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Obesity & Me

Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

I WAS ALWAYS A SWEET PERSON. I DIDN'T LIKE THE PERSON I WAS LOOK AT.

What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

GOING SHOPPING

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

RIDE A BACK

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

ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS HAD IT 5 YEARS AGO AND I WAS SCARED AT FIRST I THOUGHT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN TO HER. (LOL) BUT SOMETHING DID HAPPEN TO HER,. SHE GOT HER LIFE BACK AND SO DID I

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

IT WASN'T HARD MY HUSBAND GOT THE BEST PLAN THAT COVERED MY SURGERY.

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

DR. BELLAGER WAS WONDERFUL HE TOLD ME THE GOOD THING'S ABOUT THE SURGERY AS WELL AS THE BAD THING'S. EVERYTHING CRAZY QUESTION I HAD FOR HIM HE ASWERED AND TOLD THAT NONE OF MY QUESTIONS WERE DUMB.

What made you finally decide to have the surgery?

I'M 5'1 AND WAS AT 300LBS MY LIFE WAS SLOW. I WANTED KIDS WITH MY HUBBY AND COULDN'T HAVE THAT. MY HEALTH WAS NOT GOOD AT ALL SO I DID MY HOMEWORK. WHEN IT GET HARD FOR U TO GET OUT THE BED IN THE MORNING, WHEN DON'T LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR THEN SOMETHING HAVE TO GIVE.

How did you decide which proceedure to have?

THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE FOR ME. DOING MY HOMEWORK THAT WAS THE ONE I DECIDED WAS THE BEST FOR ME.

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?

LIKE EVERYONE WHO'S HAVIN THAT KIND OF SURGERY I WAS SCARED BUT I PRAYED TO GOD. AND I CAME TO REALIZE IF I DIDN'T DO SOMETHING TO GET MY TOGETHER I COULD DIE OVERWEIGHT

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?

MY FAMILY IS A FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER STAY TOGETHER THEY ALL WAS RIGHT THERE FOR ME AND WITH ME

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

THEY WERE GOOD I WAS OUT FOR 6 WEEKS

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

MY STAY WAS GOOD I DIDN'T NEED PAIN MEDS BUT ONCE AND I STAYED 4 DAYS

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

NOT 1

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

I WAS HAPPY. I FELT THAT MY PRAYERS HAD BEEN ANSWERED.

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

I WAS FEELING DOWN I COULDN'T DRIVE SO I WAS IN THE HOUSE ALL THE TIME AFTER ABOUT 3 WEEK'S I STARTED WORKING OUT.

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

ABOUT 15 MILES FROM MY HOUSE

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 COULD NOT EAT GROUND MEAT I COULDN'T DRINK COKES BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO I HAD ALOT OF SEAFOOD N STILL ONLY EAT SEAFOOD

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

I HAD AND HAVE SO MUCH ENTERGY

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?

I HAD NONE THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO WAS DRINK WATER AND THAT WAS HARD FOR ME TO DO.

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

NOTHING

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

MY SCARS ARE SMALL

Do you notice people treating you any differently now?

SOME DO AND SOME DON'T
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