Guest guest Posted June 26, 2002 Report Share Posted June 26, 2002 HI Wendi and welcome and I had RNY lap on January 7th and I am down 75 pounds I have went from a 46 pants to a 20 and tops from 5x to a 18-20 very happy with the outcome so far have a way to go yet but I will make it Surgery > > Hi My name is Wendi & I am looking into having the Laparoscopic surgery! I'm 25 & @ 325 lbs. I have really been unhappy the last 6 months for no reasons. I oneday looked in the mirror & figured out what I was so unhappy about! I was me! I have been big for about 10 yrs. now & I feel that I can not live my life & enjoy things like I want to. Please e-mail me and let me know how you all surgery (before & after) went! > > > > Thanks, > > Wendi > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2002 Report Share Posted June 27, 2002 Wendi - Welcome to our wonderful group. I had surgery 5 1/2 weeks ago. I'm down 27 pounds. That's not as much as others lose in the same time frame, but I'm just glad I'm losing. I haven't reached the point yet where I am full of energy and feeling great a lot of the time. Looking forward to that. In the mean time, I sleep a lot, and take it one day at a time. I know that the energy should kick in sometime soon. Good luck with your surgery approval. Take care. Jeanne in WI Age 38 Open RNY 05/21/2002 314/ 287 /150-175 5' 8 " djgraves@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2002 Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 wendi hursey wrote: Hi My name is Wendi & I am looking into having the Laparoscopic surgery! I'm 25 & @ 325 lbs. I have really been unhappy the last 6 months for no reasons. I oneday looked in the mirror & figured out what I was so unhappy about! I was me! I have been big for about 10 yrs. now & I feel that I can not live my life & enjoy things like I want to. Please e-mail me and let me know how you all surgery (before & after) went! Thanks, Wendi hello wnedi this is meliss i thought maybe we could chat sometime. i am also going to have a lapscipic bypass hopefuly in 2 mon. i thought me and you have a lot in comman i.m 25 and wt.is 318. i have been big my whole life and just lately i feel is if this fat is controling me insteadf of my controling it. i have been looking in to this for a long time is you know the decsion to have surgey is diffenltly not an overnight thing. i hope you have been looking into in for a long time as well so have you been for your consult yet with you doctor. that seems to take the lonest time just getting an appointment. well wendi i would love to talk with you and we both can share i'ere expercines togher since we are so close in age. email me sometime so we can chat ok.talk to you later melissa EMAIL sunshine10873@... --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2002 Report Share Posted July 23, 2002 Hi and welcome to the group!! Ask and you shall receive. You got my prayers and support. If you have a question, just ask. We will be behind you to support you. Keep us posted. Hugs, Nan in Ohio Open RNY 5/13/02 264/206 > Hello, > My name is abd I am new to the group. My > surgery will be October 2. I will need everyones > prayers and support. > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2002 Report Share Posted July 23, 2002 I use most of her vitamins as they are very competitive in price and she knows what we need and I do use the super calcium . I don't do the b-12 dots I think a shot works best for me Re: Re: surgery > Thanks to everyone for the support. Can anyone tell > me which vitamins at vitalady.com are the ones I > should use? > > thanks > > California > surgery date 10-2-02 > > --- momjjae wrote: > > Hi and welcome to the group!! Ask and you > > shall receive. You > > got my prayers and support. If you have a question, > > just ask. We > > will be behind you to support you. Keep us posted. > > Hugs, > > Nan in Ohio > > Open RNY > > 5/13/02 > > 264/206 > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > My name is abd I am new to the group. My > > > surgery will be October 2. I will need everyones > > > prayers and support. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2002 Report Share Posted July 23, 2002 , welcome to the group and congratulations on your surgery date. Where in CA are you from and where will you have surgery? M. in Sacramento Dr. in Burlingame pre-op, 9-16-02 380-322-130 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 I live in Norwalk California and my surgery will be at UCLA. (Kaiser uses UCLA) --- RM2003VR158@... wrote: > , welcome to the group and congratulations on > your surgery date. Where > in CA are you from and where will you have surgery? > > M. in Sacramento > Dr. in Burlingame > pre-op, 9-16-02 > 380-322-130 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 Dr. Sawicki UCLA Open surgery. I recently had 1 ventral hernia and 2 unbilical hernias repaired at Kaiser. Some of my hair fell out due to the anasthesia. I dreading the next surgery because of the hair loss. 316 lbs. date 10-2-02 --- Vitalady wrote: > Who is your doc? Which surgery? > Re: Re: surgery > > > Thanks to everyone for the support. Can anyone > tell > me which vitamins at vitalady.com are the ones I > should use? > > thanks > > California > surgery date 10-2-02 > > --- momjjae wrote: > > Hi and welcome to the group!! Ask and > you > > shall receive. You > > got my prayers and support. If you have a > question, > > just ask. We > > will be behind you to support you. Keep us > posted. > > Hugs, > > Nan in Ohio > > Open RNY > > 5/13/02 > > 264/206 > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > My name is abd I am new to the group. > My > > > surgery will be October 2. I will need > everyones > > > prayers and support. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 welcome to the group I hope you learn a lot here I sure did TN Re: Re: surgery > Hello everyone, > I am new to the group. I do not have a surgery date yet, but I meet with the > surgeon on August 1st, then i have a few scheduled classes through out the > month. I am very excited about having the surgery. I am enjoying reading > everyones e-mails, i find them all very encouraging! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 , Welcome to the group. I am also new but have learned a lot in the last couple of days. I hope your appointment goes well on August 1st. 316 pre-op brendawalters777@... --- Sjacobs669@... wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am new to the group. I do not have a surgery date > yet, but I meet with the > surgeon on August 1st, then i have a few scheduled > classes through out the > month. I am very excited about having the surgery. > I am enjoying reading > everyones e-mails, i find them all very encouraging! > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Hi ! Welcome to the group! We are practically neighbors. I live in San Pedro. Had my surgery with Dr. Owens at Torrance Memorial Hospital. If you start supplementing now you may not loss your hair. I'm 4 months out and luckily haven't had that problem. If you ever want to chat let me know. We can always talk on the phone, too. Congrats on your surgery date! Hugs, in California Open RNY - 03/29/02 272.5/215.5 - as of 07/24/02 -57 Re: Re: surgery I live in Norwalk California and my surgery will be at UCLA. (Kaiser uses UCLA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 Thank you , I must say the more I learn, the more excited I get! I thought I would be nervous about having this done but, I have found that writing a journal, has become the best therapy for me and it actually helps me realize my fears which have nothing to do with the surgery. I have a lot of support from my son, husband, family and friends which I know helps. The only problem is that although they are supportive, not one REALLY knows what you are going through. Finding this group will help tremendously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2002 Report Share Posted July 25, 2002 it means an open surgery Re: Re: surgery > Glad to be here!! > What does Open RNY mean? Still learning the terms! > Steph > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2002 Report Share Posted July 26, 2002 RNY - stand for Roux En Y Gastric Bypass, Open means had the surgery with a full open incision, not laparscopically with the 5 bandaid incisions. Jeanne in WI Age 38 Open RNY 05/21/2002 314/ 275.5 /150-175 5' 8 " djgraves@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2002 Report Share Posted July 26, 2002 Steph, Where do you live? I had my surgery in Fresno with Dr. Felix and I really like him. After I got approved by my insurance I had surgery within 6 weeks. Depending on where you live it might be easier to see someone here in the valley. Nita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2002 Report Share Posted July 26, 2002 Steph - Each doctor has their own preference, but some do both. My surgeon does the lap surgeries, but they take him a long time to do, like 4 1/2, 5 hours. The open surgery took 90 minutes. I didn't want to be under the anestesia for 5 hours. So we went with the open. Plus, with my previous surgeries(2 c-sections, 1 open gallbladder) it probably would have turned into an open procedure anyways. You'll have to find out what your surgeon has in mind. Jeanne in WI Age 38 Open RNY 05/21/2002 314/ 275.5 /150-175 5' 8 " djgraves@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2002 Report Share Posted July 28, 2002 Thanks , I just hope I don't end up having too many of those " last meals. " I sure don't want to gain back the weight I have lost, I don't want to jeopardize my surgery. in Sacramento, CA RM2003VR158 @ aol.com Dr. in Burlingame pre-op, Sept. 16 380-322-130? " The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Hi, If you are contemplating an ablation, then yes the doctor may require you to stop coumadin treatments about a week before the procedure. To continue to protect you during the time you will be off coumadin, you (as was the case with me) will probably be put on lovenox shots, twice a day. The shots provide you the protection you need, but don't have the long lasting effects that coumadin has. Bruce > I believe it was Debbie that asked what if someone in afib needs surgery. I was also wondering. If you are on Coumadin or even aspirin, it has to be stopped for about 5 days or a week. Do we risk a stroke to have surgery? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Hi Bruce, Did you personally have any surgery done? For my rotator cuff tear I recently consulted with a surgeon, who, of course, recommends surgery. So far I know that I would have to get off Coumadin several days before and after surgery. He did advise to discuss the Coumadin question with my Cardiologist though. But since I haven't made up my mind, I have yet to ask my Cardio. / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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