emilypaige

I have been preparing for gastric bypass surgery since Feb. of 2014. My visits for my 6 months of dr appointments started in March, and ended in Sept. My final visit was Sept 25th 2014. My doctor sent my all of my papers/file to the surgeon and everything was going great. Sept 27th I was walking my dog and cracked my fifth metatarsal on my left foot in half. The office manager called that monday the 29th and said I was approved and we needed to schedule. I told her about what happened. The doctor called and said I wasn't able to have my surgery during the time of my broken foot because I would not be mobile enough. I was devastated to say the least. I stayed in a cast from sept 27th until the end of November. I also had to have surgery on my foot during that time to screw the bone back together. Finally after I was out of the cast and healed my surgery was scheduled for Dec 12th. I got a call a few days beforehand that the surgeon was overbooked that day and they scheduled me by mistake. It would be the 22nd before I would have surgery. I felt like at this point it would just not happen, something would always keep coming up. But, Dec. 22nd I was FINALLY able to get my surgery. Since then I have lost from 279.5 lbs to 246. 33.5 lb weight loss in almost 4 weeks. That is not too bad in my opinion Moral of the story: good things come to those who wait!!! lol

You look so awesome! Thanks for sharing your story!

That is a great idea. Never thought of that!

You look awesome!

I just messaged you asking how you were I guess I should've read this first I am sorry you are in so much pain. But glad you were able to go home and you are a bit better now

You are beautiful and I am glad you made this choice for yourself. Life is too short to be miserable!

Thanks so much for sharing. You are an inspiration to this newb. I haven't had my surgery yet but stories like this make me even more excited to have it. I rarely see anyone who has had one that long ago speak about it. It is great to know it is possible to keep it off for good!

Thank you very much Becky! I will look into it

I got samples of Celebrate Vitamins and a lot of their chewable vitamins contain coconut. Which I am SEVERELY allergic. So, those are a no. I contacted Bariatric Advantage but cannot seem to get them to contact me back for a complete ingredients list (which I cannot find on their site) and samples. So, I am not buying vitamins that are that expensive without knowing some things. So Flinstones might be my only choice

Thank you- That would be awesome and I would really appreciate it. We totally should!

I have not had my surgery yet but during the nutrition classes I just took they said if you have the bypass and don't continue getting the 60-80 grams + of protein you are told to get in daily you will feel terrible. Which is a lifetime thing and they tell you that but I know a few people who didn't continue to take their vitamins/protein as directed and they didn't end up looking or feeling well at all.

I am in the same boat! I was gonna take a semester off too but had to get another math and a literature in or I would just end up way behind schedule. Hybrid/online classes are the way to go anyway. I pray everything goes well for both of us, I think we got this!

I am getting a bypass in sept (hopefully) and I was told by my doctor I would be ready to go back to class in a week. He said most people even go back to work after a week. So hopefully that is the case! Microbiology is a very fun class btw.