Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 Hi, I am new to this group and am desperate! Tommorrow is my 3 yr anniversary. I originally weighed 277 lbs, after my surgery at the 1 yr mark I had gotten down to about 160- floating back and forth between 160-165, not where i wanted to be but happy nontheless. I then did a crazy thing, I quit smoking!!!! I was so sure with the surgery to prevent me from eating I would not gain, I was wrong, as I replaced Lays BBQ chips for cigarettes.... 2 months after quitting, I also got transferred in my job from a job that I had truly loved to a different position in the same agency just not to a job that I loved. I know I should not be having a pity party for myself but I did for the next year I felt sorry for my self and sat around eating chips all day!!! I am now in a another job still within the same agency that I basically like (dont love it, but I can live with it),, but alas all that time of feeling sorry for myself has added on the pounds.... I am now up to Oh God this is so hard to say! 190 lbs I dont know what to do, I have stopped eating chips (cold turkey) but I feel hungry all the time, wanting to snack all the time. I know my surgey itself is still working cause I really cant sit and eat a whole lot at one time, I basically need to lose 35 lbs and started today trying the atkins diet, but I feel so disgusted in myself I am afraid to ask my primary care physician for a referrel back to my surgeon he would probably look at me like I am crazy but I really would like to go back to the surgeon and see if it is possible to make my pouch smaller, has anyone else done this??? I have heard of people getting revisions but I always thought that was due to a problem with the original surgery... I just feel so disgusted with myself I dont know what to do..... I am sorry to be rambling, but I truly need some advise from people who have been where I am at, if there are any out there! Can any one help me? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 Hi, I am new to this group and am desperate! Tommorrow is my 3 yr anniversary. I originally weighed 277 lbs, after my surgery at the 1 yr mark I had gotten down to about 160- floating back and forth between 160-165, not where i wanted to be but happy nontheless. I then did a crazy thing, I quit smoking!!!! I was so sure with the surgery to prevent me from eating I would not gain, I was wrong, as I replaced Lays BBQ chips for cigarettes.... 2 months after quitting, I also got transferred in my job from a job that I had truly loved to a different position in the same agency just not to a job that I loved. I know I should not be having a pity party for myself but I did for the next year I felt sorry for my self and sat around eating chips all day!!! I am now in a another job still within the same agency that I basically like (dont love it, but I can live with it),, but alas all that time of feeling sorry for myself has added on the pounds.... I am now up to Oh God this is so hard to say! 190 lbs I dont know what to do, I have stopped eating chips (cold turkey) but I feel hungry all the time, wanting to snack all the time. I know my surgey itself is still working cause I really cant sit and eat a whole lot at one time, I basically need to lose 35 lbs and started today trying the atkins diet, but I feel so disgusted in myself I am afraid to ask my primary care physician for a referrel back to my surgeon he would probably look at me like I am crazy but I really would like to go back to the surgeon and see if it is possible to make my pouch smaller, has anyone else done this??? I have heard of people getting revisions but I always thought that was due to a problem with the original surgery... I just feel so disgusted with myself I dont know what to do..... I am sorry to be rambling, but I truly need some advise from people who have been where I am at, if there are any out there! Can any one help me? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 , I would think that there are other things you could do first before a revision. If you are relying on insurance to pay, you will probably have to prove medical necessity and I'm not sure you could do that right now. Someone suggested the liquid thing for a couple of days. I started that and it worked beautifully. The other thing I would like to suggest is therapy. This may be something you need to talk through not do surgery for. Lori Owen - Denton, Texas CHF 4/14/01 479 lbs. SRVG 7/16/01 401 lbs. Current Weight 335 Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 17:13:29 -0500 " " writes: > Hi, > I am new to this group and am desperate! Tommorrow is my 3 yr > anniversary. I > originally weighed 277 lbs, after my surgery at the 1 yr mark I had > gotten > down to about 160- floating back and forth between 160-165, not > where i > wanted to be but happy nontheless. I then did a crazy thing, I quit > smoking!!!! I was so sure with the surgery to prevent me from eating > I would > not gain, I was wrong, as I replaced Lays BBQ chips for > cigarettes.... 2 > months after quitting, I also got transferred in my job from a job > that I > had truly loved to a different position in the same agency just not > to a > job that I loved. I know I should not be having a pity party for > myself but > I did for the next year I felt sorry for my self and sat around > eating chips > all day!!! I am now in a another job still within the same agency > that I > basically like (dont love it, but I can live with it),, but alas all > that > time of feeling sorry for myself has added on the pounds.... I am > now up to > Oh God this is so hard to say! 190 lbs I dont know what to do, I > have > stopped eating chips (cold turkey) but I feel hungry all the time, > wanting > to snack all the time. I know my surgey itself is still working > cause I > really cant sit and eat a whole lot at one time, I basically need to > lose 35 > lbs and started today trying the atkins diet, but I feel so > disgusted in > myself I am afraid to ask my primary care physician for a referrel > back to > my surgeon he would probably look at me like I am crazy but I really > would > like to go back to the surgeon and see if it is possible to make my > pouch > smaller, has anyone else done this??? I have heard of people > getting > revisions but I always thought that was due to a problem with the > original > surgery... I just feel so disgusted with myself I dont know what to > do..... > I am sorry to be rambling, but I truly need some advise from people > who have > been where I am at, if there are any out there! Can any one help > me? > > Thanks, > > > > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 , I would think that there are other things you could do first before a revision. If you are relying on insurance to pay, you will probably have to prove medical necessity and I'm not sure you could do that right now. Someone suggested the liquid thing for a couple of days. I started that and it worked beautifully. The other thing I would like to suggest is therapy. This may be something you need to talk through not do surgery for. Lori Owen - Denton, Texas CHF 4/14/01 479 lbs. SRVG 7/16/01 401 lbs. Current Weight 335 Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 17:13:29 -0500 " " writes: > Hi, > I am new to this group and am desperate! Tommorrow is my 3 yr > anniversary. I > originally weighed 277 lbs, after my surgery at the 1 yr mark I had > gotten > down to about 160- floating back and forth between 160-165, not > where i > wanted to be but happy nontheless. I then did a crazy thing, I quit > smoking!!!! I was so sure with the surgery to prevent me from eating > I would > not gain, I was wrong, as I replaced Lays BBQ chips for > cigarettes.... 2 > months after quitting, I also got transferred in my job from a job > that I > had truly loved to a different position in the same agency just not > to a > job that I loved. I know I should not be having a pity party for > myself but > I did for the next year I felt sorry for my self and sat around > eating chips > all day!!! I am now in a another job still within the same agency > that I > basically like (dont love it, but I can live with it),, but alas all > that > time of feeling sorry for myself has added on the pounds.... I am > now up to > Oh God this is so hard to say! 190 lbs I dont know what to do, I > have > stopped eating chips (cold turkey) but I feel hungry all the time, > wanting > to snack all the time. I know my surgey itself is still working > cause I > really cant sit and eat a whole lot at one time, I basically need to > lose 35 > lbs and started today trying the atkins diet, but I feel so > disgusted in > myself I am afraid to ask my primary care physician for a referrel > back to > my surgeon he would probably look at me like I am crazy but I really > would > like to go back to the surgeon and see if it is possible to make my > pouch > smaller, has anyone else done this??? I have heard of people > getting > revisions but I always thought that was due to a problem with the > original > surgery... I just feel so disgusted with myself I dont know what to > do..... > I am sorry to be rambling, but I truly need some advise from people > who have > been where I am at, if there are any out there! Can any one help > me? > > Thanks, > > > > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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