violette00

This is my before and after pictures I went from 285 to 140 all in 8 months. I am coming up on the 6th yr anniversary of my RNY gastric bypass surgery next month!! It's still hard to believe it sometimes.. I still go for at least a size 10 when I go shopping..which are always too big..I know I'm in between a size 6-4 but I still can't believe it. I catch a glimpse of myself walking by a mirror and have to do a double take! Lol Crazy right after being 6 yrs out. I have had many compliments the worst being 7 months out of surgery and having severe..like I don't think I'm gonna live kind of abdominal pain...the er doctor in my home town...my bariatirc surgeon was over 3 hrs away from me so when this pain started I didn't have time to make it to him b/c they ended up finding I had gallstones, pencreatitis, and then my bowel ended up tearing when I got admitted to have the gallbladder removed..I had to stay a few nights in hospital before and thank god I did! Hey sent me for a catscan and with in an hr I was on the operating table with the thought that I might end up with a colostomy!! I'm a health care professionally so I knew what that was!!! and they also need to open me right up cuz they didn't know for sure where this tear was! So now I have a scar all the way from between my breasts down to my belly button and I was completely septic...basically I almost died!!! Crazy!! Unfortunately as awful as that whole situation was...I had to have 4 more surgeries for various other complications. Right this moment my pouch is swollen and won't let anything but fiuids down...I lost 35 lbs in under a month back in April. ..I was admitted to hospital again for malnutrition and dehydration. I was in there for 3 weeks while they built me back up and then when I was stable I got to come home but I need to have a picc line in and I hook myself up to the iv nutrients for 12 hrs a day but I'm on the mend now...I have put 25 of the 35 lbs I had lost so I'm back to 140lbs and feel not to bad. .I have been going back to my surgeon to get dilations done with the little balloon on the scope so at least it didn't mean surgery. I just had my second dilation but I still can't eat solid food! I haven't really eaten anything solid for 4 months now!!! Omg my mind is so hungry...I feel like I would almost give my left arm to have big Mac right now! Lol. I try and stay positive and I guess I'm just really unlucky to say the least lol. I have some loose skin but it's mostly on my uper arms and inner thighs..my tummy has a bit of of skin but not too bad but what was I expecting when I lost 140lbs in only 7-8 months!! I try and work out but I know this skin will never go away so I just say screw it..if you don't want to see it don't look!! Lol Good lucky to everyone who are going into surgery soon and remember to follow your guide lines for post op care to a tee or you might end up as unlucky as I have been!! Sent from my SM-G900W8 using the BariatricPal App

This happens to everyone...mine was about 2 weeks out of surgery and the scale hadn't moved for a week or so...I called my treatment centre and talked to the rn there and she said if she had a quarter for every time she got this same call she would be a millionaire! Lol. Your body is just in distress and wants to hold onto that weight with all its might cuz you are shocking your body with the very small amounts of food and fluids! But don't worry cuz it will come off fast as soon as your body finally let's go! At least I did....I lost 140lbs in 8 month!! still blows my mind to this day and I'm coming up on my 6 year anniversary next month. you'll do great don't worry Sent from my SM-G900W8 using the BariatricPal App