MissLisa1970
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- Dec 24, 2016
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Thanks to the very helpful Miss Larra (who invited me here) i'm closer to making my decision on having the all saving all mighty WLS.
Hi, I'm Miss Lisa. I'm 5ft 2, eyes of blue and there's clearly more of me to love. Which is why i'm here. I've been tossing the idea of WLS around for a year now. My PCP however suggested it himself 4 years ago but i was dead set against it. It just seemed so drastic of a move. Plus i'd seen many people i know get the surgery only to gain the weight back after a few years. What i didn't know at the time however is that there's many types of surgeries and my PCP encouraged me to investigate it further... and so i did. I researched, and researched.. and researched some more and came to the conclusion that 1 person i know had the lap band (fail) another had a stomach stapling (another fail) another had a sleeve (yep, you guessed it, fail) a couple of others had a bypass . (tho better than the staples. sleeves and the band, there was still a way to "bypass" that and.. FAIL) so, needless to say, based on this information i kept telling my doctor.. HELL NO. for i thought.. what's the point? i mean, short of wiring my jaws permanently shut there was just nothing that would show enough success for me to go under a knife and just let some surgeon go messing about with my innards! so i just kept seeing my Doc, trying various pill forms (phent-er-mine, belviq, contrave, Qsymia etc) nothing worked.. i might lose a few pounds here and there, but the effects of the pills had varying degrees of "suck" and either my hair was falling out, or stuff would tingle out of nowhere or i'd get these raging headaches that made me an even worse tempered redhead. (than usual, it's all part of my endearing charm) PLUS (aside from the phent-er-mine) they were just so expensive! so i'd stop them. At this stage i just had a AW F*CK IT! i'm fat.. and that's that mentality. I've never been one to care what others thought of me.. My husband is beautiful and loves me as i am. I was fat when i met him, i was fat when i married him.. I lost half of my body weight once when ephedra was on the market. I took it safely and effectively and it got me down from 230 lbs to 120 lbs.. but then it was taken away and low and behold.. i'm fat again. 245 lbs later and here i am... So, here's were my interest in WLS begins, I'm security for Costco, i'm on my feet 8 hours a day, 5 days a week so far for 15 years on cold hard concrete floors. My feet hurt, my knees hurt, my hips hurt. I sit down for a spell, i get back up and i have to practice walking again like i'm a toddler. Stiff, in pain and downright tired! well more like sick and tired. I'm tired of being tired. So... surgery is looking pretty good to me right now, i'm no spring chicken and if (well..it's more a question of when) i need knee or hip surgery, i really don't want to be this "robust" if ya dig what i mean.... so i began looking into WLS again and discovered this thing called Duodenal Switch. Sounds promising yes..seems to have a high success rate and less chance of weight regain.. however, it's a bit frightening to me. All this talk of obscene amounts of vitamin intake and smelly gasses and excrement coming from my adorable person just doesn't sound all that glamourous... but then again, neither does a butt as big as the broad side of a barn. (OMG BECKY! LOOK AT HER BUTT!) but anyway.. i digest (snickers) If you're still with me reading this long winded diatribe- I'm here for support, i'm here for knowledge, i'm here for strength, i'm here for.. whatever advice i need to get this ball rolling. I don't know where to begin. I'm enjoying reading all the postings so far. It's been helpful but i'm just a bundle of uncertainty! what's going through Aetna gonna be like? what's this 3 month Multi-disciplinary surgical preparatory regimen stuff and what to expect? Anyroad, thanks for reading. I think i'm gonna like it here. Happy Holidays, Y'all <3
Hi, I'm Miss Lisa. I'm 5ft 2, eyes of blue and there's clearly more of me to love. Which is why i'm here. I've been tossing the idea of WLS around for a year now. My PCP however suggested it himself 4 years ago but i was dead set against it. It just seemed so drastic of a move. Plus i'd seen many people i know get the surgery only to gain the weight back after a few years. What i didn't know at the time however is that there's many types of surgeries and my PCP encouraged me to investigate it further... and so i did. I researched, and researched.. and researched some more and came to the conclusion that 1 person i know had the lap band (fail) another had a stomach stapling (another fail) another had a sleeve (yep, you guessed it, fail) a couple of others had a bypass . (tho better than the staples. sleeves and the band, there was still a way to "bypass" that and.. FAIL) so, needless to say, based on this information i kept telling my doctor.. HELL NO. for i thought.. what's the point? i mean, short of wiring my jaws permanently shut there was just nothing that would show enough success for me to go under a knife and just let some surgeon go messing about with my innards! so i just kept seeing my Doc, trying various pill forms (phent-er-mine, belviq, contrave, Qsymia etc) nothing worked.. i might lose a few pounds here and there, but the effects of the pills had varying degrees of "suck" and either my hair was falling out, or stuff would tingle out of nowhere or i'd get these raging headaches that made me an even worse tempered redhead. (than usual, it's all part of my endearing charm) PLUS (aside from the phent-er-mine) they were just so expensive! so i'd stop them. At this stage i just had a AW F*CK IT! i'm fat.. and that's that mentality. I've never been one to care what others thought of me.. My husband is beautiful and loves me as i am. I was fat when i met him, i was fat when i married him.. I lost half of my body weight once when ephedra was on the market. I took it safely and effectively and it got me down from 230 lbs to 120 lbs.. but then it was taken away and low and behold.. i'm fat again. 245 lbs later and here i am... So, here's were my interest in WLS begins, I'm security for Costco, i'm on my feet 8 hours a day, 5 days a week so far for 15 years on cold hard concrete floors. My feet hurt, my knees hurt, my hips hurt. I sit down for a spell, i get back up and i have to practice walking again like i'm a toddler. Stiff, in pain and downright tired! well more like sick and tired. I'm tired of being tired. So... surgery is looking pretty good to me right now, i'm no spring chicken and if (well..it's more a question of when) i need knee or hip surgery, i really don't want to be this "robust" if ya dig what i mean.... so i began looking into WLS again and discovered this thing called Duodenal Switch. Sounds promising yes..seems to have a high success rate and less chance of weight regain.. however, it's a bit frightening to me. All this talk of obscene amounts of vitamin intake and smelly gasses and excrement coming from my adorable person just doesn't sound all that glamourous... but then again, neither does a butt as big as the broad side of a barn. (OMG BECKY! LOOK AT HER BUTT!) but anyway.. i digest (snickers) If you're still with me reading this long winded diatribe- I'm here for support, i'm here for knowledge, i'm here for strength, i'm here for.. whatever advice i need to get this ball rolling. I don't know where to begin. I'm enjoying reading all the postings so far. It's been helpful but i'm just a bundle of uncertainty! what's going through Aetna gonna be like? what's this 3 month Multi-disciplinary surgical preparatory regimen stuff and what to expect? Anyroad, thanks for reading. I think i'm gonna like it here. Happy Holidays, Y'all <3