Surgery in 2 weeks!!
I’m all approved by insurance and ready to go, just have my bariatric class and pre-admission testing tomorrow and then I wait for May 6th! (Surgery twins, anyone?) My pre-op diet starts on April 29th. I’ll be getting robot-assisted (da Vinci system) Gastric Bypass.
I can’t believe it’s actually happening. I’m only 22, but I’ve been overweight my entire life and morbidly obese since my pre-teen years, so I’ve been thinking about surgery since I was in my teens, and I’ve not seen myself skinny since a SINGLE photo of myself from when I was about 4 or 5 years old (yes, really.)
Well, I know I won’t exactly be “skinny” (there’s no way I won’t have a decent amount of loose skin when I got up to a highest weight of almost 400lbs) but I’ll be smaller! And you can squash loose skin unlike fat, so I think I’ll manage to look nice in clothes at least lol. I’m concerned with being healthy more than anything else though.
During the last three months of surgery and dietitian appointments, I went from 379lbs (already lost about 17lbs before my first appointment) to 353lbs, and I assume I’ll lose probably another 10lbs during the pre-op diet.
My ultimate goal weight is around 130lbs because I’m quite short, but I’ll take whatever allows me to live a long and healthy life.
HW: 396lbs CW: 353lbs