- Name: jobe R.
- Username: joberobinson
- Location: RI, USA
- Member Since: 10/20/2011
- BMI: 34.0
- Surgery date scheduled
- Surgery Type: RNY
- Surgeon: Jeannine Giovanni M.D.
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The beginning of a new me! on January 24, 2012 4:33 am
You know how everyone begins their blog with the sentence, All of my life I was overweight? lol not I! I didn't become overweight until 2004, after having my 1st child. Throughout my childhood, and up until I was 18 I was at a healthy weight. I've had a total of 2 pregnancies, both of them I put on about 100 lbs all together. For some reason, I just couldn't get the weight off to save my freaking life! I tried everything you could possibly think of. I bought expensive equipment, weight-loss pills, shakes, I did fasts, the very well known "LEMONADE DIET", joined gyms; you name it, I can almost guarantee you i've done it.
Years had gone and I couldn't conceive anymore, I saw a Fertility Specialist for about 3 months before he could get me to ovulate with Clomid. I wasn't having regular menses either, so I was prescribed provera for 10 days each month. I had to stop after 5 months because of the horrible cramps and bleeding I was experiencing on these medications. Not only that, but I was tired of the let-downs of waiting each month and being unsuccessful. It then hit me, "WAIT A MINUTE! I'VE NEVER HAD TO TAKE ANY SUPPLEMENTS TO HAVE MY MENSES, OR CONCEIVE BEFORE!!!!!!!!" "HECK NO, I'M NOT SPENDING 1 MORE DIME!!!!!!" I then began to think, and I knew something had to be DONE.
I couldn't fit into any of my jeans anymore, i'd go to a clothing store and go into the dressing room to try on things, i'd look in the mirror and shake me head; I was devistated with the way I looked. I would get dressed and walk out of the store without buying anything.
Every year, around the spring\summer time, i'd get upset because I knew the season to where everyone comes outside with next to nothing on was almost here, and I wouldn't be able to wear MY BOOTY SHORTS! lol but I can guarantee you guys that summer 2012, I WILL BE IN MY BOOTY SHORTS!!!!!! I go for RNY GB FEB.1,2012 wish me luck, because THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ME!
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I DID IT!!!!! AND MADE IT OUT OKAY. Feb. 1, 2012 I had the RNY gastric bypass, I was really nervous at first, but once I got into the O.R and heard everyone talking and all the action going on around me, I for some reason calmed down and said to myself " you made it this far, now there's no turning back." My doctor performed the surgery, i woke up in terrible, terrible pain!!! gives me chills just thinking about it. Immediately after I woke up I had to pee, no, i didn't have a catheter in....I had to go sooo freaking bad, and to top it off, I was in a hell of pain!! they wouldn't allow me to get up, because I was just put under general anesthesia, they said I would fall and hurt myself. So I began freaking out on them because they took sooo long to bring me a bed pan, and to top it off, my nurse and another nurse were sitting right in front of me conversing and laughing.(now i'm realy pissed)
So eventually I went to the bathroom!!! lol then I was brought upstairs to my room, up there, I experienced horrible gas pains, that night and 4 nights after. They told me that there was nothing they could give me for the gas, and the only thing that would get rid of it, is by me walking. As soon as they told me that, I jumped up, (sore stomach and all!) and began to walk, I walked so much that i was in more pain when I finished then i was when I begun. At this point I though I had made the biggest mistake of my life!!!! I cried, and cried again.
Today is Feb. 7th, 6 days post op, and I already lost 10 pounds since my surgery!!! And i'm feeling soooo much better. so after all it is so worth it!!! best decision i've made thus far. So those of you who are considering having WLS GO AHEAD, YOU WONT REGRET IT IN THE LONG RUN. Yes, you'll have your days where you think you've made a mistake, but just hold on, believe in yourself, and you'll soon see that you've made the RIGHT decision.
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