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I no longer feel like a FAILURE!!!!! I am a success!!!! I now possess the right tool to remain healthy for the rest of my life!!!!
After 18 months with my RNY, it was like a switch was flipped, no matter what I did the weight kept piling back on. I stabilized with an 80 pound regain and my weight was at 230 for years.
Due to my ruined metabolism, the RNY was not the best surgery for me. The DS was.
RNY 2/26/2002 DS 12/29/2011
HW 317 SW 263 BMI 45.1
SW 298 CW 192 BMI 32.9~60% EWL
LW 151 in 2003
TT 4/9/2003
Normal BMI 24.8 is my GOAL!!!
GBP (RNY) 2/26/02 298 lbs, TT 4/9/03 151 lbs, DS 12/29/11
HW 317 SW 263 BMI 45.1/CW 192 BMI 32.9/GW 145 ~ Normal BMI 24.8
**Revision Journey started 3/2009 Approved 12/12/11**
I do go out to eat often and YES i do go to a buffet if i want. Someone mentioned that it's a waste of money but after so many years, who cares! If I want to eat a bite or two of everything I will. I do go to Dairy Queen now and then for a chicken basket. I can eat 2 1/2 chicken strips and 6 or 7 fries, two bites of the toast and I'm full.
I have gotten to the point that if I want a prime rib dinner I order it. I got tired of not ordering things because I couldn't eat enough then drooling over others. I eat what I can and bring the rest home and eat on it for a day or two.
I enjoy my food now, just not much of it. I don't miss anything anymore. Be patient and just go with the flow. Keep your carbs down and you will have success.
I am 3 pounds above my lowest weight after 10 years.
I don't get it! I haven't changed anything I eat but I'm getting this horrible indigestion now. Any ideas?
-Jamie
RNY 2/26/2002 DS 12/29/2011
HW 317 SW 263 BMI 45.1
SW 298 CW 192 BMI 32.9~60% EWL
LW 151 in 2003
TT 4/9/2003
Normal BMI 24.8 is my GOAL!!!
GBP (RNY) 2/26/02 298 lbs, TT 4/9/03 151 lbs, DS 12/29/11
HW 317 SW 263 BMI 45.1/CW 192 BMI 32.9/GW 145 ~ Normal BMI 24.8
**Revision Journey started 3/2009 Approved 12/12/11**
I have been working towards having a revision to DS since 2009. Insurance has been a huge hold-up, but if I am ever approved, I will be traveling from Alaska down to California to Dr. Keshishian. for my RNY to DS revision. And, if insurance will not pay, eventually I will go down to Mexico, or Spain and have my revision.
-Jamie in Alaska
RNY 2/26/2002 DS 12/29/2011
HW 317 SW 263 BMI 45.1
SW 298 CW 192 BMI 32.9~60% EWL
LW 151 in 2003
TT 4/9/2003
Normal BMI 24.8 is my GOAL!!!
GBP (RNY) 2/26/02 298 lbs, TT 4/9/03 151 lbs, DS 12/29/11
HW 317 SW 263 BMI 45.1/CW 192 BMI 32.9/GW 145 ~ Normal BMI 24.8
**Revision Journey started 3/2009 Approved 12/12/11**
Hard for me to believe that this coming Thursday will be 7 years. I have gained back weight. But, bottom line is that this was a surgery that changed my life for the better.
Here is a picture (not of me) to show you just how big the moose are here in Alaska.
-Jamie
RNY 2/26/2002 DS 12/29/2011
HW 317 SW 263 BMI 45.1
SW 298 CW 192 BMI 32.9~60% EWL
LW 151 in 2003
TT 4/9/2003
Normal BMI 24.8 is my GOAL!!!
GBP (RNY) 2/26/02 298 lbs, TT 4/9/03 151 lbs, DS 12/29/11
HW 317 SW 263 BMI 45.1/CW 192 BMI 32.9/GW 145 ~ Normal BMI 24.8
**Revision Journey started 3/2009 Approved 12/12/11**