Brandi's Profile

Username: Bran
Location: Nacogdoches, TX, USA
Member Since: 3/26/2005
BMI: 23.6
Post Op
Surgery Type: RNY (06/01/05)
Surgeon: Hugh P. Babineau M.D.,F.A.C.S.

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Comment by Wildcat Lady on 6/1/05 3:55 am

Congrats on your surgery! I wish you a speedy recovery and much success.

Comment by Dakota Mom on 5/31/05 10:39 am

Best wishes on your surgery! May God be with you, your family, and your surgical team! I pray you have a quick recovery! :) Gail

Comment by piperkc on 5/25/05 8:30 pm

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Have a safe journey to the other side and a speedy recovery Angela in Corpus Christi 291lbs BMI 45.60 -234lbs Dr Michael Grace Open RNY Life began May 16, 2002 I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Surely..I will heal you." 2 Kings 20:5

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My name is Brandi and I had surgery on June 1, 2005. My start weight was 243 pds. My start BMI was 40.3

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April 27, 2007
on April 26, 2007 6:48 pm

Well I officially survived my wedding/honeymoon/ and moving to a new town. I has been hard but I have made it. I am still stuck ay 143 pds down from 243 when I had surgery.

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October 20, 2006
on December 19, 2006 7:49 pm

So it is official... I am ENGAGED!! We have been dating for over 11 months and are now engaged. I will try to figure out how to post pics on here. The wedding is scheduled for March 17, 2007.....St. Patricks Day!!

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December 19, 2006
on December 19, 2006 7:44 pm

Well when I switched my profile over I lost everything. But I am officially done with TJC. I graduated last Friday Dec 15 with my assosciates in general studies. It feels so good to be done.

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My Story

Start weight - 243           Weight now - 140
Height - 5'5"                     Height - 5'5"
BMI - 40.4                         BMI Now - 23.6

How it all started:

---> I had Gastric Bypass on June 1, 2005. It all started when my mom, who also had gastric bypass, had her surgery. I have always been the bigger kid growing up. After my mom had it I told myself "I would never have surgery that i would loose it on my own". And like everything else that never worked and i always gained it back plus some. After my mom had surgery and did very well, my sister decided to have it. My sister did excellent after surgery and has never slowed down yet. So...my mom AND my sister has had life changing surgery and here I am stuck in a big overweight body. So one day i left a note in my moms truck seat asking her if it was at all possible if I could have it done since they have done so well and are so much healthier now. Surprised, my mom said it was all up to me. So she scheduled me a consultation with Dr. Babineau. That went well and even got a date the day of my consultation. My surgery date was scheduled for june 1, 2005. So I had surgery and everything went well. Afterwards I was sick for about 6 to 8 weeks. My first day home from the hospital everything I tried to eat came right back up and i had the dry heaves really bad. For the weeks to follow I could not keep anything down and it was hard to eat. That finally passed, but to this day I still get sick. I am a year and half out and have lost 108 pds and now weight in at 135 pds. I was "smaller" than most of his patients to begin with. I started in a size 22/24 and am now in a size 9/10. The surgery has most definetly changes my life and as everyone asks i would do it over again.

* Below are my entries from my old profile. I got some help so I know how to switch everything over now finally.

---> I Had my consultation today and it went well. Dr. B went over everything and was very informative about everything.
The office staff started my insurance process and everything got approved very quickly.

---> I got a date and it is scheduled for Wednesday June 1st 2005.

---> I had surgery last Wednesday and I did ok in the hospital. I came home on 06/03/05 (Friday). When I got home that Friday i walked down the driveway and back and was feeling veery good. I woke up Sat morning feeling icky and by the afternoon i had dry heaves very bad. Mom called Dr. B and he said to lay still and it will pass. I could not keep nothing down and it hurt bad. I woke up Sunday with dirrahea(sp?). So i felt icky all day Sunday also.

---> The last couple weeks have been "ok". I am still afraid to eat anything because of my dry heaves spell.

---> I am three weeks out and have already lost 25 pounds.

---> Tommorrow is my six weeks check up appt with Dr. B. I will get the official weight.

---> Well my appt went well, I have lost 33 pounds in 6 weeks, so thats not to bad. I get to start regular foods now so i am excited because I can eat now!! YEAH!!

---> Dropped by Dr. B's office today to weigh in and i could not believe it, already in 9 weeks, i am below 200 pounds. I have lost 45 pounds and am down to 198!!

---> WOW!! I survived TJC band camp IN THE HEAT!! that was the roughest week i have had but i survived and lost weight in the process. I weighed at the first of the week with body FULL of water and bloated from the heat and i was down 48 pds!!

---> Me and my sister, which also had gastric bypass, decided to go to Olive Garden for lunch on Saturday Aug. 14 2005. This was the funniest trip so far. So we go in and sit down and asked the hostess for a kids menu. We then decided we did not need it because we knew what we were getting. So then the waiter comes out and asks where our menus are and we both said we do not need it we know what we want. So we tell him the childs Fettucinne Alfredo, he pauses for a moment and said " I cant let you order that" so my sister wips out the "yellow card" and shows him. He then takes it and shows the manager. So time passed and tok a long time for him to return. When he came back he had our food and card and said" i know what yall go through because my wife had it done. she lost 50 pds in a year." me and my sister looked at each other after he left and said "she didnt have gastric bypass if thats all she lost". When he returned he managed to tell us she went overseas and had it down and they were from Italy. He started telling us that she was going overseas to his brothers to get a face lift also. When we left out of there, me and my sister just looked at each other and said "riiight". So that was our funny story at OG.
4 months out: 68 pounds gone

June 1 2006
I know i havnt updated in awhile but today is my one year anniversary to surgery. It does not feel like it has been a year. After a year I am down to 142 and have lost 101 pds. my BMI is in the normal range now.

November 2006
I am now engaged. Wow. Wedding date is March 17th 2007. Yup thats St. Patricks Day. We got engaged October 20.

April 2007
Well I survived the wedding, cruise for our honeymoon, AND moving to a new city. It all went very well and we are back at home after our cruise.

June 2007
I had gastric bypass 2 years agp June 1. I am down 100-103 pounds and my skin is still shrinking. I finally found a job as a physical therapy tech and LOVE it.

--> Below are some of my life changig pictures. Take a look and see how I have changed.There are more pictures in my Photos to the left also.

This is Me before I had surgery. I started at 243 pds.

This is me when I was only 6 mths out.

This is me about 6 mths out also.

Me after graduation from Tyler Junior College with my EMT-Basic.

This is my Mom, Chelle (sister), Me and Dad after my EMT-B graduation. My Mom and sister also had gsatric bypass.

This is me now. Just shy of being 2 years out and 100 pounds lighter, I got married March 17, 2007. Yes that was St. Patricks Day and no my wedding was NOT green.

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