I havent posted for a very long time but even in the early days of my surgery my posts always had the same theme to them. In a nut shell, I had my Bypass 7/4/11 and pre op lost exactly 2 stone. Post Op, I then went on to lose another 3 stone by July.
My issue was that I never felt I had anything in common with the other WLS patents on the Forums or that I met at groups or that I met up with individually.
They all talked about restriction or dumping etc and to give you an example, I went for coffee with a lovely lady that had the op two weeks prior to me with the same surgeon. We ordered a jacket potato with cheese and beans. Three mouthful's and she was done - but I ate all of mine with gusto, whilst she looked on in amazement.
My family have all asked "but I thought you had to eat differently when you had WLS?"
The point is - so did I, but I can eat anything and everything.
Now I am sure when this is read, I will be in for some tough criticism from a few but what I need to stress is that what I do have in common with those mentioned above is that I have the mentality of a fat person, so I am inherently greedy.
I have spent the majority of my adult life yo yo dieting and after several years of drumming up courage and deciding on a loan, I believed that the Bypass would be my answer. I required something to be in place that would deter me from over eating.
When I last saw my surgeon in August he was surprised that I had gained weight but neither of us said much about it, I was sent a copy of the GP letter and that was it. The weight gain has continued.
The straw that broke the camels back happened on Christmas Eve in the Supermarket as I was shopping. I was tapped on the shoulder by a woman I didn't recognize and she asked how I was doing. I was frantically
trying to put a name to the face but when she asked about my weight, I fell in.
She had the Bypass two weeks after me with the same surgeon but her 8 stone loss meant I just didn't know her. She looked amazing and we started to chat. I told her how unhappy I was and we compared our eating habits. She can eat bread but only just about half a sandwich - I could eat a whole baguette.
She eats from a side plate - I eat from a dinner plate and eat the same as the rest of the family and in the same quantity.
She never feels hungry and really makes herself eat - I do feel hungry and have done all along.
She said but you have to tell the surgeon so I came home and emailed him. I had felt too embarrassed to do so before as my weight gain had continued but was reassured when I had a reply.
I have an appointment tomorrow to discuss these issues and actually feel a bit better already as I have now taken the first step to attempt to resolve my difficulties.
My issue was that I never felt I had anything in common with the other WLS patents on the Forums or that I met at groups or that I met up with individually.
They all talked about restriction or dumping etc and to give you an example, I went for coffee with a lovely lady that had the op two weeks prior to me with the same surgeon. We ordered a jacket potato with cheese and beans. Three mouthful's and she was done - but I ate all of mine with gusto, whilst she looked on in amazement.
My family have all asked "but I thought you had to eat differently when you had WLS?"
The point is - so did I, but I can eat anything and everything.
Now I am sure when this is read, I will be in for some tough criticism from a few but what I need to stress is that what I do have in common with those mentioned above is that I have the mentality of a fat person, so I am inherently greedy.
I have spent the majority of my adult life yo yo dieting and after several years of drumming up courage and deciding on a loan, I believed that the Bypass would be my answer. I required something to be in place that would deter me from over eating.
When I last saw my surgeon in August he was surprised that I had gained weight but neither of us said much about it, I was sent a copy of the GP letter and that was it. The weight gain has continued.
The straw that broke the camels back happened on Christmas Eve in the Supermarket as I was shopping. I was tapped on the shoulder by a woman I didn't recognize and she asked how I was doing. I was frantically
trying to put a name to the face but when she asked about my weight, I fell in.
She had the Bypass two weeks after me with the same surgeon but her 8 stone loss meant I just didn't know her. She looked amazing and we started to chat. I told her how unhappy I was and we compared our eating habits. She can eat bread but only just about half a sandwich - I could eat a whole baguette.
She eats from a side plate - I eat from a dinner plate and eat the same as the rest of the family and in the same quantity.
She never feels hungry and really makes herself eat - I do feel hungry and have done all along.
She said but you have to tell the surgeon so I came home and emailed him. I had felt too embarrassed to do so before as my weight gain had continued but was reassured when I had a reply.
I have an appointment tomorrow to discuss these issues and actually feel a bit better already as I have now taken the first step to attempt to resolve my difficulties.
xxx
