Lots of questions and anxiety

[Diana_in_Philly 1,426]

19 hours ago, Caroline125 said:

Thanks for all this information! How are you feeling now?

I'm about 20 months out - I'm down 115 pounds and feel like a new person. My medical team has asked me to speak at support group meetings as a success story.

FWIW - August 2015 I was probably over 300 pounds (I didn't do scales at that time.) April 2016, saw a photo of myself and cried. Started the process at 271.5 (I'm 5'3" and was 55 years old). Had surgery August 23, 2016.

As of today, I fence (as in en garde) 5 hours a week and am in the gym another 3 or 4. I am bone on bone in both knees, but my orthopedic surgeon thinks I can go about 10 years now before replacing the knees. (The knee replacement was part of why I had surgery - my orthopedic surgeon wouldn't do the surgery unless I got my BMI under 35 - it was 48). I have more energy, rarely use pain meds for my knees and feel like I'm in my 30s not my 50s.

Best of luck on your journey.

[Em_Jay75 81]

I am having my surgery at Duke on July 3rd and they scheduled me before my insurance approval.