Hi Everyone, I wanted to let you know that my son, Nigel, had the RnY surgery last Friday at UCSF by Dr. Posselt. Please know that this was LONG journey.  Not easy to have done.  We got denied by insurance twice.  And it took us two years to finally get to this point. Nigel had to prove that he was willing to do a pre-op diet and he did.  He lost 75 pounds with the help of a diet, exercise, and taking Welburtin.  He was under the guidance of his primary doctor, the weight loss program, UCSF's WATCH clinic (Dr. Lustig), and he had to be seen by a Psychologist to see if he understood what would be needed to have the surgery, and much his life would change afterwards.   And also it also helped that he had a Mom who had the DS almost 6 years ago, and would be able to guide him through the whole process. Anyway.  I'm not sure if I can provide a direct link to our website...but here is a direct link to Nigel's page: http://sfcynthia.tripod.com/id8.html IF that doesn't work...you can click on my profile and go to my website and then click on Nigel's page.  I think there only a certain amount of bandwidth per day, so It may stop at night. Feel free to PM me and ask me any questions.  Nigel is doing great, and has lost 14 pounds all ready.  Dang kid!  He's making this look easy, and it really is not.

Thank you Jennifer *that is ur name right? lol* It was really fun to do, I'm glad I can encourage teenagers like us out there!!

He is having it done at UCSF with Dr. Posselt. He started out at 420 pounds, but has lost down to 340 (back up to 349 with "last meals"), and is now 6 foot, 1 inch tall.  I loved watching the videos about you.  He stopped going to school last winter.  just gave up, but then we went to a psychiatrist, and he started taking Welburtin which has helped him lose the weight.  But we still want the surgery because obesity, diabetes, and heart disease runs in our family. I am soooooo nervous!

That was great to watch!  You are so beautiful! My 14-year old son is going to have the Rny on Friday.  They said your stomach is the size of a small avacado.  Did you have the Rny or a VGS? I'm trying to not be nervous.   I get to stay in the hospital room with him.  I had the DS almost 6 years ago.

I was on TV!! NBC channel 11 in SF, san jose and oakland area. did a story on my gastric bypass journey. It came out really well I am super proud of it and it just aired tonight on the 5:00 news http://www.nbc11.com/health/13700103/detail.html?dl=headline click theres the link the story and videos!