February Surgeries

[SammyRN 11]

Hi all!! Had my surgery on 2/27 and am at home recovering. Just had my 2 week post op appointment today and get to move on to purees...(thank you Jesus!!).....hope the rest of the surgeries in February went well!!

[Tammy wright 15]

Hello all February 2014ers

I hope this message gets to all my February pals. I'm not fond of this new update yet and can't figure it all out but I wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing...I'm still slowly moving downward, now at 86lbs lost. It seems I loose 5 lbs and gain 2-3lbs back then loose 5 more and then go back and forth. It's like 5 steps forward and 2-3 steps backwards but it's still going down and I'm not complaining since yesterday I shopped in the 'normal' people side and fit a 14 in slacks and it wasn't 14 women's. It felt so good to get two new outfits from the other side. I hope all are well...

Take care,

Tammy

[da50bear 83]

For all of you that had surgery the beginning of 2014 how are you doing now as we are close to the end of another year? I am still finishing my pre surgery checklist. I am hoping for a Jan 2015 date..thank you..bear

[clairec 44]

Hi Bear,

I really hope you get your date in January. I had my surgery on the 11th Feb and I am doing very well. The change in how we all look is amazing and our February group is a huge support. I even managed to meet one of them in person when she came to stay for a couple of days last week (all the way from New York State, via her family in Scotland, to me in England). It was great to see her. I hope that you develop a good January group because they are going through all the changes at the same time you are. Our group is amazing so I would try to be active on there and set up a group if it isn't there already. Do you have a January pre surgery group because our started then and then moved into a post surgery thread?

Any questions do just ask. I know I was full of them.

Take care

Claire

[Sky2015 7]

Hello All, I too think my RNY surgery will take place in Feb 2015, I'm hoping for January but being realistic it will probably be Feb. my 6 month pre op diet( which by the way not going so well) ends in December. I'm very happy to have found this thread of people in a similar stage as myself. My current weight is 390 pounds, sadly the same as when I went on the pre-op diet. I just turned 33 and I'm Single without children.

[clairec 44]

Hi Sky,

This was really intended as a thread for all of us who had surgery in Feb 2014 but we don't use it anymore because we have a post op thread. The last post from Bear is at a similar stage to you though.

I hope more people join you both here, or that you start a new thread yourselves. I have found our Feb 14 group invaluable for support, humour and shared experiences. They have been great.

I hope it all goes well for both of you.

Take care

Claire

[da50bear 83]

Thank you ClaireC. I have been practicing my post op behaviors now so when it's real it will be second nature. I am quite ready to be thin and healthy again.

Next week I have a follow appointment with the NP and dietitian. Just by being mindful of my eating, according to my him scale I have lost 10# since my first appointment sept 23. I have many post op nsv's on my bucket list.

Thanks for the encouraging words. Hope to talk again

:-D Bear