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

THIS NURSE AT MY JOB HAD IT DONE SHE PUT THE IDEA IN MY HEAD THEN I TALK TO MY DOCTER AND WE LOOKED IN TO IT

Describe your experience with getting insurance approval for surgery. What advice, if any, do you have for other people in this stage?

MY INSURANCE DONT NOT PAY FOR THAT KIND OF SUGERY SO I HAD TO PAY 4 IT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET

What was your first visit with your surgeon like? How can people get the most out of this meeting?

THE FIRST VISIT WAS GREAT HE WAS SO NICE CUTE AND HE LIKE TO LAUGH AND MAKE JOKES HE MAD ME FEEL REAL GOOD

What made you finally decide to have the surgery?

I HAVE TWO LIL GIRLS AND THEY WERE THERE WELL I WAS SO SICK SO I NEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM

How did you decide which proceedure to have?

WELL I WAS GETTING RYN BUT WHEN MY DOCTER SEEN ME HE WANT TO DO THE DS SO THAT THE 1 WE DID

What fears did you have about having complications or even dying from from the surgery, and what would you tell other people having the same fears now?

TO DO ALOT OF RESEARCH AND DO EVERYTHING YOUR DOCTER ASK OF YOU

How did your family and friends react to your decision? Would you have communicated anything differently if you could now? How supportive were they after your surgery?

I DONT HAVE NO SUPPORT FROM MY FAMILY

How did your employer/supervisor react to your decision? What did you tell him/her? How long were you out of work?

THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH THEY R SO HAPPY AND THEY GIVE ME THE BEST SUPPORT ANYONE CANT GET FROM ANYBODY

What was it like attending your first information seminar on weight loss surgery? Were you glad you attended? if so, why?

I HAVE NOT DONE NO SEMINAR THEY DONT HAVE ANY OF THEM NEIER ME

What was your stay in the hospital like? How long where you there? What things are most important to bring?

I WAS THERE FOR 2 DAY THEN I WENT TO A RECOVER HOUSE FOR ANTHER 2 DAY AND THEN I TRAIVEL HOME

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

NO I DID GREAT THE DOCTER SAID

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 DOING GOOD I DINT HAVE ANY ANXIETY

Describe your first few weeks home from the hospital. What should people expect from this period?

I WAS SINE FELT GREAT

How far did you travel to have your surgery? (If far, how did this affect your aftercare?)

I WENT TO MEXICO

Please describe in detail what things you could and couldn't eat in the weeks and months following surgery. What foods have been off limits? Please explain how your dietary tolerance changed week-by-week, and then month-by-month since surgery.

I ATE EVERYTHING THEY LET ME I DINT GET SICK AND AM STILL DOING GOOD WITH IT

What was your actvity level in the days and weeks after surgery?

I WAS WALKING AROUND THE PARK WITH MY KIDS NOT ALOT BUT I WAS OUT THERE FEELING GREAT

What vitamins and/or dietary supplements have you taken since your surgery?

I TAKE A B100 A MALTI A PRENATAL AND A IRON

What side effects (nausea, vomiting, sleep disturbace, dumping, hair loss etc.) were worse for you? For how long after surgery did they persist? How did you cope with them?

I DINT GET ANY OF THAT STUFF

What was the worst part about the entire bariatric surgery process?

THAT COUPLE DAY AFTER BECAUSE THE PAIN MED WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH

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

JOB PEOPLE FROM MY JOB AND THIS WEB SIT

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

THERE SMALL 5 OF THEM

Do you notice people treating you any differently now?

NO EVERY ONE SAYS I LOOK GREAT AND THERE HAPPY FOR ME