WLS Journey Community Forums [Weight Loss Surgery Support]

One year post-op

jax — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:37:38 GMT

Hi, I had wls 1 year ago and so far my weight loss has been great. I'm down 120 and seem to be maintaining a good weight of 180. However, I seem to be hungry all the time now. I eat healthy foods, but just all the time now. Is anybody having this phase and should I be worried?

Hello from a newbie :D

Tiggerific — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:43:06 GMT

Hi all, :bye:

I had my RNY done on 06.07.2011 and I think it was the best decision of my life!

I have lost 91lbs as of today, which is excellent but I have noticed the weight loss has slowed considerably in the last 8 weeks :huh:

I hope to get to know you all and we can share our WLS journeys together :wink:

New to forum

Robyn1867 — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:10:24 GMT

Hi everyone. I am new to this forum. I had my sleeve On August 24th 2011 My weight started at 308 and as of today I am 64 pounds down woohoo. I had my surgery done in Atlanta Georgia by Dr Larry Hobson. I hope to learn some new things from this group and meet new friends.:thanks:

Federal Employee Insurance and Plastic Surgery After WLS

dsimcox — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:32:09 GMT

Just curious if any has Federal Employee Insurance (I have BC/BS Basic Option) and has had any luck getting plastic surgery approved after WLS? Thanks!

A New Start

Andydale — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:11:12 GMT

Hi, I'm Andrea. I had a gastric en y on September 12, 2011. I have had no major complications. Only problem I'm having is I'm still hungry and am losing slower than most. I'm trying to exercise and go into my pool. I am in a wheelchair but I'm a little jealous of some of you fast losers. Since the surgery, I've lost around 30#. I feel much better and have more energy. Anybody have any ideas toget rid of hunger pangs?

Good morning everyone & hello!

nickicole — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:25:46 GMT

New to the site as of 5 minutes ago and anxious to spend some time here learning from everyone. It's great to know there's a place where others will understand the journey I am about to embark on with WLS.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!:wavey:

Hi!! I'm new!!

laccar — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:00:29 GMT

Hi Everyone!! I'm still very new to this whole forum posting...but learning from reading other threads....

I had gastric banding surgery on May 13, 2011. It has been going well! I'm justo ver 3 months in and down about 30 pounds. I feel really good about this. I had my surgery in Sudbury, ON at the ThinLife Surgery Center. they are new in town and do a really great job. They are very supportive.

I think my biggest obstacle has been to get active - I have been slow to get moving but now seem to be on track with some regular workouts - I started out slow doing some swimming which helped get me moving.

I"m always interested to find new recipes and better ways to make sure I get my protein in...

Any advice as i move forward in this journey would be great!!!

Thanks!!

Hi

DianaRR — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:25:49 GMT

Hi all! Looks like a great community and I want to introduce myself.
I'm 51 and have one adult daughter. I live in California.
I just got the Duodenal Switch surgery 10 days ago. I'm looking forward to the weightloss journey ahead of me.

Diana

Hello everyone!

Shelley — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:43:30 GMT

My surgery is scheduled for June 21st. I am very excited! I have been on the pre-surgery liquid diet for 4 days now. I've lost 5 pounds just from that! But... I'm very hungry. Can't wait till my surgery so I won't be soooo hungry.

New and excited about my journey

hickchic37 — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:23:08 GMT

Hello To all.... I am due to have surgery on May 31st. I am very excited and cant wait... I think its still not real to me. I have had a long road to get here... I should be on the track team as many hurdles as i have had to jump.LOL. But here we are I am having the DS. I would love any encouragment or information. please nothing negative. I would like to find some friends that i can talk to if i have any questions and to also share my sucess with and encourage ... Not to familiar with how all this works.. but i am sure i will learn... Good to meet everyone...:yay:

newbie here

Sunshine46 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:38:41 GMT

Hi, I am a newbie here. Trying to figure this all out lol. I had gastric bypass in Oct 2009 and I lost 135 lbs....so excited and totally a different person. I am in the process of finding a GOOD plastic surgeon to help me with the ugly loose skin. Clothes do a good job of hiding it but when your naked well you get the picture...yuck! So thankful I finally went through with getting wls, I was skeptic at first and scared. Best decision I have made. My husband and kids love the new me, so much more energetic and my little one loves that she can wrap her arms around me now. I hope to get to know all of you and to learn more about wls and post op and hopefully some info on plastics. Have a great day everyone.

Pam from PA

Hi from fort hood,tx

Redfairy200526 — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:17:59 GMT

Hi my name is Miranda and i had the vertical sleeve done 4 weeks ago still learning so far i have lost since preop 26 lbs and 15 lbs since surgery . My husband is Jason and he is in the army and we are stationed at fort hood with our 2 wounderful kiddos and 3 wounderful puppies.

Newbie to the forum from N. Texas

KeriM — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:20:26 GMT

Hi everybody just wanted to drop in and say hi to all. Look forward to getting to know everybody and meet some new friends.

30 minutes recommended exercise - are you getting yours?

MsJacquiiC — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:31:40 GMT

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Most people think you have to spend 60+ minutes per day exercising in order to get the benefits from it...this is simply not true! The recommendation is for 30 minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week (i.e. 4-5 days). Don't have time to do all 30 minutes at once? You can split it into two sessions of 15 minutes. Now, who can't find 15 minutes twice per day to exercise???

Nice piece of advise from Rebecca Johnson, BS, CPT - Exercise Physiologist at New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery. Using this frame of thought - I'm on a ball - doing 45-60 minute walks a day. 4 or 5 days a week when the weather is good out. Feeling good about things.

Who else is exercising? Doing anything special? Joined a gym and work out regularly? Picked up a Sweatin to the Oldies and making use of it? :dance: :harhar:

What's your routine? How are you getting your 30 minutes of recommended exercise?

HI

loosintheXtra — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:16:34 GMT

HI! I'm a Newbie here Today is my 3 month post-op anniversary. I am down 69 lbs so far...... Is this good or bad? I know it looks nice but I'll go days at a time without loosing anything. Is this normal?

Hi all :)

BonnieRose — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:25:29 GMT

Hi :) My name is Bonnie Rose. I am 26 and I have been married to my Jr High sweetheart for 5 years in May :)

I had Lap-RNY on Feb 8, 2011. From the start of my process I am down 38 lbs, 19 since surgery!

I am very happy to be here. I am on another forum for WLS Support, but the more the better!!!!

I am from Tacoma, Washington (40 miles S of Seattle) and this is such an amazing experience and I am so thankful for the tool I have been given!!!

Seriously, I am signing in the Rain!!!
:singingintherain:

Howdy!

Snick — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:58:48 GMT

Hi there!
I am 5 years out from lap RNY (June 2005). I had a bowel obstruction (open) in January of 2006, but am doing well otherwise. I started at 312, quickly lost to 145, and am now holding at between 155-160. I have a little more malabsorption than many patients do, but my doctor and I still keep in touch after labs to be sure everything is good.

I am married with two kids (college and high school), and I am a recent college grad myself. Since I no longer have school for an excuse, I have been exercising lately and am very proud of it! It has always been the one thing I truly cannot seem to stick to. Now on week 5, I think I am finding how to finally make it fit. It's very exciting for me!

Despite how things have gone for me, I do of course still have questions. And like all of us, I work on a daily basis to continue to listen to and understand my body. I look forward to meeting people here and figuring out this journey of ours together!

Nicole

HI ALL....

MAGGIE J — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:52:15 GMT

Hi all... im new at this, pls. be patient. thanks in advance. I had my WLS back in 2001, i was 247lb in NY. i lost more than predicted should of gone down to 160ish, i made it to 117. the past two yrs little by little im gaining some wait, now at 143lb. feeling pretty bad . if anybody has some info on the stomaphx , i would love to hear from you. thx. MAGGIE J

got my date

wafiyah64 — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:21:46 GMT

hi everyone i got my surgery date today feburary 21rst i will start my liquid diet tomorrow i will be having the BPD Dueodonel Switch i am excited not nervous yet but i am sure i will be lol

Howdy

sterno22 — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:43:30 GMT

I dunno if I said Howdy when I joined forever ago but Howdy anyways!
I had RNY in Sept '10 and am really happy with my results thus far.
Hopefully I'll be some help to folks here, I'll try my best!

Hello

Postop — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:55:29 GMT

Hi,

I had the Duodenal Switch almost 6 years ago.

It's nice to meet everyone.:yes:

Katrn4u

Katrn4u — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:05:26 GMT

Hi..:hooray: I'm new to this forum...scheduled for surgery feb 8, 2011 - BPD/DS with Dr. Boyce. Very excited & ready.

Hey there...

pbsbluejay — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:40:46 GMT

New guy... glad to be here!

Eating out with a band

AMAZED — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:04:44 GMT

I'm eating out tonight and I'm really scared. It's an Italian restaurant. Any suggestions of what I might be able to order? I haven't eaten out yet. Was banded end of October. After eating a small tuna sandwich yesterday I had to get rid of it and lie flat out on the floor to try and dislodge it. I find it hard to remember to eat tiny tiny bits and slowly. Habits of a lifetime.

Need help with a survey about the surgical experience

WVU Researcher — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:09:59 GMT

Hello everyone. I am a doctoral student currently working on my dissertation at WVU. I am studying the services that patients receive before and after they have weight loss surgery. Please take a few minutes to fill out my survey - all responses are anonymous and confidential! Your suggestions for improvement of the survey are appreciated. Thanks for your time and help!

Bariatric Surgical Patient Survey

Hi, New here and just starting my journey

kimkel — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:33:08 GMT

Hi my name is Kim and I am a 37 year old wife and mom. I have just started basically on my journey. Due to insurance I had to be on a waiting list for 6 months just to be able to go to the seminar. Lastnight my husband and I went to the seminar and the first support group meeting. My dr already did some of my testing that they require while I was waiting to get into the seminar. I have already had my sleep study and pulmonary test done. I have my nutrition class and physical therapy class this coming Wednesday. I am at a lower weight then some at 217 but I have severe hypothyroidism, hypertension, asthma, high cholesterol, type II diabetes and the list goes on and on. I have been battling being overweight for most of my adult life. My doc has been after me to get this surgery done for the past few years so I finally decided the time was right especially since my health problems continue to get worse. All that I want is to be healthy. I am looking forward to getting to know everyone here and learning lots of information. Thanks for having me.:blind:

New to the site and pre-op

Melis — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:12:43 GMT

Hello all. My name is Melissa and I am 35 years old. I am married but with no children....yet. I just received approval for my roux en y procedure from my insurance company and my surgical date is November 15th.

A little background on me, I have been overweight my entire life. I can remember having to shop in the husky kids section when I was little and I was wearing adult sizes long before all my little friends were. Like many I have been trying for years to loose weight. My first diet was at the tender age of 12. I lost a few pounds here and there but nothing ever stuck. My current weight is 336lbs. I have been researching bariatric surgery for years. I finally feel like i am at a point in my life where I am able financially and medically to do this. I have an amazing husband and wonderful group of friends and family that are supporting me in my journey.

One thing that has kind of thrown me back a bit is the emotions I started to feel when I got notice of my approval and surgery date. It is now Friday and I got my approval only 2 days ago...but these past 2 days have been filled with tears. My tears are tears of joy, relief, excitement,and fear of everything that is unknown to me. I find myself frantically searching the internet trying to find out everything I need to find out about anything having to with WLS. The group I am going to for my surgery has an amazing host of resources for their patients...but I find myself wanting to know more and more. Which I assume is not a bad thing really. I think I need to step back and realize that I have educated myself enough and have faith that I can handle the challenges to come. I look forward to getting to know my way around this site.
:wavey::wavey::wavey:

We're Back Online!

MsJacquiiC — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:14:12 GMT

The Journey is back online....FINALLY!
And stronger than ever after the brief downtime...

I've just sent out an email to all registered members. I just want to take this opportunity to apologize for the downtime. The event that lead to the downtime was out of my control. It's been a frustrating scenario to be sure.

Our sister-site WLS Journey Recipe Central is back online as well! Browse to http://recipes.wlsjourney.org to access Recipe Central, which houses a nice variety of healthy, free, tasty & nutritional recipes suitable for weight loss surgery post-ops.

At anyrate - Welcome back! Please let us know if you find any issues with the board.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Enjoy and Happy posting!

Jacquii.

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Jacquii Cooke here. Many of you may already know that The Journey had been offline for several days. I offer my sincerest apologies for the downtime. I woke up Saturday morning August 28, 2010 to find all of my websites offline. Our previous webhost HostV reported that their data center experienced what they've called a "malicious criminal act" which resulted in total data loss for select clients. WLSJourney.org was amongst the affected sites, along with 10 additional websites of mine. Feel free to view a more detailed information about this at Horrid Issue with HostV --- HAVE I LOST MY SITES??? HELP PLEASE!

I have since switched webhosts and feel comfortable in our new provider! I will be implementing my own back-up security system within the next couple of weeks so that WLSJourney.org and my other sites are protected in case such a devastating scenario were to happen again.

I had saved most all WLSJourney.org files and database backups, so all was not lost. Fortunately all threads & posts, avatars, album pictures, profile pics and other miscellaneous images are still intact. Unfortunately though, a good percentage of thread attachments have been lost...

It's taken a lot of work and a few weeks to bring the forum back online. There may be a few issues however, so we request that you please use the contact form at http://http://wlsjourney.org/communi...endmessage.php if you experience any issues browsing the board. I will be happy assist so that you can login and participate in forum discussions.

Thanks so much for your patience and understanding during this very trying time. I wish you continued enjoyment posting in the forums.

Jacquii Cooke (WLSJourney.org Owner)
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The ROSE Procedure - Jan's Success Story

MsJacquiiC — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:55:51 GMT

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Originally Posted by MsJacquiiC

ROSE, the revision weight loss surgery is an incisionless procedure that helps the right-type of gastric bypass patients restore their pouch and stoma size and therefore, helps to re-engage their weight loss process. Jan Brenan regained 25 pounds following gastric bypass. Then she had the ROSE procedure. See her success story.

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Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch

MsJacquiiC — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:54:32 GMT

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Originally Posted by MsJacquiiC

Dr Jossart and Cirangle are the leaders in the laparoscopic duodenal switch (DS). Laparoscopic Associates of San Francisco have performed more laparoscopic duodenal switches than any practice in the world.

This operation is unique in that it is the most technically difficult operation to perform yet it yields the best long term weight loss. Patients with this procedure optimize their weight loss with both the sleeve gastrectomy and the intestinal bypass (duodenal switch).

Source:
http://lapsf.com

[Video Gallery] Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch

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