• Username: LawyerMom3
  • Location: Huntley, IL, USA
  • Member Since: 11/12/2011
  • BMI: 28.0
  • Surgery date scheduled
  • Surgery Type: RNY (12/28/11)
  • Surgeon: Daniel Hoeltgen, M.D.
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One month down...27 pounds gone!
on February 2, 2012 5:29 am
I am one month and a few days out and have already lost 27 pounds.  I am so proud of myself.  Just wish that when I looked in the mirror I didn't see the same chubby girl.  I know that this will go away with time but I am finally starting to feel good about myself.
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72 hours out...feeling semi-normal...
on December 31, 2011 10:21 am
I am finally home...feels much better to be here than at the hospital.  Glad to see my kids.  Have to admit the worst part about the surgery is the gas afterward...once it passes you feel better.
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2 more days...
on December 26, 2011 3:26 am
 As I cram in the last of my work hours over the next 2 days I cannot tell you how excited I am for Wednesday to come.   How am I got going to get through the next two days when my mind is already focused on losing weight.
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Approved...shouting from the rooftops!
on December 19, 2011 8:28 am
 Received notice that I was finally approved...I am so excited.   Now the fun begins of having to schedule in all these tests in a 8 day period...I will get it done if it is the last thing I do today
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Nervously awaiting approval...
on December 13, 2011 6:21 am
 Just received an email from the doctor's office that surgery is scheduled for December 28 pending approval from insurance with my pre op labs and doctor appointment set for December 22...I hope this will be the best Christmas present ever!   Should know by this Thursday if we are fully approved.  

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 I am a busy lawyer and mom of 3 small kids, Zach who is 7, Belle who is 5 and Evan who is 15 months old.  I originally started my weight loss adventure in February 2008 after 2 seperate 3 month dietician programs prior to approval for surgery.  I finally got the surgery approved and had the Lap-Band put in February 2008.  I was doing well losing weight but had a lot of acid reflux and vomiting no matter what I ate.  In June 2009 I went in for a fluroscopy fill and was immediately taken into surgery to have the Lap-Band removed as it had eroded and was causing damage to my esophagus.  I was devastated.  I had only lost 55 pounds and the doctor said I no longer weighed enough (I was 189 pounds) to meet insurance requirements for a new band.  Life went on without the band and I did pretty well having only gained a little bit of weight after the band was removed.

In December 2009, I became pregnant with my 3rd child (he was a surprise 30th birthday present...but the best kid yet).  I gained a total of 40 pounds (which was twice as much as I gained with the other 2 kids).  One month after having Evan, I was down to 209 pounds but had massive baby blues (I had to return to work after only 3 weeks off due to financial difficulties and no maternity leave).  Needless to say I gained about 25 pounds after taking anti-depressants and was miserable.  

I went and say my bariatric surgeon in April 2011 as a follow-up and he advised that having only recently had a baby, we could discuss options in 6 months.  However, I became really anxious and once Evan turned 1 in August 2011, I went and paid the doctor another visit.

And so the adventure began.  I am currently almost done with my 3-month multidisciplinary nutrition program and have my gastric bypass RNY surgery tentatively set for December 28, 2011...WISH ME LUCK!