tahoegirl96118

Mine are:
The surgery not working
Vomiting right after surgery
Complications
My age
Not telling my kids about the surgery

There is something very powerful about talking about your fears. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!

I was afraid of, and still am afraid, of not losing weight

I have only told my daughter my husband and my mom. I tried talking to a good friend about it but apparently she was waiting for me and had a long list of why this is a bad idea. Kind of a good thing I have a hernia so I just tell people that is why I am having the surgery.

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Mine are:
The surgery not working
Vomiting right after surgery
Complications
My age
Not telling my kids about the surgery

I’m 11/30. Currently bouncing between excited and terrified! Lol

If your insurance will cover Nascobal (RX B12 nasal spray), then Nasobal will mail you all of your other Vitamins (Multi, Iron, Calcium) for free. That's what I've been doing, and it's great!

I bought BariSlim Complete. They are chewable and each tablet is about the size of 3 stacked nickels, and you need to take 3 a day. They are disgusting. I ate one and that's all I could choke down. Now I take 2 Kirkland Signature Daily Multivitamins, and supplement them with carbonyl Iron tablets (I am anemic and need extra iron) and liquid calcium citrate, Calcium citrate chews, and calcium citrate tablets. I rotate taking the types of calcium because none of them taste that good. My labs have been good.
See if you can get a sample before you buy anything.

Hi . I use a really nasty Multivitamin that only has to be taken once a day and it is what my program requires it is Bariatric Advantage ultrasolo. I also use really yummy calcium chews 500 from bariatric advantage. strawberry flavor is greattt caramel second fave. I have 3 of those a day.

Maybe you could sell the bras online. I still think we should have a buy sell or trade group 😉

I'm 61......I have to do this for me, "f" the fear of vomiting.

I had RNY 3/11/20 at age 66. Thrilled that i did this😄and hubby cannot believe how smooth it has been. I think he was afraid his life would change (as in he’d starve) but I still prepare tasty meals, I just add starches to his and eat my little Protein, veggie, maybe small serving of fresh berries. I try to keep net carbs around 40.
My only ‘complaint’ is that my rate of loss has been slowww, but my skin is already shrinking back much better than expected, so maybe slow ain’t all bad. I set a realistic goal for my weight/lifestyle at 150, no lower than 140. I want to be able to enjoy food/life/living/ without the huge sacrifice of maintaining 120lbs and looking older than my years.
We walk every morning for 35-40 minutes right after Breakfast and that sets my healthy tone for the day. I log in Myfitness Pal and wear a Fitbit for tracking and motivation. If I slip and go over my 800-1,000 calories, I pull back to compensate. If I eat less than 800 “Healthy, Nutritious Calories”, I find I don’t have the energy to be as active as I like to be. Bloodwork last week was perfect. Post-op BM’s can be a challenge, but you find a way that works for you.
Sending you all positive energy that your journey is all that you hope it to be!🌟

I had my surgery last year when I was 59. Great results, no post-op pain whatsoever, fast recovery, etc. My one poor outcome was that the 100+ lb. weight loss aged me terribly. I look about ten years older than I did when I was fat and my skin is wrinkled like a SharPei's. That said, the WLS was still absolutely necessary and a lifesaver for me.

I had it done (sleeve) at 66, 2 1/2 years ago . I am doing great! Never felt better in my life!

I'm the same age and happy to read these responses! I'm hoping for a Sept/Oct surgery and it's good to know that age is mostly just a number!

I had mine done on 5/27/2020 at the age of 63. No pain, just occasional nausea and gas. I’ve lost a total of 45 pounds and want to lose 45 more. So happy with my choice to have it done!

I had my VSG surgery @62 in November 2018. No problems, no pain, recovered fast. Now @64 nobody believes me I'm THAT old because I'm full of energy, eat healthy and go to gym regularly.

60 now but had it at 55. I know several WLS patients who had it in their 60s, so you're definitely not alone!

I am 67 and had it done July 9, 2020. I feel really fortunate - no pain or nausea. I didn’t take anything stronger than OTC Tylenol. Doing great!

I'm 57 and I just had a VSG done last week. It was painful for the first couple of days and now I am almost back to 100%. I thought "Am I too old for this? And then I looked at my 87 year old aunt, who swims in the senior Olympics" and realized that I probably have MANY years left in my life and I want to be as healthy as possible!

I'm 65 and just had it done. I was supposed to have it done 10 years ago but two weeks before surgery, while getting all my doctors appointments taken care of, they found breast cancer so had to deal with that. Then I moved and needed a pacemaker, But I feel great. I didn't have one side effect or problem from the surgery or after. I've asked myself if they actually did anything, then I see the incisions. I've waited so long for this that I'm going to do everything I can to be successful and be the active person I am supposed to be.

You look fantastic!

Unlike many others on this board I absolutely abhor the "abstinence forever, never again" approach with a passion because in too many cases it leads to the exact same problem that made you gain back 160 lbs. People start bingeing on the "forbidden foods" they denied themselves for a long time. That's not unusual and it happened after the diets we used to put ourselves through before WLS.
I personally think it's a huge mistake of treatment teams to hammer the "abstinence forever, never again" mantra into the heads of their patients instead of steering them into the direction to learn to handle these foods in a sensible way because most patients will sooner or later try these "forbidden foods". They're tasty, they are maybe old favorites and (maybe that is the worst trigger) your environment views them as normal foods that can be eaten without feeling like a sinner that has fallen from grace.
So now that the damage is done it's of course a huge and bitter pill to swallow. However, you now know that the approach you tried before didn't work for you. So you can do different and better this time. Yes, you need to cut down on calories but instead of denying yourself all the foods you like, incorporate them within reasonable amounts. Read about "normal eating" (the books of e. g. Geneen Roth or Karen Koenig have a lot to offer), it can help tremendously with emotional eating or strong food cravings.
Do you still have restriction? If so, you still have something to work with and while the road ahead is a long one you can still make your way to a substantial amount of weight loss - but maybe you want to choose a slightly different road this time since the road you travelled before got you back to your starting point in the end, running around in a painful circle.

I'm sorry but I'm so sick of seeing posts of people obviously cheating or making excuses to cheat and then crying because they didn't lose weight...
I'm sorry but if you're not ready to commit to this program and you're not ready to change your life then you're not ready for surgery okay....
Stop lying to yourself and stop making excuses to cheat. Stop blaming everyone else for your failures.
I spent about 20 years living obese but I woke up one day and made the mental decision and commitment to change my life and I didn't let anyone or anything interfere with my decision.
10 months later and I'm half the size u was literally I've lost 159lbs and I'm skinny and I'm healthy and happy and loving life.
You cannot begin this program thinking you can just breeze through without actually making an effort okay.
I'm saying this because I want people to make sure they are ready before they commit to being operated on.
It's a huge decision.
A huge commitment and mental stamina is needed to be successful okay.
I'm sorry but I'm over seeing all these people making you feel better for failing or cheating....
Tighten up. Toughen up.

Congrats on your surgery date! Mine is October 23rd and I'm as nervous as can be.
I'm older, 59, and terrified I'm going to screw things up.
Any sleevers in the San Francisco Bay Area? I'd love to talk to you.