Dubree63
I've been over weight all of my life. Pudgy child. Bullied on my weight in Jr. High. Then discovered how bulima could
take off the weight in HS. Did that for a few years, and decided I wanted children. Stopped it through both pregnancies.
Gained tons of weight through them. My last episoide has been over 3 years ago....just to dangerous. I've Yo-yo-ed for the remaining years to current. Currently I weigh almost as much as I did when I was pregnant.
Lets see now over the past 3 years I have developed high BP, high Cholesteral, pre-diabeties, low thyroid, and depression. All of which I take meds for. I am a pretty happy girl on the outside, but as we know how our demonds nag us on the inside.
I've been to 2 seminars over the past 2 years. Finally I've made my mind up and I am going through with the RYN. I will be having this surgery at Genesis Medical Hospital in Davenport Ia. So far I have completed all my screenings, classes and psy evaluation. I have my meeting with the Surgeon Jan 13 and hope to have my insurance approval before I see him. I have a tentative date of Jan 26 set for the RYN.
Dec 16....I got the call and I am APPROVED for surgery :-)
April 2010
I did have my surgery on Jan 26 2009. I've breezed through the weight loss pretty much with a few issues. I do have some dumping and I've learned to stay away from certain foods. The hardest thing for me to deal with is sometimes I eat certain foods/combinations and have no issues. Other days I can eat the very same thing and have issues. BUT it's all been worth it. I've lost 83lbs and am in my BMI range. I did have one problem that was aggrevated by the Gastric Bypass.....I ended up having my Gallbladder out 14 months after the surgery. I didn't have any symptoms until I landed in the ER twice in a week and a half....the Gallbladder had stones and was taken out the following Monday.
I'm soooo very happy that I had the Gastric RYN surgery.......as hard as it was to loose the weight before surgery it just fell off of me. Now.....maintance.
Best of luck to all of you!
