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12-25-2008, 02:40 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: N.E. Pennsylvania
Posts: 2
Weight Statistics 12/26/01 Start Date:
12/26/01 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
329 lb Start Weight:
287 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
42 lb Weight Loss:
147 lb Lb Left to Lose:
12.7659574468 % % Lost:
11/10/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index60.168314256 BMI Start:
52.4872528616 BMI Current:
25.6035379813 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodWeight Watchers
|  I thought the weight was gone forever
I thought the weight was gone forever also. But forever doesn't exist. I had my surgery 12/26/01, at the time weighed 329lbs. I got down to 189. But at this point I'm back up to 287. I'm so devestated. I'm currently trying to get a revision to continue loosing. I did everything correctly, kept journals, followed diets correctly and worked up to 90 minutes on the eliptical. But here I am fighting for a revision. If you or anybody can share their experiences with me or have had similar problem I would greatly apprec. hearing from you. Brenda blfried2001@yahoo.com
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12-25-2008, 11:08 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 24,791
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Welcome to the board, thank you for joining us.
Sorry to hear of your regain, sometimes it is due to a faulty pouch.
However, one question. You did everything you were supposed to, so did you keep on doing everything forever? Because once you have lost your weight, doesn't mean you can go back to old foods, old eating patterns (use food to cope with stress etc). You must stick to the rules and the food choices forever--keep up with the healthy eating forever to to maintain.
Honestly speaking (as a physician) it is hard to imagine someone gain that much if that person stuck to a 1200-1400 kcal well balanced daily diet and continued to exercise regularly.
How much what are you eating now? Taking stock of that first may give you pointers in working out a solution while you get your pouch checked out if it is still capable of doing its job so long as you stick to it handling instructions you've been given from your orignal surgeon.
((((((HUGS)))))) May your journey go well.
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01-12-2009, 09:04 AM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Arizona
Posts: 12
Weight Statistics April 13,2000 original surgery Start Date:
Revision 11/6/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
298 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
72 lb Weight Loss:
86 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.1610738255 % % Lost:
When it happens Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.1459960938 BMI Start:
38.7885742188 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  I thought the weight was gone forever...too
Oh Brenda, do not be so hard on yourself. I am 9 years out from my original RNY and this past November I was blessed to have a revision to an Extended RNY. My surgeon's motto is "everyone deserves a second change", and I believe him. I kept my weight off for 5 years and through a number of circumstances (some my fault, but most not) I regained about 100 pounds back. Keep your head up and fight for the right to be healthy. It took me one year of fighting with my insurance company, but I finaly got approved. Sometimes for reasons known and unknown this surgery fails, we are not the ones that are always at fault. Do we play a part, yes, but the majority of revisions need to be done because there was a mechanical failure with our tool and it needs to be fixed. You can do this, and I am sure this group will help cheer you on each and every step of the way, I know i will.
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01-12-2009, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 5,236
Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
154 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.5692041522 BMI Start:
23.4130622837 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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welcome aboard....!!!
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01-12-2009, 09:15 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ct
Posts: 1,569
Weight Statistics 03/29/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
257 lb Start Weight:
134 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
-16 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.859922179 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index40.2474938739 BMI Start:
20.9850746269 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hope we can encourage you along the way! Welcome.
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01-12-2009, 09:20 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 4,019
Weight Statistics 9/28/07 Start Date:
9/28/07 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
279 lb Start Weight:
186 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.3333333333 % % Lost:
18 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.0268595041 BMI Start:
30.0179063361 BMI Current:
28.2426538108 BMI Goal:
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Welcome aboard and hope you find the encouragement you need here.
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01-19-2009, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, Okla USA
Posts: 2,549
Weight Statistics 05/17/02 Start Date:
05/17/02 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
355 lb Start Weight:
190 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
165 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.4788732394 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index59.0686390533 BMI Start:
31.6142011834 BMI Current:
29.1183431953 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I've not posted in one dang long time but caught this one..gotta say something!
It's really important to make sure and go in and have several things checked out when you have regaining to make sure it's not a 'failure' issue.
endoscopy to check the stoma opening, check for any staple line disruptions, small bowel series, etc...blood work out the wazoo too!
Plus as the doc said:
--you gotta look at somethings too. Did you start any thing like eating/drinking at same time? did carbs, sugars sneak back in?
Life sucks and you still gotta deal with it and when our "old" ways have been to stuff with food so we don't have to FEEL!!! and DEAL with life...it can sneak so softly back in on us without even realizing it has. Because in the beginning it starts out soooo small, one bite 2 many, then 2 then 3 eventually..we're overeating and pushing it through with drinking afterwards..
Therapy is a HUGE help long term
---Bree---may this year will be 6 yrs? post op for me...goodness I still have too look at my med bracelet to remember the date for sure!
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(lowest body weight/size) --BREE
- Strength in body is fleeting, but MY strength is from the LORD whose strength never weakens...
--------------------- open RNY 5/17/2002 -166 lbs(-200 at lowest) 8 years post in May 2010
Open major abdominal surgery 4/6/2010 for internal hernia release, extensive scarring removal & Appendix removal
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03-01-2010, 11:53 AM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Golden, CO
Posts: 10
Weight Statistics 02/26/2004 Start Date:
02/26/2004 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
335 lb Start Weight:
210 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
125 lb Weight Loss:
60 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.3134328358 % % Lost:
03/29/12 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.4626865672 BMI Start:
32.8870572511 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Glad I found this one. I am scheduled for a malabsorbtion surgery on 3/29/10. This is going to be a revision. All of my GI series, have had two, show my pouch is "still in tack" from my original RNY back on 2/28/04. But I can eat ANYTHIG! Seriously!. My Doc can't believe it from the pics. I am going to have the intestine made shorter. My insurance, BCBS Feds, appoved very easily. I have gained 32 lbs this year. He is also going to take a look at my pouch while he is in there. And yes, I went back to emotional eating. And also fell into the cooking for family regular dinners. And eating them right along with the family. Not good. No exercise. And yes, something serious got in the way of my previous surgery. My husband was killed in an accident shortly after my RNY. So I took a backseat to my life. It has been a little over 5 yrs since that happened. And now I am going to do me!!! Something as heavy people we don't know how to do very well. Put down the baseball bat. I am embarrassed. And not even telling anyone it is a revision I am going in for. But I will have to start over again. And pay attention this time. Much love and support to you! Do it. You deserve it!
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03-01-2010, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Diego
Posts: 211
Weight Statistics Jan 2008 Start Date:
June 8, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
275 lb Start Weight:
150 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
125 lb Weight Loss:
45.4545454545 % % Lost:
May 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.0663844954 BMI Start:
23.4907551793 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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good luck to you guys
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03-01-2010, 08:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Dakota..ya sure, u betcha!
Posts: 1,738
Weight Statistics Which time? Start Date:
July 24, 2009 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
213 lb Start Weight:
108 lb Current Weight:
120 lb Goal Weight:
105 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.2957746479 % % Lost:
Whenever.... Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.0160873312 BMI Start:
21.8109738581 BMI Current:
24.2344153979 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Prayers are winging your ways....
Life - do what you must to get it back under control.
salli lou
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