Puggsie1205
Update!
I am now 31....
February 17,2016: TODAY is the 1 year surgiversary of my gastric bypass revision by Dr. Matthew Fitzer in Reston VA. My original surgery was done by Dr Leo Davidson in Fayetteville NC in July 2005 and because of a bowel obstruction it was reversed in Aug 2012. I made a brave and hard decision to have it done again but I wouldn't change it for anything in the world!! My starting weight in Feb 2015 was 241 and my current weight in Feb 2016 is 130lbs. God has blessed me in many avenues and I give Him all the glory!!
~~The Journey Began~~
My name is Aja, and I am 23 years old. I had my surgery July 18, 2005. I was only 20 years old then. I was 20 years old and a single mother of a 3 year old. I have been overweight most of my life, but when I became pregnant with my son at 16 I gained 60 lbs. at the end of my pregnancy I was at 215lbs. I was very unhappy. When my son was 6 months old I got down to 170lbs. Within the next couple of years (2003) I started selling cars and I was working 60-70 hours a week, and the last thing I wanted to eat was a salad, so over the next year I ballooned up to 241 lbs. I knew someone that was looking into having gastric bypass surgery and I had so many hit and misses with dieting I thought that I would want to look into it. That person that was looking into the surgery invited me to the seminar that explains the facts about the surgery. I missed the first meeting, and it wasn't until 3 months later that I went to the seminar. I felt really uncomfortable when I got there b/c I was the youngest person there, and I didn't feel like I was as big as the rest of the candidates. I sat down and listened to the info about the surgery, and when I was told that you could never drink soda again I was truly about to walk out, and then I thought to myself, "do you really want to be ashamed of yourself for the rest of your life, and hate shopping, and have to worry about food being your enemy forever?" and so I sat and finished the seminar. I was told how hard it was for people to get the approval from your insurance, but I had 2 insurances at the time and I was very interested in the surgery so when I put my mind to anything I almost always succeed. So needless to say, I got the approval from both insurances in less than 3 weeks! So I went to my consultation with the doctor, with the dietitian, and with a therapist, and I was on my way. I would have to say that from beginning to end it took me maybe 2 months to make the decision, do the seminar, and get scheduled for the surgery. I had the surgery, and it seemed like almost immediately I thought, "what in the world did I do?" Boy those heating pads were a miracle, and that jello and broth never tasted so good!! The first month I lost 20 lbs. The 2nd month another 15 lbs. I had the surgery July 18th 2005 and I met my husband October 5 2005. When I had the surgery I was 241 lbs, and when I met my husband I was 190 lbs. Even though we met in October it was truly love!! We got married the very next month, November 25 2005. Even though we knew the risk to having a baby so soon after the surgery we knew that God would bless us b/c my husband was getting deployed the following year so we wanted to have a baby before he left. We started planning for a baby February 2006. At that time I was 159 lbs. I became pregnant the next month. March 2006. I dropped down to 149 lbs within my first month of pregnancy. The gas was terrible during my pregnancy, and I couldn't stomach tuna fish, but besides that my pregnancy was problem free!! I gave birth to my beautiful daughter, Destini Michele, on November 3, 2006. When I gave birth I was at 152lbs. By the time my daughter was 3 months I was down to 125 lbs. Destini is now 21 months old, Emmanuel is now 6 years old and I am currently 23 weeks pregnant with Sereniti. In the beginning of this pregnancy I was at 125lb, now I am currently at around 145lb. so yeah that kinda sucks, but I am constantly told that it is healthy to gain weight but I guess it is just the nervousness of being back at the old stage or becoming a huge failure like a certain celebrity who publicized her surgery and then turned out to be a total hypocrite. People like her can use their pregnancy after surgery as an excuse for the failure of the surgery but I believe it is all held in that one person. No this is not an easy journey and yes anyone can slip up, but it takes will power after the pregnancy to want to get back to where you were and to stick by it, but I guess we will see in a few months on what side of the spectrum I will be on. Hubbie has been home for about 23 weeks now, ha ha ha ha, we are still trying to get used to one another again and there are its positives and negatives but I try to hang on for the babies, so pray for us... Much Love and Blessings To All, and Thank You for All Of your LOVE AND SUPPORT!
~~~UPDATE~~~2014
I didn't realize it had been so long since I updated my page. When I last updated this I was 23 weeks pregnant with my baby who will now be 2 years old on October 16,2010 !! Wow I'm behind, lol. Okay so when I had Sereniti "aka Nene" I was at maybe 150lbs. This last pregnancy was the best one yet. I looked FABULOUS!!! I don't remember being sick. I did a little bit of modeling throughout the end of my pregnancy, and then I felt good enough to work even in my 8th and 9th month. I gave birth to my 3rd baby, (2nd baby since surgery) on October 16, 2008. The labor and delivery was just great. After I had Nene, I realized that something was different, and wrong with my back. It came from the epidural, and so for months I was reintroduced to the heating pad and nursing a new baby, and laying on a heating pad maybe 15 hours of the day, it really brought me back to memories of my surgery. A year later, October 2009 I started having alot of problems with my stomach. I started getting sharp pains in my stomach to the point where I couldn't stand up straight. I went to the hospital and they informed me that I had pancreatitist. I was hospitalized for a week and then they tell me there's nothing they can do. When I get home it seems that my stomach gets worse. Not as much pain but when I eat I would get sick. From October 2009 up to today August 2010, I have seen many doctors, done many test, and they have still not figured out what is wrong. I've been seeing a different gastric bypass doctor, and he seems a bit lazy. He hasn't really done anything. Right now I am on meds for my back and meds for my stomach and it really sucks because this is around the time when we would be trying for another baby and I can't even fathom the thought of having a baby not only because of the physical problems I have but also because of all the meds I am on. It really saddens me because with me being only 25, my body feels like an 80 year olds body. I feel like my youthfulness has been taken from me, my life has been taken from me. It depresses me. I should just be able to have another baby if I wanted to not sitting here planning how to get off the drugs and not die or feel like I want to die. It all started from someone not placing my epidural correctly. I have 3 beautiful children who are now ages 8, 3 and 1. They keep me busy but I am blessed none the less.
~~~~~2015 UPDATE~~~~~NEW baby!!! 8 months OLD!!!
Now the reason why I had to have a REVISION after so much success!!! The surgeons medical practice is called, BluePoint Surgical. Dr. Nain and some other dr.s are with them. They are by far the WORSE doctors I have ever come across. When I had the Bowel Obstruction and the hernia and the Reversal, Dr.Nain made my husband and I think, while I was in the hospital that I HAD to reverse my gastric bypass, and I find out later that I did not. He did not make any notes to WHY he TOLD us it had to be reversed but that I could get it redone if I needed to. Dr. Halmi, had me go through the ENTIRE process to redo the Gastric Bypass, all the testing came back fine, and this was well over a year from the reversal. He waited until the schedule coordinator and the insurance worker had the paperwork in their hand and he decides that he is too CHICKEN SHIT to do the surgery that HIS SHITTY surgeons undid, unnecessarily!!!! This s after atleast 20+ appointments with him or another doctor he referred me to do multiple tests with, which of all I passed. So BLUEPOINT SURGICAL in FAIRFAX VA, WOODBRIDGE VA and STAFFORD VA. Reversed my surgery and then Refused to put it back after it was evident I was gaining weight !!!! Not from eating but basically from hereditary. I went into a deep deep deep depression. I WAS borderline suicidal. I explained to him multiple times how important it was for me to have this surgery and he said to my face he would do it and once I was home he tells me he doesn't feel comfortable doing it.I should turn him into the medical board. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THE SURGERY NEVER USE BLUEPOINT SURGICAL!!!!! THEY ARE PATHOLOGICAL LIARS AND SCAM ARTIST, THEY DO NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THEY SAY ONE THING TO THE PATIENT AND DOES SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT!!! VIRGINIA BARIATRIC WITH DOCTOR MATTHEW FITZER IS THE WAY TO GO!!!!!!
About Me
Before & After
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