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  • Username: barriegirl26
  • Location: dunnville, Canada
  • Member Since: 2/1/2012
  • BMI: 44.2
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (07/13/12)
  • Surgeon: H.S. Sohi
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H.S. Sohi
this time it was an even better appointment. he approved me for surgery pretty quickly after seeing everything. now just waiting on my ssurgery appointment. yahoooooo
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Hi my name is jessica and I had gastric bypass surgery July 13th 2012. So far it's been great. 
            
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First day in hospital after my RNY
on July 14, 2012 1:00 am
 Ok so it all started at 5 am. I barely slept because -of  the nerves and anticipation. 
I got a to the hospital at 6 Am. Got into a gown hat and slip on shoes and waited to
Be called by 2 different  nurses. The first one verified my contact in case of emergency
And the second one gave me a nice cocktail of meds while going through all the PATT
nurse paperwork again. 

To be continued. 

Ok so I made my way to the OR waiting room and spoke to my anesthesiologist who in fact did my first anesthetic when I had my tonsils removed. So anyways he told me what was being done to me. So I head into the operating room the nurse helps me get my back gown off and I lay down on the table with my arms stretched out. She lays a warm blanket over me as well as places my feet in jelly like slippers and then I see my surgeon. He makes sure I'm placed on the table properly and away I go.   Next think I know I'm in the recovery room and feeling pretty good. 

Well that's all I could say right now. If anyone has questions I'm here. Thank you for tuning in. 

Jess
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8 days left till gastric bypass surgery!
on July 5, 2012 7:22 am
 Ok so new update. I woke up this morning and weighed myself at 419
And I'm really happy. I have lost a total of 8 poundssince optifast. My goal
was to be under 400 by surgery date. We will see day of surgery. I will post
a new update. 

Thank you everyone from tuning in

Jess
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PATT Appointment
on July 1, 2012 4:53 am
 Ok so I had my PATT appointment and was scared out of my tree so I'm going to describe the process that I went through:
  
  ECG, Chest X-ray, Blood Pressure, and blood work. 
  That we're all the tests I got done. 

  Next was the nurse who went over my post surgery exercise and levels of pain and such. 
  Then I saw an anesthesiologist and she went over any medication she recommends for me
  After surgery.

  So there everyone goes. No one could really give me a straight answer. So I figured I would
  remember as much as I can.  

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My Gastric Bypass Journey
on March 13, 2012 9:38 am
January 16th 2012: Patient information session

February 3rd 2012: Surgeon Consultation with Dr. Sohi

February 14th 2012: Gastric Bypass Class

March 5th 2012: Registered Dietitian
                              Social Worker
                              Nurse Clinician

March 29th 2012: Psych Consult with Dr. Posner

April 11th 2012: Social Worker Followup
                             Internist with Dr. Glazer

April 27th 2012: Followup with Surgeon Dr.. Sohi

June 28th 2012: Patt appointment

June 15th 2012: Start Optifast

July 13th 2012: Surgery at 8:00am *finally* :)


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My Story

Well I'm going to start at the beginning. between the ages off 0-9 everyone thought i was a starving child. i was really skinny I'm also very fair skinned and always had darkness under my eyes until i hit 9 lol. from there on it has been a battle. i was bullied all through elementary school if it wasn't my hair it was my large feet or my chest or my height. i became the punching bag of every school kid in my class.

all of a sudden i hit a growth spurt in my waste. i started gaining. at ten i was all ready into women size clothing. out of frustration my mother through me into tights and big sweaters. after a few years i weighed about 230 at 14, so off to the doctor i went. After an ultrasound i was diagnosed with PCOS Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). at this age i wasn't really told much about this syndrome other the i will have fertility issues.

I met my boyfriend when i was 21 years old my weight was 320 pounds at the time and i was more then happy at the time because i didn't have any issues.....i could still walk everywhere, i could fit into a car and put my belt on easily with no discomfort, i could still do everything i wanted to do without pain and suffering. i ended up quitting my job moving 3 hrs away from all family, i became depressed and alone. we were so broke living off of food bank and giant tiger food. next thing you know my pants wouldn't fit anymore and i was having issues breathing. i couldn't walk anywhere without huffing and puffing and sometimes fainting.

another diagnosis asthma....

i weighed myself 450 pounds. i cried right there in the doctors office i couldn't believe my eyes that i had gained 130 pounds in 1 year of being with my boyfriend. i got depressed, stressed finally my mom got me out. we moved in with her. things hadn't changed but i did.

it took me 4 years to realize what had happened to me and to figure out that we were not good for each other. the person your with should bring you up not bring you down, encourage you and help you get motivated. i went from someone who worked 70 hours a week to laying on a couch...... any movement would hurt. how could i have let this go so far......just thinking about it brings me to tears.

for the longest time i couldn't go out. grocery shopping was embarrassing. even taking the bus. i take a seat and a half and feel like everyone is looking at me.

looking for work is almost pointless. i have an amazing resume but still don't get hired. they take one look at the girl who cant fit in a chair with arms and pretty much right no across the resume.

i am at my end i don't know what else to do. i find it really hard to exercise with my knee pain and back pain. to do dishes hurts my back.  everything is becoming harder to do. I'm 27 and feel like I'm more like 67.

i have decided on gastric bypass.....My mother had it done 25 years ago and it worked for her. i believe this is an option that can help me. now is the only way i have to think. i just found out more about my pcos and found out it can cause cervical cancer, diabetes and infertility. i know that me being morbidly obese can cause these but now i have it against me times 2. do i really want to wait for the day i get a diagnosis on one of these????

so that brings me to now, gastric bypass.