7 years!!!
HI Everyone, It has been 7 glorious years since my RNY on Aug. 17,2011. I have maintain 150 lbs weight loss. My highest was 300 lbs.
I have my life back. My surgery was well intended to literally save my life. (stomach cancer).
What advice would I give to the newbies??? This surgery fixes your stomach not NOT your head. Therapy. I am still going. Always take your vitamins even if you don't feel like it. I still do. I have loss a very dear friend of mine because she thought she did not need her vitamins. 
And the biggest thing I hear and see. Please STOP comparing your selves to others, everybody's journey is different.
And just live. Remember when you decided to have this surgery? I will do this .... once I lose this amount of weight....Well just do it. Stop living and get to live. What I mean is live, laugh, love.
Live your life to the fullest no matter what size you are. Laugh, there are way, way too much negativeness in this world, please just laugh. And last LOVE!! Love yourself. All your jigglies, all your fat, all your flaws. Cuz we are all and I mean all GORGEOUS no matter what we look like. Love, just love yourself.
As always, live, laugh, love and health.
Choose love, power, and acceptance instead of what we default to which is fear, dependence, and intolerance
Congrats! You inspire me! Thanks for the great advice.
Ref to Sudbury July 4/17 Sleep study July 29/17 Orientation Sept 13/17 1on1's Feb 2/18 OTN Feb 27/18 Pre op Mar 13/18 Surgery Mar 22/18 St. Michael's w Dr. Grantcharov Opti-10lb M1=-24lbs M2=-11.5 M3=-7.5 M4=-8 M5=-9 M6=-8.5 M7=-6.5 M8=-8 M9=-5 M10=5.5 M11=-2.5 M12=-5 M13=-4
I love this...thank you Linda and congratulations on all of your successes!!
Barb
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs
Very sage advice Linda. Thank you for sharing your experience. You and the other vets are amazing.
CENTURY CLUB MEMBER at 6 months post-op.
Referral to Guelph Feb/13, Sleep study and all bloodwork and ultrasound May/13, orientation July/13. Nurse, NUT,SW Sept/13, 2nd NUT, nurse and SW, 3rd round and cleared for surgery Dec/13. Pre-op Apr 7/14, Surgeon May 2/14, Opti Jul 3/14, surgery Jul 17/14.
Yet another example of why I keep coming back to this forum, reading and learning. I have so much respect for all of you brave vets on this site that keep coming back and helping people, like myself, who are just starting out and anyone else who needs it.
Thank you for sharing.
~ j.
My Journey: Oct 2017 Referred to Ontario Bariatric Network by Family Doctor; Nov 2017 Received letter from Toronto Western; Jan 2018 Orientation @TWH; Mar 2018 Social Worker and Nurse Assessments (Telemedicine/Telehealth); Apr 2018 Nutrition Class @TWH; Jul 2018 Psychologist Assessment (Telemedicine/Telehealth); Aug 2018 Dietitian (Telemedicine/Telehealth); Jan 11 2019 Meet the Surgeon; March Scheduled surgery changed to Jan 29 2019 ( VSG )
Congrats Linda!! What a great post. Yes... live. :)
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy. 
Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5
Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!
on dealing with your head too!!! AWESOME POST!!!
