Bariatric AfterCare - You've had surgery now what?

Marram53
Marram53 Posts: 7 Member
in Motivation and Support
SO you've had bariatric surgery - how is it going? How is the support from your office? are you getting support from the staff, more education? Let me know ... I want to here peoples stories. Did you have surgery in the states or out of the country? Are you still going to follow up appoitnments with your surgeons / Bariatricians office? Getting labs checked?

I'm 2 yrs out from the VSG - Sleeve. I've lost 120 lbs and I'm still losing, albeit, quite slowly, but still losing. Yes I go to the gym, go a little running and Zumba. Yes I still eat pretty clean - I'm also open to questions... bring it on...

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  • micp3020
    micp3020 Posts: 2 Member
    edited June 2015
    just had the vsg on the 10th and down 29lbs as of today
  • terimorena
    terimorena Posts: 7 Member
    Very nice I had surgery on the 5th and I'm only down 22lbs I've been stalled for over a week now and trying not to get discouraged.
  • ki4eld
    ki4eld Posts: 1,213 Member
    I had Roux-n-Y bypass on January 19, 2015. Down 81.5lbs since surgery and down 101.5lbs since May 2014. 99lbs to go. My doctor and the office support are amazing. Answers via email or phone whenever I need and great follow-up care. I ended up starting this, because my heart just wouldn't slow down. Even deep asleep, my heart rate never dropped below 100. My cardiologist said, "If you don't lose a lot of weight quickly, you're going to be dead by 50." I was 43 at the time. I gave him the "yeah right" look and he said, "No bullsh*t. Dead."

    I had surgery in the US, Daytona Beach, FL, to be precise. Dr. Joel Sebastien from East Coast Bariatrics. One of the best (and sometimes worst) parts of my surgery journey is the required accountability. Insurance paid for my surgery. However, in order to get qualified, I had to go through 6 months of pre-surgery nutrition classes, sign up with My Fitness Pal and allow it to be monitored for the next 10 years, all post-surgery appointments and labs on time... otherwise, I become "non-compliant" and my insurance doesn't pay for anything to do with my bariatric surgery ever again unless I'm dying. Even then, it'll be just enough to stabilize me and they're done. Then, it's all on my dime to finish healing from whatever.

    That required compliance is a pain, but it's an absolute motivator. I can't do more than tiny cheats occasionally. Otherwise, I get a call from the Nutritionist or Nurse and after a couple of calls, they start noting it in my file. I suppose I could lie and not enter a "bad food" but that hurts no one but me. So, I eat right, I treat myself within reason and note when a day is out of the ordinary (ill, attended a wedding, went camping). I exercise, because diet alone won't do it, even with the surgery. That's all I can do. Keep on keeping on.

    Good luck everyone and keep up the good work.

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