PianoMom

Hello everyone! 51 year old here but I don't feel that seasoned! My initial consultation with the surgeon was Nov 12, 2012. PCP had sent all information before the appointment. Insurance approved Nov 29. Now waiting for surgeons office to schedule all the lovely tests. Anticipating surgery mid Jan. Looking forward to losing my extra body and hopefully improving insulin resistance, blood pressure and cholesterol. Thank you everyone for sharing. It really helps us newbies!

Hi there. I had surgery on fri. jan 18 and it went fine. I got dehydrated from the surgery and my bp was really low for most of the surgery day. They doubled my IV and I got a shot of something and slowly over the next day it was more toward normal. It has slowly gotten higher each day and its normal now. So all is well there. My pain was tolerable due to the morphine. I made myself walk 2 times the night of surgery and 6 times the next day and 4 times the day I got released. I was SO PROUD of myself. I struggled with the spirometer but am doing fine now. I have asthma so my dr wants me to keep practicing with it. My only "bummer" is that I gained 15 pounds do to the IV/swelling but I have decided that this week is about healing not losing weight. So I just want to walk and drink my Water and my Protein and sleep. I have the rest of this year to get the weight off!! Glad to be a part of this awesome group!!!

Insurance approved surgery for Jan 15 but that might not be the exact date. Monday 12/17 is my "test day." Then I meet with the doctor to review the results on 12/27. If everything is ok, I find out the exact date that day. Excited about losing weight and resolving health issues but apprehensive about surgery. I haven't been hospitalized since 1992 when my son was born. It will be a relief to have the surgery over and concentrate on my NEW life!

Has anyone had the experience of someone asking this ignorant question: So, did you lose your weight the hard way or by surgery?
I was soooooooo angry. There's no easy thing about surgery. I wanted to say to this person: Yeah, I took the easy way by getting cut open, the insides cut and rearranged, sewed up and then reintroduce food only to throw it up because my stomach wasn't ready for solid foods.........
How did you deal with people and their stupid question?

First pic 6/18/12....second pic 12/14/12. Down 140 lbs

Won't be having surgery until mid January but the counselor told me I would feel 9 months pregnant after surgery. Guess she knows what she's talking about! It will be worth it

I am 9days out and have lost 19lbs! Dont feel it lol but i couldnt believe it when i saw the scale! I cant wait to keep seeing it go down! Woohooo!

I'm amazed at my progress! I was so worried about the 1st few days after surgery. I know couldn't have been do successful without all of the feedback & things I learned from all of you! This site ROCKS!!!!!
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Through surgery fine!
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I have had people tell me, "you could be a model if you lost weight." I wish I was as assertive then as I am now. I would have replied, "You could be a full person if you you weren't so much of an ass!"

I find this forum very helpful. I don't feel isolated knowing that others are experiencing the same things. I've learned a lot through reading the posts. It was easier to go through post-op recovery because of the posts on this forum.

Thanks for sharing. I'm still on a liquid diet. I hope to avoid the blues as much as possible. I'm trying to keep my eyes on the prize. The prize now is sugar free pudding and fudge-sicles next week!

Oh actually I hadn't thought about it before, but google eggface. Her blog is something like "the world according to eggface" and she has a part called "a day in my pouch" that shows numerous days of meals she eats all the time. She's years out, but her food looks good!

Hi everyone! So, I'm a 30 something, single, female waiting to find out about insurance approval- my clinic said probably by Friday... I have diabetes and high cholesterol so I hope it'll go through. I'm anxious and nervous and worried lol I'm so ready to start and feel like I'm going thru some kind of "goodbye" to favorite foods. I've been researching and reading everything I can find. I feel confident this is right for me and think I'm ready to make those changes I need to... Just ready to stop waiting and go! Looking for a good support team- I want to do this right and use it as the tool that it is to becoming healthy... So just an intro... good to meet everyone

Hello everyone! 51 year old here but I don't feel that seasoned! My initial consultation with the surgeon was Nov 12, 2012. PCP had sent all information before the appointment. Insurance approved Nov 29. Now waiting for surgeons office to schedule all the lovely tests. Anticipating surgery mid Jan. Looking forward to losing my extra body and hopefully improving insulin resistance, blood pressure and cholesterol. Thank you everyone for sharing. It really helps us newbies!

There are so many thoughts that swirl through our heads before surgery. Please try to focus on the reasons why you are having surgery. I freaked myself out the day of surgery and now I realize how much overreacted! The surgery went well, and everything is going as planned. I think we all have this feeling of what if we're the exception? What if it doesn't work? Everyone's bodies react differently, which we can't control, but if we focus on the stuff we can control such as what we eat and exercise, we will be successful!

I know! Happy and all freaked out at the same.