Amanda S.
Well lets start out with why I got it. At 17 I got diagnosed with Poly Cystic Ovary Disease. At 18 got diagnosed with pre-diabetes. At 19 got diagnosed with high blood pressure. You can see why I wanted it so bad. I was 19 years old with three different medical problems due to my weight. Nothing else was an option for me. All my life I tried loosing weight. I was the "All or Nothing" kinda person I would do good and if I messed up on one thing I was screw my whole diet or plan up. My insurance company required a year of weight loss logs so I started them Nov 5th 2009 and almost exactly a year later got my RNY surgery Nov 3rd 2010. This date felt like I was being reborn. I've missed out on so many things being a kid/teen being heavy. I was that shy girl who had a lot of friends in school but once I got out, I really didn't have many. I was independent, loved to read and watch movies. I missed out on dances, school activities I never wanted to do any of it because I just thought everyone knew me as the nice, kind, big girl. Never had a boyfriend, went on dates. I think most women who grew up heavy will understand this.
Dr. Kerry Kole (My angel) did my surgery and it went great. I also got my gallbladder out at the same time. So when I woke up...yeahhh lets just say I didn't think I was gonna be that sore! My incision looked good. I was only there for a night I left the next day in the afternoon. The first night home was excruciating! I thought it was gas but I later figured out I was wayyy behind on meds. Its a true learning experience!! I walked around my house as much as I could. Until about a week into recovering one of the largest incision you get above the belly button start it hurt horribly!! Then it started to leak a orange substance. I called my surgeon and her said it must be a saroma. In the next day or so it starting gushing pus and opened. I literary needed towels. Not to be gruesome sorry! Long story short I'm still dealing with it now at my 5 week mark but it is no where as painfully as it was! I still have a hole but its getting smaller. I'm hopping it to be away by Christmas. It was a very hard thing to deal with. I felt like I was behind on exercising and failing. I know know that its OK everyone is different. I'm hopping to start exercising at the gym within the week!! I had no hope and want people to know there is hope. I got lucky and haven't dumped from this surgery and no other complications.
