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

Doctor (family)

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

I had no problems

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

Great-

What made you finally decide to have the surgery?

I was always tired-No energey

How did you decide which proceedure to have?

Doctors advice on which would work 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?

I was scared-But I was fine-Follow EVERYTHING Medical Staff tells you

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

Hurley was great-Staff was caring & understanding

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

Staff was concerned about Blood Clots

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

If I had any questions Medical Staff answered them-All it took was a phone call

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

Other people concerns-No my own

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

only 20 miles

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 followed diet-If as first it did not stay with me I tryed again until it did

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

a little better as the days went by

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

regualr

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

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

The Plastic surgery-It was more painful than the RYN

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

None just Doctor and his Staff

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

No as bad as I thought it would be

Please describe any plateau experiences you have had since surgery.

None really

Do you notice people treating you any differently now?

People are kind to me now-I have to watch myself-I am still angry about the way I was treated before