banjo272
hi my name is bonnie filkins.im a 50 yrold mother of two kids and three granddaughters.my kids are chad 30,and lori 21.i did this surgery for health reasons.with my weight at 383 lbs i had many health issues like dietbetes, high blood pressure,arthritis of knees and shoulders,enlarged heart.so my primary physician told me i should do this surgery for my health.
on march 13,2009 i went to the seminar about gastro bypass surgery with dr terance clarke.
on april 13,2009 i had my first apptointment with dr clark and my highest weight at this time was 383 lbs .that day they started me on the medifast program which is shakes.at this time they had gave me a tentative surgery date of july 20th 2009 at 6am in the morning.
when i went to my second appointment the following week i was down 7.6 pounds lost.
for all my health reason i had to go to many dr for clearence for my surgery like cardiology ,gyn,pulminary,colonostomy,physicolgist, sleep study to see if i had sleep apnea.and i had to have a filter put in for blood clots.
in may 2009 i had the physic,sleep study .i was 22.6 pounds down a this time.
for the month june of 2009 i had to i had my first appointment with dr clarke on the 3rd of june to talk about the surgery.on the 16th of june i did my pre op for my colonostomy and had surgery on the 19th and which came back fine.on the 25th i had x-rays ,ekg,bloodgases and pfts,nutrionist and and sunnyview rehab center.as of june i was a total of 32.6 lbs.
on july 8,2009 i had my pre ops and pats for surgery at ellis . and on the 9th i had my pulminaryist,which was done in gloversville,ny and everything was fine and got clearence.on the 17th of july they had to put in the ivc filter for surgery to prevent blood clot during and after surgery.
as of the 18th of july,2009 i had all my testing and clearence to have the surgery done.
on the 20th of july 2009 i had my surgery at ellis at 8 am.at this time at surgery i was down a total of 39.6 lbs lost the day of surgery.i had to spend three days in ellis after my surgery. they remove me from taking my 2 high bloodpressure meds,2 sugar meds,ib med ,lowered her metformin from 1000mg to 500mgs,and put me on a bunch of vitamin,and lasix as needed
on the 30 of july,2009 i had my first appointment with dr clarke post surgery. because i was having problems with fluid backing up and one of dietbete med was make my sugar to low so they had to change the med.at this time i was down 11 lbs from surgery.
on august 19,2009 they removed the ivc filter.
on the 27th i went back for my second appointment with clarke post op and i was down to 323 lbs.for a total of 50 lbs lost since i started the program.
as of 7th of september my primary had me start therapy and gymmembership.
on september 23 i had an appointment with dr paddock which did my sleep study.and i dont have sleep apnea now .at this time i was down to 311 lbs..
on oct 27,2009 i went back for my three month checkup i was down a total of 88 since i started the program back in april. form my last visit til now im down another 28 lbs.......and since surgery im down 51 lbs
12/5/2009 went to a christmas party today getting around lots better since ive lost a total of 98 lbs ..........
12/25/09 had a good christmas present i lost 8 lbs during the christmas season.
1/10/10 as of today i am 85 pounds from my goal and and 118 pounds from when i started the program.........
