RJrocks

Amazing!

I have a list of 25 milestones and I mark them off as I meet them. I wrote these when I first started my journey at the beginning of my six-month insurance-required pre-op diet 14 months ago. I am up to milestone 24 now. Just 17 pounds to go until goal!

I'm so glad you did it! They see people all day with better bodies and worse bodies. They really don't care. And if you said you lost x amount of pounds she'd probably be like "go girl!"

It sounds like the RD you were working with was just dispensing the standard diet sheet handed down from upon high by the surgeon or hospital, much as pharmacists spend much of their time simply counting pills per a computer order rather than getting to dispense the advice that they have the education and training to do. A good RD given a bit of freedom will work with the patient to affect the desired result within the tastes and tolerances of the patient. You are right though, that it seems that many pre-op programs seem to be devised to test a patient's tolerance and compliance.
Another thought is whether "liver shrinking" was a major intent of the diet, or some other rationale. A lot of surgeons aren't overly concerned with that.

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Add me please RJRocks91

One of the major reasons I will do nothing but RNY is due to the revision rate. Both band AND sleeve are both revised to bypass. It is still the gold standard Bariatric surgery and comes with the most research. They have also greatly improved their methods to help with the severe malabsorption that used to happen even a decade ago. I only want one surgery and this is the one that seems so tried and true.

Hello my friend Welcome... I'm 35/F/268 RNY 5/17

Amazing! You look so happy and youthful :-)

May 30th. I have been waiting 15 months. Rny

May 30th here! 37/F/Canada

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I have been wondering about this too. I am a lower BMI and nervous that if I loose to much on Opti they will bypass less.

Interesting. And Following ....sometimes I'm not sure I want to know all

Interesting. Where did you get this assessment done?

Yes I would. Had I known now how long the process would take and how affordable it can be done in Mexico I would have opted for it. Only 2 more months of wait to go but it's been a long 15 month wait for me

This is so unfair! My gosh I am so angry for you right now. :-(

I have noticed the same and agree with all the points listed above. I also feel like it's a bit of optics. First all, most people look so unhappy in their before shots and are glowing in their after shots. Even some people's after shots who weigh more than people's before shots just look so happy and healthy:-). Secondly, I think for a good after shot you are putting on an outfit that makes you feel fabulous. You put it on and often pose your body in the most flattering way one knows how to capture the after.

I also can not wait for my after shots!! :-)

I have noticed the same and agree with all the points listed above. I also feel like it's a bit of optics. First all, most people look so unhappy in their before shots and are glowing in their after shots. Even some people's after shots who weigh more than people's before shots just look so happy and healthy:-). Secondly, I think for a good after shot you are putting on an outfit that makes you feel fabulous. You put it on and often pose your body in the most flattering way one knows how to capture the after.

I also can not wait for my after shots!! :-)

I have a lap band, gosh I can't remember off hand the date I got it! Funny, never thought I'd forget that date! Well anyway, I've had it for a good 5 years maybe. I lost 80 pounds then all weight loss stopped. After speaking with my doctor, we believe it's my having PCOS that adds to the difficulties in finishing my weight loss goals. So.... she suggested I try Saxenda. I just started (3days in), so it's hard to give you a true opinion but I've lost 4 pounds so far. I know, it's really Water loss. But I'm hopeful this will help me achieve my full weight loss goal. I'm 239 now and I really want to be around 175 but I'd be thrilled to be under 200. I know this conversation thread is older, but I hope someone reads it! I'd love to hear how you all have done.

Hi everyone. About a year ago I began looking into bariatric surgery, but officially made the call to a surgeon this year. I had my initial appointment with the surgeon at the end of February, where I went over my insurance requirements (weight loss, upper endoscopy, psychiatric eval and 3 consecutive months of meeting with my dietician and surgeon). When I initially met with the team, I was set on having RNY. My reasoning behind this, is because it's considered the "gold standard" of weight loss surgery. Now I'm considering VSG. Health-wise, obesity is my only issue. I don't have high blood pressure, sleep apnea or diabetes. I'm really just looking for advice from those of you who went back and forth between the two. I want to know which surgery you chose and why. I meet with my surgeon again in a few days, so I'm going to bring up VSG and see what he says. Thanks for all of your input

There are many of us on here that can relate to exactly what your saying. I havent worn a swimsuit in about 20 years. Havent worn shorts in about 15, the list goes on...
You have made the decision to have surgery when the time is right for you. Enough of feeling like the one who is left out of the fun, next year that wont be you. Start making small changes now in your diet and routine and those changes will help you prepare for what you will soon go through.

Hi all. I haven't posted since the morning of my surgery. Unfortunately I was one of those where things didn't go oh-so-smoothly for me. This isn't meant to be a discouraging post but my tale and where I am at.
I had my sleeve done on the morning of January 25th. Everything up to the point of surgery had gone swimmingly. When I awoke in recovery I was in a tremendous amount of pain and nausea. I do not do well with anesthesia so waking up was doubly difficult. While I do not suffer from sleep apnea my breathing was irregular and if I would start to drift off to sleep I would stop breathing. I ended up being in recovery for probably 6-8 hours. As to the surgery itself my doctor said things went perfect. Liver was tip top and the time of surgery went quickly.
When I got to my room the discomfort continued. What complicated things further was that the pain meds seemed to be making me nauseousness all the more. Getting fluids down was really difficult. My stomach must have been seriously swollen because any amount of Fluid seemed to sit at the top of my stomach and gave me terrible heartburn. Thursday continued to be a difficult day. The nausea continued and got so bad to where I wretched a few times although there was nothing to come up.
By Thursday night things had started to improve slightly, but on Friday things went downhill yet again. I had fallen asleep in my reclining chair and awoke around noon with terrible pain and cramps in my left side and shoulder. Then suffered another wretching bout on top of it. As time passed the pain increased and moved to the center of my chest. Breathing became difficult and painful. The concern was a leak or internal bleeding so they took me down to do a CT scan. Scan showed that it appeared my spleen had decided to spring a leak. Good news is that it was not a continual bleed but I had blood in my abdomen. By the time I got back to my room the chest pain increased and breathing was rapid and shallow. At this point the pulled me out of my room and sent me down to ICU to try and stabilize me.
The next 18 hours were scary and painful. By Saturday I was starting to feel slightly better with a reduction in chest pain and breathing became easier. I got the all clear to go back to my original room, but by that time the floor was full and they had no bed for me. So I was essentially stuck in ICU for almost a day longer than I needed to be. By the time I got into a room on my original floor it was Sunday evening. My luck seemed to be on a crash course as the heating was malfunctioning and all of the rooms were well over 80s degrees. Sleep Sunday night was minimal and miserable. Come Monday morning my doc told me that he wanted me to stay yet another day for observation. At this point I was ready to jump out the 12th floor window of my room as being in the hospital was taking its toll on me.

On Tuesday I felt the best I had. Sadly my heartbeat was still elevated and temp was over 100, but my hemoglobin was showing normal again which pointed to the internal bleed being gone. At the last second I thought they were going to change their minds and keep me again but my doc gave me the okay to go home. Total time was 6 nights and 7 days in the hospital.

I'm now home and doing better, but far from being out of the woods. My temp continues to bounce around at 100 degrees and heartbeat is about 100-110. I wanted to give myself a solid day of rest at home as the hospital stay was making me a wreck, plus the heat problem made the last 36 hours all the worse.
Getting fluids down is now a piece of cake. Still have no appetite at all, and cool drinks are all I want. I've actually gained weight but that's due to being pumped full of so may fluids while at the hospital. At this point in time weight loss is the last thing I'm worried about. Still having some pain but it's bearable, and the meds I'm on aren't causing nausea which is a Godsend. Still pretty scared about the temp/heartbeat and that it could be a sign of infection. The wretching bouts I had left me worried that I had done some damage, but my stomach seems to be happy at the moment. Put a call into my doc this afternoon to update but haven't heard back from them yet so I'll follow up again tomorrow. Hoping another decent night's sleep will help get me over the hump to a full recovery.

Could definitely use some well wishes right now. Was feeling horribly discouraged at the hospital but so thankful to be back at home.

You look fabulous! Is that THE dress? The blue/cream one that almost broke the Internet? Sent from my SM-G900W8 using the BariatricPal App

I never thought of neck!