My first post... (my new life after VSG)

Oct 18, 2014

As many others have posted here I have been lurking on the site for quite awhile now, but I finally decided today to post.  I've thought about weight loss surgery over the years but it I mostly thought it was what you did when you gave up on trying to lose weight 'the normal way'.  Wow, was I wrong with that line of thinking, I mean, is there a 'normal way' to lose weight? Really? I've been on the weight loss roller coaster my entire life and about 3 months ago, I realized that I wanted to change my life.  My brother mentioned the surgery to me, he thought we should do it together. Truth is, he really doesn't need surgery, but as I began to research, I realized that I was so wrong about all my thoughts about weight loss surgery.  

I searched online, I went to seminars and then I finally met with a weight loss coordinator that offered me an all inclusive package for my journey.  I received lots of helpful information and probably watched every darn youtube video I could find. I made a decision to have weight loss surgery.  I met with the surgeon, did your usual insurance required pre-authorization stuff, and like many others here, I waited, I waited to get an answer from my insurance company and I wondered if they said no, how would I deal with that? How after fixating so much time and intense research on this change in my life?

Well, fortunately I didn't have to deal with not getting approval because my insurance company said 'YES'! So here I am, I had my surgery on OCTOBER 13, 2014! I am now 5 days post op and I realize that although I was very well read and well informed, nothing or no one could truly prepare me for the past 5 days. I haven't had any terrible experiences or crazy nausea, it's just not something you can be 100% prepared for.  You see when you are researching, and you read everyone else's complications, issues, etc., you think you can 'cheat' those problems. You think that somehow you can be smarter than all of the people you've read about, you think you can avoid any of these issues by just 'using what you have learned'! Ha! well that was funny! Now, I can say I am glad I did all of the research that I did, so that when I did have certain feelings or certain situations through this recovery, I remember that its normal and others have dealt with the same issues. The funny thing is though, that I thought, I could out smart everyone and not have any issues. hahahahha..

Surgeon Consult: 9-15-14, Weight 291

Day of Surgery: 10-13-14, Weight 282

Today, 10-18-15, Weight 278

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