my story

[bigjake_35 19]

hello to everyone i have been lurking around the forums for a while here and figured i would finally jump in and be more of an active member, just to kind of introduce myself, and tell everyone what i have going on

im 35 years old from rock falls illinois, there are no bariatric teams within close proximity to me so i decided to go with dr breitman at rockford memorial hospital in rockford illinois for my rny gastric bypass, i had my initial consultation on august 1st 2016, i got lucky and my insurance company doesnt require a supervised diet so things have been moving along pretty quickly, i had a little hang up when my stress test for the cardiologist came back abnormal so i had to get an angiogram which came back normal.

Im 5'8" and my high weight at the start of the process was 370, and since ive been following the diet my nut put me on ive gotten down to 302 already

as of last week im just waiting a month to do the follow up appointment for my sleep study and 3 weeks later they have my surgery scheduled for december 13th, they said i could have went november 8th but i thought that was a bit too soon and i need to get some finances in order for while im off work, but im getting more excited every day since they gave me the date and looking forward to joining everyone on the losers bench

[emardee 192]

68 lbs pre surgery is a remarkable accomplishment! Congrats on that and good luck forging ahead.

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[DebiW 45]

@@bigjake_35 That's incredible. MY RNY is on 11/8, and I cannot wait.

Welcome to the board!

[Djmohr 6,965]

Congratulations on your significant weight loss already! WOW!

I am excited for you. If you have done that well without the tool, wait until you have some help.

Keep us posted on your progress and welcome!

[doxaholic 252]

Wow congrats on your weight loss already impressive! Happy for your surgery date you are doing awesome already!

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[bigjake_35 19]

Thank you all this forum seems to be a great place for knowledge, support, and trading information I will keep you all posted on my progress

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