newmetwenty15

Thank you for sharing such an encouraging story! I enjoy reading the success with the VSG. I recently had mine done on 01/06/2015 so I am still a new sleever but so far I have been successful!
I wish you the best!
newmetwenty15

I started my WLS journey on 5/31/2014. I saw my PCP to talk about options with losing weight. She suggested having weight loss surgery. She knows i struggled with my weight for a few years. SHe advised me to see Dr. Patrick Chiasson here in Tucson, AZ. I called the surgeons office to see if i can attend one of their weight loss seminars. I was scheduled in the first week of June 2014. I learned alot at the seminar and spoke with their coordinators about having the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. I filled out the paperwork and then handed it to them, they called the insurance and verified what i needed to get approved. They then called me and advised me I needed to be on a diet with my PCP for 6 months, labs, and other tests. I went back to my PCP on 6/20/2014 to start my journey, I had high blood pressure and at a weight of 384.3. The first three months i lost a total of 48 lbs. After i had all my testing and my three months were done, I spoke with my surgeons cordinator and she did advise me that i had everything done and was going to send for approval with my insurance. In Oct 2014, i was told by my surgeon that I was approved for my surgery. I started my liquid diet on 10/28/14 for 16 days then was scheduled for surgery on 11/12/2014. I am now 14 weeks post op and have lost a total of 115 lbs. My HW was 384.3, SW was 336.6, and CW is 269.6 lbs. My goal is 190-210 lbs. Thank you so much for all the support from my family and friends who have had WLS or not. I totally appreciate the support and great feedback. I love you all. Thanks again.

Hey all. Thought I might introduce myself and tell a bit about my situation. I was banded back in March 2008. Starting weight at 340 pounds. I got all the way down to 210 pounds. I went through a divorce about the time I hit my lowest and then figured how to cheat and went back to binge eating. I have been on a steady gain ever since then. I quit going to the doctor after 3 bad fills where I could not get Water through. I went to the ER and they took Fluid out then. I never went back. So fast forward to the current. I am at 282 pounds. I really want to get back to the program. I need support in a bad way. Hope to make some friends and maybe be an encouragement to some one on what NOT to do.. Hope to hear from you!

That puts my mind at rest. Thanks...

For filming ... they want to exclude the middle finger so there are no oooopppsis!!!
Why do I run my A/C when it is freezing outside?

I will get things started... Why do cartoon characters only have four fingers?

I'm tomorrow at 10 am. Excited n nervous. Good luck to us and safe recovery.

@@joleno I'm tomorrow at 9:30 - excited but super-nervous too! Are you having sleeve or bypass?

I'm so nervous and excited about this journey tomorrow morning:)
Haven't been on forum long but looking to gain support network:)
Wish me luck!

Congratulations! You have reached The Dreaded Week-3 Stall. It's perfectly normal, and just about all of us have suffered through it. You're not crazy, and your doctor didn't screw up. In fact, you might not lose any weight for two weeks or even longer. But don't worry – after that, the weight will start falling off if you stick to your program. And, the inches will continue to come off even while the scale isn't budging. Here's a good article that explains why it happens and why we all have to go through it. Hang in there. Pretty soon it'll be in the rear-view mirror and you'll be dropping weight again!
(Apologies to BP regulars who have seen this repeatedly, but it's a big deal to those who are going through it!)

I have been having the same issue the scale just hasn't been moving . I was sleeved on 12/30 I have lost 16 lbs and I am following the plan to a tee . I hope I start losing soon .????

I am so glad to see this.... I am down 22.5 pounds, two weeks and two days post op. I have stopped losing and have been terrified. Thank you for this post! I thought I was doing it all wrong!!! ????

Today is day one of my pre-op diet, my second pre-op diet. The first was in July 2013 before my surgery. I had my procedure on 8/9/13 and dropped eighty pounds over the course of a year or so. But I dug myself into a hole. It started around Halloween, or rather it started with Halloween candy which lasted until Christmas Cookies. I've made a few attempts to dig myself out of this hole - adding TRX and kettle bell classes to my usual spin classes, but the hole just got deeper and the pounds just increased. I've been having these nightmares of getting back to where I started - morbidly obese at 280 pounds with painful knees and poor endurance and high blood pressure. I'm scared. I can't go back to that, not again. After surgery? How could I deal with that? I have about 7cc in my 14cc band, and I feel restriction. I feel that I lost self-control even with this band. So it's back to basics. I remember the amazement I felt not eating for two weeks and the joy of loosing fifteen pounds. I need to recapture the amazement and joy and self-control. It's been a long time since I've posted here and I'm a stranger to most. But I read and have found support and inspiration from many of you, but I have come to these boards less and less since Halloween. So, thank you all for listening.

How do I join this group?

I've never done a challenge before but I will give it a shot.. I am six days post op having the VSG. Surgery weight was 266.5... Today I am 251.2!!! I will hope to be 220 by Valentines Day! ❤️❤️❤️

@@angewil60 I hope your doing ok! It sounds like your doing REALLY well! I can't wait until you read this later! I hope you don't think we are making fun of you its just too funny! After surgery my daughter said I was talking nonsense about Starbucks and scooby doo!

Big fat NOPE! But it made me laugh! I got the "it's over" and then it was OVER!

lmbo did anyone get that

@@angewil60 Holy mother! Lol! You may need to type that up again....After you come off the pain meds!!!!

I had my sleeve today it went well everything went well when I get there they um prep me and I'm I was given again and a midget my cast with Ted hose went to the bathroom they have you took some more information today and then the anesthesiologist came in to do for sale until we're here be doing intended. But can you tell me where I was going to go to the emergency room and if you see here and asked if we had any questions I was worried it down to operate out and let me know when I woke up again I was in recovery and I was giving you pain medicine cuz I was kinda hurting some and then from there I went and took them test two if I hadn't would liek from the incision from the the surgery itself they went very well I came back to another room and in there she came to me and she did me ask me about some more medicine and its me and took my blood pressure I had to get up and I had to walk and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and I walked up and down the hall with one of the nurses and you tell me since the test was friend and when I walked in and I had to go to bathroom to you and for you leave so I was little so says now that was on the way home.

@punkinvine Lucky duck getting some snow! I was hoping that our move northeast 500+ miles might mean we'd see snow, but not yet. Not sure about the Iron, other than supplements. Sounds like you've got a plan!
@newmetwenty15 Those of us posting are veteran lap banders. We've had our bands long enough to know what and how to do it, just holding each other accountable, sharing ideas, etc. There's a whole group of folks with the sleeve, which I think you have or are having per your stats, and you might those boards more helpful. The forum is here: http://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/3-gastric-sleeve-surgery-forum/
However, if I'm mistaken, jump in!! I don't want to come across like I'm turning you away or anything like that; it's certainly not my intention. I just want you to find the place that will benefit you the most!

How do I join this group?

Okay, guys, this it is!

No excuses, no whining, let's just make it happen!

We know how to make this band work for us and 2015 will be our year!

I am January 6th also!! I had to start my liquid diet two weeks prior to surgery so I am on it now! Wish everyone the best and please say a few prayers for all that have to be on this liquid diet! I'm in for the win though!!!