I've decided enough is enough.

[Neostarwcc]

It’s usually a good idea to try to lose weight before surgery. If nothing else, it helps you get into a new mindset.

Yeah I'll probably mention to my surgeon that I'm going to try to lose at least the weight that I gained from being put on my antipsychotic. He's mentioned to me that exercising is very important to not only losing weight in the first place but to the procedure itself also.

From what I understand, you’ll have cravings. You just do not eat as much food. Although that can change over time. I know a lot of people are referred to weight loss therapists to help them through their journey.

Yeah I think a dietician comes with the surgery although I don't know if we have to pay for one out of pocket. If we do my mom can help with that expense or our deacons and treasurers can help with it as well. I've got a very good support system so financial costs I'm not worried about unless it's like 1k a month like the weight loss injections. My mom doesn't have THAT kind of money nor would a person who is a doctor and makes like 200k a year.

 

[Diamond72]

I've pretty much exhausted all other options at this point.

Except for the option to quit eating. I cut down to one meal a day. I would only eat for one hour and did not eat for the other 23. Because the doctors want you eating something. They are not big on fasting although fasting by far is the easiest way to lose weight. I went from 400 down to 230. Then the doctor put me on exercise machines and that makes it very hard to lose weight.

 

[Neostarwcc]

Except for the option to quit eating. I cut down to one meal a day. I would only eat for one hour and did not eat for the other 23. Because the doctors want you eating something. They are not big on fasting although fasting by far is the easiest way to lose weight. I went from 400 down to 230. Then the doctor put me on exercise machines and that makes it very hard to lose weight.

Not really when I starved myself for 3-4 months all I lost was about 20 pounds and I gained it ALL back in a week or two after I started eating small meals again. Trust me, when I said I've tried everything, I've tried it all including not eating a single morsel at all and just drinking water.

 

[Michie]

Not really when I starved myself for 3-4 months all I lost was about 20 pounds and I gained it ALL back in a week or two after I started eating small meals again. Trust me, when I said I've tried everything, I've tried it all including not eating a single morsel at all and just drinking water.

Not eating correctly can play havoc with your metabolism. Any doctor will tell you that. Only do as your doctor advises.

 

[Diamond72]

Not really when I starved myself for 3-4 months all I lost was about 20 pounds and I gained it ALL back in a week or two after I started eating small meals again. Trust me, when I said I've tried everything, I've tried it all including not eating a single morsel at all and just drinking water.

I guess I am a yoyo dieter, if you add it all up I have lost over 500 pounds of weight.

 

[Neostarwcc]

So I had another consultation. I decided on the gastric sleeve surgery and I'm going to be getting blood work in July. I figured the Gastric sleeve surgery would be the safest surgery for me to go through and it's less restrictive than the gastric bypass which basically would make me miserable. I start physical therapy and I start seeing a nutritionist in July and my surgery will be scheduled for some time in November. I'll continue to update this thread as things go along thank you for all of your support and comments <3

 

[Michie]

So I had another consultation. I decided on the gastric sleeve surgery and I'm going to be getting blood work in July. I figured the Gastric sleeve surgery would be the safest surgery for me to go through and it's less restrictive than the gastric bypass which basically would make me miserable. I start physical therapy and I start seeing a nutritionist in July and my surgery will be scheduled for some time in November. I'll continue to update this thread as things go along thank you for all of your support and comments <3

Glad you are on the road to recovery!

 

[Neostarwcc]

Glad you are on the road to recovery!

Yup! I had actually lost 2 pounds from last month! I technically did it when i wasn't in the program so any weight loss is/was welcome!

 

[Michie]

Yup! I had actually lost 2 pounds from last month! I technically did it when i wasn't in the program so any weight loss is/was welcome!

Congratulations!

 

[Neostarwcc]

Congratulations!

Thank you! Only 248 pounds to go. Lol! Oh! I did want to mention but forgot, that I asked if I lost like 60 pounds total on the program or more before my surgery of I could change my mind on the surgery and continue in the program and the head nurse said "absolutely" so I'm giving losing weight on my own with a physical therapist and a nutritionist guiding every step of the way another go. If I drop 60 or more pounds by my surgery date I'm probably going to give the rest of the weight a try since the gastric sleeve is an irreversible surgery. If I fail we can schedule a surgery again. I'm apparently in the program for life to ensure that I maintain a healthy weight for the rest of my life so I'm really, really happy about that. Ice been obese since I was 10 years old so I barely remember what it's like to not be obese you know?

 

[William J]

I pray that God will be with you through the surgery and help you to lose weight and keep it off.

 

[Neostarwcc]

I pray that God will be with you through the surgery and help you to lose weight and keep it off.

Thank you very much for the prayers. I appreciate it.

 

[linux.poet]

There's nothing wrong with enjoying food but it shouldn't be your God. The realities of what you've done and what it requires for correction should jar you. The impact of your actions on others should stop you in your tracks. You aren't the only one affected. Look at your wife. Doesn't she deserve a spouse who's healthy and supportive? You're putting more on her plate every morsel you eat. She's the one who has to pick up the slack when you can't.

You haven't reached the point of contrition. When you have you aren't thinking of take out. You're facing the music. You look in the mirror unclothed and see what you've done. You watch others do the things you can't because your body prevents it and see the gravity of your mistake.

You should love yourself more than that plate. When you grasp what you've done to your temple and it truly disgusts you and you demand change. Not want it. When you accept nothing less than its correction the cravings will cease and the portions will be appropriate.

Gluttony is self-destructive and the remedy is self-control. You can't be supported by someone who enabled you. They didn't have the courage to tell you to stop or put their foot down and force the issue. I had a friend in a similar situation who married a girl who was obese. He was smaller and more active but when he moved to be with her the weight piled on. They ate out a lot and both balllooned.

Honestly, weight gain is a side effect of antipsychotic medication that is used to treat schizophrenia, which @Neostarwcc is taking. I would not be writing such things for this case. The cravings may also be a side effect of the medication as well.

I pray that this surgery goes well, that the psychiatrist who is treating the schizophrenia is made aware of this situation, and that everything proceeds in a healthy manner.

 

[Neostarwcc]

Honestly, weight gain is a side effect of antipsychotic medication that is used to treat schizophrenia, which @Neostarwcc is taking. I would not be writing such things for this case. The cravings may also be a side effect of the medication as well.

I pray that this surgery goes well, that the psychiatrist who is treating the schizophrenia is made aware of this situation, and that everything proceeds in a healthy manner.

Right and the whole bariatric team including my surgeon is working at trying to figure out ways to make my surgery a success despite the weight gain from my antipsychotics. The surgeon mentioned that he has had schizophrenic patients before (he's been doing bariatrics for over 30 years) and he mentioned how challenging it was to try to counteract the side effects of antipsychotics and bariatrics because he's had patients gain over 100 pounds from anti psychotics before. I think ive gained maybe 100 points on anti psyhotics since i started taking them back in 2011. And thats from trying dozens of medicines to find the right ones to handle my psychiatric symptoms. My manic symptoms still exist but my psychiatrist is working on that.


Another thing theyre working on is one of my medications (latuda) I have to take with 350 calories for it to absorb properly into my system. Because the calories need to absorb the gastric sleeve operation is really my only option. So they're trying to figure out especially in the early stages of my surgery when I can only have 800 calories of liquids or so how to incorporate my Latuda into that as well because its so helpful that i cant switch to another medication. I'm really, really happy with the whole bariatric team because between all of us we're trying to make this surgery as safe and effective as possible. Especially when I have 200-250 pounds to lose trying to battle medication that causes moderate weight gain as a side effect with a medicine that needs 30% of my daily calories to work. My team will figure it out, I'm confident about that. But it will be a challenge.

My psychiatrist and GP are aware i'm getting weight loss surgery as well though. In fact it was my GPs proddings for the past 2 years that talked me into the surgery in the first place because we've exhausted nearly everything else between the two of us without success. He really said that this was my only option left.

 

[Neostarwcc]

Just a small update. So I went to my GP yesterday and told him I'm getting bariatric surgery. He was ecstatic and very happy. He filled out paperwork that I'm supposed to be getting done before my surgery and I actually lost an extra 13 pounds since the last time I was weighed. My GP was very happy with my progress. He wants to see me in September because he figures that's around when the surgery will get done. We will see.

As for the bariatric side of things I'm getting a whole slew of Tests on June 13th to make sure I'm healthy and fit enough for surgery. I'm also going to start physical therapy then and start seeing the nutritionist. I should be there all morning and afternoon so... it'll be a long day for me and then July 1st I will find out all of the results.

 

[Lov4Christ]

I've recently decided that enough is enough and decided to get weight loss surgery. At my latest weigh in a few weeks ago I weighed almost 440 pounds and I'm not that tall of a person. I am huge and I'm sick of needing a cane everywhere I go and not being able to walk very far and I've pretty much exhausted all other options at this point. The only thing I haven't tried are the weight loss injections but my insurance won't pay for them and they're over $1,000 a month so that's an option that I cannot use anymore. My insurance will however, cover weight loss surgery and I've decided on getting the Lap Band surgery. I've been to the consultation already and I know there is a chance that I not make it alive through the surgery but I am turning 38 in a month and I'm not an morbidly obese 24 year old anymore. I don't want to die when I'm in my 40's I'd like to make it at least until my mid 60's or maybe even 70s/80s if I can push it.

So that being said I am getting the surgery in a few months, normally I would post for prayers a few days or weeks before surgery (And I probably will make another topic closer to my surgery) but my surgery may get bumped up anyway and I was looking for support and prayers on this. Has anyone ever gotten weight loss surgery before and it been successful? I really don't want to go under the knife unless I 1. Have to and 2. Have God to guide me through this so that I can be a success. I've always told myself that my goal is 250-300 lbs but if I get weight loss surgery I can maybe get down to 180 pounds and get a majority of my health risks taken care of. Instead of rolling the dice every year and seeing what medical condition I have this time. The last time it was life threatening blood clots I can't even imagine what would come next. I just... don't want to think about it. Going under the knife is a good idea...

I'm praying for you

 

[Teresa W.]

I've recently decided that enough is enough and decided to get weight loss surgery. At my latest weigh in a few weeks ago I weighed almost 440 pounds and I'm not that tall of a person. I am huge and I'm sick of needing a cane everywhere I go and not being able to walk very far and I've pretty much exhausted all other options at this point. The only thing I haven't tried are the weight loss injections but my insurance won't pay for them and they're over $1,000 a month so that's an option that I cannot use anymore. My insurance will however, cover weight loss surgery and I've decided on getting the Lap Band surgery. I've been to the consultation already and I know there is a chance that I not make it alive through the surgery but I am turning 38 in a month and I'm not an morbidly obese 24 year old anymore. I don't want to die when I'm in my 40's I'd like to make it at least until my mid 60's or maybe even 70s/80s if I can push it.

So that being said I am getting the surgery in a few months, normally I would post for prayers a few days or weeks before surgery (And I probably will make another topic closer to my surgery) but my surgery may get bumped up anyway and I was looking for support and prayers on this. Has anyone ever gotten weight loss surgery before and it been successful? I really don't want to go under the knife unless I 1. Have to and 2. Have God to guide me through this so that I can be a success. I've always told myself that my goal is 250-300 lbs but if I get weight loss surgery I can maybe get down to 180 pounds and get a majority of my health risks taken care of. Instead of rolling the dice every year and seeing what medical condition I have this time. The last time it was life threatening blood clots I can't even imagine what would come next. I just... don't want to think about it. Going under the knife is a good idea...

I had gastric sleeve surgery a few years ago. So glad I did! I've lost 85 lbs. and would like to lose a few more, my goal is to also get down to 180. (kinda got stuck at 200 for quite a while, but now at 195). Hope it goes well for you and praying for your journey ahead.

 

[GodJesusAndChocolate]

Praying for you!!

 

[Diamond72]

I am huge and I'm sick of needing a cane everywhere I go

The nice things about losing weight is we feel better right away. We do not have to lose 100 pounds to feel better. But when we start eating again we go right back to being sick if we do not lose the weight we need to lose.

 

[Neostarwcc]

So they're doing a stress test on the 28th to make sure that my heart is healthy enough for surgery. They're talking about doing the surgery in September but I'm thinking of delaying the surgery until Spring because September just seems too early. If I wait until Spring for the surgery it gives me time to lose more weight. I've already lost close to 10 pounds and it gives me more time to prepare.

To be completely honest with my bariatric team, everyone here, and myself I haven't been preparing myself much for surgery and it takes a lot of preparation. Just about all I've been doing is cutting back on soda from 3 cans a day to 2. By the time of my surgery for the first year I can't drink any soda at all. So there's that.

Anyway, I'm nervous about my stress test but I'm hoping it goes well. My insurance wouldn't cover the medicine and are making me run on a treadmill so I'm hoping it doesn't get too dangerous. But if it does at least I'm right there in a hospital if something goes wrong... anyone ever have a exercise stress test before?