TIME FOR A WLS GRADS ROLL CALL

1.  First name or name you go by on the boards: JewelCrown (or Denise) 2.  Surgery type: Open RNY 3.  Surgery date: 07/06/2004 4.  How far post-op: 2-1/2 years  5.  Highest weight: 326 6.  Day of sugery weight: 326 7.  Goal weight: 170 8.  Current weight: 220 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight: 216 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op:  Getting to doctors' goal.  I don't dump.  There's nothing I can't eat.  Grateful to have maintained at least 100 lbs of weight loss consistently.  It is a result of consistent exercise and support from boards.  I am comfortable at my current size, so if I maintain this for life, I'll be satisfied. My skin is good and I wonder if I make goal whether it will be loose.  Life is good. I feel like a "normal" person.  Folks don't stare at me as if I don't have the right to live anymore.  I can fit in seats.  I don't need a seatbelt extender and all my bloodwork is normal. Life is good.  Men fine me attractive.  What a concept. Life is good. I would do it again in a heatbeat!  VIVA gastric bypass!!!

1. First name or name you go by on the boards

Kim

2.  Surgery type

RNY

3.  Surgery date

11/09/2004 4.  How far post-op

2 years 3 months  5.  Highest weight

268 6.  Day of surgery weight

268 7.  Goal weight

150

8.  Current weight

152 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight

145 looked a little sick at this weight 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op

Still have problems getting sick after eating. I have constant headaches. Did not have these kinds of headaches before the surgery. Doctors seem to think it is from the hormones in my stomach. So now I take more meds then before surgery.

1.  First name or name you go by on the boards - Diana 2.  Surgery type- RYN 3.  Surgery date- 9/17/03 4.  How far post-op - 3 yrs 5 months 5.  Highest weight- 360 6.  Day of sugery weight - 360 7.  Goal weight- 180 8.  Current weight- 207 flux between 200-207 depending on the day (seriously) 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight- 197 for 3 wonderful days 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op- avoiding sugar ( I pray for dumping)

1.  Name - Carlita 2.  Surgery type - Proximal RNY (75 cm bypassed),  transected 3.  Surgery date - 9/11/03 4.  How far post-op - 3-1/2 years 5.  Highest weight - 285                                                    

6.  Day of surgery wt - 254

7.  Goal weight - never really had one, except to be under 200 again for the first time since high school (I was 45 when I had surgery)

8.  Current wt - 185

9.  Low post-op wt - 160

10.  Biggest struggle is trying to learn healthy habits.  I continually fight against myself, knowing what the right things are to do, and actually practicing them.  I still want to eat like I did pre-WLS, and I'm not good at exercising.

Thanks for posting this, Kathy.  I enjoy reading everyone's pertinent info!

Hi Kathy, I haven't been on the board in over a week, life has been so busy I just don't have the time I use to have.  How are you doing lady?  DId you schedule your surgery yet? 1.  First name or name you go by on the boards  Dana ~~ Cajun Girl 2.  Surgery type  ~~ Lap RNY 3.  Surgery date ~~ Feb 21, 2005 4.  How far post-op ~~ 2 years tomorrow 5.  Highest weight ~~ 260.5 6.  Day of sugery weight ~~ 239 7.  Goal weight ~~ Surgeons:  130, mine 125 8.  Current weight ~~ 128 lbs and I hate it, I'm strugging to get it off 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight ~~ 119 lbs; I liked the number but looked sick 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op ~~ NOW, I can eat so much more and find myself grazing in the evenings, I need to regroup.  I vow everyday to start fresh then bomb before the days over :(.

Hey, lovely lady! Love your new picture - gorgeous! Yep, surgery is 3/2... a week from Friday.  Not soon enough. Kathy

1. Name....Donna 2. Surgery....Open RNY 3. Sugery date..Mar 18 2003 4. Post op ...going on 4 years...time flies !!! 5. Highest weight ...282 6. D/O surgery...282 7. Goal weight...165-170 8. Current weight...140-144 9.lowest weight...138 for 2 days after hernia surgery. 10. Biggest struggle ...I'm a food addict and compulsive eater....I struggle with this everyday.

1.  Theresa 2.  RNY-lap 3.  12/1/03 4.  A little over three years 5.  299 6.  285 7.  138 8.  210 9.  170 10.  Picking up bad habits again..finding out I don't dump.

1.  First name or name you go by on the boardsTrisha 2.  Surgery type RNY 3.  Surgery date 02/02/05 4.  How far post-op 2 yrs 5.  Highest weight 322 6.  Day of sugery weight 317 7.  Goal weight 138 8.  Current weight 172 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op consistency with exercise Trisha