Before & After

There are currently no before and after photos for this member.

See these instructions if you wish to submit your own Before & After photos.
Goals

1st, to get approved for the gastric bypass surgery.

0 People
 in progress, 
1 Person
 achieved this

HAVE A BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

107 People
 in progress, 
15 People
 achieved this

Wear regular size clothing

33 People
 in progress, 
26 People
 achieved this
View The Goals Page
Member Interests
  • Needlework, Knitting & Crocheting - This keeps my hands busy and away from food at night when I'm just watching TV
  • Photography - I love to take photos and edit them.
  • Scrapbooks - I like putting down memories to look back on.
  • Sewing - I enjoy making and designing as a hobby.
  • Reading - I like mysteries, a good romance, comedy, autobiographies, history, etc..

Latest Surgery Support Comments

No comments posted yet.
Please post yours.

Click here for the surgery support page

In hopes of being a healthier me.






315/ 296/ 158/145
highest/ pre-op/ current/ goal

ak_lisa's Blog
ak_lisa's Blog


update
on September 23, 2008 2:45 am
1:45am can't sleep.. 9/23/08 Tuesday am

Can't sleep!
Sunday I added deli meat to my diet and threw it all up and now I'm kinda scared to eat stuff. I ate some cottage cheese tonight with a little crackers and that seems to be settling well. I just want to eat normal stuff. When is that going to happen! I tend to get stuck in ruts! I'm eating like I'm still on liquids basically. I also wish I could just guzzle a tall glass of cold cold water!
Be the first to leave a comment.

Leaving San Diego
on September 10, 2008 9:36 pm
 September 10th, Wednesday

Today was my last visit with Dr. Ellner. She had to take out that last tube.. and OMG! it hurt so much, I'm still feeling the pain even though I've had the pain meds, Yikes! 
Be the first to leave a comment.

Out of surgery
on September 8, 2008 9:18 pm
 I don't really remember much from the actual surgery day. I guess that is normal. The surgery was on Wednesday, Sept 3rd at 7:15am. I was told that I had a horrible time accepting the pain meds so they had to keep me in recovery longer. I don't remember going to my room, the nurse, my husband being there... none of it. But, I do remember early in the morning the next day the nurse woke me up and we started walking. Every since then, I would go walking as much as I could. And after they did the Upper GI test and it came back good, they took out the catherter and every time I got up to go pee, I took that opportunity to walk. I was told the more you walk the faster you heal. I was released mid-day Friday and felt really good! We left the hospital and drove to the beach. However, the sun was so hot I could feel the heat on my scars and I didn't like that feeling so we decided to go to the Mall to walk around. I got through Bloomingdales and that was about all I could do. We had to go home so I could get some rest.... More later :)
Be the first to leave a comment.

Tuesday August 19, 2008
on August 20, 2008 9:02 am
GOT SURGERY DATE!!!! SEPTEMBER 3RD!

Last night booked flight tickets... now gotta get hotel accomodations.
San Diego here I come :)

I am a bit worried, anxious and excited about the surgery. I'm worried about all the scheduling, co-ordinating things, like hotel, flights, rental car.. things like that working out...
I'm anxious about the surgery... although I know this is going to be good for me.. I don't like the idea of being cut on and my stomach being detached. I am confident that I will survive and that I will follow clear and consice instruction.
I'm excited because to me this is one step closer to meeting my ultimate goal!
Be the first to leave a comment.

Mondy August 18, 2008
on August 18, 2008 11:04 am
I'm so excited!!!! I've been APPROVED!!!! and from the sounds of it, I could be having surgery as soon as next week!

Be the first to leave a comment.

Browse pages: next >



Archive

Tags
  • None
My Story


I've been trying to conceive for a little over 6 years and have been unsuccessful in getting pregnant. I have PCOS which makes it hard to get pregnant and the doctors say that if I lose the weight the PCOS will go away and I can get pregnant. Being obese and being pregnant is hard on you and the baby and I want to be healthy for a child and have a healthy child. The thing about PCOS is that it makes it hard to lose the weight. PCOS hangs on to the weight and being insulin-resistant turns all carbs into sugar. I have tried many diets and failed. I have been on many fertility treatments and failed. I have now made a life style change decision to have the RNY surgery. I hear that a woman is very fertile after a huge loss in weight and I have heard of lots of women getting pregnant after the surgery and having a successful pregnancy and healthy babies and they continued to lose the weight after the baby was born. I also have sleep apnea and a family history of diabetes. I want to get rid of the sleep apnea and I do not ever want to be a diabetic.

I know what it feels like to be obese, the depression, the anger, all the tiredness, embarrassment because you can't do what others are doing to have fun (I couldn't fit into a bumper car one time and I weighed less than what I do now). I don't want to have to ask for a seatbelt extension ever again. I don't want to have to take multiple fertility drugs, treatments, therapies, procedures just to have a baby. I know the feeling of helplessness, like no matter what you do, you are going to continue to gain weight and you will never be completely happy.

As a child, I was stocky, looking back, I wasn't fat fat, just a little overweight, but I got called names like tub of lard, shortened to tub... oh how I hated that. I heard often, "if you would just lose a little weight you would be beautiful." It made me very angry, but as a kid I didn't really know what to do and I also heard conflicting things like, "she'll grow out of it." Looking back, I think living in an abusive environment didn't help either. When I was in my teens, I stayed at a size 12 until after I graduated high school. I was 135 pounds. I was forever watching what I ate and trying to stay thin or be thinner like my mother and sisters. When I was 18, I got married which only last about 2 months. He was abusive and mean and said mean things. I lost it from there. I didn't really have any support and I turned within myself and turned to food. I couldn't sleep at night because I was scared so I would stay up late watching TV and eating, then I would sleep a little then go to work. I did this for a long time and gained a lot of weight. I was a size 20 when I decided I needed to do something, so I started a very strict diet and exercise and lost down to a size 16. That is the lowest dress size I got to. I met someone wonderful who loved me dearly we got married, we moved twice, different cultures each time, and I've continued to battle the weight gain, done many diets that were unsuccessful for me. I'm now 310 lbs. I'm tired of the weight.

I just want to be a healthier me, with a healthy family that includes a child. And in order to accomplish the goal, I believe the right tool for me is the RNY gastric bypass surgery.