Vicki Loichinger

Karen, First of all Welcome Secondly OMG you have, well there are no words. Awesome. Those pics tell a story. Thank you so much for sharing so glad to have you with us. The support here is so wonderful. I hope you will share with us some of the things you have experienced through out your journey. (good and bad) tricks you learned, lessons you learned. I am so happy for you.

awesome, hope you continue to do well and you feel better and better every day

sending you healing thoughts and prayers for a safe an uneventful surgery.

You are truly a survivor. Thank God you are still alive. I pray I pray I pray that you are doing better and that you will continue and get your health back. Thank you so much for sharing your story. There is such a lesson there. I am so sorry you have went through all that. The fact that you have is a miracle. Just know that you are in my thoughts and prayers and here anytime you need someone to listen to you, we all are.

How very very exciting. I am so happy for you. So So happy.

welcome, so glad you joined. You will find awesome support here. We look forward to all the knowledge you have gained over this past year. Again Welcome.

awesome trailblazer doing a dance right along with you.

Thinking of you and praying for you, Today is your day. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. I am so happy for you,

Welcome and thanks so much for sharing your story. OH my you have been on a journey and still going. I am just so happy to read everything you wrote, I hope you are healing well and that things just get better and better and better. Big Hugs to you. Again Welcome and Thank You

Welcome Welcome Welcome. Big Hugs coming your way. I hope you hear soon. Waiting is the hardest part. I am also going to be a revision from band to bypass in one operation scheduled for next Wednesday, I am having an ovary issue the past two weeks that could delay the surgery. But I am hopeful I will be able to have the bypass now and what ever this is taken care of later, but something tells me it doesn't work that way. I hope you get approved for both surgeries at once. I will be praying for you, I ask for your prayers too please that all these problems will be worked out and I can get on with the surgery and healing and living. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired

Good luck Gen You will do fine. I hope you get a date today too.

My story is so like yours, I am scheduled for a revision next wednesday. My band will be removed at the same time. (I am having some other non related issues that may put my surgery off but i am still certain I will have it eventually.) My Doc is very experienced so the revision is not a concern of his. I too have diabetes (very uncontrolled) losing 30 to 40 pounds and gaining it back and forth with the band never had any effect on the diabetes, That is my biggest reason for doing the RNY now. I should have done it in the first place, seven years ago, but I thought it was so drastic and that I didn't have that much to lose. But I had the co morbidities and should have went that route. So as I sit here waiting to here if an ovary acting up will delay my surgery and still on the pre op diet, I just wait. I was scheduled for revision on Nov 7, Doc came in right before I was to be wheeled back and said my blood sugars were too high. I was devastated. So rescheduled for Dec 5 and now this stomach pain that has had me in pain and doing scans and ultrasounds and having to find a GYN doc (haven't seen one of those in 20+ years) to either be cleared for surgery or possibly need the ovary removed. Something tells me I may have an operation just not the one I was hoping for just yet. I too am 57. And really want to have a life.

welcome glad you found us and hope you will share more of your journey with us. You will find a wealth of support here. again Welcome

saying prayers for a safe and uneventful surgery and quick healing. Asking God to look over you and your surgery team, to calm your nerves and help you through this.

praying and understanding.

sounds very painful hope you are healing well hugs

Lisa let them take care of you sweetie. Sending you gentle hugs and healing thoughts and prayers.

hey just glad you can let us know, that has to be a positive. gentle hugs, and healing wishes

i do remember after a c section awful pain in the shoulder and they said it was from the gas, I don't know if they squeeze any out or not, but to this day and that was about 34 years ago i remember that shoulder pain.

congrats and wishing you fast healing and that that nasty gas leaves quickly.

dotted great report. hope you find some tasty things for your puree stage, wishing you the very best

thanks for sharing. Awesome success. I know it probably hasn't always been easy, but you feel it is way worth it and that encourages me a lot. Thank you. Wishing you even more success on your journey

abby wishing you the best, sounds like you have been through a bunch. Hopefully the RNY will resolve these issues. But I am sure there are still challenges ahead with the very tiny pouch. But eating and not vomiting will be so nice even eating smaller amounts might feel like a blessing, as long as it stays down. Sending you gentle hugs and the most positive of thoughts and prayers.

I like this idea, enjoy and crossing my fingers it helps so much

Kell welcome, so glad you posted. there is a wealth of info and support here. The waiting seems to be the hardest part. Doing the six month diet, jumping through all the hoops. You just have to tell yourself it is practice for the rest of your journey. Please ask questions let us know how we can help. We are all in this together. Hugs to you and again Welcome.