How was your experience?
First, congrats on your upcoming surgery. It's totally normal to get nervous as the time draws closer.
I wasn't quite at 450 but close enough! And note that I had a VSG not RNY. That said, my surgery and recovery were text book. Even the next 6 weeks (liquids, mushies, soft food) was relatively easy and painless. I've kind of settled in a new routine, new lifestyle at 20 months out. Still not to my goal but I'll get there.
It's the whole new lifestyle and relationship with food that is the hardest part of this, IMHO. I found benefit from some therapy and still go occasionally.
Specifically, though, are there certain things that your sister is experiencing that scare you? There's folks here with the same surgery that might be able to answer some of your question.
Good Luck.
I wasn't quite at 450 but close enough! And note that I had a VSG not RNY. That said, my surgery and recovery were text book. Even the next 6 weeks (liquids, mushies, soft food) was relatively easy and painless. I've kind of settled in a new routine, new lifestyle at 20 months out. Still not to my goal but I'll get there.
It's the whole new lifestyle and relationship with food that is the hardest part of this, IMHO. I found benefit from some therapy and still go occasionally.
Specifically, though, are there certain things that your sister is experiencing that scare you? There's folks here with the same surgery that might be able to answer some of your question.
Good Luck.
I started at 654 lbs 8-23-10 and had surgery (RNY) gastric bypass on 12-15-10 at about 554 lbs. I was scared, but more scared of not having the surgery.
Being scared is a normal thing. You should be just fine though, so hang in there!! Do share what you are most scared about. We are all here and have been through or are going through a lot of common feelings and worries. I beleive you are going to find you will be thrilled with your decision to have WLS. it will be a lot of work, but then again nothing is easy that is worth having or doing for a healthier you!!
Best of luck and keep posting!!
Hugs,
Sherrie
Being scared is a normal thing. You should be just fine though, so hang in there!! Do share what you are most scared about. We are all here and have been through or are going through a lot of common feelings and worries. I beleive you are going to find you will be thrilled with your decision to have WLS. it will be a lot of work, but then again nothing is easy that is worth having or doing for a healthier you!!
Best of luck and keep posting!!
Hugs,
Sherrie
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!! 
SHERRIE <3
Thank You both for sharing your experience with me.. I was scared because she is in a lot of pain because she couldn't pass the gas that she had from the surgery and her body was so swollen that what ever liquids they had her try would not pass thru her body from all the swelling.. The swelling kind of stopped everything from passing thru her body.. She couldnt even keep anything down not even water... Also this lady that was in the room next to her that she became friends with is still in the hospital and its been over a week.. The lady is still their because the small pouch they made that they connected with her intestine closed up and they had to re operate... That kind of scares me because i dont want that same thing to happen to me... Not to mention that I am not a small person a year ago I was 600lbs and in the last year I droppend nearly 100lbs im at 501.5 so to think about what I weigh and think about how much she weighs (she is 294 now but she was 340 i think) and how hard it is for her to move and even use the bathroom scares me even more... I kind of think maybe my mind is just messing with me... I want this surgery more than anything in this world.. It means so much to me but I am just scared things won't go well and I could possibly not even make it... I started seeing a therapist and he says its normal to be scared and that if I wasn't scared then something definitely is wrong... So basically that is it in a nut shell.
Scared is NORMAL! So you are ok!
The thing that you have to remember is that each one of us is built different and have individual bodies. We will all react differently to things. We are humans. Yes, there are things that could go wrong... The "risks" that your clinic or doctors have probable already talked to you about. You may not have any complications! However if you have had health complications already due to your health and weight... If treatments have been difficult due to your size already... Those are all challenges that compromise our health already. That will not go away with our extreme weights and would only get worse as time goes on if we did not do something about our weight.
Complications with surgery are there but complications are there in life if nothing is done about the weight!
Weigh the options and think about what you want most in your life and how you want to live your life.
At over 650 lbs, I was alive but not living my life the way I had dreams of living.
The thing that you have to remember is that each one of us is built different and have individual bodies. We will all react differently to things. We are humans. Yes, there are things that could go wrong... The "risks" that your clinic or doctors have probable already talked to you about. You may not have any complications! However if you have had health complications already due to your health and weight... If treatments have been difficult due to your size already... Those are all challenges that compromise our health already. That will not go away with our extreme weights and would only get worse as time goes on if we did not do something about our weight.
Complications with surgery are there but complications are there in life if nothing is done about the weight!
Weigh the options and think about what you want most in your life and how you want to live your life.
At over 650 lbs, I was alive but not living my life the way I had dreams of living.
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!! SHERRIE <3
Yep, the other posters and your therapist are correct, it's very natural to be scared before a major surgery.
However, I looked at it as giving myself a second chance, I was killing myself little by little each day living at such an unhealthy weight- and according to my docs, wouldn't be around much longer. So, I made a drastic and life-altering decision to have RNY.
And it has been one of the best choices, that I ever made. I absolutely love my life now!
Hope the weeks go by quickly! Come back and ask lots of questions,
:Danni
However, I looked at it as giving myself a second chance, I was killing myself little by little each day living at such an unhealthy weight- and according to my docs, wouldn't be around much longer. So, I made a drastic and life-altering decision to have RNY.
And it has been one of the best choices, that I ever made. I absolutely love my life now!
Hope the weeks go by quickly! Come back and ask lots of questions,
:Danni
:Danni >>>AIDS/LifeCycle 10 & 11 Finisher: 545miles on the bike in 7 days <<<
HW390/SW340/CW 208/GW170
You are welcome to go to my profile and read what I have written about my experience. I started out at 456 and had surgery at 427, but I am really short.
I was super scared before surgery--I had made peace with myself that I might not make it off the table alive, but I knew in my heart that this was my last chance because I already felt like I was dying.
The first few days after surgery are different for everyone. Who knows why your sister's body reacted the way it did. My advice, use the weeks up to your surgery to make yourself as healthy as possible. Eat the right foods, do as much exercise as you can tolerate. Start your vitamins & supplements (not at the levels you will be taking after surgery). Breathe & move! That is so important after surgery!
Good luck!
I was super scared before surgery--I had made peace with myself that I might not make it off the table alive, but I knew in my heart that this was my last chance because I already felt like I was dying.
The first few days after surgery are different for everyone. Who knows why your sister's body reacted the way it did. My advice, use the weeks up to your surgery to make yourself as healthy as possible. Eat the right foods, do as much exercise as you can tolerate. Start your vitamins & supplements (not at the levels you will be taking after surgery). Breathe & move! That is so important after surgery!
Good luck!
Distal RNY 6/11 SW 456 CW 311 Complications: Small bowel strangulation 12/23/2012, non healing surgical incision--ongoing. Still.
Four Hundred and Seventy-Four Pounds.
I am 14 months out, just had another follow up with my bariatric office, I have lost 165 pounds, my resting heart rate is 52, my BP 108/72, and I am scheduled for my panniculectomy (fat apron to be removed) at the end of March. Hmmm, I think I am doing pretty well ;)
For the record, I had a proximal Roux-en-Y, and I work my ass off exercising five days a week. I swam 500 miles last year, so surgery is part of the equation.
I still have a long way to go, but I am pretty happy with where I am, and where I am heading!
Brenda : )~
I am 14 months out, just had another follow up with my bariatric office, I have lost 165 pounds, my resting heart rate is 52, my BP 108/72, and I am scheduled for my panniculectomy (fat apron to be removed) at the end of March. Hmmm, I think I am doing pretty well ;)
For the record, I had a proximal Roux-en-Y, and I work my ass off exercising five days a week. I swam 500 miles last year, so surgery is part of the equation.
I still have a long way to go, but I am pretty happy with where I am, and where I am heading!
Brenda : )~
Thank You everyone for replying.. I am working on coming to turns with the chance that something could happen but I agree that the way I was heading was going to lead me in the wrong direction anyways so I am willing to take that chance to be healthy... I will definitely be reading your profiles because i love to read about other peoples journeys and I love to ask questions if you don't mind... I know that this surgery is the best thing that could ever happen to me and I can't wait to start my new journey... I am currently at 501.5 and going to be documenting my journey from here on out... :-)
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