Obesity surgery

My name is Donna and I am 28 years old and married to Paul who is 38
years old. We have 3 kids all boys Austin is 10 years old and Parker
is 19 months and Connor who is 7 months. ( YES THEY ARE 11 MONTHS
APART) I have had a weight problem my whole life I am at my heavest
weight now. That is and I can’t be live I am saying this but I will
cause I am in the start of having the surgery so here it goes 306 I
have never been this high. I am so scared I won’t wake up and be able
to play with my kids I am not heathly at this point. I have tryed to
to do diets and the working out. Nothing helped me I would lose then
gaine back and it is not fun. My mom had the surgery a 3 years ago and
is doing great she looks and feels it. And I have a hard time getting
out of bed and walking longer then 30 min. I do workout 3 times a week
but have a hard time doing it. So I am scared and excited to have this
done. I was looking for a support group so I am praying I can pick
some brains on questions:) I am also looking forward to learn from you
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I’m having trouble trying to decide. I’d like to hear your stories and
how you came to your decision.

please forgive the forwards i didnt mean to send them to the groups…..

STACY LYNN BECK
open RNY on 03,10 ,2004
Hernia repair Jan,14,05
Female surgery Nov,16,2005
Small Ulcer and taking care of it March,06,06..
427.6/177.6 /\/\/\/\/\/\ 250 lbs GONE FOR GOOOOD…..
The loss of 250 loafs of bread gone for GOOOOD….
new goals to fly in a plane , and go to Vegas…..

Nephrolithiasis. Isn’t that a neat sounding word?
Trust me, you do NOT want it! It’s medicalese for kidney stones.

Yesterday was excruciating. If you’ve ever had a
gall bladder attack, the pain reminded me of
that. I could NOT get comfortable! Posted
yesterday evening to a couple of the groups I’m
on, stating that I was going to be going to the
hospital as soon as hubby got home and a friend
got here to take care of Isaac. I asked for
advice as to what to suggest the doc look for/at.
One person (a nice guy (!) named Steve) said it
sounded to him like I was working on a kidney
stone. Long story short, looks like he was right.
Had a miserable night last night, in spite of the
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Hi Everyone!

I’m brand new to this group. I’ve been thinking a bit
more, lately, about possibly having surgery - bypass
maybe, though I’m leaning towards lap band. It feels
like such a sobering, drastic measure to have weight
loss surgery, and yet, how much longer will I be
willing to live like I have been? I’m 44 years old,
overweight to some degree since age 11, and currently
I’m about 300 pounds - at 5′2".

If any of you care to share what finally made up your
mind to go ahead with surgery, I’d be so glad to hear
your points of view!

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Just thought I would shout out that I made it to one year! 123 pounds lost and
feeling pretty darn pleased with myself. I have learned so much, have so much
more to learn. Its been one heck of a journey. My goal was to wear a size 14 or
large and I have gotten to that with some to spare. Where ever I land will be ok
with me, I just wanted to be healthy and more normal looking. I am able to be
active and have so much less pain.

Deb Olson
lap prox
286-163-?

Hi y’all-
I just wanted to share the experience I am having right now in my
journey towards surgery and the setbacks I am going through, wanted
to know if anyone else had to go through this.

I have been in preparation for gastric bypass now for almost 3 years,
which is when I was given a recommendation for surgery due to morbid
obesity (man, that one hurt, I wasn’t expecting those words). I had
started and had to postpone due to losing my insurance because I was
laid off from my job. Once laid off, I was out of work for 10
months, but then landed a job at a hospital (interesting, huh?). I
had to work for at least 1 year in order to qualify for a medical
leave, in which I did and then started at it again in June 2005, but
was not able to schedule anything until August 2005. So in August I
met with the Dietician twice and the Surgeon. I started my
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A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OF YOU…..Michelle is home today.the blood helped
her alot. what had happen was when the dr did the female part of the surgery she
lost alot of blood.and her stats went from 14 to 9 over night they gave her
three things of blood and there were not leaks and it went back up so they let
her come home today. she is feeling better but in lots of pain. i will keep
everyone up to date….SHE SAYS THANK YOU EVERYONE AGAIN…….

STACY LYNN BECK
open RNY on 03,10 ,2004
Hernia repair Jan,14,05
Female surgery Nov,16,2005
427.6/162.6 ////// 265 lbs GONE FOR GOOOOD…..
The loss of 265 loafs of bread gone for GOOOOD….
new goals to fly in a plane , and go to Vegas…..

hello everyone sorry to come into your home at this late hour,but one of ours
needs alot of prayers right now. her name is MICHELLE COATS. she had surgery for
rny revioson and historemy(spelled wrong) and she is now needing blood they
think she might be bleeding inside they have given her three things of blood
today and they are thinking a central line in to her heart because her heart is
beating to fast . please pray for her.. her boy freind Brian told me that she
wanted everyone to know. she is in room C 617 in Methodist hospital in
Peoria.Rodney and I are going up tomorrow to see her and I will be staying with
her if she needs me too………. thanks everyone

STACY LYNN BECK
open RNY on 03,10 ,2004
Hernia repair Jan,14,05
Female surgery Nov,16,2005
427.6/162.6 ////// 265 lbs GONE FOR GOOOOD…..
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hello all just a little to say the cops arrested my cousin for killing or
helping her uncle kill her daughter Kathryn.if you want to read about it go to
pjstar.com and it is under the dcfs case.. hope very one is haveing a good
weekend.more to come later after news hitts the fan…

STACY LYNN BECK
open RNY on 03,10 ,2004
Hernia repair Jan,14,05
Female surgery Nov,16,2005
427.6/162.6 ////// 265 lbs GONE FOR GOOOOD…..
The loss of 265 loafs of bread gone for GOOOOD….
new goals to fly in a plane , and go to Vegas…..