight and I've done every diet out there to lose weight to just gain instead. My highest weight recorded is 336lbs. But I've been at 350 now I'm at 330. I have high blood pressure due to my weight. And I'm at high risk of diabetes and high cholesterol. (Although my doctors are very happy with my blood work) anyways I was just curious what the process is to get the rny approved through insurance. I am 330lbs 21yrs old and about 5'6, my bmi is calculated at around 50 (maybe a little higher I'm not 100% sure) I'm going to seminar tomorrow 8/21 then setting an appointment to see surgeon asap! I was just wondering what the process is what tests usually are needed to be done preop. I've done some research but would like to hear what actual people who's had it done have to say about it. I'm very curious what everyones input is about this is. Sorry for rambling on and hope to hear some input on this thanks!