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Iman
Dang, I was hoping wt loss would help with the beard!!!!
"be willing to sit in the middle of the fear and fucking feel it." Lady Raven
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VSG 12/9/08 Highest 278, then lost #30 preop Goal 126
Kelly
347/228/200
and had the Sleeve done in July. Almost 4 months out and I've lost about 70 lbs. I'm off my med and feeling great. The only thing it didn't help with is the extra damn facial hair. Thank God for Laser.
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13lbs lost before surgery
Anngie
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13lbs lost before surgery
Hi,
I'm new here too! I'm 46 and was dx'd with PCOS when I was 18. I went through allot of crap because of it, ultimately I was never able to have kids...
Anyways, I had RNY 11/15/07, I've lost 111 lbs, I started out at 302 and am now at 191. I've added alcohol and carbs back when my loss slowed waaaaaaaaaaaay down at about my 7th month. But don't despair, since then I've lost well over 25 lbs, you can do it. Don't let PCOS be your crutch, I'm trying not to think about it.......I had RNY, others without PCOS had the same surg. I've lost more than some and less than some. YOU can do this, just stick with the rules, you'll get there!
Good luck,
Edie
Do you think I could be approved for revision surgery???
I too feel like a previous poster when she says, what the hell is she going to do now...
A little history, I was small to begin with (212lbs), but was approved for WLS within a matter of a couple of days due to my issues (PCOS since I started my cycles at age of 8, and chronic lower back pain) listed below. I was considered Obese then (which is called Obesity Class 2). I am now 175 (which is called Obesity class 1). I had surgery on February 1st, 2006, and have not lost any weight since my 8 months out.
Fast forwarding to the present issue at hand.....
I just got off the phone with my surgeon's office. I am almost 3 years out and I have not lost anything since about 8 months out. I have only lost a total of 42 lbs and have been gaining back and forth these 8-10 lbs. Never fully lost all of them, but I have been maintaining and still trying to do my thing. For the past 2 weeks I've been back with my nutritionist and then I decided to call my surgeons office today and ask if they did revisions? The nurse said they did, asked if I had my surgery in that office, which I did, so she's going to send me a script to get some test ran to find out what's going on with me and my pouch. Like I said, I haven't lost anything until after 8 months out. I kept the faith that I would eventually loose some more, but I didn't, and I'm to the point, something has to give even if it's going back into surgery.
I like you get sick off of anything and I can eat a lot but I don't. I never quiet feel that full feeling, but whatever I measure out to eat, is all that I do. I still measure everything and eat my 6 times a day. I exercise about 4-5 times a week for at least 2 hours each time, and days that I'm not exercising, I am doing some sort of cardio like walking or whatever.
I still have my pre-surgery issues, and I want to get that under control. I have had serious back pain since the age of 15, I have had a breast reduction as well as RNY to get this undercontrol. Not only my back, I have PCOS (Polycycstic Ovaries), and that's another issue I wanted to get under way because PCOS is a hormonal imbalance and an insulin resistant thing, which of course leads to weight gain and puts me high risk for diabetes. So with those issues, I am willing to get things back under way. My nutritionist thinks I have been doing a good job. Every Saturday night I email her with my food log for the following week to see that all is well, and she say it's good. I give her measurements, water intake and even down to exercise for the week to come. She agrees that it's good.
I'm just keeping my hands together and in prayer that I find a break in this thing here somewhere. I want to loose at least another 40 lbs. I'm not sure if my insurance will cover it because now I am fluctuating between 178 and 175, but I have to loose at least another 40 lbs. I'm still considered OBESE....not just overweight...
I too am at a loss, and am trying to see what can be done.