Hi, I am new to this website and I am following the instructions by telling my story. I started my journey in Nov. 2010 when I attended an informational seminar on WLS at The University of PA in Philadelphia, PA. My insurance required me to complete a 6 month weight management with my primary care dr. In March, when I was almost done my 6 months I started all of my testing for surgery, including my psych eval. By May I was done everything and my surgeon's office submitted my paperwork to my insurance, it took a couple weeks to get my approval. I was scheduled to have gastric bypass on June 14, 2011, but when I had an endoscopy done, it showed a small ulcer in my stomach, so I had to take PrevPac for 2 weeks and have another endoscopy done. I rescheduled my surgery for July 14th, it all depended on the outcome of my end. I went into the hospital on July 14th, surgery time was 1 pm. My surgeon came into the pre-op room about 4 pm and told me he was going to have to postpone my surgery because he had trouble with a case early in the morning and it put him so far behind he could not do my surgery that day. What a disappointment. I had to wait until Monday 7/18. After the dr. started my surgery he called my husband and said he could not do the RNY and would I want the Sleeve. My husband and I had talked about this prior to my surgery so he told the dr to go ahead with the Sleeve. I came home from the hospital on July 21st, no pain, just an uncomfortable feeling. I have had a few bumps in the road, but I feel like I am doing pretty good at this point. Today makes 5 weeks since my surgery and I have lost 39.5 lbs. I do have lots of days that I feel queasy, but most of the time I feel good. I just started adding regular food to my diet, I have been eating turkey and cheese and I made a meatloaf the other night and was able to eat about 2 oz. with some gravy to make it soft. I am slowly introducing food to my diet, one thing at a time in case something makes me sick. Now I need to get myself on the treadmill, it is much too hot to walk outside, when the weather gets better I intend to walk my dogs so I can get more exercise. That's just about the whole thing in a nutshell.
