ssflbelle
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Getting pre-op medical testings and clearance is so stressful and frustrating. I supposedly had all my pre-op testing for excess skin removal on June 9th. Wednesday days before surgery is to happen I am told I need to head back to the PCP and have PT (Prothrombin Time), PTT (Partial Thromboplastin Time), and INR (International Normalized Ratio). asap. Why the heck wasn't this done June 9th. So I rush my butt to the PCP get this done just in time to get over to the hospital for the pre-surgery appt only to have to go back to the PCP because the hospital said I have an infection from a blood blister that broke open on my breast. Now I am on a cream and antiboitic 5 days before I am to have surgery.
Friday 3 pm I was told the PS still didn't have medical clearance. Got the referral lady to email me the 17 pages of clearance, printed it off and hand delivered it to the surgeons office. I just don't understand why I am having so much trouble getting these breast boulders turned into molehills. If this surgery is canceled again for the second time I am going to be so upset I think I will explode and hack them off myself.
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So very pissed my PS surgery was postponed due to me getting sick. Waiting room of PCP was filled with sick people when I went for my pre-op testing. Why do they not give masks to the sick people or put them in a different room. There were 20 of us in the waiting room. I wonder how many of them are sick now becuase of 4 that were coughing, sneezing etc? I became sick on the 30th and am not well enough for them to do the surgery. All that personal testing, setting up driver, and work related planning for a substitute teacher, transferring cients etc and now it isn't going to happen. Insurance approved it until March 20th. It better happen before then as I don't know if we can fight again as it was denied the first tiime.
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I'm so sorry to hear that!!! If someone is sick, the person should know better to contain his/her illness when in public!!! It's called being courteous to others. I pray that your body is restored back to perfect health in time for your surgery! No more setbacks for your PS! Keep us posted! I expect to hear you are well. I hope to hear you are well for it!
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Dang mamacita! So sorry you're fighting the cold/flu bug. Yes, it's a pet peeve of mine. I went to the PCP for my routine yearly a few years back and within 10 days was sicker than a dog and broke a rib coughing. LOL.
Congrats on getting approved for skin surgery. Will pray that you get it before Mar. 20!!! ((hugs)) Hang in there and drink lots of chicken soup!
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Very angry and disappointed my breast surgery for tomorrow has been cancelled. Less than 24 hours before surgery I am told I have a lump and need a breast biopsy to be scheduled. Nothing like them waiting until the last minute.
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I got my biopsy results back today. I am so thrilled to be able to tell you all the biopsy is benign. Thank the Lord
there is NO Cancer. Now I go back to the breast surgeon, get insurance approval again and go to the Plastic Surgeon to get these hugmongous breast and excess skin off my chest. Who knows maybe it will even help my back so I can walk again without the back surgery
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Thanks everyone for the congratulations. Yes it will be a pain to have to start all over again with approval and reschedule date for plastic surgery but at least now we know there is nothing there to cause any harm once it has been done. I hope it is soon as my back is getting worse with the more weight I lose. Not sure why that is, perhaps because my fat cushions are gone
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Today 18 days after my 1st or 4 skin removal surgeries I was able to walk 1/4 mile with the walker. This is the farthest I have walked in over 30 year without any back pain. I am so excited that I was able to do this. When the 2nd skin removal surgery is done in the Fall I may be able to walk without the walker. To be able to do all the activities that were taken away from me over 30 years ago would make me so very happy and proud at what I have accomplished over all these years. Over 280 pounds gone, smaller boobies and soon a smaller tummy and than 2 more skin removal surgeries is a lot to go through but it is so worth it in the end.
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Thanks so much. No more back pain. As for the boobie surgery I still have some swelling under the armpits but the pain isn't severe enough that I need to take anything for it. I am icing the girls twice a day and the swelling is less.
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OMG I am thrilled!
Happy Happy Dance! I just got approved for breast reduction and reconstruction nipple/areolar Surgery is March 21st.
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Had mammogram, EKG, chest x-ray urine and blood drawn today. I have to see a cardiologist as the EKG showed something they didn't like. In 2016 something also showed before I had my 3 procedure surgeries. However the Cardiologist cleared me then. So I am hoping I get to see him fast and he clears me again as March 21 Breast surgery is right around the corner and I would hate to postphone it. Please pray that everything will be ok! Thanks
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Had my breast biopsy yesterday. Results should be told to me on Wednesday. Friends please pray it is benign and the excess skin removal surgery can be reschedule soon. It has been 6 weeks since it was canceled. Never thought it would take that long to schedule a biopsy.
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Thanks Kathy Have been on pins and needles since March 20th when excess skin removal surgery was canceled because of this. Have let so many bad foods and drinks into my life due to the stress of having to wait 6 weeks for this biopsy. Hopefully tomorrow will be good results and I my stress will leave and I can get back to the food plan and the rescheduled surgery. Am seeing my NUT tomorrow and my mental health counselor Friday as I have really messed up during these 6 weeks and need to to get this back under control so I can get off the last 37 pounds.
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This morning wanted to go swimming and put on on my swim suit that I wore before my breast surgery. OMGOSH I can't wear this swimsuit anymore. The tummy fits fine but the chest was so huge and the straps kept coming down and exposing my new little boobies. I love one piece suits with skirts but am going to have to figure out a way to take in this suit on top, if it is even possible. A friend gave me her size 16 swimsuit. The tops fits but I couldn't get the bottom passed my upper thighs and over my butt skin. Maybe I can attach my 32 bottom to her 16 top. Am very happy with eliminating 290 pounds but this excess skin transsformation and misshape body stage is something else. Hopefully by summer 2018 I will be able to look at this stage and have a great laugh in my new trim body.
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Thanks Kathy. I had another NSV today. I got to work and unloaded my electric mobility device to discover I didn't have the key. Must have lost it yesterday in the Walmart parking lot. From 9:30 until 4:00 had to walk to every place I went in that building. Thank Goodness I did have my cane because by 4 I was exhausted and bent over a bit but I walked. It felt really good but still see I have a lot more work to do.
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11 days post op began my stall. Now day 29 I finally lost another pound.
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24 days after surgery I am back on the trike. Did a very short 0.64 mile, slow 10 minutes, easy ride. Have begun training for my bike challenge in 2017. Put a picture of me on my bike in my profile.
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4 week stall finally over-Today I dropped 5 pounds for a total of 32 pounds since surgery 10 weeks and 3 days ago. Total lost from my highest weight 215 pounds. HURRRAYYYY!!
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5 days post op-feeling tons better and have lost 7 pounds already
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I was able to keep down 2 cups of protein soup and a protein shake. It took me over 5 hours to finish the shake. Just kept sipping at it every 15 minutes or so. Also had 16 ounces of powerade zero. However this afternoon when I went to stand up from my recliner chair I had terrible pain under my back right shoulder near the bra line. and it has stayed with me all night long. It really hurts more than anything else and not knowing what it is is bothersome to me. I don't see anything and neither does my roommate but it sure hurts. I usually hold on to a railing to sit on the toilet and I can't do that with this pain. Did anyone else have this kind of back should pain?
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8 weeks post op just did 5.4 miles of biking in 53 minutes !!
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After losing a total of 266 I have finally been referred to a neurosurgeon. When I got that referral from the spine surgeon I cried. I may finally have surgery which will allow me to once again walk, dance and do all the things I use to do over 26 years ago.
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Another week of not losing weight. This is only the 7th week post op. Very disappointing but not much I can do about it as I am following the plan and exercised for 4 3/4 hours on the bike this week.
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I did something very similar. I lost the very first 2 weeks and then stayed the same for almost 6 weeks. I think sometime your body just needs to take a break- breathe-- and then can start losing again. I'm not a fast loser like some...but figure it doesn't matter as long as I eventually make my goal. Keep up the good work and your body will catch up.
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Remember that even tho you may not be losing pounds, you can still be losing inches. I tended to lose pounds for a stretch and then at some points I would go down a size but the scale didn't move. I was glad I had taken my measurements before surgery and I always take them again at the first of each month. All our bodies are so different and so the loss is as individual as we are! You got this!!!
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Any idea why I can't see the 9 comments that were left on my Feb 25th "what's on your mind"? I see 3 of them and when I click on show all 9 comments nothing happens. Is that part of the website messed up?
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Despite taking biotin and B-12 since June of 2015, it has finally happened to me! 10 months post op and I am seeing hair breakage around my temples and frontal scalp. Isn't this a bit late for hair breakage? I was expecting it around 3 to 6 months not 10 months post op. Veterans, how long did it take for you to go through this phase before hair started to grow back?
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I don't think hair breaking is a typical side effect from surgery. The normal side effect is hair completely falling out from the root, not breaking, and not 10 months post op. My guess is that you have something going on that is probably unrelated to your surgery. If I were in your shoes, I would start with asking my hairdresser, PCP, and dermatologist. Good luck!
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Had my 9 month follow up and have lost 92 pounds. Total weight loss 274. Dr is finally looking into excess skin removal surgeons in my area. Have 43 more pounds to lose before he will refer me to the plastic surgeon. HURRAY!
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Had surgery 4 weeks ago today at 314 pounds. Today I am down to 293. Is that a good weight loss for the first month., seeing as how I had lost 183 pounds before surgery?
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I know overall it is good. However the first 20 were within 10 days of surgery. I have been in a stall since Feb 9th and only lost 1 pound since then. So I am concerned it maybe wasn't enough for the first month for someone of my size. Thanks all for the reassurance that I am on track. I know this stall has to break soon. I see the surgeon again on Friday I hope a few more pounds will come off by then.
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You're doing great - there's no right or wrong amount to lose, everyone is just so different! I had a five week check up with my surgeon today and I asked him whether losing two stone in the past 6 1/2 weeks was good for my age and size, and he said to me that sure it was, but losing any amount is good. It's about using the operation as a crutch to sticking to a healthy diet and exercise, and just making a life style change for an overall great result. Some weeks the weight will seem to drop off, others it'll be stuck, but there's not a lot of rhyme or reason for it - the body does what the body does! As long as we get there in the end, no matter how long it takes, eh? :-D
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Had to leave the house the AC is broken and it is already 84 inside. I hate Florida sometimes. Hope to be back on Monday when everything AC related is opened again. Friend is in Nursing home since June so staying at her place Good luck to all my friends having surgery.
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HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY TO ALL MY BP FRIENDS- Thanks for all your support and encouragement over the last 8 months.
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Happy belated Valentine's Day to you! I got roses and a card from my sweetie, and one from the furbaby! No candy, but I don't miss it! I miss a big, juicy burger or steak! LOL I go to unrestricted on the 26th so I'm excited to have those things then, just in itty bitty amts. At least I get the taste in my mouth! LOL
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Have an appt with a Bariatric Dietitian and she is coming to the house. Hopefully she can help me out with what I am doing wrong in that I haven't lost anything in 4 weeks and I am only 10 weeks post op.
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Yes I thought that not waiting a 1/2 hour or longer wasn't right so I will not listen to that bit of advise. However everything else seems to make sense according to what a lot of the people on this site were saying to me when I posted about the 41 grams of protein that the surgeon told me to eat and to stop the shakes. So now that I have the info from a Bariatric dietitian her info is what I am listening to except the drinking part.
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I have been having the same kind of problem recently, I am 5 weeks out and haven't lost any weight in 2 weeks. I lose and gain the same pound over and over again. I am frustrated but trying to keep my head straight. I get at least 60 to 80 grams of protein a day and I am getting in my fluids. I don't savvy.
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I have shared with many that I only lose 1 week per month. The other 3 I'll maintain or go up and down and then in one week I'll lose 8-10. Example, on March 8th, I was 302. On April 1 I was STILL 302. Today I am 294. This happens to me EVERY month. Try not to stress the weight every week and trust the process.
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Hi Everyone I had my 3 months followup today even though it was only 11 1/2 weeks. I have lost 40 pounds since surgery and a total of 222 from my highest weight. The Dr was very pleased with my lab results except my Folic Acid is a little low. He has given me a prescription to get the Folic Acid up to where it should be.
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