One wee****il surgery!

Hello everyone!

Allow myself to introduce...myself

 I've been lurking here devouring every bit of information everyone has so generously shared for a few months now. I have been a fat person almost my entire life, since I was 5 years old. I am completely done with this prison and ready to live my life unrestrained.

I've wanted the roux-en-y for about 15 years and it's never worked out until now. I'm sure there is some cosmic reason for that. But now, it's real. I'm scheduled next Wednesday 3/9 for laparoscopic RNY. I start my one week liquid diet in the morning and I'm not looking forward to it.

I do however look forward to meeting everyone through OH and I can't wait to join the loser's bench!!

Robin

Welcome! The first few days in Poe op dowry are hard, but stick with it. Everything you can do to make it easier for your surgeon will benefit you!

Be active on here, it helps.

I'm 2 months post-op.  I was heavy all of my life too.  I waited to have the surgery because I wasn't ready to make the changes.  It took me around 8 years to finally say yes to the surgery.  

It hasn't been an easy 2 months, but worth the choice.  

Learning to be gentle with myself and disciplined in my choices has been the newest lessons learned.

Hi. I am especially excited for you when I read..."I have been a fat person almost my entire life..."  

Congratulations on making the leap. I think you'll find your story is pretty much the same as most of ours. This will be behind you before you know it. Good luck.

Hello and welcome. This is a great place.

I had been a fat person my whole life and had thought about surgery several times before I finally had it August 29,2012. I weighed 272 pounds when I started my journey,had diabetes,uncontrolled high blood pressure,high cholesterol and high triglycerides. I was on tons of meds for all those things. I didn't realize how much of life I was missing. My family would go flea marketing (is that a word?) and I would say I wanted to sit and watch people. In reality I knew I was too out of shape to be able to keep up and didn't want to hold them back. I was out of breath going down my basement steps! Since surgery I have lost 150 pounds and kept it off over 2 years now. I now weigh 122ish pounds and wear a size 1 junior clothes. Diabetes is gone and cholesterol and triglycerides are perfect and I have normal blood pressure readings on 2 low dose pills. In fact I just saw my cardiologist who says I am no longer a heart attack waiting to happen and I can try to wean myself down to one med. I walk over 4 miles everyday for fun without getting short of breath and now my family can't keep up with me! I won't say it is easy because it takes determination and smart conscious food choices everyone day. I still weigh,measure and track every bite of food I eat everyday and hold myself accountable by weighing every morning. I have come so far and a before picture plastered on my frig reminds me of that everyday. Even though it's hard work I do not ever want to go back to that restricted self conscious miserable person I used to be!

Well said!!  I am tired of not being able to do the things I want to do, not to mention being on waaaaay too many meds for a 34 year old. Definitely getting healthy is my primary goal...and this will help me to achieve my other goals at the same time!

> I walk over 4 miles everyday for fun without getting short of breath and now my family can't keep up with me!

I'm two days post-op and feeling really tired.  Having a hard time getting the protein down.  You don't know how nice it is to read that.  To think that soon I'll be able to walk in the sunshine un-restricted and not fatigued.  That thought is going to help me get through this.

Great job with the pre-surgery weight loss! You'll do great!