Had roux en y on September 2nd, 2015

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I am a 22 year old now living in Florida and I had my roux en y gastric bypass surgery in Omaha, Nebraska back in September.

Before the surgery, I was 330 pounds, unhealthy, unhappy and living with type 2 diabetes, knee pain and gastric reflux.

It took me three years to convice myself to have the surgery and finally I did, I am so very happy I did. I no longer have diabetes or acid reflux and my knee pain is gone!

I feel blessed to even had the surgery at the age of 21. My surgeon wad Dr. Daniel Crunk of Methodist Hospital and he was my life saver!

Now I am down 71 pounds but having a bit of issues with gastrointestinal bleeding. It's really hard to get in to see a surgeon here in Florida but I should be able to see one soon!

Me in 2015

and me now.

living my life like it's healthy

[James Marusek 5,244]

Congratulations on your weight loss. I will pray that you find the cause of your gastrointestinal bleeding. My mom had something like that. It got so bad she had to have a blood transfusion. The problem was she was taking several Excedrin each day for pain relieve. These contained high amounts of aspirin, a blood thinner. This caused her after several years to begin to bleed internally. We took her off all the Excedrins and that solved the problem.