20 Years Old..Had Surgery In December
Hi! I'm new here. My name is Melissa, I'm 20 years old and I had Gastric Bypass Surgery on December 8th 2008. My weight was 270 when I had surgery, I am now down to 215 BUT I have lost 8 inches. I came to this site in hopes to find support. I have bipolar and depression and everyone keeps telling me I should have lost a lot more weight by now. My Surgeon (Dr. Michael Wood from Michigan) tells me I'm doing fine though. I am having some slight complications like a sharp upper abdominal pain they've done a cat scan it was fine. I also have blood in stool so I have to schedule a colonoscopy. If they still cannot find our what's wrong and my pain does not go away I have to have a surgery where they cut me open and look around to see what's wrong. I'm basically looking to make some supportive friends who can reassure me that I'm doing a good job. I'm not even 21 yet and I've had 5 different surgeries. I haven't had an easy life. As most obese people I was teased daily in high school I even had to eat my lunch in the restroom. I'd say I was mainly overweight because my thyroid wasn't working I had to have it removed because of a goiter. Anyways I'm gonna go please reply if your a kind sincere person whose intrested in being friends.
Hey Melissa! It's great that you found us on this board. I had my surgery in December too and you HAVE lost a great amount, everyone loses differently and like you said, inches do count.
I'm sorry to hear that you have been having some medical issues but I'm hoping that they will clear up for you soon. Don't worry, you aren't the only one who's young and has a number of surgeries under their belt...it sucks but hopefully you won't need anymore! I was teased about my size my whole life, as many of us on here were too unfortunately, so we know how awful it feels. Just remember that those people are usually as, if not more, miserable than we could ever be.
You'll always have support here so don't ever think you are without friends.
Welcome!
~Emily~
I'm sorry to hear that you have been having some medical issues but I'm hoping that they will clear up for you soon. Don't worry, you aren't the only one who's young and has a number of surgeries under their belt...it sucks but hopefully you won't need anymore! I was teased about my size my whole life, as many of us on here were too unfortunately, so we know how awful it feels. Just remember that those people are usually as, if not more, miserable than we could ever be.
You'll always have support here so don't ever think you are without friends.
Welcome!
~Emily~
"Tis better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not"
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