lauriegrizzard

  • BMI 30.5

Obesity & Me

Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

since i was fifteen i can remember taking ex-lax to loose weight ,i was not obese at the time . i felt ashamed ,i was never very social at all i still am not .i took exercising &dieting to extremes some days eat cucumers and drink black coffee, other days i would not stop eating from the time i awoke to when i went to sleep.thier was times i keep to 1200 calories a day faithfully and walked 3 miles daily i have taken off and put on thousands of pounds before i got my wls.

What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

a feeling of being worthless,no selfesteem.not being able to tie my own shoes had me in tears so bad i looked up weightloss surgery

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

bike ride ,tie my own shoes .gardening ,mow lawn much easier i guess i'd say anything i need to do being do-able

How did you first find out about bariatric surgery and what were your initial impressions of it?

on the internet looking up weightloss .i was very scared to meet with the surgeon . after i did i got turned down by the first surgeon i went too .i kept looking for one who would take me as a patient . i knew it was the only thing that could really help me with my weight problem. i was afraid i could die having it done but i looked at it as i was gonna die if i didn't.

Did you have any complications from the surgery? If so, how did you deal with them?

i got an abcess while in hospital ,surgeon opened it drained ,packed .i layed in the bed dr and nurses did the rest

In the weeks after you got your surgery date, how did you feel? How did you cope with any anxiety you might have felt?

i was just concerned about getting it over and done with

What aftercare support group/program do you have? How helpful/important is this?

i just had my family they are very helpful

What is your scar like? Is this what you expected?

my scar was from my ribs to about my hips .yes surgeon told me . i also have scar from abcesses and where the feeding tube was

Please describe any plateau experiences you have had since surgery.

i was 308 lost 150 and maintained 138 pound loss

Do you notice people treating you any differently now?

no but i am around only my family
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