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  • Comment by jobe R. on 1/16/12 7:29 am
    Oh yeah! talula216, I forgot to mention, i'm from Providence, RI as well. I'm routing for you. I will be having gastric bypass done on Feb.1, 2012. Can't wait!
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Hi, I had tried to have WLS  a few years ago but my insurance would not cover it.  Fast forward to now.  I recently inquired to find out now they do.  There are 2 Doctors that I am considering.  I have been to one seminar now waiting to go to the second one.  Just cant wait for the second seminar so I can make my decsion and get the ball rolling.

            
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9 MONTHS POST OP
on November 7, 2012 6:10 am

I cant belive its been 9 months.  I feel so wonderful.  My highest weight was 370 lbs not I am down to 248 lbs.  For the first time in 22 years I weigh less than my Husband.  Over 20 lbs less.  I can wear his sweat shirts.  I love it.  I no longer take any meds.  I am off my diabetes, high blood pressure meds.  I love being med free.

I am not sure what my goal weight will be.  I should weigh around 140 not sure if that will be too thin for me.  As I have never weighed that low.  I am thinking around the 160 to 180 range.  which means I have about 80 lbs to go.  One thing I have learnt this is my journey.  I cant compare myself to anyone else.  There are times I see what someone else has lost.  I feel I should have lost more. When that happens I have to stop myself.  I am proud of what I have accomplished.  The one thing I have been trying to do for as long as I can remember.  I am doing it and that was getting to a reasonable weight.  

Clothes Love clothes.  nothing would fit me before I was in a very tight women 34.  It was becoming very difficult to find clothes.  Now I can shop just about anywhere.  Yes I am still plus size I wear a size 22 pant.  When I look at my pants I cant believe how small they look. My Dh had put some of my pants in our daughters room. Thinking they were hers  now that is a compliment.

 

The only regret is that I didn't do this 10 years ago.  I cant thank Dr, V and his staff and all the great people at Miriam Hospital enough for giving me my life back.  My health.  Now I don't have to sit on the sidelines watching while every one else was out having a good time.

 

 

 

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8 MONTHS POST OP
on October 4, 2012 7:19 am

I cant believe how fast the time is flying.  It seems like it takes forever for the approval then testing on to a surgery date.  I can say all the stress of waiting was so worth it.  

I love the way I feel.  I still have a way to go to get to goal but not worrying about that.  I try to take it one day at a time.  The weight loss has slowed a bit.  My highest recorded weight was 370 as of today I weigh 256.0 which is a total loss of 114 lbs.  

My husband and I have been together for 22 years.  for the first time I weigh less then he dose.  Its so amazing to be able to wear his sweatshirts and their big on me.  I fit every were.  I recently went to 6 flags.  Still could not go on the batman roller coaster but got on everything else.  It was so much fun.  I have season passed for next year.  I will get on that batman roller coaster.

I love shopping now.  Maybe a little too much.  May have to get a part time job.lol  I still have to shop Plus sizes. I had gotten too big to shop at Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug or The Avenue.  Now I can shop there as well as Dots and Deb Shop.  I am thinking this weekend to give JC Penney a try as well as Macy's.  I was thrilled to shop at H & M but was disappointed to find out only certain stores carry their plus size line.   The one near me is not one of them.  I started at a very tight women's 34 I was wearing 5x tops.  I am happy to tell you I wear a size 24 pant and a 18-20 top.

I am almost down to what I weighed when I got married.  I fit into my going away dress and my wedding dress again. 

All I know it this was the best decision I made was to have gastric bypass.  I love getting up every morning.  Getting myself ready for work.  I have a closet full of clothes.  I can move walking is so much easier. No more aches and pains.  Not to mention the health benefits.  I was on 5 pills for diabetes 1 for high blood pressure.  1 for cholesterol.  Now I am off all my meds.  Life is good

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6 Months Post Op
on July 27, 2012 5:51 pm
Yes can you believe its been 6 months.  It seems like it took forever to get a surgery date. Not really I started the process in July 2011 and had my surgery January 16Th 2012.  Now 6 months later I am down 99.7 pounds.  I know I could say 100lbs but I have always lied about my weight.  I decided to be honest were I am at.

How do I feel.  I cant begin to tell you how wonderful I feel.  I can stand and not hurt any more.  I can walk and not hurt any more.  I mean everything would hurt.  My back legs knees ankles feet.  If I walked a long distant I would have to take a break.  My daughter would ask me to go to the mall.  I would dread it because I knew the walking would hurt.  But now you cant stop me.  I love going to the mall.  I was at the gym.  I ran over a mile on the treadmill.  I started to cry I mean ball my eyes out.  Because I have never ran a mile on a treadmill and I didn't hurt.

And shopping is another story.  I would hate to shop.  Nothing would fit me,  The 6 months before my surgery I did not want to buy any clothes.  I had one pair of jeans and one pair o sweats that fit.  I didn't like going to work.  Nothing fit me  But now I have so much clothes.  Its a chore to pick something to go to work in.  NO I didn't break the budget on clothes.  I had bins of clothes that no longer fit.  I did get a few new things but most of the clothes I am wearing I grew out of.   Now I am wearing them and they are getting or gotten too big.

My highest weight was 370.  At my Pre-op apt i weighed in at 369.  Day of surgery I weighed 365  I put my starting weight at 369  I now weigh 269.3  I was wearing a very tight 34 in bottoms now I wear a size 26  IN tops I was wearing a size 5x or 34-36  I now wear a 22. 

I do not focus on the scale.  Don't get me wrong I love it when the pounds drop off.  I tend to focus on NSV,  I use to love wearing heels.  I got to heavy to wear them.  So when I lost enough weight I started wearing them again.  I could not wear them all day.  They would hurt so I would wear them for 2 hours then change into flats.  Just the other day I wore the heels all day and was comfortable in them.  I am such a girlie girlie.  Love lace and frills.  I still cant wear the stacked 5 inch heels.  I did get a pair On sale couldn't resist.  I am wearing them at home.  I practice still haven't mastered walking in them.  I may never but gonna keep trying.

Oh and My health is so much better.  Off most of my meds.  My ac1 stated over 12 now its 5.1  all my vitamins levels are prefect.  I do what they tell me to do.  I may not be perfect every day.  But I am so happy.  My husband and daughter are so proud of me.  Along with the  rest of my family.  My sister and I are so much closer.  We have really opened up to each other. My sis is a runner.  one of my goals is to do a 5k with her.  Maybe in March.

I love how I feel.  I still have a ways to go to get to goal.  I feel so great now I cant imagine how I will feel when I lose another 100 pounds, 
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5 Months Later
on June 18, 2012 9:25 am
Wow were did the time go.  Its been 5 months since my surgery.  I have lost a total of 87lbs.  And gained so much self confidence.  I still have a way to go BUT love how I feel.  I no longer worry about fitting in chairs or booths.  I can walk and not hurt.  Clothes fit me now.  I have more clothes than I know what to do with.  I use to hate getting dressed for work.  Nothing would fit me.  I owned 1 pair of jeans. I hated the way I looked and felt.  But now its so different.  I love going out.  I am not embarrassed to see people I haven't seen in a long time.  I am wearing styles of clothes I would have never before.

I will admit I think I am becoming a attention whore.lol  I love it when people notice the weight loss.  I have been called skinny.  Which I am not yet.  But there are days I look at myself and go Hell ya you are skinny.lol

I can eat more food which is something I will need to be careful of.  I have learnt I don't dump on sugar.  of course I was hoping to be a dumper because candy and pastry are my weakness. I was craving chocolate one day decided to give in to my craving and nothing not even a stomach ache.  But I have stayed away from it since. 

One thing I have learnt I can go to a party indulge a bit.  The next day go right back to my eating plan.  In the past if I indulged one day it led to the next day and the day after that.
I still attend the support group meetings.  I do think they are very important for success.

It was trying at times waiting for the approval and all the testing.  But it has been so worth it
Having this surgery with Dr. V and his staff was the best decsion I have ever made.  Some times I feel so happy I think I am going to burst. 
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Life Is Great
on March 31, 2012 2:56 pm
Its been 10 weeks since My surgery.  I have lost a total of 60lbs.  I cant believe it.  During the support group meetings they do tell us how fast the weight will come off.  BUT I didn't believe it but it dose.  I feel so great.  The energy I have is incredible,  I can walk from my car to my office and not be out of breathe.  I can walk the mall and not need to sit down.  I cant imagine how I will feel when I reach 100lbs lost.

I recently went on vacation with my family.  I have a ball a lot of my last year summer clothes were already too big.  It feels so good being able to fit back in my clothes.  While away I was able to do a lot of walking swimming.  It was the first time my family had seen me since my surgery.  They were so happy for me. 
Each day just gets better.
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I am a 52yo married with a 21yo daughter.  I have struggled with weight since i was 8yo.  I joined WW for the first time at 10yo.  My mother would bring me to meetings.  I know she meant well .  There were times i was thin. Thin for me was stil 40 to 50 pounds overweight.  That began my life of yo yo dieting.

It was hard growing up with everyone else in the family of normal weight.  I would have to go the chubbet department.  That's what is was call when i was a kid.  Although for way back when the outfits were pretty stylish. While my tiny younger sister could go to the kids department.  Plus my brother was underweight.  But we did have a great childhood together even to this day we are very close.  But I am still fat. 
There were time when i did lose weight.  when I started high school I weighed about 140.  by the time I graduated I weighed around 200.  Would fluctuate between 200 and 240.  When I would get to 240 I would diet back to200.

By the time I married I weighed 250 and that is when the weigh started to get out of control.  Without even realizing it I hit 300lbs.  My husband is wonderful he loves me no matter what size I am.  He never said your gaining weight.

I have never been able to ride a amusement park ride with my daughter.  Except for Disney world very size friendly.  We like to do a lot of family outing but I started to get embarrassed to go because of my weight. 

This past year I almost lost my Dh to illness.  I thank god everyday for his survival. This is when I started to think about WLS.  While he as sick and The drs could not tell me if he would survive.  I kept thinking about my daughter.  She was about to turn 21.  A birthday she was so looking forward to. I kept thinking about her how will she handle this.  And if I didn't start to do something she could be alone.  I know I am a heart attack waiting to happen.  When my Dh came home and he was feeling better.  I had along talk with them.  They are scared about it but both said they will support my decision.  I am thankful for them.

Some of my family lives out of state.  I called my Mother She is supporting my decisions.  I had a great conversation with my sister and my brother.  My sister is hoping to come home for a visit next year.  we are so excited about it.  I said wow next time you see me I will be skinny.lol

There are 2 programs in my area.  I had gone to one seminar.  Now waiting for the second seminar.  So I can meet both Doctors and see which one I feel more comfortable with.  I am so ready to be healthier and yes thinner.  I have always been a girlie girl I love ruffles and lace wearing dresses and heels.  But since I am so heavy right now nothing fits or looks good on me.  I have bins full of clothes that are waiting to be worn,