rabrijumo

Well hope everyone had a great day. I have been busy and stressed. I track my food in myfitnesspal and have been low carb and under 2000 calories for weeks but I gained 5 lbs. shheeeeeeeeesh I need this surgery for just this reason. I was in the hospital and they took me off my diuretic maybe that's why I am a little bit swollen. So maybe it's water weight in any case that's my story and I am sticking to it!

mami I want to thank you for the supportive things you have said to me and offer support in return. Whoever said you didnt have enough to lose is a big horses ....... that anyone would call this the easy way is ignorant. I have a lot to lose and mutliple comorbidities but I would never deny another the tool to get control of their weight be it 75 or 275. You are using this tool to get to a healthier you, Go for it and don't listen to the naysayers.

username. Date of WLS. Name Juditha..........Sept 5...............Judith ? Mommyhand........Sept 5...............? Pebbles..........Sept 5...............Courtney Tiffbp...........Sept 5...............Tiffany Ciobella.........Sept 10..............Maria NurseTab.........Sept 10..............? Amazeyem.........Sept 10..............Lisa Momof6...........Sept 10..............Kimberly moffie...........Sept 11..............Mo Mustangsteve.....Sept 11..............Steve lydiajohnston611.Sept 12..............Lydia Missyjack........Sept 13..............? Tiburon..........Sept 13..............Angela Riverbuff........Sept 14..............Mark Cholosladii......Sept 18..............Lilli Big Lou..........Sept 18..............Lou chunkypudding....Sept 18..............Leslie janelane.........Sept 18..............Jessica uniqueladybug....Sept 19..............Jessica Stardusted.......Sept 24..............? Dejoseana........Sept 25...............? rabrijumo........Sept 25...............Rachael rurias...........Sept 25...............Ramona 23 of us wowsa Yeah us!!!! We are getting everybodies name weeeeeeeeeeee

sryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy just assumed with the user name my bad

fixing it with the new info come on everyone tell us your name I realize I had Lilli twice but I added tiffbp so still 22.

What is your date Kim? Did I miss it? Sent from my iPhone using RNYTalk

Please quote and fill in your info Here is as complete a list as I could do this late tonight lol There are 22 of us changing our lives in September username. Date of WLS. Name Juditha.....................Sept 5.....................Judith ? Mommyhand............Sept 5......................? Pebbles...................Sept 5.......................? ciaobella..................Sept 10....................Maria NurseTab.................Sept 10....................? Amazeyem...............Sept 10....................? Momof6...................Sept 10....................? moffie......................Sept 11.....................? Mustangsteve..........Sept 11....................Steve lydiajohnston611.....Sept 12.....................Lydia Missyjack.................Sept 13.....................? Riverbuff..................Sept 14.....................? Cholosladii...............Sept 16?...................? Big Lou....................Sept 18...................Lou cholosladii09............Sept 18.....................? chunkypudding........Sept 18...................? janelane...................Sept 18......................Jane uniqueladybug.........Sept 19.........................Jessica Stardusted................Sept 24.......................? Nanajohnsonx4..........Sept 24.......................Susan Dejoseana..............Sept 25........................? rabrijumo................Sept 25........................Rachael rurias.......................Sept 25........................Ramona Yeah us!!!!

Welcome newbie and amazeyem and anyone else I missed. We havea huge group here for September surgeries lets keep it up. we must redo our name and date list maybe include your username to. Jessica did one earlier and it was great think I will go copy it and add everyone else I can remember. If you want to help quote the list and add yourself. Brb .......

hmmmmmmm nut indeed!

My name is Rachael. I am a mother, a nurse, and a very fat person. I was given my first diet pill at age 10 by my mother... I couldn't take pills so I struggled to get the huge pill down. I don't know that I ever did or that it worked or if I even really needed it! I see pictures of my self and I am a bit chubby but not obese at all at that age. I remember being teased about being fat and large at an early age. I remember carving the word fat into my arm at around 12 years old. I remember hating my body and thinking my life would be perfect if I weren't fat. Years flow by I am in high school I am 5 7 my wt a HUGE 155. In retrospect that isn't that tall or fat but at the time I felt unattractive. I had a period at age 16 were I had a lot of dates no sex but boys asked me out and told me I was pretty....... I did have big boobs and a full soft figure. I think I undervalued myself in some respects but was a fun, gregarious person. I met the man I eventually married he seemed to think I was attractive. We moved in together 2 years later. I did my first "successful" diet at age 20 . It was a liquid protein diet run by a doctor. My dad paid for it and I achieved my ideal weight of 130 lbs. I bought a tiny bikini short skirts and tight jeans. I went to community college for 2 years then nursing school. By the time a graduated in 1983 I had regained the wt I lost plus 30 or 40 lbs. I married at age 22 wt 170 ish ....continued to gain year after year hitting 270 when I got pregnant for the first time. I lost wt during the pregnancy but regained during breast feeding. Rinse and repeat x 2 more kids over 7 years. At age 33 I was 300 plus lbs but active and healthy. Years flow by my life hits a snag or two my husband developed into an alcoholic and we have marriatal problems. We split for the first time when I was 38 wt 345 lbs 3 kids ages 12, 7, and 5. Living as a single mom for a year was hard we got back together kind of to buy a nice house in VA and be a family. The difference was we kept separate rooms. I had become used to sleeping by myself reading if I wanted to and did not want to hear my husband snore or reek of alcohol. I am tired that's the beginning of my history more soon. A few days later I added a second installment : Today I am thinking about why I decided to have the surgery. I have become increasingly UNABLE. I can not: walk up stairs, walk any distance comfortably, fly comfortably, ride a bike, get up from a sitting position with anything like ease, and take care of myself alone. I have a laundry list of things I want to be able to do a BUCKET list if you will. Chase my grandson walk up or down stairs without a rail fly to Africa on a mission ride a bike take a hike buy a small car and fit in it ride a motorcycle Meet someone and be attractive enough to attract them I sometimes want to do a skit like Jeff Foxworthy (not that its very funny) YOU MIGHT BE MORBIDLY OBESE IF you can't wipe yourself without hurting your wrist you can't climb a stair without a reinforced rail get up out of a low couch without assistance well you get the idea i have a million and they all make me want to cry life as a fat person in America is not much fun .....the ridicule is one thing ......the discomfort of chairs that bind you is another...... and the comments people feel free to make is yet another. Yes I am responsible for my situation I know that but it does not make me sub human or less valuable as a person. I know I have lost friends, one in particular that I relate to my weight and my inabilities. This makes me sad and mad. A few days and thoughts later........ I find out my surgery date next week. Today I hurt my leg walking into work. I did not fall I was just walking and my right calf pulled or charley horsed maybe my Achilles tendon. Whatever it was it has crippled me worse then I have been ever! I so did not need another obstacle to exercising sigh. I am ready to do this. I have a lot of questions about the surgery itself How long will I be in the hospital? How much recovery time will I need before I can return to work? How my much pain will there be? How will my body feel inside? Will I have control of my bowels and will I vomit a lot? I think I will visit the blue point website and attend a support group this week. I must get ready to get ready I am a disappointment to my children though they love me they worry about me when they should not have to. They miss being able to do things with me or having to do things for me. They want a Mom they can count on and not have to worry about. I want them to have that as well. That's why I am doing this surgery to be ABLE.

I gave myself to age 50 to lose the wt on my own and I failed major I have become so big I am almost crippled. So the decision is made the date is set and I am getting the gastric bypass. I wish it were sooner then September 25th but I have a little time to get some wt off ha ha ha. I know my doctor wants me to lose 35-40 lbs before surgery but if I could do that why would I need surgery? I am going to try and at least do the optifast for an extra week(they require 2 weeks prior to surgery). What I am doing now is using my fitness pal to enter my daily intake , it is helping me to snack less and become aware of my snacking patterns, emotional eating, and types of food I eat. Since it was my birthday I did have chocolate cake and ice cream but I did eat smaller portions of my bday dinner and my slice of cake was also smaller then I usually would take. Today I am not having any cake but I did have a small ice cream bar. I plan to focus on my "diet" in a few weeks. I am also using online support groups to ask questions and get encouragement from others photos and stories. I will need to make a counseling appointment and start going to the support group on weds nights.

AGE: 51 WT: 448 HT 5 7 BMI 70 MOTHER of 3 GRANDMOTHER of 1 RN HYPERTENSION/ ATRIAL FIBRILLATION diagnosed with bp 2002 atrial fib 2004 MEDICATIONS: Sotalol - antiarrhythmic and BP Diltiazem - as needed during episodes of afib (so I don't have to go to the hospital) Coumadin - anticoagulant to prevent clots during episodes of afib (again so I don't have to go to the ER and get lovenox) HCTZ - diuretic for BP KDUR - potassium supplement/ Magnesium supplement - from diuretic use if my potassium or magnesium gets low I have additional arrhythmias , also Fish Oil (stopped baby asa daily per my cardiologist this year) ***after my recent(today is 8/27) 4 episodes of fib in 3 weeks I changed my cardiac meds to Tikosyn and a daily dose of diltiazem for my blood pressure and discontinued sotalol and HCTZ.*** DIABETES TYPE 2 diagnosed October 2005 MEDICATIONS: Actos and Glipizide plus cinnamon supplement ARTHRITIS/ BACK, KNEES, AND SHOULDER pain diagnosed 1991 MEDICATIONS: Motrin 800mg twice a day, Percocet (oxycodone) 5-10mg daily at night, Tramadol as needed for pain, and Benadryl w/percocet (because percocet makes me a little itchy) SLEEP APNEA- Use CPAP machine nightly rated as severe setting 14 My plan to lose wt pre op Step 1 Data entry everything I eat being brutally honest and writing down EVERYTHING Using myfitnesspal Time limit: August 14,2012 Step 2 will be to eliminate the sweets and keep track and decrease carbs. Time limit 8/14-21 Step 3 low carb no sweets 8/14-9/4 Step three if I haven't lost at least 25 lbs by sept 4th do an extra week of optifast. Time limit: if needed start 9/4 Step 4 optifast 2 weeks prior to surgery. Time limit 9/11-24 Step 5 surgery! 9/25

I live in Washington DC , city living is not designed for obese people. Parking is a bear I hate it but when I get a good spot it does make my day lol. That's another thing I will enjoy: not worrying if I have to park far because the walking won't be painful! A painful situation happened to me last year. I am a nurse and I have worked in labor and delivery for 18 years, it is my calling. last year I moved back here from TN and tried to do a travel assignment but was not mobile enough and they fired me. It was horribly painful physically trying to keep up and emotionally when I failed. I got a Full time night shift job at the hospital I had worked in before I moved to TN in 2007. Nights was hard and my ability to be fast enough came up after 6 months during a time I had become infected with MRSA. I was put on leave, paid fortunately, due to the infection. then I got THE call from my boss and human resources questioning my physical ability to perform my job. They kept me on paid leave while they decided what to do with me eventually sending me to a desk job 9-5 in PST pre surgical testing. There I call patients before surgery to obtain a history and advise them on medications and directions to the unit. I really like the hours and the people are very nice. But I feel like a failure. In the end it is the best thing for me right now. I really answer to no one as I am still on L& D's payroll so I can go to doc appts and take vacation whenever I need. Also It's really nice to be on days. I hated nights especially where I live. Because I was going with major traffic both directions which sucked after working a 12 hour night shift. So all in all this Job is helping me to attain my goal to have the RNY surgery and achieve my wt loss. Things do work out the way they are supposed to. That's my story and I am sticking to it lol! I am hopefully experiencing the LAST of a number of things: The last time I come to the beach on vacation and have fear of being able to get out of the ocean The last time I slow the family down The last time I am unable to help chase the baby down especially because we will soon have two babies in the house PS It occurs to me that I need to lose not only a full person (in body wt) but indeed to lose a FAT person. Which philosophically speaking is just what I need to do LOSE a FAT person physically and mentally.

Ok since 2004 I have had intermittent bouts with atrial fib. My heart is rapid irregular and weak. It makes my head hurt and I can't exert myself at all. I used to go to the ER and they would try medication , it never worked, then they would admit me, monitor me and schedule a cardio version. I would always convert to normal sinus rhythm before the cardioversion. I got sick of going to the ER so I now live in a anticoagulated state on Coumadin and have short acting antiarrythmic medication that I take every four hours until I convert. There is a surgical option but my wt precludes the surgery. In light of my scheduled wls I am thinking about this on two levels one that I will have an episode before during or after surgery and two that achieving wt loss will allow me to have the surgery to put a stop to theses debilitating episodes. Unfortunately in the past week I have had the first episode in over a year lasting over 24 hours and then another episode also lasting 24 hours. So my concern about it interfering with my wls is very real. Also I had to use 12 hours of paid time off on friday and I need every hour for my time off for surgery. Then there is my MRSA which is meth resistant staph aureous. This infection used to be named a nosocomial or hospital acquired infection but they changed it to MRSA and now it seems to be treated like leprosy. You are labelled for life and isolated whenever you are in the hospital. Which means i get a private room which works for me but it irritates me that I am treated like a leper and the hospital the freaking source of the microorganism is absolved of all blame or responsibility. I am wondering about how much time off i will need to take post op. I was hoping to get back to work in 2 weeks because I dont have alot of pto. I have to use one week of pto paid time off( they lump vacation and sick time together) then I can use short term disability , which is 2/3 of my pay. I was really hoping to get back to work in 2 weeks but I think now I should plan for more like 3-6 weeks. I first didn't think about std just thought I would use pto but I don't even have enough. I live with my son and daughter in law so we share expenses and I will have help both physically and financially. I am hoping 66% of my pay will be enough for a month or so. I can supplement with my pto but I just don't have much and as I am writing this I am home sick because my darn heart is acting up (atrial fib) I have had it since 2004 but has historically been infrequent til 9 days ago. I have now had 3 episodes. 2 lasted 24 hr each still in this one Been over 12 hours. I might need my meds changed which requires hospitalization and cardiac monitoring sighhhh . I had planned to visit my 19 y/o daughter this w/e and have reserved a room at a hotel. Now I might have to be in the hospital sheesh. Can I get a break here I am still in AFib feel like my head will explode and I am dizzy and weak. Can I cry now? When will this stop? I have a cardiology appointment tomorrow morning. Will be discussing changing my meds this weekend which will entail being hospitalized this situation has made my desire to have WLS even more imperative. I want to have the ablation procedure to cure the AFib. They will not perform it on a morbidly obese patient. So I must lose the weight first. I sure as hell hope my heart behaves for surgery!

Oh it did make a link awesome

Ok I googled the topic and found this awesome link to a comparison chart it is so comprehensive with the authors opinion on taste , cost analysis broken down to cost per day not per pill/tab because some have you take 1 or 2 or even 3 here it is http://www.pamtremble.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/multivitamin_comparison_FULL1.pdf Darn wish it would highlight as a link darn iPad

I think the point was that when you say I lost xx pounds semantically it means some where sometime you want to find those pounds and put em back on and no way in hades do I want to find the fat I am going to ELIMINATE OBLITERATE get rid of for the heck ever!

Ok I went to my first support group and as the night went on the group leader asked a new post op how much she hadReduced a little later another newbie asked why she asked that q in that way instead of asking how much she Lost. The answer was enlightening. Since we are trying to change ingrained habits behavior modification if you will. Saying you Lost something has the connotation that you would want to Find that something. So she trys to use words that don't have that verbal cue like reduced or eliminated. Those words don't have us looking for the pounds. Interesting huh?

Ok I got my Multivitamin out of the box the one I got from unjury it's call opurity, it's chewable and contains vits: A 750 iu C 180mg D 1600 iu E 60 iu Thiamin 6 mg Riboflavin 4.3 mg Niacin 40 mg B6 5 mg Folic acid 800 mg B12 350 mcg Biotin 600 mg Pantotheric acid 20 mg Calcium 50 mg which is only 5% of daily req *** all the others are > = to 100% unless I write a value they meet or acceed daily req Iron 30 mg Iodine300 mcg Magnesium 80 mg 20% daily req Zinc 20 mg Selenium 100 mcg Copper 2 mg Manganese 2 mg Chromium 70 mcg 58% daily req It's made with fructose plus other stuff and so it's 4 calories Total carb 1 Sugars 1 So it's chewable and at first didn't taste to bad after a min it got a tad bitter and sweet at the same time and the after taste hmmmmmmmm Not the greatest and from what I have heard sweet can be upsetting to the pouch and taste buds post op And the cost expensive 35.95 for a 90 day supply You take them once a day one tab Sent from my iPhone using RNYTalk

Hey Lou I to am finishing of my ore ops. My date is 9/25. We have a group SEPTEMBER MEMBERS please join us there is quit a large number of people getting there surgery in sept. Sent from my iPhone using RNYTalk

TGIF I made it to work all week even though I was discharged from hospital on Monday and just got out of my wheel chair and took my suitcase with me to my office and worked all day and had a smaller different bout of my AFib weds night and went to work. Thank goodness this time with the new meds I did not have the dizziness or head ache I usually have so I could drive. Just felt irregularity in my heart and a bit fluttery. I converted after lunch and have been ok since.....knock on wood NOW!

I would post this under the questions area or as a new thread as most of us are pre op and don't have the knowledge to share you. I did buy some vitamins from unjury to get the free shipping lol have not started them yet though.

Oh Raquel I am so sorry my fellow nurses didn't make you feel cared for. I to have had a few bad experiences with nurses, hospital staff, and docs. Sometimes it feels like a crap shoot. I would investigate the bariatric floor though before I changed my mind about my hospital. Different areas have different staff. We're the mean nurses in the emergency room that's where I had the most trouble. I was in the ER once and when they finally took me to the floor the nurses were a million times kinder and caringfrom the start.

I wanted to ask you do you have diabetes or other comorbities and what is your ht or bmi? I also thought of going with the band at first. My feelings for it were that it was less invasive and could be more easily reversed. On the flip side the wt loss was slower and it didn't have the same effect on my diabetes. Plus I don't think having it removed makes your stomach " normal" again. So I went with the rny. I think it's the best desicion for me.

My cardiologist stopped my sotolol yesterday and admitted me to the hospital today. I converted to sinus rhythm at 5 pm. So I feel much better. Hope this new medicine stabilizes my heart for surgery. I am ready to take this step and make a new me for the rest of my life. I want to be active and vibrant. Ok that was Friday the 17th it is now the 23rd I got out of the hospital Monday and I went right to work. Started working out yesterday with my resistance bands felt good about that and then went to my first support group meeting. Got home had an unjury shake for dinner and then boom went into fib. It is different slower no head ache but still way wack. So I went to work feel ok can't walk far but I am trying to ignore it til it goes away. Oh and my damn tire has a slow leak so I had to put air in it before work too. Yesterday I took a whole list of questions and wrote em up and called my cardiologist and bypass docs office . Got some answers still a lot to figure out. Here they are: Ok so I am a nurse(almost 30 years now) I am most likely a PIA(pain in the a$$) to all my doctors because I "guide" my care and treatment, ask a lot of questions, and question their answers with a lot of data and research. The list below is the q&a for my RNY surgery 9/25/12. bluepoint is my gastric bypass doctors group, I have a cardiologist and a PCP or primary care physician, and a cardic surgeon to place my IVC filter. Doctor questions Bluepoint doctor questions Q: Pain control post op for arthritis Meds that can be liquid or crushed? ***no NSAID's**** A: Q:Is there a bowel prep diet pre op A: no Q: Expected length of stay in hospital A: 2 days Cardiology and PCP questions: Q: What are my needed meds post op? Tikosyn per cardiologist- can it be opened and added to liquid to take? Kdur – will be on k added fluids in hospital and monitored Magnesium ? Actos glipizide will be off these after surgery and on a sliding scale insulin. Recommended sugar control pre op suggested sliding scale insulin now (ask my pcp to write for the insulin) Q: Lovenox? Since I need to be off 5 days pre IVC placement and 4 days pre RNY surgery are we concerned about stroke risk? I am! Also optifast will it affect my Afib or electrolyte balance ? Bluepoint wants cardiologist to adjust my cardiac meds on optifast if needed. A IVC filter DOCTOR q's (cardiac surgeon) Q: Stop Coumadin prior to insertion when? A: 5 days prior Q:When and where procedure done A: Fairfax or fairoaks Q:Anesthesia used propofol? A:General Q: IS MAC/PROPOFOL an option A: Q: Do they (IVC placement doctor) need clearance from cardiology and PCP prior to IVC placement A:no