Shanna
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- Jul 13, 2015
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Hello all,
I've been reading through some of the forums and decided to make an account. I'm quite early in this journey of weight loss surgery and am still gathering information to decide on the surgery type. I was old by my PCP that the duodenal switch would be best for me given that I have PCOS but I feel like the experiences I've read about regarding that surgery has been mixed.
My mom had the gastric bypass about 10 years ago and she definitely seemed to struggle the first few years with how to eat. I don't think she received the best education for life post-surgery. So her experience really closed me off to the idea of WLS for myself. At the time I had lost about 80lbs, which put me half-way to my goal weight. I thought for sure I could keep going on my own. Then I started grad school... and gained 100lbs. Four years later I really haven't lost much of that weight and at 29 years old I feel like an old woman. I think I need to consider other tools toward weight loss, including surgery, so I'm keeping an open mind.
Currently I am in Arizona. I moved here from California for work. Funnily enough, I have not met with the bariatric group at HonorHealth (formerly Scottsdale Healthcare if anyone knows it) but I saw a review here of one of the docs that didn't exactly inspire confidence. So if anyone has input on their Scottsdale experience, I'd love to hear it!
I've been reading through some of the forums and decided to make an account. I'm quite early in this journey of weight loss surgery and am still gathering information to decide on the surgery type. I was old by my PCP that the duodenal switch would be best for me given that I have PCOS but I feel like the experiences I've read about regarding that surgery has been mixed.
My mom had the gastric bypass about 10 years ago and she definitely seemed to struggle the first few years with how to eat. I don't think she received the best education for life post-surgery. So her experience really closed me off to the idea of WLS for myself. At the time I had lost about 80lbs, which put me half-way to my goal weight. I thought for sure I could keep going on my own. Then I started grad school... and gained 100lbs. Four years later I really haven't lost much of that weight and at 29 years old I feel like an old woman. I think I need to consider other tools toward weight loss, including surgery, so I'm keeping an open mind.
Currently I am in Arizona. I moved here from California for work. Funnily enough, I have not met with the bariatric group at HonorHealth (formerly Scottsdale Healthcare if anyone knows it) but I saw a review here of one of the docs that didn't exactly inspire confidence. So if anyone has input on their Scottsdale experience, I'd love to hear it!