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I had gastric bypass done on 01/12/10. Turning 30 has always freaked me out a little, but this year being 30 has meant a lot of changes. In spring of '09 my family and PCP encouraged me to look into gastric bypass. My father had it done a year or two ago and it saved his life. My mom died at the of 48 in 2002, (she was not over weight). She always wanted me to lose weight and be healthy. I was currently very unhealthy and feeling horrible. I watched my mother die and did not want to cause my own slow death due to food addiction. I went through the required nutrition appointments without really putting anything into it. I wasn't sure if this surgery was for me. I wanted to lose weight, but I wasn't sure if having this done was worth it. I tried to gather as much info as possible about WLS, and with more information I became more nervous about it. I knew I needed to do this, I needed to have WLS, but I really didn't want to. I wasn't excited about getting approved for surgery. After my 6 mos of nutrition appointments I was approved for surgery in 2 weeks. I knew if I was going to do this, I was going to do it after the new year. I enjoyed my holidays and gained more weight. Even at Weight Watchers the most I could lose was 25lbs. Thinking I could lose more was hard for me to imagine.
I was extremely nervous about surgery. On the morning of surgery, I walked into the hospital as couldn't believe I was doing this. I went to change my clothes and that is when I turned into an emotional mess. I cried a lot. I couldn't believe it had come to this. I had to have surgery to lose weight. I felt like the hospital was a jail cell. I went into the OR crying, my Dr and family assuring me I was going to be okay. When I woke up after surgery I had a drain. I never thought complications would happen to me. I was in the hospital for 5 days.
As of 5/12/10, I am 4 months post-op. I have lost almost 90 lbs. I had my gallbladder removed 3 weeks ago. Still on soft food and mostly dairy. Most food makes me ill for hours approx 1 hour after I eat it. Some days I am happy that I had the surgery. Some days I am not. The feedback from friends and family has been great. I hope that I can maintain a mostly positive attitude and that in the end, I will be without-a-doubt happy that I chose WLS.
