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  • Username: bbwvixen
  • Location: Surrey, BC, Canada
  • Member Since: 10/6/2007
  • BMI: 26.2
  • Post Op
  • Surgery Type: RNY (05/04/10)
  • Surgeon: Samaad Malik
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  • Comment by sparkym2 on 5/4/10 5:52 am
    Best of luck today with your surger! Hope you have a good recovery.
  • Comment by emilyherod on 5/3/10 9:28 am
    Best of luck! See you on the losers bench!
  • Comment by lerkhart on 5/3/10 5:58 am
    Good luck on your surgery. Hope you have a speedy recovery.
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My name is Suzanne and I'm a 41 year old mom for 3+1 (one step son)
I live in Western Canada and didn't have a problem with my weight until
I got pregnant at 20.
I was young and dumb and lived up to the *eating for 2* scenerio literally.
I gained 67 lbs with the first, 50 with the 2nd, 23 w/3 and the fourth about 150 (ok he was already 12 when I met his dad lol)

I've tried every know diet out there, and failed at them all.

I am now at my highest weight of 257 and on the waiting list for gastric bypass surgery with either Dr. Amson or Dr Rusak in Victoria BC

I was previously on Dr Cleator's waiting list in Vancouver and after waiting 18 months to get the pre screening phone call, I was told *I wasn't fat ENOUGH!!! ) are you kidding me????

A few more years passed and I heard of a doctor doing the surgery in Southern Alberta (Dr Cleator retired and I didn't know of anyone here) and tried to get on that waiting list, but never heard back from the docter.

I then heard of Dr Amson in Victoria and got a referral to him. It took 2+ years to get my first appointment, which was kind of a dissapointment to me. I was newly doing Nutri System and had lost 17lbs and he did his *you can do this on your own* lecture.

I lost another 15lbs before I figured out I couildn't afford $300+ for just my food a month. I ended up going on vacation, trying to stick to the diet but to no avail. I gained it all back! Shocker huh???

I felt pretty guilty since I'm concidered a *light weight* and felt like I should be able to do it on my own. I let another year go by, and was put on more medication for high cholestrol, high blood pressure and had my tachycardia start to act up more.

I asked and was given another appointment with Dr Amson in August, and told him I wanted to go ahead with the surgery. (after bawling when I was weighted and found myself at my highest ever 257lbs) at first it seemed like he thought I could do it on my own but when I pressed on, he agreed once I competed the tests, he'd do the surgery.

I know the waiting list is still 1+ years to see him, so after hearing from several other people who had seen Dr Rusak, I asked for a referral to him.

I have a appointment on November 27th to see him!             
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14 months out
on July 16, 2011 5:35 pm
Well stress is my middle name. I've been so involved with helping to take care of my dad, that I ended up loosing my job. He almost died in my arms at Xmas, and the family went up to see him on Father's Day (they live 400 miles away). The next weekend he was gone. I am totally devestated and still in denial.

I'm going through periods where I don't want to eat at all, or where I stuff myself. I've leveled out at 160lbs give or take a few pounds each way. I want to reach 150 but right now I'm so weary with all the stress and grief, it's all I can do to get out of bed.

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Nine months later
on February 19, 2011 10:22 am
I can't beleive how surreal everything is and has been. I'm now down to 161 and a size 10/12. It's so amazing being able to go into almost any store and picking something out. I do find some of the modern stores still size pretty small, but still .... :)
I've started going to Curves three times a week and walking the dogs alot more. Well at lease until about ten days ago, where I got REALLY sick. This is the first time I've been this sick since I had the blood clots 2+ years ago! At lease today I can breathe through my nose which really helps. It's nice and sunny although cold as heck, but I still took the dogs for a walk. I've pretty much managed to stay indoors the last week with being sick.

Food wise, I can eat anything and don't dump :(( I really wanted to have that slap on the wrist, but no go. There's no food that I can't eat, and yes, I still eat stuff that I'm not suppose to, but I try to eat only a few bites.

I'm seeing my surgeon on the 3ed of March. My hernia seems to have doubled in size, or else it's just easier to see as my waist doesn't have as much fat! lol, I've been advised the wait for surgery in Victoria is 2-3 months, where here on the lower mainland, I can't even SEE a specialist until April or May.

I'm going back to school in September, so I want to get this all out of the way by then and then be able to go to school with hopefully no problems lol.

Alot of people talk about changes in relationships with the SO once they've had surgery, and I've seen it alot in my friends. I can honestly say that my relationship with my DH hasn't changed a bit. I lucked out with having such a wonderful supporting husband who's been with me every step of the way anyways. He said he loves ME and doesn't care how much I weight, but rather that I'm healthy and happy.

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Six months post op
on November 19, 2010 3:39 pm
It snowed today and it's been so damn cold! Something I am NOT used to being!!! I'm at 172 and have stayed that way for a bit, it doesn't help that I've been so stressed that I haven't had much time for much of anything. (Including work)
Both my parents were in the hospital Halloween week and then we came home and I walked downstairs to someone in my living room who had broken in!!!
Dad was released from the hospital first, then mom, but dad was back in about four days later and in ICU where he's spent 8 days. He got transferred to the ward 2 days ago and will be there til early next week.
I haven't been to work in over week (I think - I've lost all track of time) and eating has been alot on the go and fast food. (Usually a grilled burger or chicken). I've found that I'm starting to stress eat much more, which is soooooooo not good, but I also can't eat as much as I used to, so that's good.

Before my parents were in the hospital, I had upped my protein to two shakes a day, the first as breakfast and then as a snack. With the cold weather, I've been so hungry :( and not working out.

My husband goes back to work on Monday, but graveyards, so now that more money will be coming in, I'm going to *try* this plus size boot camp that has started up, I know I need to do something to get out of the stall again.

Oh, those size 14 Wal Mart jeans are falling off. Went to get another pair and skipped size 12 and went right to a size 10!!!! I haven't been shopping since but my other size 14 jeans still fit, although a bit baggy at the butt and thighs!

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Four months post op
on September 14, 2010 1:42 pm
About two weeks ago, my son and I were in Wal Mart and I picked up a pair of size 14 jeans. I looked at them, then down at myself and though "uh uh, no way!" but thru them in the cart anyways. My attitude now is that if they don't fit me now, they'll fit me in a few weeks. I got home and put them on, and the fit!!!  I kept saying to my hubby, Holy Crap!!! I can't believe this!

So the pains in my side have gone away by about 99% of the time. I'm suffering from headaches and the usual back/neck pain. My massage therapist told me the more I loose the more my usual center of gravity is going to go, as my body's not used to it. Makes sense I guess, but can be a big pain!

I did the five day pouch diet last week.I really felt like I was getting out of control with my eating. I was hungry all the time and even though I was eating smaller meals, I was eating all the time it seemed and I was picking up some of my old bad habits, of eating junk food. It would now take me 3 days to finish a small bag of chips, or I'd have one and maybe a half of a peanut butter cup, but I felt I was taking two steps backwards.

Anyways it was much easier then I thought. I think it may have helped that I had a very nasty migraine and didn't feel like eating the first day. By then I was over the hump and the rest was easy. I lost four lbs right away, which I think was water retention because I went back up 2 lbs the next day and it's stayed. The important thing though is, that I'm not longer hungry - at all!!!! I'm back to forcing myself to eat, which is what I  prefer!!! 

I think I'm eating between 800-1200 calories a day. I'm not keeping track of all of my carbs/sugar/fat or heck anything, just trying to be more healthy. Yesterday for example, I had two small whole wheat pancakes, a small chicken Cesar salad, 1/2 clubhouse samwhich and a very small piece of pepperoni pizza. Usually I would have eaten three or four times that.

I work at six am, so I'm pretty useless for doing any activity on my days on, as I'm a zombie. On one of my days off, I try to go for a walk/hike in the park for 3-5 miles which always feels great, but other then working out with some free weights, I don't do much else. My bad!

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Three months post op
on August 5, 2010 5:24 pm
I always find it kinda sad when I'm following someone's journey, and they have surgery and are never heard from again, or stop posting. I don't know if anyone is reading my blog, but I think it's only fair that I post as much after as I did before.

So I'm now 3 months post op. I've had some nasty stabbing pains in my left side along my hip and lower groin area. I looked at a diagram of the body and it's along the sigmond colon. It happens out of no where and can be quite painful but only lasts for a few seconds. I've been to ER, had a ultrasound, blood tests, xrays ect and nothing has show up. My GP said adhesions, but I think he's just taking a stab at it as he has no idea.

I seen Dr Malik last week, and he said he has no idea, but it's not anything to do with *his work* as he said lol The only thing he's concerned about is my vomitting about every 2 weeks. He wants me to do another endoscope :(

So, I've lost 47 lbs from my 2 week pre diet surgery, so that's 67lbs from my heaviest which was about two years ago I think. My clothing are starting to really hang and get baggy which as nice as it is, it can be quite annoying too.

I'm starting to buy some new clothing slowly, but it's hard when I know I'll shrink out of it within a few weeks. Too me it seems like I'm only losing about a pound, maybe a pound and a half a week, so not getting anywhere fast.

I'm in a size 16, maybe even a size 14 now. I actually bought two t shirts from Zellers last week in size L, although I haven't worn them yet. Don won't let me shop in the plus size section anymore lol

It's so strange going into *regular* stores and know I can buy things from the rack,and if they don't fit me now, they will next month :)

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