OleHippieGal

Thats awesome!!! good for you, and good luck

I know right. It only took him 9 mins on the video. He is a fast surgeon lol

I am so glad I don't have to worry about that anymore being an older woman I have no desires for such stuff anymore thanks to menopause and the fact that I did so much of that stuff in my younger years I hope to never ever see another penis ever. Haha don't tell the hubs. But with him at 400 lbs he surely has to have a clue. This ain't Easter and I am not going hunting for eggs ya know what I mean

With the weight and age does anyone else suffer from it? And does losing weight help with it? So embarrassing

I only had to attend 1 seminar lasted hour in 1/2. it was at the clinic the doctors have, went to seminar and then signed up for surgery same night they called me for my first appt 2 weeks later had all the test done EKG, blood work, chest xray, during the seminar found out that i would need the psyhc evalutation, and a upper scope done, so next day after seminar i set that all up into motion and got it all done. my next appt is 11/2/12. hope i find out about the surgery, hoping to get it done before the new year, so I can say my resolution is too lose weight and this time I will by golly.

I just hate it, I wear poise pads have for 10 years, of course its worse when I have a cold/cough. I do hope its only bad because of the weight and when I have my surgery and begin to lose weight it wont be so bad. but now I have to wear a pad 24/7. I have gotten to the point of calling it a diaper. I try to hold it till i can get to the bathroom. but it starts before I get there and pisses me off, yes I do kegel exercises and thats bull shit. after I do lose the 100 lbs, and I still have this problem. then I will decide to get my bladder tacted up.

you need a laxative for sure and you need to get with your doctor, even if there was blood could be you tore humm your hole a bit. but being with mucus and clot, i would get with a doctor soon and get some prepartion H, but seriously fiber is your friend forever

haha its called "doing the pee pee dance" we all do it, even men do too lol

lol yall are funny, and its called Vesicare, well I hope losing the weight will help it a little,

Yes i do that to and all i drink is water and very rarely cran grape lite juice. Its horrible when i have the flu and have coughing fits grrrr

Yes both the surgeon and my insurance wanted me too

Amazing comments y'all thanks it really helps

Joplin MO

So I had to go see my endocronologist today. i needed my letter of support for the clinic that is doing the surgery. My endo is the one who helped me get my diabetes under control. and he is also the one who refered me to this clinic, so he starts by telling me he is afraid for me and am i sure this is the only way to go? that maybe we can do drugs or something? I was like no, I have been through so much already. I do not want to take diet pills. he said you must underrstand this is a no joke surgery, it is very serious, and told me after the surgery i could develope hypoglycemia, and my sugars could run low especially if i take in carbs, I had to reassure him that I am reading everything, I am in 3 different support groups. I feel I am ready for the next chapter in my life, so he agreed, told me to come see him after surgery and they will keep me in their prayers. Ok so now how scary is that?

I do know its my decision, trust me on that. i just want to hear from folks who have had it, putting aside the yonger people who are under 40, because hell yea i would be excited as all get out to be able to get my groove back and buy new clothes and find a good man, but I am not looking for any of that. I am 56 years young married, and have a grand daughter. i just want my activity level up and just feel good. I am not looking for depression answers that isnt what i mean. I just want to know after it is all said and done are YOU happy? i appreciate all the good tips advice, and comments. Oh i am having the surgery dont get me wrong. next time i take my 5 yr old granddaughter to the zoo, i want to be smiling the whole way around it and pushing her to the next place.

Lol yea that's good what I won't buy for myself in food ole hubs will. All I care about is getting my energy back and to be able to move more actively I probably won't buy any clothes till I lose about 60 lbs I still have plenty of sizes in jeans and t shirts. Thanks everyone

thanks again

Yes i am current on mamograms, had my coloscopy done last november and just had the endoscopy done, I havent smoked in 10 years. trying to get back on the cpap since they do require it. had sleep study a few years ago, but didnt feel it was done right since i hardly slept during it but yet they said i had sleep apnea. oh well what ever has to be done. i keep current on everything. everything should be about done for the surgery, just waiting now for pre op visit. already went to the seminar and my first appt where they gave me protein shakes and vitamins and calcium to start taking.

thanks yall, it really helps talking to you, I have faith that god will see me through this. My endo just scared me yesterday so i had all these questions come up thank you

Thats what i want to know from the 1000 of you folks on here. I am 56, i am type 2 diabetic that takes 750 mg of metformin XR 3 times a day, my cholesterol went up 1 time and was put on pravastatin, and because i am a diabetic doc puts me on high blood pressure so that the pressure doesnt build up on my kidneys from the diabetes, and in my entire life never had high blood pressure. it was never over 124/70 always just a little lower. now with the freaking pill which i discuss with my doc to let me 1/2 it for once a day, my pressure still runs low, even at one time it was 95 /62 that is too low. it usally stays now around 103/61 which i think is too low, but i will live with it. I dont care how i will look. I just want to stop being the biggest person in pictures, I want to be healthy enough to keep up with my 5 yr old granddaughter and do stuff like walk around the zoo and fairs and stuff with out giving out. and I refuse to use a wheel chair. I am not disabled. just fat. i havent ever been able to lose more then 20 lbs. its so freaking hard. and i didnt gain weight till i was 28, and then had depression so much i went for confort foods. chocolate addicted. i just want to feel normal and feel good and get off these meds. if it takes surgery then it will. i just want to know i wont still be depressed later like i am now. thank you for the comments

thank you, also i have read in places people went to cardiologist before surgery to make sure they are ok. the only thing this clinic had me do was an ekg, and chest xray and blood work, is that good enough?