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was think when a little girl as I grew older life got harder and I started gaining some weight didnt pay much mind to it when I reached my teenage years I lost some weight and was very thin until I got married and had my first child from then forward I gained weight like crazy I was realy strugglin with my fibromyalgia and my asthma they complicated with my weight gain and i was becoming depressed and unhappy i divorced a few yrs after that and i lost some weight not to much but a little is something then again i got into a serious relationship and i started to gain weight again ugh fustrating i had depresion tantrums cause clothes wouldnt fit and i felt like a cow i was at least in my 200 and i was just not happy with it i got pregnant and had an eptopic pregancy and had to terminate my pregnancy so that made me more depressed and made me eat out of anxiouty and stress I finaly wanted to try again to have a baby and it took time but i finaly did more weight to gain ugh my baby was born and weighed 8 pounds i thought maybe all this weight was from my pregnancy and it will go but nope was i wrong it kept piling up more and more I was in a bad mood all the time i had anxiouty and just wanted to eat all the time i didnt even spend muc time with my kids and husband and that was terrible so i decided it was time for a change at the age of 30 i said it time im waiting nomore and i went to my first gastric bypass meeting i was convinced this is what i wanted i pictured my life back to normal and thirsted for it so i talked to my doctor she aprooved and i went for it i did all the requirements and all the appt until one day they call me in on a thursday come tomorrow for pretesting i was still not aware that ment my surgery was soon when i went they said ok well see you here monday morning 6 am for your surgery i had no time to realy stress it so i went full force did my surgery and it was wonderful the hospital treated me great my surgeon i stayed 4 days cause i was throwing up alot cause the meds i dont do good with strong meds but i was in no pain at all could you believe none so i started doing the things i was suppoed to the liquid diet and i began to see change the min i was out the hospital ppl could tell i had already lot weight boy sdid that make me feel good i did struggle i wanted to eat real food it was hard but my friends family supported me and it worked out step by step i started to shed off the weigt and look and feel more and more fabulous now im down to 168 my goal weight is 145 150 im close its been a year and 5 mnts cant weight to reac my gaol im stuck a bit now but ill get their thank god i tollerate any foods i dont get sick no puking or dumping i live a normal life just eating healtyer and smaller portions i dont regret a thing
Age: 43
Height: 5 feet 5 inches
Starting Weight: 279 lbs
Weight on Day of Surgery:
Current Weight: 168 lbs
Goal Weight: 145 lbs
Weight Lost: 111 lbs
BMI: 28
Surgery: Gastric Bypass
Surgery Status: Post Surgery
First Dr. Visit: 01/01/1970
Surgery Date: 05/09/2011
Hospital Stay: 4 Days
Surgery Funding: Insurance
Insurance Outcome: 1st Letter Approval
sweethonesty261's Bariatric Surgeon
Worcester, MA 1655