Christabelle

Pic in blue shirt is highest known weight, 496lbs.

I am 4'11- sw: 248 CW: 158 sleeved 11/13/12
Before
Current
I've gone from a 22 to a 10. 2x to a medium. I'm do happy with the way I look and the way I feel. I have 28 more pounds to goal!

110 pounds gone

Down about 35lbs in 2.5 months!

Before
After

Was 299 now 202 surgery 1/21/13 6 months out

I'm on shock! Went to my 1st post op visit;
HW: 253
SW: 247
Today: 220
OMG! My sleeve is now my BFF!

Just heard from her son! Hallelujah @Frustr8 made it through and is resting!!!

All,
Let us please bear up our dear friend @Frustr8 as she undergoes RNY Surgery today. She is 73years young and has been an amazing support to me and to so many others as we went through our procedures. She has had so many personal, financial and other attacks leading up to the surgery and is really going through a tough time, many have tried to desuade her from going through with it, but she is resolved to trust the Living God and go through with it.

Spirit of the living God, do what only you can do. Please bear our beautiful sister @Frustr8 up today and always. We ask that you bless her from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet. That you give her peace and encouragement going into her procedure and that all things coming against her boomerang right back to where they came from and away from your daughter.

We pray for everyone who is going to come into contact with her or touch her, we pray and plead the blood of Jesus on the facility, over the check in clerk, over the nurses who tend to her, over the surgeon, over the anesthesiologist, over the the medications, over the equipment, God even over the linens that will touch her body and the, and the sutures and bandaids, we uplift and exalt the whole procedure, that you yourself with masterfully operate on your daughter. We pray everything goes without a glitch, we pray for her to wake without any complications, and for it to be like from a sweet sleep, we pray that she is in no pain and discomfort and that she is soon able to be up and about to everyones surprise and delight! And that her short and long term results are marvelous to your Glory!

We thank you in Advance Lord for your mercy's for we know that you are MORE than able!
In Jesus Name, Amen.

Hello Dear Bari Brothers and Sisters! Ellie123 is back!!!! I am have finally been released from the hospital and am back home. Thank you so so SOOOOO much for all the well wishes and prayers you sent my way during my scary ordeal!!! You all are so supportive and awesome!
Here is what happened:
On Sunday, (11 days post RNY op), I had half a Core Power Protein Drink and a cup of fish broth with about a tablespoon of avocado blended in for texture and a little bit more substance. Still not sure if these food items were related but shortly thereafter I started to have horrid stomach pain in the general area above my belly button. It would tighten painfully then release and got progressively worse. I began to pace, hoping it was gas and will pass. I paced for 3 hours straight and it was only getting worse. I took some hydrocodone and felt a little better but 3 hours later the meds wore off and I was in bad pain. Called the doc on call and was told to go straight to the bariatric ER. There they gave me contrast, by now the pain was almost unbearable...I began to shake all over. Felt like a horrible Gallbladder attack (I used to have those before it was removed, so I know...). The CT Scan revealed a partial obstruction in the small bowl and swelling. I was put on IV, protonics, anti nausea meds, nothing by mouth and pain meds, but I continued to feel awful. through out the night I was violently vomiting, blacking in and out and ....well lets just say in that terrible horrible state none of us ever wants to be in...
They let is ran it's course and yesterday it finally let up. More imaging revealed that nothing by mouth for a few days helped and my body seems to have resolved the obstruction. they slowly introduced Clear Liquids back, and finally sent me home back to a clear liquid diet. That specific hospital is owned by Dr. Alexander but totally out of network for my insurance. Glad to be alive, but dreading the bill for this setback...
Anyhow, sending you all HUGE love and thanks for your support and prayers. I'm exhausted and a bit bummed about the ordeal, but grateful this did not happen during one of my trips abroad where no one would have known what to do!
Hope everyone is doing great.

Here is what dropping 180 from 360 looks like from a couple months ago:


I am 5'11".
I have increased my lean muscle percentage since the after picture while maintaining about the same weight of 180 lb.
Good luck pre ops! All is possible.

The picture on the left was taken Summer 2012 and the picture on the right was from last weekend. I was sleeved on March 4th! I am happy with my success so far but I still have a little more to go until I reach my goal.

Heaviest 423 now 323 that's a 100lbs in four months gym 5 days a week and a complete change in foods I eat! This sleeve gave me a new life!

Praying now!!

Today is my 1 year surgiversary! I have lost 125 lbs and over 96 inches off of my body (that's 8 feet of fat!) I'm so glad I did this for myself, I feel better than I have felt in 30 years!
335 lbs
Day before surgery 334.9 lbs
Today 211 lbs!
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Starting weight: 338 pounds
Sleeve date: 5-18-12
Current Weight: 181
From a size 30 jeans, 30/32 tops to a
size 8 jeans & MD top.
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Sleeved 1/16/13
Pre-op: 347
DOS: 339.5
Today: 255.6
Total: 91.4
I feel so much better! 70 more lbs to goal!

So I started this journey at 266 and now now I'm 221! 45 pounds down!

Heaviest 391
Sleeved at 350 12-26-12
Today ..... 249

Me at my heaviest of 304...then one month post op

Just last Friday..12 weeks post op and down 50 lbs

Top picture is from Christmas 2012
Bottom picture is from Memorial Day weekend 2013
Journey started in January
HW 369
Date of Op 338
CW 268

Praying now!!

Please continue to pray for ellie123 and her young family. She was throwing up violently and in a lot pain. She's stabilized now.