Hi, my name is Tracy and I am pre-op.
I started my process back in September and have been doing all the requirements since. I go next on Dec 1. This should be my last apt before scheduling my surgery. I am having the Roux-N-Y (lap) done. I am very aprehensive but excited. I feel like every meal is my last but am looking forward to not being controlled by food anymore.
One hurtle I must get over is smoking. I wish I could have done it all at once but as hard as I try I haven't done it. I have went from a pack a day to 2-4 a day, so that is progress. You would think with so little I could just give it up.
Anyway, I am looking for info on what to expect after and to make some friends with WLS in common. Would love to know if there is anyone from NW Ohio here that went to the Weight Loss Center in BG.
Good Luck to you all and God Bless<3

Heya Tracy - welcome to the Community and congrats on beginning your WLS journey! I had the roux-en-y gastric bypass on April 28th this year. The only regret is that I didn't do it a couple years earlier ;)

My surgeon required that I quit smoking. You can see a little bit of my story on the About WLS Journey Community Forums page (http://wlsjourney.org/community-forums/about.php). But he explained it like this: weight loss surgery is all about conquering obesity and food addiction and getting healthy. Why go through such a surgery if you're gonna continue to smoke which is a direct contradiction to the concept of "healthy"? --- Well he didn't say all that - I did LOL - But you get the gist of it...

I quit smoking the very day of my 1st surgeon consult. It'll be 2 years in April. Still hard for me to comprehend - but I tell you for me - it was a mental addiction. Physical nicotene addiction may be a totally different thing entirely. But you can do it - you just have set your mind that you want to do it. Easier said than done I know all to well lol...

At anyrate - welcome to the forum - I tend to ramble a bit - but it's all for the love of making our surgery tool a success here at The Journey. So enjoy and happy posting ;)

Jacquii.

ps - I'm not sure if there are any other Ohioans here - I'm born-n-bred Tennessean - so we're kinda neighbors :P -- Feel free to let your surgeon know about The Journey - Perhaps s/he can let other patients know... We're a very new community in the online WLS support niche - but I do believe we're gonna do quite well as the cause is a noble one.

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Hello!

Welcome to the Journey. Please take the time to read the information Jacquii has compiled and ask questions so that when your day comes you'll be prepared!!! We are all on a journey together, just different stages. We are here to help!

Good luck on the smoking issue. :curtsey: