ElleBJ

So it's been one year since surgery. I am so thankful everyday for my sleeve. Before surgery I had to be on oxygen because I was so overweight I couldn't breathe properly and could hardly walk around a room without getting out of breath. Now I can walk 6 miles and up hills without stopping for a rest.
I'm down 200 since surgery and 263 overall. I started at a size 36/38 (probably stretching it out) and now I'm a 18/20 too and 22 bottom (though probably smaller because of my extra skin...that will be gone soon though).
I'm having a panniculectomy on June 5th. I'm nervous but also excited. Anyone who has had it...what are some things you think I'll need to help me out while recovering!
I had a really rough 6 months after surgery with a bunch of complications but even with all of that I would do this again in a heartbeat.
My stats are:
Highest: 540
Surgery: 480
Current: 277.2
Goal: 199
Height: 5'10
I am almost exactly half who I used to be.
     

First thing first....you look GORGEOUS! As long as you're happy, that's the only thing that matters. We don't live our lives to make other people happy. Stay fab, dahling!

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I'M waiting for my insurance to approve me [emoji17]

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Seeing old pictures of myself and tired of myself having no energy and joint pain.

I personally would, because I never over-did alcohol in the first place, but I think people don't understand a few things:
- Contributory factors of addiction in many of us who had eating problems shows this isn't a good thing to have post-op -- those who had food addictions are way too susceptible to substituting food addiction with alcohol addiction. This is something my hepatologist mentioned before surgery and I notice this is backed up by numerous scientific journals.
- Nextly, many of us know that the surgery puts our body into panic but don't fully understand the extent. The liver, for example, goes into overdrive, producing massive ketones to burn glucose and fat throughout the body as a natural response to lack of carbohydrates to utilize as energy. It likewise has to work extremely hard to produce enough glucose to move through the bloodstream to make up for the lack of glucose due to the extreme carb and caloric deficit, so the body needs to have enough energy to function. This happens all the way until we've healed enough to go to a normal diet. So add alcohol to the stress the liver is going through and it's very easy to cause damage to it without even thinking. This isn't a huge deal for people with normal livers, but for the 20%+ of population who do have liver issues (diagnosed with 1st stage fatty liver or worse), it's not smart. I believe in a recent journal I read that over 90% of people entirely who go through VSG wind up having inflamed livers (showing in their enzyme levels) for a period of time. It needs to heal almost as much as the stomach does. So throwing alcohol into it one or two months into surgery I just don't find to be a good idea. Besides all the carbs in alcohol it's likely to cause stalls and weight gain, never mind the prior paragraph about liver damage.
If you want attention find a guy. You've already made enough drama out of nothing. Go away.

My Dr hates the lapband. He told me that wasn't even an option & a lot of people have complications with it.

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Houston TX surgery date 7/9

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don't these people know I'm poor

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Even though they denied you. That wasn't so bad. When was your surgery after they approved you?

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I hope my insurance approve me that fast! Congratulations!

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[emoji23][emoji23] I'm thinking about moving to Maryland now

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@DJ Juice 6 months is a long time but I don't see no reason why you shouldn't have it. I will go thru the 6 months with you. I don't have any heath issues I am just fat I like sweets hell I love sweets.

Houston, Tx

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Houston, Texas

Rome Ga

Maryland

Chicago, I used to live in Aurora.

Houston TX

Brooklyn, NY

Philadelphia,pa

Baltimore Md


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Baltimore


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Copperas Cove, Texas

Have you guys seen the Ulla's - it's a little way of reminding to drink more Water. I'ver ordered one even if it just helps to get me into a better habit with water https://store.bariatricpal.com/products/ulla-hydration-reminder-bottle-attachment-available-in-7-colors

Many times prior to surgery we are unaware of the extent of our obesity. We do not really look at ourselves in the mirror. We avoid being in photographs. Therefore, it isn't obvious how much weight we have really lost when the pounds begin to drop off. Before I had surgery, I took an very unflattering photograph of myself and then after surgery at the 6 month mark, I took another as a comparison. I used the same pose.