OK! Lets hear your REASON ...

SKimster
on 5/17/18 5:48 am
VSG on 05/22/18

What is your main reason for having your surgery besides the normal health issues and I want to live a long, happy, healthy
life.

Here is mine....my granddaughter Claire.

I want to be able to be there for her for a long time to come and be the cool grandma who does everything with her.

Kimmy in Canada

2017: Aug 16: Referral -- Sep 14: Orientation - Oct 5: Nurse - Oct 23: D/SW/N 2018: Feb 21: D/SW/N - Mar 12: Internist - Mar 23: D/SW - Apr 5: App't with Surgeon - Apr 23: Post-Op Class - May 3: Pre-op Admin in Hospital - May 22: SURGERY

rschwartz
on 5/17/18 11:21 am

My reason for wanting the surgery is purely selfish.....for the last 11 years (since my son was born) my life has been about his health issues, and then hobbies, then having a daughter. Last year I decided that this year was going to be about me, and what I need. One of my top needs was to be as healthy as I possibly could be, which involved making the decision to proceed with surgery.

Fingers crossed I will have it before the end of the year.

St. Joe's Hamilton Orientation - Dec. 4/17; Pre-nutrition class - Feb. 9/18; Nurse - Mar. 12/18; CT Scan - Apr. 16/18; Gastroscopy - May 1/18; Internist Appt - May 3/18; Dietitian - June 11/18; Social Worker - July10/18; Consent - July 24/18; Surgery - Sept. 17;

MichelleS61
on 5/17/18 11:24 am - Lindsay, Canada
RNY on 02/26/18

Wanted to be healthier, tired of being in pain, short of breath, unable to do things. Am getting better 2-1/2 months out, not maybe as much as I would have liked, but moving in the right direction.

57 - 6'0" - HW:288 SW:260 CW:185

TWH: Referral Aug. '16, Orientation - Nov. 30 '16, Surgeon Oct. 6 '17, Start Optifast Feb. 5'18 - Surgery Feb. 26'18

Opti -25; M1 -23; M2 -17; M3 -7; M4 -5; M5 -5; M6 -6; M7 -0; M8 -2; M9 -0; M10 -2; M11-0; M12-4;

TheRealMeWithin
on 5/17/18 11:31 am - Canada
RNY on 06/02/17

I wanted to be the hot trophy wife my awesome husband deserves - LOL

Silly reason, but it definitely was one. The rest are the normal health ones.

Side bonus I didn't anticipate - how proud of me my kids are!!!

Surgery Jun.2/17 at TWH ----- HW 215 - SW 197.2 - GW 125 CW 124.6

Pre-Op=8.8lbs --- Optifast= 8.4 (was on it for 9 days due to cancellation)

M1 - 20.6... M2 -10.2... M3 -8.0... M4 -5.8... M5 -9.0... M6 -5.2... M7 -7.0... M8 -2.2... M9 -0.9... M10 -2.6... M11-0.6... M12-2.0

https://trendweight.com/u/6ffd55753da24d/

Hope_is_all_I_need
on 5/17/18 11:36 am

Aww, she's beautiful. What a great reason. Mine is to live without my body being in pain from all the extra weight. To be able to walk, sleep or even sit with comfort. I want to want to do things and not avoid things because I'm self conscious about myself. I just want to feel like the person I am supposed to be. Too corny??!

Orientation Oct 24, 2017 at Humber; Meet surgeon Dec 12/17. Internist Jan 24/18; SW/Nut/nurse appt Feb 15/18;surgery March 19/18

Opti -12; M1 -25; M2 -18; M3- 18 M4-9 M5-11 M6-7

SKimster
on 5/17/18 12:29 pm
VSG on 05/22/18

Not corny!!!

Kimmy in Canada

2017: Aug 16: Referral -- Sep 14: Orientation - Oct 5: Nurse - Oct 23: D/SW/N 2018: Feb 21: D/SW/N - Mar 12: Internist - Mar 23: D/SW - Apr 5: App't with Surgeon - Apr 23: Post-Op Class - May 3: Pre-op Admin in Hospital - May 22: SURGERY

shiney
on 5/17/18 1:06 pm

I really liked your comment "I just want to feel like the person I am supposed to be."

This is how I feel, verbatim.

I've been on yo-yo diets since I was about 15 years old, maybe even earlier. I'm tired of it, and it's time to once and for all get the help I need to be where I want to be in life.

*TWH* Referral - December 2017; Orientation - March 2018; SW Assessment - May 2018; Nurse Practitioner - June 2018; Nutrition Class - June 2018; Psych - August 2018; Dietitian - August 2018; Appt. w/ Surgeon - November 2018; Surgery date - January 2019

Weight loss

Pre-surgery: 14, M1: 18, M2: 9, M3: 8, M4: 10, M5:6 , M6:9

SweetRide1
on 5/17/18 11:45 am
RNY on 01/16/18

I was tired of constant body pain, clothes not fitting, being depressed about how I looked and I wanted to be active and doing things and couldn't.

When I started going to bed at 7:30 at night to watch TV because it was more comfortable for me I realized how bad I had let things get.

I wanted to be pretty again.

Referral - May 31/17; Orientation - June 15/17; First Appt Nurse - June 26/17; Bloodwork and ECG - June 27/17; Sleep Study - July 5/17; Dietician Appt - July 10/17; Counsellor Appt - July 10/17; Abdominal Ultrasound - July 10/17: Endoscopy/Colonoscopy - July 25/17; Second Dietician Appt - September 14/17; Internist Appt - October 2/17; Meet the Surgeon - November 21/17; Pre Surgery Nutrition Class - January 12/18; Surgery - January 16/18

SKimster
on 5/17/18 12:22 pm, edited 5/17/18 5:23 am
VSG on 05/22/18

I LOVE everyone's responses!!! It's amazing how we can all probably relate to everyone's answers. I too want to be pain free, not hide anymore.. be the trophy wife to my handsome fit husband of 26 years. Even though he loves me for who I am and can't keep his hands off of me, I always have felt for a long time I was letting him and me down.

Not for long!

Sexy lingerie will be one of my first purchases...hehehe

Kimmy in Canada

2017: Aug 16: Referral -- Sep 14: Orientation - Oct 5: Nurse - Oct 23: D/SW/N 2018: Feb 21: D/SW/N - Mar 12: Internist - Mar 23: D/SW - Apr 5: App't with Surgeon - Apr 23: Post-Op Class - May 3: Pre-op Admin in Hospital - May 22: SURGERY

Wayne H.
on 5/17/18 3:37 pm
RNY on 02/08/17

I got tired of no longer fitting into a little persons world and even more than that I got tired of feeling like crap. I have no regrets.

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