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  • Username: Nycm
  • Member Since: 1/5/2012
  • BMI: 29.5
  • Surgery date scheduled
  • Surgery Type: RNY (02/21/12)
  • Surgeon: Christine Ren
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Weigh under 200 pounds

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Lose ten pounds by October31, 2012

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Begin pre-op diet January 16

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My Story

 In October 2007 I made the decision to have Lapband surgery.  I have been obese for my entire adult life.  My highest weight was 325 pounds.  My general practitioner was completely against the surgery I had to fight to get it done.  I finally had my surgery March 2008.  It went very well and within a year I had lost 90 pounds.  I started having issues with pain about an hour after eating.  Had the band emptied and was diagnosed with gastritis and delayed gastric emptying.  When I started to feel better started to re-fill the band.  My diet was very limited.  I was stuck on mainly soft foods, no hard proteins.  Even with the band empty I could not eat solid proteins.  They would just sit in my stomach and eventually cause pain and I would force myself to throw it up.  I began a vicious cycle of eating then having pain about an hour later an then making myself throw up.  Finally the inevitable happened...my stomach slipped up through my band.  I met with the surgeon and she un-filled me.  We discussed my options.  I was interested in the VSG but she felt with the delayed gastric emptying it was not a good choice, if we did another band the same thing would likely happen.  So RNY it is.

I am scheduled for surgery on January 30.  I am excited and nervous.  I don't know what to expect as far as weight loss.  I am hoping to get down to about 175 because I can't imagine getting any lower. I just can't imagine it. I start my pre-surgical liquid diet on Monday January 16th.  I am at pre-surgical testing right now. This is really going to happen. I can't wait to see where this journey leads me.