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cassie7978 · 06-21-2006, 04:09 PM

HI MY NAME IS CASSIE I'M 27 WILL BE 28 SOON THOUGH AND I HAVE BEEN BIG ALL MY LIFE, AND I HAVE TRIED EVERY DIET I COULD THINK OF EVEN TO THE EXTREMES OF BEING ADDICTED TO METH FOR 7 YEARS I HAVE NOW BEEN CLEAN FOR ABOUT 7 MONTHS AND I GOT UP TO 362 IBS WHEN I GOT CLEAN WHICH IS MY ALL TIME HIGH I'M CURRENTLY IN MY 4TH MONTH OF A 6 MONTHS WEIGHT LOSE PROGRAM AND I HAVE BEEN TAKEING MERIDA WHICH IS KILLING ME FINACIALLY KILLING ME SO I GO TO MY CONSULT WITH THE SURG. ON 7/5/06 AND HAVE BEEN READING UP TRYING TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE ROAD AHEAD SO ANY HELP OR ADVISE WOULD GREATLEY BE APPRECIATED

coptergirl · 06-21-2006, 04:23 PM

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Tawanda · 06-21-2006, 04:42 PM

Hi Cassie,

Welcome to the board and best wishes for your journey.

I don't mean to pry or be forward, Cassie...but I wonder if you have met with a psych yet? A prior meth addiction might cause you some hiccups getting the approval. One of the questions my psych asked was if I had used any illicit drugs in the past two years. He seemed to think it takes that long for things to clean out of your system and for a person to get their head on straight. I didn't have a problem (heh...I was in my 20s when wacky tobacky was all around...and that was AGES ago, I'm BORING now), but he seemed really concerned, like this was quite a big deal.

Regardless....congratulations to you for being clean for seven months and for making the decision to put YOUR health and life first!

Good luck!

cassie7978 · 06-21-2006, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tawanda

Hi Cassie,

Welcome to the board and best wishes for your journey.

I don't mean to pry or be forward, Cassie...but I wonder if you have met with a psych yet? A prior meth addiction might cause you some hiccups getting the approval. One of the questions my psych asked was if I had used any illicit drugs in the past two years. He seemed to think it takes that long for things to clean out of your system and for a person to get their head on straight. I didn't have a problem (heh...I was in my 20s when wacky tobacky was all around...and that was AGES ago, I'm BORING now), but he seemed really concerned, like this was quite a big deal.

Regardless....congratulations to you for being clean for seven months and for making the decision to put YOUR health and life first!

Good luck!

I havent did a psych yet is that something that i should maybe not tell them?

Tawanda · 06-22-2006, 10:25 AM

I think the choice is definitely yours to make, Cassie.

But, I can say, that if it were me, I think I would definitely NOT hide anything. Your past has soooo much to do with your future, and specificially the success of WLS. I believe in taking things head on, and it's very important to address past issues to give you the very best chances on your journey.

And...really...good for you for turning clean! That says a lot! And I think a psych would take that as a very positive thing. Especially if you're willing to discuss past addictive behaviors and what you have done since to address them. Whether it be food, or drugs, or obsessions, I think many of us have addictive problems or we wouldn't be here in the first place.

The point is, it's something that needs to come up and be dealt with and I just wanted to give you a head's up that if you decide to reveal it to the psych, you will definitely want to have some answers to explain what happened and how you are handling it. Keep positive about it! You have a done a really, really good thing by making the choices you have and I'm sure that your psych will see that as well!

Bypassingme619 · 06-22-2006, 10:37 AM

Cassie welcome aboard. Stay focused on your goal and in this process never except a denial nor a no, always fight to meet your goal. All you have been through use that as your strength to be successful in your journey. Congrats on being clean for 7 months, that is something to be truley proud about. Keep us posted on your journey.

D's Hope · 06-22-2006, 11:01 AM

Hi Cassie,

welcome to the board and the newest journey in your life. I told my doctors of my past addiction to pain medication, because physical pain was directly related to my weight. No more weight issues (ok I still have more to lose) no more pain (ok I still have some, but its going away as the weight does). Anyway, the reason why I told my doctor was because of my tolerance to pain medication, the doses that he generally used post surgery would not benefit my pain because of the tolerance.

I think the surgery really gives you a chance to be completely honest with yourself and others. Its a chance to look at you for who you are and learn to like that person. You dont want one addiction to turn into another or three, you want to start leading a healthy life and have a healthy lifestyle and part of that is being honest. Personally, I think it is very important, so important that I was willing to lose people I thought were friends because I was not just settleing or giving in to whatever they wanted. With this surgery I feel I have become a stronger person, perhaps it is because I have more self esteem and confidence and think of myself as better, this surgery gave me to opportunity to do what I really thought was what I wanted, thinking about my feelings instead of someone else.

Ok so I have rambled on and on, but what I guess I really want to say is be honest and know that in the end you wont have omissons on your conscience.

Good luck,
Hope

jurassic · 06-23-2006, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cassie7978

I havent did a psych yet is that something that i should maybe not tell them?

Wait a moment here... you HAVE to tell everything.. it is your health..... addictions are very important to discuss if you are pre-op, since there might be a problem behind it in your mind also... So please tell.....

Good luck ! and, Welcome!

Mavisavis · 06-23-2006, 05:57 PM

I agree you should tell. They may want you to do some work before you get surgery to make sure you do not lapse into the past addiction. A lot of people resort to a new or former addiction when they lose food as one of the coping mechanisms. You have proven you can meet a challenge for your health and to take care of yourself and you can do this too! Coming here is a great way to get prepared for what you could go through physically, mentally, emotionally, and even hormonally. But this is quite a journey and I wish you the best on it. Welcome to the board.

Congrats on your success with your recovery work!

jurassic · 06-26-2006, 07:58 AM

My doctor once told me he had a patient who was an alcoholic and he never told the staff, and they also failed to detect it.. so he went into the operation successfully, but now his alcoholism level has increased....in other words, this is a long-term situation, any little unbalance you have, you have to tell..