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 Comment by Jill23 on 4/26/08 5:33 pm
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Here's hoping things
get smoother and
easier! The waiting
is absolutly the
hardest part! BUT
please keep us
updated! I can't
wait to see more
picturres of you,
you gorgous thing!
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My name is Jessica Jean. I'm a 21 years old makeup artist and hairstylist. I'm 5'11, and 312 lbs. My friends and family have been extremely non supportive of my decision to get Gastric Bypass, so I'm hoping this site will remind me why I'm doing this, and more importantly remind me that it's okay that I'm doing this. I'm so ready to start the WLS journey and become a healthier, better me.
xoxo
3 weeks post op 2 days ago
Hey everyone! Just a quick update. I am three weeks post on now, and doing, well, not bad. I lost 17 lbs. in my first 7 days, and haven't lost so much as a pound since. I have apparently not been following the diet so well, but that was because I was taking bad advice from other bypassers and not watching my carbs. So starting today I am off carbs and on pure protein. Hopefully I see a change in the way I feel because right now, I am ALWAYS tired.
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Cats out of the bag ;) on June 26, 2008 8:09 am
Hey everyone! I didn't want to make a big deal out of it and tell every Tom, Dick and Harry, but my surgery is in 4 days. I thought if I went around telling everyone on here, it would just get canceled again, and I couldn't handle that. So, 4 days! For those of you who have sent me messages saying "Oh no, you have given up?!" Psh, never! I called and bitched everyday until my insurance was back on and my date was scheduled.
I started my lifestyle change in preparation for the surgery 3 weeks ago today, and I have lost 18 lbs. so far! I have gotten all my pre surgical testing out of the way, I just have to go for an ultrasound on my liver tomorrow (I guess they found fatty deposits on it, which is normal in someone my size.). After that, surgery on Monday! I have never been so ready for anything in my life. I feel bad for keeping you all in the dark, but I didn't want jinx anything! From know on I will keep you all updated with every step, scouts honor ;)
xoxo
Jessica Jean
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Surgery is cancelled on May 2, 2008 10:21 am
Apparently in April they sent out a form to renew my insurance coverage to my old address and it was never forwarded. Yesterday, 10 days before my surgery, my coverage was canceled. I went downtown today, they said there was nothing they they could do, and that they might possibly be able to get my insurance back on by late June. I want to just forget this whole thing right now, I have not felt such horrible sadness since my mom passed away. I don’t know what to do....
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OH MY GOD!!! on April 25, 2008 7:52 pm
MAY 12th I WILL BE HAVING MY SURGERY AT 2:30pm AT SISTERS HOSPITAL! I AM SO HAPPY!
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ITS FINALLY HAPPENING! on April 10, 2008 11:53 am
Sometime in mid June of this year I will be having Open Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Today the surgeon said that I am an excellent candidate, my insurance company should give me absolutely no problems, and they will call me on May 16th to schedule the actual date. The surgery will be done at Sisters Hospital on a Friday.
All that's left is my meeting with the nutritionist and exercise specialist, and some pre-op testing. I have been researching this since 2003, and now it's actually happening. I sat in the surgeons office parking lot crying hysterically for a good 30 minutes before I drove home, happy tears though, which is new for me.
This time next year I could be 150 lbs lighter and 150 times happier :)
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I wasn't always this heavy. I was actually quite an active child. I used to love playing sports, I was a total tomboy. I learned around the age of 13 though that whenever I was sad, food made it go away. What an amazing thing, I thought. I feel an emotion I dont want to feel, and something as simple as a hershey bar makes it go away!
My mom passed away when I was 17, and thats when things got out of control. I was about 180 lbs when she passed, that was 4 years ago, now Im 304 lbs. Its funny how weight can just spiral out of control like that. I guess I kind of told myself, as long my face was pretty, and as long as I was fashionable, who cared what I weighed? Thats kind of how I got into the hair and makeup industry. I bought all the newest makeup brands and colored my hair all the time. I kept telling myself, who cares that I gained 50 lbs this year, my face looks awesome, and my hair is hot!
Two years ago while at work I ruptured a disk in my spine, due to, of course, my weight. Two surgeries later, and I'm worse than ever. Its kind of ironic that I finally decide to turn my life around, eat right, exercise, and then Im completely bed ridden for two years barely able to walk. This is why I am hoping to have WLS in the very near future. The doctors think if only I had help loosing weight I could really do it, and not only would I be healthy again, but my back would be 10X better. Im ready to turn my life around, and start living for me.
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