A Little bit about myself/ one month out!

Jun 06, 2009

Hey! 

     Well, I guess I will kind of start off telling yall a little bit about myself.  I am 19, I just finished my sophomore year of college, I started out weighing about 210.  Last semester I was told that with my intense family history and with all of the high blood pressure and cholesterol that I had been having that it was predicted that I was going to have a heart attack within the next 5 years.  This was a total shock to me and being as young as I am a really did not know how to take it.  My dad who after having quadruple bypass heart surgery, decided to have a gastric bypass and lost over 150lbs.  So I was used to the weight loss surgeries and the eating habits by watching him.  After much consideration I decided to have the gastric sleeve done.  I have had alot of mix emotions form my family and friend because of my age, the fact that when they thought of the surgery they thought I needed to be way more morbidly obese, and they did not want my future life ie:(kids) to be jeopardized.  But I believe I have made the right decision, I have decided on a new life style one that will let me make it to 30 without a heart attack, and one that will let me do all the things I never really got to do. I am defiantly using this website to help me meet people like myself and use it as some sort of support group.  I have not yet found one in my area, so this is the closest thing I can get to it.  But enough about me, here is some info on my surgical experience: 
             Currently, I am all most one month out.  I had my sleeve done on May 15th in Dallas at the New Forrest Park Medical Center with Dr. Barker.  At the time I had weighed in at 210 pounds. While in the hospital I have to stay a few extra days because even though I could pass the swallow test, I was not able to keep anything down.  After flying home though my recovery was alot better.  I had my staples taken out a week later and had lost almost ten pounds by that point.  The liquid diet at first was tough because I never wanted to eat, it hurt and I didn't like the unaccountability, but slowly as time went on I was able to do more things.  My soft foods time was pretty easy, I liked adding potatoes, sugar free pudding, and yogurt to my diet.  I Love meat so I started eating it as soon as my body could take it which was about a couple of days ago.  I can only take a few bites though and I am done.  I am kinda nervous cause my parents think I am eating too much all ready being only one month out, but we will see how the weight loss goes.  I stop when I am full so I think I am good.  Its hard doing the surgery as young as I am, I am in my college years so staying out late with friends is a normal.  Its still a little bit weired not to be able to drink and not eating when we do late night What-A-Burger runs.  So it is kinda like I am a permanent dd for a while.  But I am happy, I have lost about 22 pounds and would not change it for the world.  I never want to put my future family though the heart attacks and all of the crazy medical stuff I was lined up for here in a few years.  I am given this second chance at life really young and love it.  I am just really interested to see where the next few months takes me.  I still can not com template myself being smaller especially seeing that I have been overweight all of my life. 
     If you have any questions or just want to be friends, I am totally looking for a group of friends on this website.  Where I am at there is not really any type of support group so I kinda feel like I am alone (minis my dad but he dos not count lol) and dont really know where to turn when I have questions or just want to chat with other people who have had the surgery. So I look forward to this website to help me out along the way.  I hope yall all have a marvelous day!  

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