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PoppyAnn    7

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My surgery was May 12, 2012, weight on that day 316. Today I weigh 174, but I have been sick every since my surgery.

I have no energy and just want to start enjoying the new me, but I found out last week I am going to require surgery in the next few weeks.

They are going in to look at the bowels to see why are not working properly, refix a huge hernia on my belly, retighten the abdominal muscles and remove the excess skin. This may or may not help, and I am so scared of losing this fight to be thin and healthy.

I will leave you with my before at my highest weight of 400 and the current me. Also a picture of the ugliest tummy in the world. Of you look at the upper right side on the pic you can see the bulge from the hernia. I am do embarrassed by my tummy!!!

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kristy3k    1,133

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I hope everything goes well for you. I think you look really good.

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Wendilou    180

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PoppyAnn you look great and you should be sooooo proud of yourself! I wish you the best with your next surgery =)

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PoppyAnn    7

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Thank all of you for your comments. I just want to feel good again. The doc said surgery will be long. And very difficult and I have to admit I am so scared.

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kristy3k    1,133

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I would be scared too... is the hernia the result of the surgery. Are the bowels not working properly because of the RNY. I ask only because I have such a problem with constipation.. Im 20 days away from being a year out. I drink an herbal tea called Smooth Move every other day.. just to keep my bowels going.

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PoppyAnn    7

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Kristi the hernia was from back surgery 3 years ago. The went through my tummy. I then went 2 years ago to fix the hernia. After the hernia surgery I got staph and it took me right at a year to recover.

After that the hernia came back. Then I went to a new surgeon to get it fixed again. That doctor Dr Jeffery Lord said losing weight first would be a great help. So I let Sr Lord do the gastric bypass. It was during per op test we first heard that the bowels were extremely slow. I go 2 weeks sometimes between vowel movements.

The gastric bypass is the best thing I have ever done for me. All the other was present prior to surgery.

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kristy3k    1,133

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Wow... You have been thru quite alot... Glad you are still happy with your decision to have rny. Again good luck on the next stage.

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    • Alisa_S

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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

      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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