I wish you the best for your surgery. I never
used a binder.. I instead folded up a king size sheet
and used packing tape and taped it into a firm
square… I used it to push against my incision while I was
getting up from the bed or etc..<br>Which hospital are
you going to be at? I had mine at Va. Beach
General.<br>Good luck!!! :)<br>Lisa B.
Hello,<br>I am having an open rny/ galbladder
removal on Oct 5th.<br>As I am sure you all know I am
having some really weird dreams.<br>I am getting a
little nervous and a little scared.<br>Any of you use a
binder ? If so what is it for?<br>Any thing you guys
think I should know , just driop me an e-mail or post
on here.<br>thanks,<br>dee (in Va)
My surgery is looming closer now, and I’m getting scared. I had my pre-op
testing yesterday, and my surgery will be Sept. 20 in Addison Michigan. Any and
all prayers would be extremely welcome.
Shawna… I liked your after pic… do you have a
before? It really was an incentive for both me and my
children, me for something to look forward to and them that
I actually might make it to being thin! Thank you
for your inspriation!
I saw your picture with Dr. R. You must be post-op by now. How are you doing
and how much have you lost? Any new pictures for us?
My surgery is tomorrow! I can’t believe that the
time has come at last. It is just amazing. I keep
thinking to myself things like "I can’t possiblly do this;
there’s still laundry to do!… and "My kids need me to
help with homework, who’s going to do that?" You’d
think I was going to be gone a month instead of five
days! But anyway, think a good thought for me
tomorrow!<br>blessings,<br>Ann
In reading over the responses about Mother’s
negative attitudes to this surgery I was wondering what
goes through mother’s minds sometimes. I have always
thought that I, in some way, broke the chain of what was
suppose to be my "heritage." You know the
saying…."Well, your grandmother was overweight and so is your
father…so you just have those genes." I always wonder if
they feel we have broken the chain and are upset with
our independence. It seems like by becoming skinny
and not fitting into the hereditary fat model, I have
stepped outside my bounds. Maybe our mother’s still care
about us so much that they mask their fear by saying
the standard…"Well, your built just like your
grandmother." <br><br>Don’t mind me….just rambling today.
Helen
Hi support group. I just wanted to post that I’m
back from California. My daughter had a beautiful baby
girl, Faith Ann-Marie was born on Aug. 25th weighing in
at 7lbs 90z. <br>One of the most difficult things to
do while I was away, was staying with my diet
program. My kids, even though they are adults now, would
have little to do with the foods I wanted to
prepare.<br>So while I was gone I only lost about 5 pounds and
I’m alittle disappointed in myself for not doing
better. But to date, I have lost about 85 pounds and gone
from a size 34+ to a size 22-24 and am feeling much,
much better.<br>I hope everyone is doing well and
welcome to all the newcomers since I’ve been gone!<br>God
bless<br>Wendy….Utah<br>pre op 4-14-99<br>starting weight 355, weight now at
270
Hi everyone :o)<br>I just posted a photo that was
taken of my daughter and I about a week ago. I have a
before picture also but for some reason it scanned
sideways so I guess I won’t post it until I figure out how
to fix it.
Well, so much has happened since I last posted
here. The odds of my getting approved does not look too
good. It seems that since I was not on a "medically
supervised" diet, that the insurance company will say that I
haven’t tried hard enough. Excuse me, but I’ve been heavy
for 23 years and I don’t think that I should be
punished for choosing not to starve myself or take a bunch
of pills that are going to be forced off the market
by the FDA. I’m sorry if I have offended anyone, but
I really need to vent. Anyway — I’ve sent in my
documents and figure that if this surgery is meant to
happen, then it will happen.<br><br>Not only that, but I
haven’t got the greatest support system either. I haven’t
talked about my feelings very much because the one
person who can be supportive (Mom) is very negative. In
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