a new me.

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone. It has been such a busy weekend with everyone

getting ready to go back to school here and I only have a 3 year

old!!..haha. I just wanted to share some great news with you. I was

able to ride my bike around the block twice in a row this weekend!!

Now while a lot of people may not consider this a big

accomplishment, I have not been on a real bike in over 5 years. We

had to go get me a helmet since we live on base but we had such a

blast. Now my 3 year old is bustling to keep up with mommy!!!

Also, I am very bad with names but someone posted here about how we

don't talk about the bad things from surgery. Well, I am almost 8

weeks out and I know I have posted my situations. I may not have

posted them recently because I have now healed and am moving on. But

from weeks 3 to 5, I told my hubby I was going to die and I would

never get better. At one week out, I developed an infection and they

had to reopen the bottom of my LONG incision and put in a drainage

tube. It set me back quite a few weeks and smelled nasty. Then at 3

weeks, when they took my staples out, that weekend, the top of my

incision " popped " open about 2 inches. So I only had about 3 inches

of closed incision. I was very afraid they would meet and open me

completely. I had to cover them both for weeks and they never seemed

to be getting any better. I told my hubby that I made it through

this great big surgery and I was going to die from these openings.

All the while my great doc told me I was fine. Well, at week 5, the

bottom one closed up and one week later, the top one scabbed up and

now they are both closed and I look like any other person's scar.

WAs I scared? You bet your butt. Was it a hard process? Like I have

never had before. WOuld I do it again? In a heartbeat. WE all take

risks everyday. I am doing things that I could never have thought I

would do again. I was able to get on a swing at the park without it

cutting into my thigh. We all need to know the facts but we also

need encouragement. I got that here and at obesity help when I

thought I wouldn't make it. And now I am sharing my story so that if

this happens to you, you know you are not alone. Best wishes to all

of you (I hate to say good LUCK because our surgeons are not lucky,

they are skilled If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

I thought I was so prepared for this surgery after one year of

research, but when it happens to you, mostly likely you will be like

me.... and PANIC...ha ha. Have a great week everyone. And for people

going into surgery this week, you are in my prayers!!

Take care,

Tina

Open RNY

319/269/149

[Guest guest]

I don't even know you, but I'm excited!!!!! Keep your speed down

and don't talk on your cell phone or they'll pull you over!!! (A

little base humor, I live on a base too)

> Hello everyone. It has been such a busy weekend with everyone

> getting ready to go back to school here and I only have a 3 year

> old!!..haha. I just wanted to share some great news with you. I

was

> able to ride my bike around the block twice in a row this

weekend!!

> Now while a lot of people may not consider this a big

> accomplishment, I have not been on a real bike in over 5 years. We

> had to go get me a helmet since we live on base but we had such a

> blast. Now my 3 year old is bustling to keep up with mommy!!!

> Also, I am very bad with names but someone posted here about how

we

> don't talk about the bad things from surgery. Well, I am almost 8

> weeks out and I know I have posted my situations. I may not have

> posted them recently because I have now healed and am moving on.

But

> from weeks 3 to 5, I told my hubby I was going to die and I would

> never get better. At one week out, I developed an infection and

they

> had to reopen the bottom of my LONG incision and put in a drainage

> tube. It set me back quite a few weeks and smelled nasty. Then at

3

> weeks, when they took my staples out, that weekend, the top of my

> incision " popped " open about 2 inches. So I only had about 3

inches

> of closed incision. I was very afraid they would meet and open me

> completely. I had to cover them both for weeks and they never

seemed

> to be getting any better. I told my hubby that I made it through

> this great big surgery and I was going to die from these openings.

> All the while my great doc told me I was fine. Well, at week 5,

the

> bottom one closed up and one week later, the top one scabbed up

and

> now they are both closed and I look like any other person's scar.

> WAs I scared? You bet your butt. Was it a hard process? Like I

have

> never had before. WOuld I do it again? In a heartbeat. WE all take

> risks everyday. I am doing things that I could never have thought

I

> would do again. I was able to get on a swing at the park without

it

> cutting into my thigh. We all need to know the facts but we also

> need encouragement. I got that here and at obesity help when I

> thought I wouldn't make it. And now I am sharing my story so that

if

> this happens to you, you know you are not alone. Best wishes to

all

> of you (I hate to say good LUCK because our surgeons are not

lucky,

> they are skilled If you have any questions, feel free to ask

me.

> I thought I was so prepared for this surgery after one year of

> research, but when it happens to you, mostly likely you will be

like

> me.... and PANIC...ha ha. Have a great week everyone. And for

people

> going into surgery this week, you are in my prayers!!

>

> Take care,

> Tina

> Open RNY

> 319/269/149

[Guest guest]

my Dad was a Navy man, does that count? lol

Laurette

[Guest guest]

I live next to an army base and airforce base does that count hahaha.

Babydollbbw3@... wrote:my Dad was a Navy man, does that count? lol

Laurette

[Guest guest]

LOL of course it counts. Heck Im a Army brat who also had my grandfather in the

army so thats dad and grandpa and then my uncle was AF then married AF lol

Divorced after he got out of AF and said I would never ever get involved with

anyone in the Military again I dated Marines and Army and then met my husband

whos Navy. Ummm must be in my blood or I just like the uniforms hehehe

Kim

brooke sheilds wrote:

I live next to an army base and airforce base does that count hahaha.

Babydollbbw3@... wrote:my Dad was a Navy man, does that count? lol

Laurette

[Guest guest]

Oh my the uniforms thats another story..hehe.

J Graby wrote:LOL of course it counts. Heck Im a Army brat

who also had my grandfather in the army so thats dad and grandpa and then my

uncle was AF then married AF lol Divorced after he got out of AF and said I

would never ever get involved with anyone in the Military again I dated Marines

and Army and then met my husband whos Navy. Ummm must be in my blood or I just

like the uniforms hehehe

Kim

brooke sheilds wrote:

I live next to an army base and airforce base does that count hahaha.

Babydollbbw3@... wrote:my Dad was a Navy man, does that count? lol

Laurette

[Guest guest]

My dad was career Air Force. Husband can't be in service because he has

Cerebral Palsy.

Re: Re: a new me.

my Dad was a Navy man, does that count? lol

Laurette

[Guest guest]

I told a couple good friends at work and my immediate manager. For

the same reasons as Pat below. I used to belong to a diabetes group

and when I said I was thinking about the surgery you would not believe

the vitriol that was sent my way. One person knew someone who had the

surgery 20 years and and just died, of course it was the surgery's

fault. Another is training to be a xray technician and started

spouting off completely inaccurate information, but backed it up with

the statement that she must know after all she was in medical

training. Guess maybe xray technicians are getting more training than

they used to :-)

Other folks may not have be able to have the surgery and were like

dogs in a manager, couldn't eat the hay but didn't want anyone else to

have it either. I finally left the group as I was tired of being

abused and very glad I did. I am 4 weeks out today, I feel great and

luckily the only unpleasant effect I have experienced is I can no

longer tolerate eggs. I am back to work and exercising daily. No

matter what happens in 20 years I will not regret my decision.

anne

> > Thanks for sharing with us. I haven't told anyone that I'm going

> to try and go for this for most of them only have to ever lose 20 to

> 30 lbs and would say u just need to diet, as if I haven't been

> dieting for the last 15yrs and I didn't want all the gory stories

> they have heard, but hearing it from someone who has been there and

> can share with us some of the problems we could face is different.