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06-26-2010, 09:47 AM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand
Posts: 13
Weight Statistics Aug 21 2010 Start Date:
Aug 20 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
315 lb Start Weight:
235 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
45 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.3968253968 % % Lost:
Oct/11 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.5122873346 BMI Start:
34.6996429322 BMI Current:
28.0550304558 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Well after much research on line, and the docs consultation, I have my surgery date Aug 20 at Bumrungrad hospital in Bangkok. From what I read in this forum I had a much easier road to approval. This does not make me uneasy as far as the doctor is concerned or the procedure but the post op diet and vitamin, mineral and protein info is a bit worrying. I can get most things here as I could in the states just harder to find but not much on menus.
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06-26-2010, 09:52 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: DEPTFORD NJ
Posts: 1,773
Weight Statistics Pre-Operation. Start Date:
oct 21st 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
278 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
129 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.4028776978 % % Lost:
2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.7133789062 BMI Start:
25.5729980469 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodAitkens
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welcome to the board and best of luck on your journey do you live in bancock?
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06-26-2010, 09:58 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,212
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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You might want to confirm your followup support network if you live in the States. Many surgeons won't handle someone else's patient. That has come up before as a challenge for those who have out-of-country surgery.
Good luck!!
CT
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06-26-2010, 11:04 AM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand
Posts: 13
Weight Statistics Aug 21 2010 Start Date:
Aug 20 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
315 lb Start Weight:
235 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
45 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.3968253968 % % Lost:
Oct/11 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.5122873346 BMI Start:
34.6996429322 BMI Current:
28.0550304558 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I live in Koh Samui about 650 kilometers south of Bangkok
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06-26-2010, 12:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Idaho
Posts: 3,950
Weight Statistics Jan 2009 Start Date:
Dec. 22, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
317 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.8012618297 % % Lost:
May 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.1595500459 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Welcome to the board , I wish you the best of luck, its hard having the surgery let alone havng to travel for it, your a brave person I am sure you will do great, but do make sure you have someone where you live to follow up with and to be there in case of emergencies Annie~
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06-26-2010, 01:54 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Posts: 620
Weight Statistics Jan 7th, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
232 lb Start Weight:
129 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
103 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.3965517241 % % Lost:
Dec 2011 - Achieved in Jan 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.4287200832 BMI Start:
23.5918314256 BMI Current:
23.7747138398 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Good luck in your journey... Make sure you talk to the surgeon about the vitamins supplements... Here in the Netherlands I have very little option with respect to proteins, there are maybe 3 brands of shakes available and a bit more of bars... I'm lucky one of the shakes I like and the protein bars I like a few... After a few months you are able to get the protein just through food, right now I will take a shake or bar maybe once a week only...
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06-26-2010, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 23,801
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Welcome to the board, thank you for joining us.
Congratulationis on your day.
(((((HUGS))))) May your journey go well.
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07-24-2010, 11:04 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand
Posts: 13
Weight Statistics Aug 21 2010 Start Date:
Aug 20 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
315 lb Start Weight:
235 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
45 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.3968253968 % % Lost:
Oct/11 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.5122873346 BMI Start:
34.6996429322 BMI Current:
28.0550304558 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Well 26 more days until surgery can't wait!!! The only thing that makes me nervous is that I drink 6-8 liters of water daily and I perspire profusely after the surgery, will I get enough water to make up the difference?? don't forget Thailand is a climate of 80 to 90 degrees daily.
The other question I have is: It sounds like most of you have had this surgery open and not lapro. This would make a big difference in the pain I should think and the healing process is much longer. Yes?
Regards
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07-25-2010, 12:41 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 23,801
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Congratulations on your date.
You'll have to work on your water as you go, but as you lose weight, you may find that you perspire less, so you will need less water.
As for the method of surgery, the majority of our memebers have had laparoscopic RNY. These days, open is rarely done, unless the surgeon feels more comfortable with it, or, something comes up during surgery so it has to be switched to open. The inner healing time is the same regardless of whether you have it lap or open. The skin incisions do heal faster with lap because you have 4-5 1 1/2 ro 2 inch incisions in comparison to the long incision with open. All in all, the total healing time for EVERYTHING--the pouch, the rearranged gut, the realigning and readjusting of all the functions of the orggans involded and affected--will take 3-4 months.
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07-25-2010, 09:55 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,212
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It will take you awhile to build your fluid intake back up to your current level. Many of us have found that, although we sweat excessively before the surgery (as fat people often do), after the surgery and some weight loss we don't sweat nearly as much. With fewer fat cells metabolizing, there is less heat generated internally, so the body doesn't have to work as hard at trying to cool itself, therefore less sweat!!
Sure, when I'm working hard in the mid-80s with 85% humidity I'll have it running off me, but at work I can throw my computer bag over my shoulder and run up three flights of stairs without breaking a sweat. I used to start dripping at the thought of taking the stairs!!
There are a lot of changes waiting to make your life so much more enjoyable than it is now. 
CT
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Dare to live your dream!!
If you want to be healthy for life, do for life the things that get you healthy!! Living healthy takes work. Dying fat is easy!! "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed, but that our capacity to do has increased." - HJ Grant
"Do, or do not. There is no try!" - Yoda
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