Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 , that is fantastic! Congrats on your weight loss and I am hoping that your incision will behave for you soon so that you can jump up and down and celebrate your fantastic acheivement! Hugs, Theresa (Am I scared of my scale? you bet your sweet bibby I am!) > Hi, > > I'm not sure if I have posted here recently, but I'm now 6 weeks post > op and doing great! I saw Dr. Herron yesterday at Mt. Sinai for an > incision check and am down 71 lbs! He said he considers me a " success > story " already and that I'm doing wonderfully. > > The only " complication " I have had to deal with is a slow healing > incision. Having diabetes and being as large as I was pre-op caused > the incision to open in several places once the staples were removed. > It's been several weeks of visiting nurses packing the incision twice > a day, and being housebound for the most part, but if this is the > worst of it, then I'll stop complaining! > > It is so amazing to me to lose so much weight when I struggled to > just get a few pounds off before surgery! What a miracle this > procedure is! > > Hope everyone is doing great! > > M/aka cherie > > ****************************** > - 71 lbs 12/06/01 BMI 57 > Starting BMI 68.8 > Post-Op Open BPD/DS 10/26/01 > Herron, Mt. Sinai, NYC > ****************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 WOW. 71 pounds. You are a success story. Congrats. Ellen(Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Hi Cherie, Thats wonderful, so much weight in 6 weeks. Hope you start feeling alittle better everyday. Keep up the good work. M. --- cherie63 wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure if I have posted here recently, but I'm > now 6 weeks post > op and doing great! I saw Dr. Herron yesterday at > Mt. Sinai for an > incision check and am down 71 lbs! He said he > considers me a " success > story " already and that I'm doing wonderfully. > > The only " complication " I have had to deal with is a > slow healing > incision. Having diabetes and being as large as I > was pre-op caused > the incision to open in several places once the > staples were removed. > It's been several weeks of visiting nurses packing > the incision twice > a day, and being housebound for the most part, but > if this is the > worst of it, then I'll stop complaining! > > It is so amazing to me to lose so much weight when I > struggled to > just get a few pounds off before surgery! What a > miracle this > procedure is! > > Hope everyone is doing great! > > M/aka cherie > > ****************************** > - 71 lbs 12/06/01 BMI 57 > Starting BMI 68.8 > Post-Op Open BPD/DS 10/26/01 > Herron, Mt. Sinai, NYC > ****************************** > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Hi Matt, I'm 18 and I just had lower jaw surgery on 7/6 which is probably a little less major but anyways about eating...I am really thin - 5'6 104lbs and so I've been working really hard and drinking lots of ensure and protein shakes and stuff so I've managed to keep my weight around 101 or so, so basically I lost about 3lbs. So I guess if you wanna lose weight you can, but if you work at it you can stay the same weight as you are now. Hope this helps! =) Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Hey Matt, Im Kathy and Im 16. I had upper and lower surgery about 3 and a half weeks ago and I am totally eating normally now. I mean no crunchy foods or tough foods like pizza but I can eat all pastas and what not and pretty much anything else if its chopped up small but thats only because i cant open my mouth so wide. I was 110lbs before surgery and in the beginning I tried to do all that ensure stuff but it didnt work out, at my worst I wass 100 lbs but now Im like 104. You put the weight back on fast enough. I would say 3 weeks the diet will be normal and you will be feeling great! Kathy > Hey, I'm Matt and I'm 17. I just had my upper jaw done last Thursday, > and I sure this has been answered a lot, but all I really want to know > is how long it took each of you before you could actually start eating > again, and by eating I mean like normal diet and what not. Also, > approximately how much weight did all of you lose after you surgery? > Thanx for reading and I hope to hear from you guys again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Ha. I wouldn't have minded losing a few pounds -- but I doubt I have. I thought it was funny that the handout I got said, " Most patients return to a normal appetite within 5-6 days. " I never LOST my appetite. Well, maybe for a few hours. But by the evening of surgery, I was like, OK, I'm ready for more than broth and juice. I guess some of us are just blessed with famine resistance! ;-) L > Hi Matt, > > I'm 18 and I just had lower jaw surgery on 7/6 which is probably a > little less major but anyways about eating...I am really thin - 5'6 > 104lbs and so I've been working really hard and drinking lots of > ensure and protein shakes and stuff so I've managed to keep my weight > around 101 or so, so basically I lost about 3lbs. So I guess if you > wanna lose weight you can, but if you work at it you can stay the same > weight as you are now. Hope this helps! =) > > Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 I was definitely designed, genetically, to live in sub-Saharan Africa, although I admit I couldn't possibly generate the energy to forage and harvest there... C. > Ha. I wouldn't have minded losing a few pounds -- but I doubt I have. > I thought it was funny that the handout I got said, " Most patients > return to a normal appetite within 5-6 days. " I never LOST my > appetite. Well, maybe for a few hours. But by the evening of surgery, > I was like, OK, I'm ready for more than broth and juice. I guess some > of us are just blessed with famine resistance! ;-) L > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 > > Hey, I'm Matt and I'm 17. I just had my upper jaw done last Thursday, > > and I sure this has been answered a lot, but all I really want to > know > > is how long it took each of you before you could actually start > eating > > again, and by eating I mean like normal diet and what not. Also, > > approximately how much weight did all of you lose after you surgery? > > Thanx for reading and I hope to hear from you guys again. If you are concerned about losing weight I would try something like this http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/pl/large.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Hey there, I had surgery July 22 and I had both the stomach tube and the breathing tube...I don't really remember them taking out the breathing tube but I definitely remember the stomach tube part. I hated it. I think part of it was because I had went camping the weekend before and my allergies had been acting up which had caused my tonsils to swell up so it would rub against them when I swallowed and that was definitely not fun. But it did indeed help me to not get sick from the blood in my stomach and such. My OS came in a couple times and flushed my stomach out through it and them removed it the following morning much to my relief. My throat was kinda sore for a day or two and that side of my nose bleed a little but it really wasn't that bad. Definitely worth having to avoid throwing up blood. Hope this helped some! -- > > Went to see my surgeon today to go over final details about my surgery > > on aug. 9. and got my surgical hooks on. oh, these are fun. 6 weeks > > worth of fun! anyway, i found out today that i'm going to have a tube > > in each nostral. one to suction out my stomach to keep me from getting > > sick and the other to help me breath in case i get swollen. my doctor > > said this is always his practice. he says better to be safe than > > sorry. anyway, they'll be in until day 2 and i was wondering if anyone > > had this done and what it was like. thanks, tonya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 I don't mean this to be silly. I would guess that like me, you don't have to worry about osteoporosis! My bones are off the charts for density, and that is, as Martha says, a Good Thing. Sorry you had such a long time under, though. Be ready to deal with aftereffects, which can be unpleasant (depression, feeling weary, etc.) but usually aren't dangerous. C. > Just joined the group. I has a major lower and upper surgery. They > doctors moved out my lower jaw and expanded the top. The crazy thing > about it was that my bone was so strong that the surgery lasted for 16 > hours! The saws kept breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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