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11-09-2007, 01:35 PM
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| Big Loser |  My doctor thinks it is great!!
I am so shocked! My doctor is one of these holistic- natural-types and I thought she would say no, don't have RNY. In my head I thought she would say I was too healthy for it and didn't need it. She said it is a great surgery (her exact words) when done by the right and was really excited for me. She said my risk of complications is low, that my risk of a heart problem in the near future is greater. She also said this is a really good tool for helping me keep it off, knowing that I've gone up and down before, as it gives me a jump-start and the physical means to control things while I put the behavior modification part into action. She says I am no longer borderline hypertensive and she wants to start me on meds when I get the sleep study back. By then we will have the lab work back and she will sit down with me to work on the insurance criteria. She just looked at me and said, "I'm not going to talk you out of it." I feel so...weird. Excited, terrified, happy, sad at the same time. But if I really felt I could do it without this, I would have by now. It was just kind of hard to hear her say that I do. It is just painful to see and hear that I'm getting old, I'm fat, I have comorbidities (the bad part) but there IS something I can do about it (the good part). I told my friend about it (she is 69, just lost a bunch of weight, had a tummy tuck and is spending 2 weeks in Georgia with her internet boyfriend - she is such a trip - my pseudomom) and she is so excited and wants me to stay with her for a couple of weeks after surgery. This is really happening. I'm really taking the steps to get there. |
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11-09-2007, 01:38 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 4,328
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
138 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
50.7142857143 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
20.9805363322 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |
This is GREAT news....I am really pulling for you on this...!
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11-09-2007, 03:35 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 5,014
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 46.4492961793 BMI Start:
26.2539500144 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
Great News Rachael!!! Its All Coming Along
__________________ 3/2008 PREG. START WT 144LBS. GOAL WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL AFTER BABY  230 lbs 7/2007 & 142 lbs 4/2008     |
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11-09-2007, 03:40 PM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Maryland
Posts: 488
Weight Statistics 01/03/2007 Start Date:
12/04/2007 Surgery Date:
4' 10"
Height:
246 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
74 lb Weight Loss:
42 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.081300813 % % Lost:
08/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51.4084423306 BMI Start:
35.9441141498 BMI Current:
27.1670630202 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   | Congrats Rachael for taking the steps to a healthier life. As for the height part, well hun I have found out when I loose weight I tend to loose an inch or so. It is weird but I do and I cannot afford to loose any height either. I am only 4'10 myself...lol
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11-09-2007, 03:56 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 5,014
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 46.4492961793 BMI Start:
26.2539500144 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
Wow We Are A Bunch Of Shorties. Im 4"11 Lol
__________________ 3/2008 PREG. START WT 144LBS. GOAL WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL AFTER BABY 230 lbs 7/2007 & 142 lbs 4/2008 |
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11-09-2007, 05:12 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near St. Louis, MO.
Posts: 953
Weight Statistics 04/17/2007 Start Date:
April 30, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
296 lb Start Weight:
160 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
136 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.9459459459 % % Lost:
05/21/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.2515976331 BMI Start:
26.6224852071 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
I'ts all coming together  I got goose-bumps reading what you wrote. We all sooo know your feelings!!! You GO girl!!!!
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11-09-2007, 05:34 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: fort wayne ,ind.
Posts: 680
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics 9-25-07 Start Date:
9-25-07 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
344 lb Start Weight:
210 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
134 lb Weight Loss:
50 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.9534883721 % % Lost:
1-09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 55.5169880624 BMI Start:
33.891184573 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
im glad you decided yes.you are now headed in the right direction..good luck.
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11-09-2007, 05:38 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,756
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |
I can definitley relate. I honestly didnt think my PCP was gonna support me on this want. BEING he didnt believe in diet pills and always told me to watch what i was eating like it was easy. BUT he referred me to the greatest surgeon! and WAS TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF IT TOO. I AM SO GLAD YOUR JOURNEY is getting off to a wonderful start. GOOD LUCK
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11-09-2007, 06:33 PM
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| Big Loser |
Thanks all of you! I know a few days ago I wondered if anyone has thoughts after surgery about "what have I done," but if I really think about it, every time I look in a mirror, feel out of breath walking up steps or an incline, hear that I now have hypertension and sleep apnea, I wonder "WHAT THE ____HAVE I DONE!!! I have felt like a failure for so long now! And fr1endly2, I know just what you mean. My doctor insisted diet pills didn't work and I would especially not like the side effects of Meridia. I was so shocked by her response. And BOOTS and tyraine, us short ladies RULE. Nothing will be hotter than us when we reach goal. Those tall gals, they always hate me (my boyfriend is 6'2"). And speaking of short, my son just walked in and I told him I'm really only 4'9". He said that makes me legally a midget. I told him that legally makes him a son-of-a midget  Anyway, thanks all of you. I don't have to look in the mirror anymore and see a fat lady I don't even recognize looking back at me and wonder, "wow, what have I done." I'll see a pretty little healthy lady and say, "wow, what I have done!" |
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