danikadeacon

Well good on you for taking the plunge. It's one of the hardest decisions to make and I admire everyone who does it to better themselves. Sent from my SM-G935F using the BariatricPal App

Hi Rosey. I'm from Brisbane, Australia. Good to meet you Sent from my SM-G935F using the BariatricPal App

Gday all. My name is Danika and I was bypassed on the 11th of October 2016. Roux en y to be exact. I'm 26 years old, a chef, married and love life. I like sports, old school music and animals. I've always been overweight. Since I was 8 years old I've struggled to lose it. But it got really hard once I hit puberty. I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 15. I finished school and found my calling as a chef. I lost a bit of weight byt never got to where I was supposed to be. I met my husband in 2009 and married him in 2013. He has always been a good man. Very supportive and loved me for me. When we started living together in 2010, we let ourselves go a bit. We both put on more weight then ever before and did numerous diets to try to lose it. My heaviest weight was 140kg. The diets I tried never worked. So after years of my parents worring, last year in 2015, I decided to look into weightloss surgery. With my family's support, I met with a surgeon named Dr. Robert Finch. He knew what he was talking about from the beginning. I had faith in him from the start. He was no bull. He told it like it was. I liked him. We booked a surgery date and worked our way there. I did the pre op opti diet and lost 6kg. Surgery day came and it went without a hitch. I was feeling good the day after. Minimal pain and I could keep fluids down well. Now approaching 1 week post op and still feeling positive and motivated. Only issue I'm currently having is getting plain water down. Its hurting a bit. But apart from that I'm feeling good. My goal weight is 80kg. I'm hoping to get there in 2 years. If not earlier. I would appreciate any advice anyone would like to give me to keep me headded in the right direction. Thanks.