I'm losing it!

I had my surgery yesterday and yes we can do it. We will do it together. Your not alone so hang in there. You got 3 weeks till you start your new life. Hang in there bro.....YOU CAN DO THIS

Yes you can do it! Great support on here. By the way I've been using this tool myfitnesspal and it's amazing. It's a free app and makes me accountable for my daily intake.

A little about me, i'm 24, married but separated now. I have 3 little ones and I've battled my weight my entire life. I am still on my husbands insurance and we separated about 2 months ago. I've been going through the approval process for my surgery since August of this year. I had 3 pre - op appointments with my pcp and a nutritionist visit, consutltations, i had to do a psych eval, and that was pretty much it. I just found out 4 weeks ago that I was approved, had my pre op with the surgeon on December 3rd and was there scheduled for surgery for December 30th. Im just so greatful i'm able to get this done before the end of the year (i've already met my deductiable for this year) and also before im off my ex's insurance lol.
Ready to start a new life for myself and my kids and be healthy and have the "smaller" girl in me make her grand entrance!
I'm currently about 370 and my goal weight is to be 170. We will see!

Am 3wks post ops n I am going through a really rough patch right now, i can't take my Vitamins, i am tired of stage 2 foods i feel like I want to eat everything in front of me. i am so fustrated.
P/S i need people to help me boost up not people to critize me or judge me please. So if u r ready to attack me just exit my thread. I need help!!!

I have no regrets at 8 1/2 months out. I think it's totally normal to have feelings of apprehension; it's a major life change. I just try to do it all one day at a time..if I thought of never being able to eat this again, ir how my recovery would go pre op, I felt anxious, but as long as I just focused on daily goals I was fine. This continues post op...I focus on daily goals and trust the process. It's worked so far.

6 weeks out I can say nope I have none, surgery went well, recovery has been smooth and so far knock on wood every new food I have tried has sat well....and should I even think o I kinda miss this or that I look in the mirror...so other than maybe having it done soon which had it meant to be it would have happened I have no regrets! Congrats and good luck!

I also regret not doing it sooner. I had no fears/worries before and I had no regrets at any stage afterwards. My experience has been 100% positive. I don't miss the old foods that I can't eat anymore and can't relate to those who do. I see my old relationship with food as an abusive one. It made me miserable and unhealthy. It interfered with my entire adult life and made me unable to enjoy doing things with my children when they were young. So many wasted years during which I was miserable. Why would I miss something that was making me miserable, causing me pain and humiliation and would lead to an early death? I like my life now, and don't dread my future. :-)

I think WLS is similar to another major life change--marriage. Even though you really want it, you have jitters before the big day and on at least one day after surgery you will wake up and think, "What the hell have I done???"
Then if you do things right, give it your best shot, and are a bit patient, your quality of life improves, you are much happier and you have a lot more fun. Once in awhile you miss your old life and (hopefully only once in a very great while), sometimes you want to undo the whole damn thing. But, overall, you find yourself incredibly thankful you did this and only wish you might have done it sooner so you could live even more of your life in this better way.

Ummmmmmm hello. Offer that person my # and I will set them straight for you. Goodness! That is information/words that you need to let go in one ear and out the other. Do NOT consider that person or their words any form of support and good advice. You are taking care of you and this is about YOU not that person. You keep moving forward in your daily progress AND you go for surgery and let your life turn itself around, as you see fit. This is coming from a girl who is having surgery (RYGB) next week, Tuesday the 17th. I am getting more and more nervous, but I am staying on track and gonna do this. This will be the BEST GIFT I have ever given myself. You do the same.......this is your present to YOU!

I one MAJOR regret! I soooooo wish I would have been able to do this 20 years ago!
There are challenges and you'll learn a tonne about yourself. But this is the best thing I've done for myself.
good luck!

I'm still upset about this.
Whoever said that to you must have been someone whose opinion about you matters to you.
I hope that your bypass surgical program includes post-operative counseling and support. Please tell your surgeon and your post-surgical care team about this comment. They will help you get your head straight about this situation and this person.
The reasons for obesity are very, very complex. Becoming obese requires a whooooole lotta things to line up in a certain way in order for that to happen. You are going to have an opportunity to become educated about that in the months to come.
BTW, I saw a post here this morning from a guy named Frank who had WLS a year ago. He has lost 200 pounds already (!!!) and has another 100 to go. Just visualize yourself that way.
Go get 'em.

That person DESERVES to be shown the door and right out of your life.
Seriously.
They are toxic to you.
What YOU deserve is a life without this poison in it.
Grrrr!

Thank you Terry. I swear my emotions are going all over the place. Maybe its the clear liquid diet I been on since noon yesterday or maybe its just overwhelming the thought of being healthy.

No one has the right to say that to you!!!! The nerve! You DO deserve to be healthy and happy! Do it for yourself. You may have 'let' it happen to yourself but now you are doing something about it. This is YOUR life and YOUR decision. Keep your happy thoughts! If people genuinely care about you they will come around. If not, best to lose them now. Hang in there! :-)

Im sorry about the pain. That's a big worry of mine as well. I go under this Tuesday. I asked our dietician if anyone has buyers remorse. She said yes, everyone does! She quickly added that everyone changes their minds by about two weeks later. So you're right to think that and feel that. I hope and pray you feel better sooner than two weeks from now. I hope and pray we all do too.

I can identify with you! Today is day 6 post op for me. I feel better as each day goes by, I was able to have a BM yesterday and oh tht made me feel so good. I pray things continue to lighten up for you. We are well on our way to some better great days! I see a light at the end of the tunnel!

I was just told on December 5th that my insurance approved my revision surgery. I am having surgery on Tuesday, December 10th... Im so happy!

I've seen several people take the Children's liquid Tylenol. Try that maybe

Yaaaaay!! So happy for you.

Hi Carol -- welcome! You'll find lots of us Sleevers over in the Gastric Sleeve threads. Come poke around over there. My name is Amanda, and I just had my sleeve done on Tuesday. I've been looking into bariatric surgery for 14 years, but it was never covered by our insurance. Close to two years ago, I decided I was just going to cash pay for the sleeve, and as we began checking to see if our insurance would cover pre-op testing and post-op care, we discovered that the WLS exclusion had been lifted from our insurance. I connected with a local surgeon at that point, but then fell pregnant with our sixth child, so I put WLS on hold. I reconnected with the surgeon in August, and after completing all of my insurance requirements for surgery, I was sleeved this week on 12/03/13. I feel great, I've had no trouble taking in fluids, I've been meeting my Protein numbers, and I'm thrilled with the decision I made. My husband was also reluctant for me to have the surgery, but after he began doing research on his own and watching YouTube videos of sleevers, he grew more comfortable with the idea. He knew I'd reached the point that nothing was working for me to lose weight on my own, and I was being overcome by the chronic effects of morbid obesity. By surgery time, he was on my side, and now that I'm through the actual operation and feeling/doing well, he's thrilled. I think his resistance was entirely based in fear, but he understood and respected my fear in doing nothing at all. Hopefully your guy will come around. In the meantime, find support and encouragement here on these threads.
Best of luck to you!

Hi, I'm new to the site and I am so glad I found it. I have so many questions about what other people have gone through before and after having bariatric surgery. I have been reading a lot of threads and have enjoyed reading everybody's comments. I have been struggling with my weight for many years and have now decided to have the gastric sleeve. I have done most of my pre-op consultations already and just had my upper GI done today. I just need to have an echo and stress test next week and get my doctor to sign medical necessity form as well. I'm scheduled for Jan 22, 2014 and I am nervous about failing. I love to eat, obviously....My husband is totally against me having this surgery. He thinks that it's all about self control and that I should be able to control myself and what I eat and I don't know how to explain my feelings for food and how it makes me feel, whether good, bad or indifferent. I have friends who have had the band, and bypass and have been peppering them with questions. I just don't want to fail. I would love to hear from anyone out there. Thanks...Carol

Completely can relate. Amazing how you see why you had no energy, felt like crap and well potty issues. I have felt so good and tonight almost didn't est dinner. Can't believe how this week has been!!

Just cutting back on sweets and Portion Control . I already ate pretty healthy

I am on day 4 of 2 weeks of Protein Shakes. It is testing my resolve! I keep bouncing between excitement about the process and doubts about whether I should do it. Has anyone else felt like they were on an emotional roller coaster ?

I waited exactly 17 days and ended up pregnant! LoL! I say it depends on how you feel.