Am I a failure? I feel like one.

I had my surgery on May 1 (2002). I'm VERY short (4'8"), and weighed 253 at the time of surgery. I'm so extremely discouraged right now because I'm hardly loosing weight. I'm at 198 right now. But everyone I know of is loosing SO much faster than me. And in the last month, I've only lost 3 lbs. or so. In fact, after one bad weekend with parties and food-centered social events, I gained 4 lbs. And when I look back on what I ate, it was nothing in comparison to my old eating habbits, and I still ate less than all the thin people I observed. I just finished loosing that 4 lbs. Anyway, I do exercise, and I'm quite active now. I wrote to my Dr. and have an upper-GI scheduled on the 5th of September. I'm so upset, and worry that if in fact I've streched my pouch, or if my stoma is too big (what I suspect since I don't feel full for long usually), that my surgeon won't do a revision because I'm a failure and a risk. I also worry because right after surgery I lost my job and went on my husband's insurance which wouldn't have covered my surgery as much as mine did. I had 100% coverage, and with my husband's policy I would have only had 80% covered. Aso, if I have a revision to my stoma, how long is the recovery period?

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