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I started at 654 lbs 8-23-10 and had surgery (RNY) gastric bypass on 12-15-10 at about 554 lbs. I was scared, but more scared of not having the surgery.

Being scared is a normal thing. You should be just fine though, so hang in there!! Do share what you are most scared about. We are all here and have been through or are going through a lot of common feelings and worries. I beleive you are going to find you will be thrilled with your decision to have WLS. it will be a lot of work, but then again nothing is easy that is worth having or doing for a healthier you!!

Best of luck and keep posting!!

Hugs,
Sherrie

Scared is NORMAL! So you are ok!

The thing that you have to remember is that each one of us is built different and have individual bodies. We will all react differently to things. We are humans. Yes, there are things that could go wrong... The "risks" that your clinic or doctors have probable already talked to you about. You may not have any complications! However if you have had health complications already due to your health and weight... If treatments have been difficult due to your size already... Those are all challenges that compromise our health already. That will not go away with our extreme weights and would only get worse as time goes on if we did not do something about our weight.

Complications with surgery are there but complications are there in life if nothing is done about the weight!

Weigh the options and think about what you want most in your life and how you want to live your life.
At over 650 lbs, I was alive but not living my life the way I had dreams of living.

You are welcome to go to my profile and read what I have written about my experience. I started out at 456 and had surgery at 427, but I am really short.

I was super scared before surgery--I had made peace with myself that I might not make it off the table alive, but I knew in my heart that this was my last chance because I already felt like I was dying.

The first few days after surgery are different for everyone. Who knows why your sister's body reacted the way it did. My advice, use the weeks up to your surgery to make yourself as healthy as possible. Eat the right foods, do as much exercise as you can tolerate. Start your vitamins & supplements (not at the levels you will be taking after surgery). Breathe & move! That is so important after surgery!

Good luck!

Four Hundred and Seventy-Four Pounds.

I am 14 months out, just had another follow up with my bariatric office, I have lost 165 pounds, my resting heart rate is 52, my BP 108/72, and I am scheduled for my panniculectomy (fat apron to be removed) at the end of March.  Hmmm, I think I am doing pretty well ;)

For the record, I had a proximal Roux-en-Y, and I work my ass off exercising five days a week.  I swam 500 miles last year, so surgery is part of the equation.

I still have a long way to go, but I am pretty happy with where I am, and where I am heading!

Brenda : )~

Have you looked into the duodenal switch at all? It was my original choice. It leaves you with a normally functioning, much smaller stomach and malabsorption that does not go away over time. Please consider it. There's a DS forum here and other sites as well.