How did you first find out about bariatric surgery and what were your initial impressions of it?

MY PCP DOCTOR INTRUDUCED ME TO TOO AND THE IDEA OF THE SURGERY

Describe your experience with getting insurance approval for surgery. What advice, if any, do you have for other people in this stage?

IT WASNT THAT ALL BAD ALOT OF PAPER WORK

What was your first visit with your surgeon like? How can people get the most out of this meeting?

MEAT WITH THE DOCTOR AND WAS REALLY NICE

What made you finally decide to have the surgery?

THE SECOND ASTHMA ATTACK

How did you decide which proceedure to have?

TAKING TO MY PCP AND SURGEON

What fears did you have about having complications or even dying from from the surgery, and what would you tell other people having the same fears now?

I REALLY DIDNT BUT I WISH I HAD BECASUE I ALMOST DID

How did your family and friends react to your decision? Would you have communicated anything differently if you could now? How supportive were they after your surgery?

THEY DIDNT LIKE IT AT FIRST

How did your employer/supervisor react to your decision? What did you tell him/her? How long were you out of work?

THEY WHERE FIN AND SUPPORTED AND STILL SUPPORT ME

What was your stay in the hospital like? How long where you there? What things are most important to bring?

I WAS IN FOR 28 DAYS THE HOSPITAL AND THE STAFF WHERE GREAT

Did you have any complications from the surgery? If so, how did you deal with them?

YES I HAD A ULCER EXPLODED IN THE OLD STOMACH PARATINTIS REALLY BAD

In the weeks after you got your surgery date, how did you feel? How did you cope with any anxiety you might have felt?

AWFUL IT WAS HARD COPING

Describe your first few weeks home from the hospital. What should people expect from this period?

I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL

How far did you travel to have your surgery? (If far, how did this affect your aftercare?)

1 HOUR

Please describe in detail what things you could and couldn't eat in the weeks and months following surgery. What foods have been off limits? Please explain how your dietary tolerance changed week-by-week, and then month-by-month since surgery.

I DID WELL AFTER I WAS ALOUD TO EAT I WAS ON A FEEDING TUBE FOR 9 WEEKS

What was your actvity level in the days and weeks after surgery?

VERY VERY WEAK

What vitamins and/or dietary supplements have you taken since your surgery?

JUICE PLUS VITAMIST VITAIM C IRON

What side effects (nausea, vomiting, sleep disturbace, dumping, hair loss etc.) were worse for you? For how long after surgery did they persist? How did you cope with them?

HAIR LOSS BUT I LIKE IT SINCE I HAD THICK HAIR

What was the worst part about the entire bariatric surgery process?

GETTING SO ILL AFTER THE SECOND SURGERY AND HAVING TO STAY IN FOR 28 DAYS

What aftercare support group/program do you have? How helpful/important is this?

I GO TO A SUPPORT GROUP IN ATLANTA AND IN ROCKDALE

What is your scar like? Is this what you expected?

NOT BAD THE ONES THAT I HAD TUBES OUT OF ABDOMIN ARE WORSE

Please describe any plateau experiences you have had since surgery.

NONE YET

Do you notice people treating you any differently now?

YES