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07-22-2009, 09:02 PM
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| | Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Lester, PA
Posts: 2
Weight Statistics On/off gained and lost many times Start Date:
07/29/09 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
425 lb Start Weight:
415 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
10 lb Weight Loss:
265 lb Lb Left to Lose:
2.35294117647 % % Lost:
2013 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index62.7546733879 BMI Start:
61.2780928376 BMI Current:
22.1487082546 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  New Here- Bariatric nurse- surgery next week
Well I am glad I found this site cause I guess you could say I am struggling a bit now.
First of all, I am Alyssa. I am 30- mom of 2 married...I am nurse who cares for many patients but who also cares for bariatric surgery patients.
And Wed will be my day---that is if I can make it through this Optinasty--II mean Optifast period. Preop diet is making me sick--diarrhea....I had no idea how hard this would be.
I am 410 lbs...I am required to get an IVC filter day of surgery as well to prevent a pulmonary embolism. Scared and frustrated.....and feel like getting sick...
and does it get better????
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07-22-2009, 09:12 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
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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PhillyRN,
Welcome to the board! This is a wonderful place to be and I am sure that you can learn a lot and also share a lot. Great bunch of folks here.
Not sure if the Opti-gross gets much better or not. I only have ONE day left of it, thank the Lord. It helps me if I use my Magic Bullet like thingy and put a little ice and almond extract in it. The strawberry makes me gag, just can't take it, but I do fine with the vanilla and choc if I doctor it up a bit. Personally,I think it's the part of the "mental preparation" to be on the Opti-nasty. You can't wait for surgery to be done with it!
Hang in there, girlie! You'll make it! And I am SURE you'll have excellent care at the hospital!!! You are only a week away. Yipppeee! Good thoughts coming your way.
salli lou
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07-22-2009, 09:18 PM
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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: 8,641
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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Well, phil, if it didn't get any better, you'd have an awful lot of unhappy people slouching around here instead of our regular community happy dances!!  Sure, the period on each side of surgery sucks, but you won't live the rest of your life on a liquid diet! It's gonna be quite inconvenient for you the next month or so, and (if you're anywhere near normal) you'll be asking yourself and us just what the heck you've done to yourself and why! But once you get back on real food, and start seeing the pounds drop off, your spirits will soar!!
You have doubtless seen many folks struggle through the first night and a day or two post-op. You've probably got an accurate picture of that part of it, but have you had much exposure to what goes on after they go home? That's when the living with it gets started, and there are a few challenges you'll have to meet, but nothing that thousands of us haven't already gone through.
Use your excess nervous energy this next week to do a lot of stuff you ordinarily wouldn't. Cook for the family and freeze it, clean the house, pack and repack and then leave it all home anyway 'cause most of it you won't need. Keep yourself busy and time will pass. Spend a few hours here reading what others are going and have gone through and how they handled their situations.
We'll save you a place on the loser's bench! Good luck on Wednesday!! 
CT
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07-22-2009, 09:37 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 2,004
Weight Statistics July 07 Start Date:
1/24/08 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
309 lb Start Weight:
135 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
174 lb Weight Loss:
-5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
56.3106796117 % % Lost:
02/01/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4146745562 BMI Start:
22.4627218935 BMI Current:
23.2946745562 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It does get better...way better. Try and keep yourself as busy as you can. Hang in there.
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07-22-2009, 09:38 PM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lakewood Colorado
Posts: 339
Weight Statistics 6/12/09 Start Date:
6/15/09 Surgery Date:
5' 11"
Height:
377 lb Start Weight:
204 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
173 lb Weight Loss:
14 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.8885941645 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index52.5750843087 BMI Start:
28.4491172386 BMI Current:
26.4967268399 BMI Goal:
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Welcome welcome!! 
Yes it does get easier. I am only a few weeks post-op as you can see by my information and even this close to my surgery, I am very happy I did it. It's tough, no doubt, but you chose this option for a reason and it's such a wonderful tool. You will be so amazed at how well this works, if you abide by your surgeons instructions and you will be so happy, you just wait and see...
Congratulations on your decision and everything is going to be just fine
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07-23-2009, 06:38 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,445
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 June 18,2012 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
137 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.741046832 % % Lost:
When I get there again Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
32.4240816327 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Oh yes honey it gets soooo much better!!!!!! Hi im Vickie and welcome to the boards and the best site for support in the world......... I think so anyways. I use this board like the air I breathe for support. Your in a hard stage right now but....... you will be able to start getting in different stuff soon. The filter is a good idea for you. Honey I was at 365 when I went in. Wait until your able to move better and you will see that fast.
Now with all I said and others before me enjoy it right now. Think of the new life........ you WILL have afterwards.
Now saying that. I want to ask you about your goal weight. Is this what your Dr told you to set it for? If not rethink it a bit. Im 5'10 and you see what mine was set at. That is a couple pounds not over weight for me. I think in the beginning setting a realistic goal for your self is a good move. If that is what you were told then ignore me. LOL. Take care and Welcome to the site. Please stick around and keep posting.
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07-23-2009, 06:59 AM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Birmingham, England
Posts: 835
Weight Statistics Oct 2008 Start Date:
30th January 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
351 lb Start Weight:
166 lb Current Weight:
168 lb Goal Weight:
185 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
52.7065527066 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index58.4030769231 BMI Start:
27.6208284024 BMI Current:
27.9536094675 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hello and Welcome,
It does get better, and it is definately worth all the discomfort , hang in there honey, you will soon see the lbs melting away...... thinking of you!
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07-23-2009, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Welcome to the board, thank you for joining us.
Congratulations on your date.
(((((HUGS))))) May your journey go well.
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07-23-2009, 10:49 AM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Big Loser
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tacoma, WA
Posts: 106
Weight Statistics Apr 25 09 Start Date:
July 16, 09 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
372 lb Start Weight:
188 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
184 lb Weight Loss:
13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.4623655914 % % Lost:
July 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index53.3706122449 BMI Start:
26.972244898 BMI Current:
25.1071428571 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It just keeps getting better and better. You can do it. Pre surgery is the hardest, I think that makes it easier to look forward to going under the knife.
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07-23-2009, 11:19 AM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saint Louis
Posts: 1,477
Weight Statistics 5/6/08 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
325 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
176 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
54.1538461538 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index46.6275510204 BMI Start:
21.3769387755 BMI Current:
21.5204081633 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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{{{{alyssa}}}}} it not only gets better ~ it gets AWESOME!!!!
congratulations on your upcoming surgery ! excited for you and your new life!
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