ChrissyVon

im 6 days in and I definitely felt the wooziness today, and food is looking very good right about now!

congrats to you too! keep in touch, I would love to follow your journey towards WLS success!

we are definitely on the same page then, I'm happy I can talk to people who are my own age about this bittersweet journey! haha. talking to anyone helps, but there's something more comforting about talking to people who are dealing with the same things you are dealing with and are closer in age.... you can relate more <3

aw thanks! I hope so, I'm trying. This whole liquid diet thing is a challenge. Are you required to do a liquid diet 2 weeks pre-op? if so, does it get easier? lol

*sigh* if only!!!

Hey everyone, I'm new to the site but not new to the process. My surgery date is May 20th, 2013! Finally! I have had trouble finding a surgeon that would do the surgery on someone my age, I've actually been trying since I was 17. The first place I went too said that I should wait another 6 months and continue to see a nutritionist and try to lose the weight on my own (despite my own attempts) then 6 months later they told me to wait another 6 months! and then the same thing happened after that! they wanted to give me another 6 months then go for the surgery, so I decided to just stop going. I didn't want to be let down again. At that point I was 18 years old and 285 lbs at 5'3''! After another year of yo-yo dieting, getting down to 240 then up 10 lbs down 5, up 20 down 3... I decided to go for the surgery again at 20, first surgeon didn't want to do the surgery because of my age so then I went to another surgeon, one that my doctor recommended. And everything went great! and the whole process happened so quick, I saw him for the first time 3/22/13 and my surgery is now 5/20/13. I'm on day 2 of my liquid diet, not fun but I am very hopeful and excited! Did anyone else struggle to get to their surgery date? or gave up and decided to go back for it?

I'm nervous about the excess skin as well, and losing what boobs I do have haha. I would be happy if I were a full C pre-op! nope, i'm all butt. I could wear a B, but wearing a C makes me feel better about myself

I've had to visit 3 different surgeons because of my age, 2 of them didn't want to do the surgery but my doctor recommended that I see a surgeon that a lot of his patients go to in one of the suburbs north of Boston, MA. He is happy to do the surgery (my date is 5/20/13) and confident that this would be good for me and it works out because I don't have to go into Boston for every single dr. apt! (I've had at least 1 apt. every week since I saw him first) and he is a lot nicer than the other ones I've met. so, every surgeon is different. Some have an age preference, some don't. If you get denied, just go somewhere else. Don't give up!

My surgery date is May 20th! I am so anxious. I'm on day 2 of my liquid diet, and so the fun begins haha