allies journey

April and early May surgery patients I hope you all are doing great.
Good luck with your journey
Allie in SC

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Ruby,
Hey if you get hungry and I am Sure you have try to drink some Water it kinda fills you up.
Your doing amazing things and you're right don't let food control you.
Very wise already at the age of 18.
Good luck with your surgery.
Allie in SC

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Tomorrow is the big day for me. I will be so glad when it is finally over. I pray that all of you who are about to have your surgery that all will go well and a speedy recovery for you all. I pray that all those who just had the surgery will have a speedy recovery as well.

I’m new also.

Surgery Date: April 23

Sleeve

SW: 226
CW: 215
GW: Healthy BMI

I’m nervous and excited. I need to quit reading worst case scenarios!

Hi everyone, so my gastric bypass is on Tuesday 23rd April. I’m so nervous about the op but still excited. I just can’t wait to get the journey going. I’m on the 2 wk liver diet which started really bad but with only a few days to go I’ve found the will to go on.

Good luck with all those who have ops coming up this week. Stay strong and think of the future you.

I am having the sleeve. On my first appointment my weight was 260 with a BMI 42. I am now down to 253 hoping to loose at least another 10lbs before surgery day.

Surgery is scheduled for April 30th just sign consent with doctor got all my paperwork for surgery. Hospital will call me 1 day before to give me time. So excited cant not wait, so proud of myself I quit smoking too!!!

Surgery April 30th - Day 5 on liquids - it’s the waiting that’s killing me - Headaches now & then but nothing major - just do my Protein then and feel better. Anyone else..?

Gastric Bypass at 0530. Nervous. Drinking this prep. Yucketh!! I keep telling myself it is worth it!

Agreed!

Don't you hate it when people(especially your mother) talk the talk but fail to walk the walk when they could be of use? Well, on behalf of all the other Mamas of the world, I will apologize! Perhaps we will resind her Mother Union membership. 👎👵

I am set for May 6th for the bypass. I hope all of you the best of luck on your day.

I’m scheduled for revision May 3rd. Mint makes my Gerd ten times worse. I love my sleeve and did so well with the weight loss but the GERD is brutal. Very nervous about the Bypass.

RNY May 6th! 🙋‍♀️I'm starting the pre-op liver shrinking diet the day after Easter so I get a last hurrah with the family before then! I'm really looking forward to the surgery, I feel like I'll finally have a huge part of my life under control.

When i left the hospital i was told anything the size of an M&M or smaller I could swallow.

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I’m 4 weeks post op today. Over the weekend I had a Migraine and had to take a Tylenol that couldn’t be crushed and I was fine. I’ve been taking my pills whole since then and I’ve been just fine.

Frust8,
Your doing an amazing job and your so supportive of everyone on this forum.
My favorite part so is going from a 22w-24w to a 12/14 ladies jeans and not struggle to get in them. Going from a 2x to a L in blouses and all the compliments from my family.
It's hard for me to see the difference although 87lbs is about half of what I want to lose.
But I will accomplish this, I can do this and one day I am going to look in the mirror and say I got this!!!
Allie in SC

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Also, see if your doc can get you into a trainer/or PT who specializes in bariatrics and understands the metric of how to add muscle safely without using stacking enhancers etc. Cuz what you probably really want is not "weight"--you don't want fat. You want muscle.
@BigViffer might also pop in and give you advice on how or where to go to increase muscle.
Congrats on your weight loss btw!!!

You can increase your calories by eating several meals. Talk with your dietitian for a new food plan. Ask about carbohydrates and healthy fats.

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No it is a wonderful NSV, and I am happy for you and me both. Mine is somewhat similar, always had to ask for the "hat" in the toilet and sometimes I missed anyway Now I can wipe well and give them a Clean Catch because I can reach things without straining so hard. And those little things mean a lot, don't they? Now I can sit in chairs, even climb stepladders because I am UNDER the 250 pound weight limit. Won't bust things to smithereens accidently. Remember my,late hubby sat down in his favorite fishing chair, one of those with a woven seat. He didn't even wiggle or anything but it let out a,metallic scream and it collapsed to the ground with him still in it. ONLY THING BRUISED WAS HIS EGO but I wish I had sent the cellphone video to ABC for America's Favorite Home Videos, It was a real winner, and he always said he wasn't,OBESE, only me! Ha ha to the max there, he was 6ft3in and 330, but in his heart he must thought he was 195 like when he graduated in 1960. Still have his grad pictures, Tomkitten looks a lot like him, but maybe not much longer. After seeing I could have success, and knowing now I am 30-40 pounds lighter, he is considering Bariatrics for himself. And maybe he'll be a sleeve instead, maybe not, his PCP said he has costochondritis but I'm not sure if. he might have inherited my GERD tendencies also. And if true, he'll become a kangaroo like me! Why are the bypassed kangaroos? Because we all have pouches. Sproing,sproing!

I love clothes shopping now. It’s been a long time since I fit in every piece of clothing I bring into the fitting room. It’s no longer about what I can get on, but simply what I like! At a size 10/12, (from a 22/24) I can shop at pretty much any clothing store I want.

I know this gross, but being able to wipe myself when I go to the bathroom. I don't have to carry and use the toilet wand extension thingy.

Me too, at a 20 teetering on the brink of 18, started out a 28-30W. No longer do I have to ask "Hmmmm where are your largest clothes hanging?" No longer do I look at me in bra and panties and break down crying unceasingly, increasing my I can rotate , only take 2 mirrors instead of 3 or more to visualize myself. Oh, I am still a project that hasn't finished but now I have been given a transplant of HOPE and DREAMS for my future. No longer do I have to ask in a quavering voice," Is THAT all there is?" for there is much still ahead and I will live to see it all! AND THAT IS THE GIFT📦 THAT IS THE COOLEST THING OF ALL! 😛🍀❤🌈

Down to 2x shirts this week from 3x.

Hi Y’all! My revision from sleeve (2014) to Duodenal Switch is set for 5/20/2019! Im on my 3rd day of preop diet. All liquids has been really hard. Hope to keep up with all the May 2019 peeps...I’m excited for this second chance! :) Melody