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melynie

By melynie, in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

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melynie    10

melynie
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My name is melynie and I'm new to this group. I'm 32 years old married with two daughters. My oldest is 13 and youngest is 2. I been struggling with my weight all my life. I've tried different diets and some worked while on diet pills but as soon as I stopped taking diet pills the weight came back with a little extra added. My highest weight have been 330 and that was being pregnant with my youngest daughter. I dropped 30 pounds some months after delivering. I had tons of Fluid. I thought i wanted to have lap band but i dont think i can handle all of the vomiting, stuck food and slipped band everyone talks about. So im weighing my options right now. I'm still in my manditory 6 month weight management class. I graduate from class on feb 14th 2013. I've had my psych eval and my dietician appt. my insurance requires 2 dietician appts. So my last one is scheduled jan 23rd. I have a lot of support from all my fam and friends with which ever surgery I pick. Oh and I'm from Baltimore Maryland.

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melynie    10

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Typo. Meant to say hi everyone

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DarlaRay145    4

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Good luck to you!! I had gastric bypass 11 days ago..everyday gets easier..i have already lost 25 pounds and i plan to lose 100 more. What are you thinking of having done? Bypass or sleeve?

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TinyMamiOf3kids    1,280

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Hello & welcome to the group

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melynie    10

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I think I'm going with gastric bypass. My husband even agrees with my decision. I don't like how the sleeve is permanent. So if something was to go wrong they couldn't reroute everything back. I have a pre-op visit with the surgeon and we will discuss everything. He actually wanted me to have gastric bypass from the start but I just knew the band was going to be for me but not anymore.

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melynie    10

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Darlaray145 that is excellent! Congrats! How is the nausea and can you get Water and Protein Shakes down good?

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DarlaRay145    4

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No nausea for me..im able to keep everything down..no problem here..youre having your surgery in january correct?

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melynie    10

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I have to finish my manditory weight management class. That will be completed on feb 14th 2013. So once that's complete I have to get approved by bcbs then hopefully everything will be ready by march

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melynie    10

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I had to do 6 month of supervised diet, psych eval and two dietician appt. my last dietician appt is jan 23rd

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mommywifeandfat    32

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Good luck to you!! I had gastric bypass 11 days ago..everyday gets easier..i have already lost 25 pounds and i plan to lose 100 more. What are you thinking of having done? Bypass or sleeve?

That's awesome!!!!!

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DarlaRay145    4

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I had to do 6 month of supervised diet' date=' psych eval and two dietician appt. my last dietician appt is jan 23rd[/quote']

Wow!! Its crazy how some insurance policies have different requirements..i dont understand it..i didnt have to do a supervised diet, meetings w a dietician, and i only had one week of liquids prior to surgery.

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CP3482    55

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I started 11/6 and was approved 12/18 after one phyc evaluation and one visit with the dietitian! I had gastric bypass This past Thursday 12/27! It went by so fast!

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Vicki Loichinger    444

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Welcome Melynie

I had my lap band removed after seven years and the gastric bypass performed on Dec, 5th, I never had any horror experiences with the band but very little successs either, I wish I had done the gastric bypass to begin with but I thought I knew better, But really I just wasted seven years that I could have been getting healthier, You have just about got the hard parts out of the way jumping through all the hoops the insurance requires and it seems everyone asks something different of us. Wishing you the best. There is a wealth of information and support here so if you have questions or concerns just ask somebody will have an answer. Again Welcome and hoping the next couple of months go quickly for you so you can get on with your journey.

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melynie    10

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Thanks Vicki! I really think that gastric bypass is the surgery for me and I can't wait to speak with my surgeon in January for my pre-surgical consult before surgery. I'm so excited. What did the pre-op diet consist of? I'm not sure if it's the same as the lap band diet in the beginning.

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melynie    10

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Oh and can anyone tell me how long is the hospital stay after surgery

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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