Denise68

Hi everyone...My name is Denise and I’m from NJ ,I had my surgery 4/20/09. The day of my surgery I weighed 310 pounds and as of this morning I am 141 pounds. I still struggle with my food addiction and some days are harder then others.I also have bipolar . I was just wandering if there’s anyone that has had the surgery as long as me.

I had my gastric bypass 12 years ago and never regretted it. It saved me from lots of health issues.

Hi sorry to hear your in pain. I was having terrible pain like that , I did 3 endoscopies , the first two showed nothing, I thought I was going crazy, I couldn’t eat and I couldn’t touch my pouch, it would stay for a few weeks then stop for a few weeks . This went on for 2 years. The hospital would tell me to go see my dr , they did nothing. So I found a gastroenterologist. I couldn’t go back to my gastro surgeon, he moved ,I had my surgery 12 years ago. My stomach dr did another endoscopy and said I have acid reflux, I never had heartburn, but he started me on pills, it took some pain away but not all of it. He told me I needed a colonoscopy ( sry) , well after that test ,we found out I have diverticulitis. This all happened since end of 2018. Find another gastroenterologist, I went thru 3 to figure out I’m just a little crazy lol. Good luck and hope you feel better soon and out of pain soon .

I had gastric bypass and have bipolar and on a few different meds ,I have no problems with my meds .

I have acid reflux and some times my food gets stuck,I’m on medication and it works. I also have diverticulitis but half my family have it.

I know it’s a little scary, but it will change your life for the better. If I didn’t do the surgery I know I’d have diabetes and high blood pressure right now. Some of my family members have both. When I got scared ,because it’s normal too, it’s a surgery , but I would think of all things I would be able to do in my new body. Your life will change for the good. So will your health.

Hi , I was diagnosed with bipolar at age 18 and I’m 52 now, in my 30’s is when I started really taking care of my mental health, I had my surgery when I was 40 and being on my medication and making sure I had a great support system at home helped me a lot. To this day I still have my mood swings but not as bad. Losing the weight helped my bipolar sooo much, I didn’t like myself at all being heavy and not being able to lose the weight on my own, my surgery saved my life and my mental health. I love myself and the person I see in the mirror, I use to dream of being thinner and now I can wear jeans and certain clothes , I didn’t wear jeans for 25 years when I put my first size 4 on ,I was a new woman. Please know the surgery doesn’t make our bipolar go away but it helps it so much because we , me , loves who I am now . Good luck with your new journey and keep me posted, I’d love to know how your doing with your surgery and your mental health 🙂

Hi .... a few lessons I did learn is don’t go back to eating what made you heavy, after a few years I started my bad eating again and gained 30 pounds back. I wasn’t happy with myself at all. So I started back from the beginning after I got out of the hospital. It worked for me and since then I have kept my weight down. You have done an amazing job with your weight loss. Keep up the great work .