I started my journey on May 20th 2013. My highest weight was 385lbs and I am 5'5. I've seen the phychatrist twice and the dietician once so far. I had all my blood work done and did both of my required support group meetings. I just had my endoscope yesterday. I've met with my surgeon already as well. So now I have one more appointment with the dietician next week. Hopefully then I will get a date. About six years ago, I fell out of the shower. Long story short. I ended up with 3 herniated discs and nerve damage in my left leg and foot. Growing up I was always over weight but since I got hurt this is my highest. Before I would level off between 303 - 333 lbs. I tried weight watchers which did work but I gained it back. I tried several diets with no long term success. So here I am. Now in this stage of the game I've been trying new protein and vitamin products to find the ones I can tolerate. I think I have that down. I would like to do a utube video. I tried once already but I didn't post it. I'm not that comfortable in front of the camera. Thank you for listening to my story. I'm excited that I found this app. I hope to learn a lot from everyone.

Welcome. Enjoy the journey it's not always easy but it gets better as time goes, stay positive as much as possible. It's great to try the protein products before hand, but I don't recommend buying a bunch of anything before surgery because most people (myself included) experience changes in there tastes after the surgery. I have seen many posts on here about people who bough a bunch of a certain protein they liked preop and then couldn't stand it post op. Good Luck.

Welcome. Enjoy the journey it's not always easy but it gets better as time goes' date=' stay positive as much as possible. It's great to try the Protein products before hand, but I don't recommend buying a bunch of anything before surgery because most people (myself included) experience changes in there tastes after the surgery. I have seen many posts on here about people who bough a bunch of a certain protein they liked preop and then couldn't stand it post op. Good Luck.[/quote']

Thank you for the words of encouragement. They are greatly appreciated.