 jenn75
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Best of luck with your surgery tomorrow!
Hey, we're "almost" neighbors....I live in Mt Pleasant, which is about 45 minutes from Pgh. -
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Hey there Jenn! I just wanted to tell you to stick with what YOU feel is right for YOU. I read your post a few minutes ago. I haven't had my surgery but I have several friends who have had it and a couple of them have lost friends after having the surgery. The other person couldn't handle the fact that my friend was getting attention...i.e., taking attention away from them...they didn't like that and therefore ended the friendship. I sincrely hope that your friends are not like that and will soon come around and support you. You're going to need their support. You know that you always have us here at TT as well. But in person support is important and it's really good that your dad is behind you.
God Bless and take care of yourself! Keep in touch and email me anytime you need someone to talk to.
About Me
- About jenn75
- Biography
- I'm starting over in many ways...newly single, post-op, and ready for anything!
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Interests
- Photography, painting
- Occupation
- Associate Clinical Manager/Licensed Social Worker
- Surgeon
- Dr. Michael Felix
- Hospital
- Sewickley Valley Hospital
- Current Weight
- 154
- Goal Weight
- 150
- Start Weight
- 240
- Body Mass Index (BMI) Range
- 25 - 29.9
- Surgery Date
- 01/29/2009
- Surgery Type
- Gastric Bypass
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I'm moving this stuff from my signature and putting it here so I know what my timeline was. But I'm ready to unclutter my signature since I'm down to the final steps!
I think I'm finally on the right path!
5-11-08 - Joined Weight Watchers
5-15-08 - PCP #1
6-18-08 - PCP #2
7-1-08 - WLS Seminar
7-14-08 - PCP #3
8-21-08 - PCP #4
9-22-08 - PCP #5
9-22-08 - First surgeon & dietitian appointment!!!
10-13-08 upper GI done,...
I think I'm finally on the right path!
5-11-08 - Joined Weight Watchers
5-15-08 - PCP #1
6-18-08 - PCP #2
7-1-08 - WLS Seminar
7-14-08 - PCP #3
8-21-08 - PCP #4
9-22-08 - PCP #5
9-22-08 - First surgeon & dietitian appointment!!!
10-13-08 upper GI done,...
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I think it is very interesting that so many of us feel like the real "me/us" is buried beneath the fat. I thought I was the only one who thought that about myself. As I gain and gain more weight, I always find myself looking in the mirror, wondering where I am...somewhere inside the outer shell that makes me not even recognize myself. I look at pictures of myself and wonder where I truly am, too. I feel like I have this filter built in most of the time, to just sort of make it easier to...
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My PCP suggested in a very open-ended/vague way that she saw more success with the RNY vs. the band and in my mind she seems to prefer that. She told me to ask lots of questions about the differences when I go to the educational seminar. I'm just scared, period, at this point. But the time could be here faster than I'd planned, depending on insurance and surgery waiting lists, etc.
I only wish that those I loved wouldn't react so negatively when I tell them I'm on this "path"...
I only wish that those I loved wouldn't react so negatively when I tell them I'm on this "path"...
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The more I read, the more it sounds like I'm at the total mercy of my insurance company. And the more I read, it seems like if I lose just enough weight, then I'll somehow no longer meet the criteria and do all of this for nothing (ok, not for nothing, because losing weight no matter how is a good thing in and of itself). All of the psychological preparation...for major surgery...only surgery I've ever had in life to date. And for what? Them to tell me no, I'm no longer fat enough? Despite...
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I told my fiance this evening that the reason I'm even considering the surgery is because I want to start living life. I feel like I'm just standing by, watching life go on without me. My weight has bothered me so much recently that I've stopped socializing with my friends - who by the way could care less what I weigh. I feel like shit in whatever I wear. I feel like a loser (and not in the good, weight losing way). I started Weight Watchers last weekend and so far I've lost 4.6 pounds, but...
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