Hello! I have been on this app since September 2016 and I have loved reading everyone's success stories! It has been sssooo encouraging and helpful! Now, I finally get to start telling my story! [emoji4] I had my Gastric Bypass Surgery on March 15th, 2017! I lost 20 lbs on the pre-op liquid diet (my surgeon required a 2 week liquid diet) When my surgeon went in, he found that I had lots of scar tissue. He took THREE hours just to get rid of scar tissue! He was still able to perform the Bypass and for that I am so thankful! Because of the extra work he did, I had a little bit longer of a hospital stay and a little bit longer of a recovery process. But, I am still excited to be on this journey! I have not taken any after pics yet but, here are my current stats:

HIGH WEIGHT- 272

SURGERY WEIGHT- 250

CURRENT WEIGHT- 235

GOAL WEIGHT- 140

I am about 9 months post-op (gastric bypass in June 2016) and I had similar complications plus an infection at the surgical site. I was out of commission for longer but I anticipated and the pain was unreal but the outcome was positive. I started my journey at 277 lbs (highest), pre-op weight 267 lbs and I am now at 199.7 lbs. Unfortunately due to stress and emotional eating my weight has begun to creep up again and I'm terrified that I messed myself up. I've read about the pouch reset and I'm beginning that tomorrow because I didn't go thru all of this to go back and gain all the weight back.