liteweight ohio
It appears as my story is gone since launching the new web page.
I have to take more time to update this but I will start with a basic overview.
Start 256/ Current 225/ Goal 165 31 lbs lost and 60 lbs to go
I decided last December to have the surgery and in January began doing everything I could to get my ducks in a row. In the beginning of the proces I weighed 250 lbs.My insurance throughout the process was Qualchoice and if approved the procedure would be covered at 100%. So on the mission I go after calling Qualchoice, they said I needed a psych eval. so I asked who is covered under my plan, I got a list of drs. and called to see who had the soonest opening. That's who I went with, my first of many appointments was January 26, 2006. All was well with the visit and I was schedule for the actual psych eval. test, in the meantime the dr. I saw was experienced with seeing Bypass patients and knew what the insurance company would most likely want. So she suggested I see a counselor to work on finding out the root cause to the obesity, of course I did. I saw her 3 times, last visit march 7th. In between I saw the Psychiatrist once more and then another one who evaluates whether or not I needed meds. for the minor depression seen in my test results. She thought I was in good mental health and did not recommend anything different than what I was doing. Also, I had a mammogram on Jan 23, this was also a requirement for QC along with a PAP (did that in May). I also had to have a sleep study, the first was done on March 9th and the second one with CPAP on march 17th. All during this time I was compiling my records from my PCP showing I had been morbidly obese for at least 5 years, she did not want me to have the surgery so I did not even ask her for a letter. I documented every diet I had every tried in my life, the first being around 12 years old when I tried Slimfast. I attached a letter from a doctor I got 2 years earlier saying I needed to lose weight because I developed degenerative knees and plantar fasciatis (sp). By this point I was so disgusted with myself, I hadn't looked at me in a full length mirror since earlier in the year. I was spiraling into a deep depression because inthe midst of all this I lost my mom (67 yo) to a pulmonary embolism on March 14th. It was the most devastiating event in my life but I had to keep plugging away. I had met with the surgeon who's reputation was good. So by March 31st I have everything together including the 6 month supervised diet I had done the year before. Needless to say I gained all the weight back. Anyway, in exactly 1 week's time I got news I had been APPROVED (Laproscopic RNY)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! I was beyond happy but also somewhat in shock since I had heard from so many people and other resources how hard it was to be approved on the first time. I have a chronic pain condition that I suffer from and maybe that fact helped too. So now begins the whole preop stage, while this sank in I was still eating my way to oblivion. My surgery is set for JUNE 7TH the day before my birthday.I now weigh 262 lbs (my all time high) by the end of May and when I went for my final preop visit, the nurse said because I gained this weight I may not be able to have the surgery, she said I needed to loose some weight and be seen again in order to see if I could still get it. See the catch is once you've been approved and go see the surgeon they usually say you cannot gain anymore weight. So here I am depressed, disgusted and scared that I may have ruined the one chance for good health and an end to yo yo dieting. I went home and shock it off and got busy. No carbs, no pop, no candy, no snacks, no eating after 6. I lost 6 lbs during that week and went back to the doctor at 256lbs, I was told I could have the surgery- Praise GOD!
So on June 7th, I had the surgery and it was a success by all accounts. The first few nights were terrible, I had so much pain in my back I felt like I was in labor but the morphine pump helped that. I was in until Saturday, supposed to go Friday but I had a low grade fever and my heart rate was up. I think I was anxious to get out of that hospital. So my recovery was quick, painless, and complication free thanks to God almighty. In June I lost 17 lbs, whoa that's great I was down to 239 lbs but let me tell you what, every since then my weightloss has been moving at a snails pace. The surgeon had said Laprascopic patients lose slower for some reason but get to goal in the same amount of time. So I'm not tolerating those gross vitamins and I know I'm wasn't getting the protein in because I also couldn't tolerate the shakes (yuck!). So here I am 4 months out Nov. 2nd and I hate that I am only down to 225 or so. I requested a test to make sure I had no leaks and everything was fine. The surgeon still maintains that I am just going to be a slooooowwwwwww loser. This is disappointing especially whe I see how much other people on this board are losing who had surgery around my date and even after. I hate it! I've lost only 31 lbs since June 7th. I guess the upside is my skin won't be saggy, that thought really bothered me. I am going to get some of the liquid protein from the vitamin shop so hopefully that will boost things up. I know I'm not getting enough protein. I have really no food intolerances and do not dump, unless diarrhea is part of dumping. So guys please if you have any suggestions let me know. I wish all of you the very best and plan to keep this page updated since I have rediscovered my username and password.
November 2, 2006
256start/225 current/165 goal.
I started a new job with Nestle USA last Monday, so far so good. God I hope and pray this weight comes off, I want to be healthy and look good by my one year mark.
Jan 10th 2007
Happy new year out there. So my current stats are as follows: 219 lbs down from 256 on surgery day and from my highest ever of 262.50 2 weeks before surgery.
So that makes a total loss of 43.5 lbs, extremely, terribly slow loss as you can see. At this point, being 7 mos out I have discovered no real food intolerances. My biggest adjustment is not drinking as I eat. I also pass gas all the time- a very embarrasing and frustrating thing. I am often disappointed and frustrated by my slow weight loss but I guess because I'm a "light weight" that's to be expected. I hate that though. Sometimes I feel like I'll never make goal weight of 170lbs so I'm going to begin taking baby steps as goals. My goal now is to get down below 200 lbs so that's 19lbs i need to lose. I do feel good and look so much better. Honestly, I hadn't realized how huge I got. I was huge, ugly and just disgusting. I feel better about myself but need to make some changes. I just got a YMCA membership and started on Monday- yes late but better late than never. I have come to the conclusion that I need to stop comparing myself and my loss to other people. Also, for me guess what this won't be a magically easy weight loss. I'm going to have to work at it. So that is my other main goal. Get under 200 lbs, exercise and oh yes cut my carbs weight back. My success I know is left up to me.
