hi all. havn't been here in a while. i've been pretty busy. Today marks seven years!!!! WOW!!!!!. Highest weight was 305, day of surgery was 278. My lowest was 163, but frankly I looked a bit sick at that low of a weight. I now hover around 195ish. I would like to get about 20 pounds off. Nothing i can't handle through a little exercise.
I have had some bypass related health issues. My iron drops so low that i get IV iron transfusions every so often but i have a great hematologist that keeps an eye on that and my b12 and other things and has lots of experience with the bypass related anemias and stuff.
I also seem to be having issues with some bouts with nonviral ischemic hepatitis. Doc thinks I have something like an interrmittant bowel obstruction issue from scar tissue that cuts off the blood supply to my liver and causes this. Pretty much hurts like hell and puts me in the hospital on high powered pain meds for a week or so. The aforementioned 20lbs was primarily from the initial bout of that where I was unable to keep any nutrition down at all for a few weeks and was on TPN which has like 2500 calories a day, and a lot of fat in the form of lipid infusions. It definitily did its job!!! LOL!
These are all complications that can come from a bypass but i would rather handle this anyday than be fat and have all the problems, health, social and otherwise that go with it.
Seven years out, I am a much stronger person in so many ways!!!!!!!
I hope you all are doing well too!!!

Hi all.  It's been a really long time since I posted but I really felt the need to go back to where it all started.  I have been struggling with my weight as well.  I have gained about 50 pounds and I am determined that at least 40 to 45 of it will be gone by this time next year.  I have already started doing more exercise and cardio workouts.  I am trying to get in 3 per week but I really need to go for 5 per week. Then there's the food issue.  I have gotten so lazy and I am back to eating way more carbs than my body needs. I still haven't had sugar since my surgery in December 2004 but I am eating all the wrong things like chips and crackers.  Grazing.  That's what I have been doing.   Not sure anyone will see this but if you do, know that one other 2004 grad struggles but is determined to get back to a healthy place.

Best wishes to all.

Tammy

Hi! I'm checking in for the first time in a long time. I was known as trinket, but lost my password, and don't have the same e-mail any longer.
My post-op weight was 321, and I lost to 147.
I had a baby in 2007 and gained to 198!! I'm back down to 175 as of today via HCG diet (I've also started having thyroid issues that we are pretty sure is hashi's and it's BARELY under the levels for me to be able to have meds for it) Also, I'm struggling greatly with iron deficiency. Based on my labs my red blood cells are larger, but my current PCP doesn't understand that means I need b12 injections:(

Anyhow I'm here, and working on losing again, don't want to wind up back to square one!

Blessings, and hoping some others decide to check in and reconnect, that would be wonderful!

Hi, I am curious to know if you ended up having the revision?  I am currently looking into it and wanted to know what your thoughts and outcome were.

Hope you are doing well.

Fran

I had a complete revision and have lost 27 pounds. I also had a hiatial hernia repaired at the same time. Just like starting all over again