Weight Loss Surgery Patients Here?

cownancy
cownancy Posts: 291
edited October 1 in Health and Weight Loss
I was just curious if maybe it would be nice for us to start a topic where weight loss surgery people can share our unique issues? Anyone interested?

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  • Kelly_Wilson1990
    Kelly_Wilson1990 Posts: 3,245 Member
    You can count me in.
  • hazeleyez2010
    hazeleyez2010 Posts: 4 Member
    You can count me as well. I don't feel that you can have enough support.
  • ChandraC25
    ChandraC25 Posts: 2
    Hi, I'm Chandra and I'm a weight loss patient! It will be 3 years in November that I had gastric bypass and to-date I've lost over 125 lbs. I'm also a member of ObesityHelp.com and they also have a lot of good information, support and a good resource for any information you might be looking for. Count me in!

    Congrats skwilson1990 on your 114 weight loss and Nancy on your 47 lbs!
  • melvac
    melvac Posts: 333 Member
    That would be a nice subject I ad RNY in February 2006. lost 185 and still working on the rest. I am in and thanx in advance...
  • phoenix9115
    phoenix9115 Posts: 24
    im in too..im going on for open gastirc bypass on monday at 8am..im going to need alot of support and advice from people who have had it..
  • beach_bum_gurl
    beach_bum_gurl Posts: 200
    Count me in~ I am 5 years out from RnY, maintaining currently, but would like to try to lose another 15 pounds, which is why I am here :)
  • golfgirllv
    golfgirllv Posts: 7 Member
    count me in!
  • ButterflyAZ
    ButterflyAZ Posts: 1
    I am very interested. I just joined after having gastric bypass on Aug 3.
  • mystik0796
    mystik0796 Posts: 1
    That would be nice, I am a gastric sleeve patient, was sleeved march 14th 2011, and am down a total of 100 pounds now. (including 28 before surgery)
  • LadyKatarina
    LadyKatarina Posts: 28 Member
    Sure, count me in. Looks like I'm the longest term post op posting here so far. 10 year post op from RnY gastric bypass. :)

    Kat
  • powerballad
    powerballad Posts: 5
    i had a roux en y about 8 years ago. i was at 425 at my highest, got down to 180, got put on some meds that caused my weight to balloon, broke my ankle and needless to say i regained. i got back up to 300. now at 269. just doing portion control, calorie counting, making sure i get enough healthy fats, but i'm having trouble getting my iron and b12 as well as potassium. i'm supplementing, but it's still hard. i've started to loose my hair again in spite of taking biotin.
  • jan525
    jan525 Posts: 1
    I had surgery on Dec. 23rd and it is the best thing I have ever done for myself. Good luck, do what your doctor says, and I'll say a prayer for you.
  • powerballad
    powerballad Posts: 5
    also ladies, watch the alcohol. every doctor says somethin' different about when you can start drinking again if you choose to. but with the emotional changes you are going to go through it's easy to lose control. i've seen it happen to many of my girlfriends who have had any form of WLS....
  • LadyKatarina
    LadyKatarina Posts: 28 Member
    also ladies, watch the alcohol. every doctor says somethin' different about when you can start drinking again if you choose to. but with the emotional changes you are going to go through it's easy to lose control. i've seen it happen to many of my girlfriends who have had any form of WLS....

    This, unfortunately is VERY true, even without considering all of the liquid calories the alcohol adds to your diet, the emotional changes and reasons you became obese in the first place make it very easy to lose control if you start drinking again.
  • pp67
    pp67 Posts: 26
    I haven't had the surger but after doing loads of reading and research, I'm following the wls plan. I'm what you'd call a non-op. I'm on another forum where a lady started to follow the plan pre-surgery so her body wouldn't go into the shock of it all and she ended up losing 40 lbs when her doctor said no and cancelled her operation. She's continued following the plan and has already lost over 100 lbs. It was because of her success that I started following the plan too. I'm now 3 lbs away from losing 30 lbs in 3 months. For those of you who have had the surgery, you will succeed.
  • pp67
    pp67 Posts: 26
    powerballad... how's your daily protein. It's my understanding that increasing this helps to lessen the hair loss. Remember it needs to be minimum 65 gm per day. Your body doesn't "know" how it gets it... liquid or food, so long as it gets it.
  • DrHDLM
    DrHDLM Posts: 43 Member
    Count me in. I'm a doctor, love nutrition and had a Gastric bypass 7 years ago, I've been through all the issues, well almost all of them. fell free to ask anything.
  • dstephens36
    dstephens36 Posts: 5
    I had the gastric by pass surgery on July 15, 2011. At first i thought i was making a big mistake, you here so many people talking about "Don't take the easy way out." This is anything but easy, but it was well worth it.. I've lost 70 lbs. since then. Unbelievable right???, but it's true. The surgery is a tool. What I mean by that is, you still have to work out diet and exercise if not the weight will just come back. I'm loving the way I look and feel now. I still have a ways to go, but i'm getting there. I went into the surgery weighing 410 lbs. I weighed in last week and now i'm at 340 lbs. :bigsmile:
  • dstephens36
    dstephens36 Posts: 5
    i'm in.
  • scubagirl319
    scubagirl319 Posts: 115 Member
    I had a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on Dec 15th 2010. I'm down 197 pounds from my highest weight in June of 2010 and 140 pounds since surgery. All support is welcome. Love My Fitness Pal. Never really kept track of what I was eating till I joined. Realized I was not eating enough once I started tracking.
  • lbencomo
    lbencomo Posts: 30 Member
    I want to be part of this
  • free2live72003
    free2live72003 Posts: 186
    Hi,

    I just clebrated my one year anniversary following gastric bypass surgery. It was surreal to look back and realize what a difference a year can make!

    My highest weight (when I was weighing myself) was 325lbs/ pre-surgery wt. 280/ current weight 172/ goal weight 150.

    I just found this site 3 months ago and it has been a hugely valuable tool for me as I begin to outline what it will take for me to maintain my weight loss as well as continue towards my goal weight going forward.

    I don't want to be a slave to the "NUMBERS" for my whole lif, but I am an advocate that in these early stages tracking your "NUMBEARS" is a major key to success.

    I have lived much of my life being uneducated in what it really takes to lose weight, and keeping my head in the sand in denial as to the actual "NUMBER" of calories/fat/carbs/sugar, etc. I was allowing into my body.

    I am convinced that this next year will be all about learning what my body needs nutritionally and physically to function at its best, and in order to do that I need to track what I am eating and the amount and type of exercise I am engaging in.

    I have a co-worker that had the gastric sleeve about the same time I had my surgery and she lost some weight, but now is already regaining because she refuses to REALLY LOOK AT what she is eating and how much she is (or is not) exercising.

    I hope this site is as helpful to the rest of you as it is to me in KEEPING IT REAL, and KEEPING ME ACCOUNTABLE on a daily basis.

    God's blessings to you all!
  • skatermom503
    skatermom503 Posts: 96
    Just has my bypass about a month ago. Still getting used to it but down to 311 from 395 (59 pre-op). Sounds like a great idea.
  • ngory07
    ngory07 Posts: 194 Member
    I had the gastric sleeve on jan 24th 2011. I have gone from 304 to 165. Without very much effort at all. Now that I only have 25 lbs to go I have stalled and realized I have been drinking my calories and grazing. So trying to fix that and get back on track. I love my sleeve!!!!
  • missy5277
    missy5277 Posts: 88 Member
    I had rny 5yrs ago, highest weight was 306 and lowest was 169, i now weigh 229!! Its so easy to regain, this surgery is definately a tool and i never thought i would regain a pound however i was wrong. i cant stress enough that you need to change your lifestyle and unlike many i can eat anything and everything without getting sick and always have been able to. This site has helped me lose 13 pounds in 2.5 months. I wish it was more but at least its a loss!
  • skatermom503
    skatermom503 Posts: 96
    I'm interested.
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