Any gastric bypass patients on here

I am so glad I found this message board! I had RNY 01/26/07 I was 282 got down to 145 at my skinniest (too skinny- according to, well everyone lol) and now I am at 174. I need to lose at least 10-15 pounds or gain some muscle. I've been really stressed out and scared, almost, because I have been trying to find some gastric bypass success stories and most of what I read online are these horror stories of people having strokes and heart attacks as complications from being malnourished. Last summer I was diagnosed anemic, and thankfully I was able to get my iron levels back up just by taking iron pills but now I have such anxiety that some horrible health problem is going hit me.

For me I so desperately just want to be healthy and live a life full of energy. My energy levels are kinda low but of course they have been low my entire life so I don't know if its fair to blame the surgery. I'm moving to California in September and I'm just imaging it the land of beach bodies so I'm more motivated than ever to get into shape. I tend to eat pretty clean but its funny that my biggest problem is portion control especially because that's what this surgery helps with but I still eat way too much and the extent of my dumping syndrome is just feeling lethargic so sometimes I just deal with it. Though trying to change that. Anyway feels good to be able to "talk" with fellow WLS patients who are still trying to be healthy! We will get there!

I had RNY on 8/31/09 - Started the process at 399 - weighed 308 on the day of my surgery and got down to 183. My goal weight was 185 so I was thrilled. I gained back 19 pounds to land at 202 by 2 years out (which was predicted by my program, oddly enough....) Had my son a year ago and now I am back down to 199. Shooting for 185 again. I liked telling people I had lost 216 pounds. :noway:

Hi I am three years post-op and I've gained 18-20lbs back and realized that I haven't been following what I should be eating the last 4 months bc I had a cartilage transplant in me knee so I wasn't exercising for 12 weeks and I am now getting back to walking again and I can use a bicycle but I can't do much of anything else yet so I've been blue, plus I lost my job bc of my knee so I'm dealing with that as well! I'm getting back on track now and trying to calculate my daily protein to help me get back and eventually get to my weight goal of 155, I am so glad I went on this blog, if anyone has any suggestions I look forward to hearing them! Thanks Nickie

Hi Everyone!!!! I had my surgery on March 21, 2013. Before this I worked with a dietitian for 6-8 months to lose as much weight as possible. I went from 259 down to 216... but my medical issues weren't changing a bit. I still had high blood pressure, sleep apnea, severe asthma, joint and back issues, and a few more issues. Now I'm almost 4 months post up weight 166 and not one medical issue... except I cant get to sleep cause of too much energy and now I'm on Ambian (lol).

I've went from a size 22 to now in a size 9. I haven't been this size since 1988... my 8th grade graduation.

Please add me as a friend... the more support on here the most successful we will all become.

PS... I'm only friends with those that share their diaries :-)

I am so thankful to have found this string.

I had gastric bypass May 2011 and have lost 105 lbs. I am/was 10 lbs from my goal weight and reach a plateau that lasted 5 months and then gained 5.5 lbs in the last 6 weeks. I was freaking out. Post operatively there were no wls support groups in my area, and there still aren't and have gone through this process essentially alone. So, when I started to gain weight I didnt know where to turn. I googled weight gain 2 years after bypass and stumbled upon this blog. You all have saved me.

I knew nothing about slidder foods or slurry. But when I read about it a light bulb went on. Then I researched the 5 day pouch test and found my solution. Today is day one of the test and I am going through some serious carb withdrawal, but I can do this because I now have hope.

Please friend me. We all need each other to not become one of the statistics.

Debra

For those who are tired all the time:

I am 10 years post-op and I periodically have to have iron infusion therapy. I also do monthly B12 injections at home.

Have your iron levels checked; you might not be absorbing it from your supplements. I just don't seem to produce the intrinsic factor anymore and I was severely anemic. Once I fixed that, I felt like Wonder Woman. It was a night and day difference.

hello everyone I see not many post on this tread but was wondering if anyone has this problem im 9 months post op and have lost a lil over 100lbs but I have also had to miscarriages back to back like one in june and one in aug I don't know if my body is just rejecting the babies because of the surgery I have had kids in the past without these problems and my dr said there should be no reason why im doing this has anyone one else been through this

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I had gastric bypass 5 weeks ago and have lost 60 lbs,its not easy but I am motivated to change my life. My wieght before gastric bypass was 332,I am know down to 272.

i hadGB in 2005 and got down to 138 then went back p to 214. Now down to 179.

My niece did and she had to have it removed and repaired after she developed a severe blockage from the over eating. You never hear the down sides of these operations. Giving you a smaller stomach does not eliminate the NEED to consume large amounts of food. You need to solve that inside. I am working with her now since I have begun MY lifestyle change and she is doing great. She no longer diets--people fail at diets--so we are both on a lifestyle change that we will continue the rest of our lives. AND--she will never wear a bikini with the scar left from the correction!!!!!!!!!!!! But she is happier now.

it's great to lose, sucks to gain back. But now it looks like you are back on track. Good for you.

I was just going to ask a similar question. I had a RNY in June and am looking for some friends who've also had surgery. I'm losing well, but looking for some support so I can be successful. I'm afraid of gaining again, once my body adjust to the surgery.

Hi Everyone! I had Gastric RNY back in 2002 and yes... I'm the horror story you want to avoid. I'm so glad that you are all attacking this MUCH sooner than I did. At my heaviest I was 385lbs. I had my surgery and lost 200 lbs to 185. Then... I met a man (root of all evil... lol). I actually met him in an online support group for WLS. Anyway... fast forward a bit. I guess I was comfortable. By the time we had married, I had gained back to 260lbs. Within 2 months of being married, I was pregnant... at 41 no less... and on bedrest the entire time. Since the pregnancy & birth of my daughter I managed to gain to 340lbs. Bleh! I'm really trying to get a hold of this and am currently at 308. (yay!) I've come to realize... finally... that this will ALWAYS be a battle. A battle to be won.

~Cindy~

Any gastric bypass patients in the winston salem area? Would love to find someone to work out with.

Hi I had surgery year and half. I only lost 40 # at 1/12 months exactly to the day I can tell you i quit losing weight. i had trouble from the very beginning be able to eat more yogurts and others then my friends I knew that had had it a year earlier. Anyway I went threw the vomiting phase so he felt I was getting strictures so he stretched my esophagus. My mom was hospitalized and spent 2 months in the hospital before she came home and died on Hospice. The day she went in the hospital is the day I stopped loosing weight. Couldn't work out when you are at the hospital 90 min. from home and your there all day. The doctor has not seen me since the stricture surgery. His assistant feels that its all the other medications i take that caused me to not loss any more weight . Horse crap. When you are able to eat twice as much at day one then someone a year out come on what did you do wrong. I am starting to have awful eating habits and have had multiple illness this summer that now limits my physical activity. So I hope I can get on the right trac and loss some weight I didnt over a year ago.