donzi84
New Member
Well hi all, when i was pre-op i loved reading people's stories and found them a good read and very inspirational so i thought i would do mine....
Originally my weight was never a problem when i was in my young teen's i was never fat it was only when i started my periods that the weight crept on and by the time i was 16 i was 16 stone, weight was never an issue to me through school as i could safely say i have been one of the lucky one's i was always popular and never got any bullying which i am so lucky for. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 17 which was an added factor to my weight as it is harder to loose it!! Anyway from being 17 i was sent to a dietician, me and my mum went for the appointment and no lie the dietician was around 27 stone i could not take her seriously for obvious reasons, i know this might seem a little unfair but i just sat there thinking "how can your advice me", so needless to say i left with no help.
I then went to the doctors again when i was around 20 and was given both kinds of slimming pills Xenical and another i cant remember the name, neither of these worked, but only because of one person...ME. The problem was it took my concious choice to take the tablet or not, so if i thought i fancied a curry etc that night i would not take the pill, i knew i needed somthing that was out of my hands....and something that would over-ride my choice...
I had tried various diet's , well nearly all of them.. nothing ever worked, i will not just sit here and say it was the diet as it was me also. I just needed that extra push. My husband is not big, infact he is quite a gym freak and i found that he was always so supportive with me, he never commented on my weight and suppoted me if i did diet. I think it is awful for partners as they cant say right for wrong!!
I am 24 nearly 25, with PCOS i knew that i would have a difficulty to conceive, so me and my husband decided to try for children, quite young really!! but nearly 5 years on and still no luck... i was in a catch 22 they would not do IVF on the nhs as i was too overweiught, but i couldn't loose my weight....
We got married on the 19th august 2007 and both of my best freinds who were bridesmaids fell pregnant, this really hurt me in a selfish way i know!! i knew i had to do something about my weight now to have children.But now i have 3 lovely god-children and a solution to my weight.The problem was i would be so upset and depressed i would want to stay in and eat and therefore put more weight on...
I went to my G.p, nothing about fertility or weight-loss and he asked me what i thought of weight loss surgery i said i had looked into it and would be interested, and with that he said he would refer me, Anyway from there everything went downhill and i knew it would be a long and emotional ride... i went to see the dietician and she was awful (my experience with dieticians has not been good) she sat there there whole time telling me what a good candidate for surgery i was, then wrote to my doctor saying i wasn't.. i knew it would be a long wait on the nhs and the doctor still agreed to get me a consultation with the surgeon (i'm glad i paid for the band privately as im still waiting for this appointment)Anyway to cut a long story short my parents told me they were willing to pay for me the op!! so i went ahead and booked with the wls group and had my op at the Thornbury Hospital Sheffield. This was a great hospital and the care and guidance i have received from coleen and wendy at the WLS group has been unbelievable. The op went well (didn't feel a thing!!) and i came around after really quick within an hour i was having a walk round, i do think it was my age. The pain after was quite bad and stomache very sore but now i am fine, a little discomfort where me port is but other than this im great. I still have a bit or restriction as my stomache will still be a little swollen, but i can honestly say i have never felt so determined and positive to do something in my life, i am not on the pureed stage yet still on liquids but finding it easy (for now) The one thing that hust and bruised me the most were the injections they sent me home with!! Besides all this i went for my staples removing (24 of them) quite shocked he did staples ,but apparently they make a cleaner scar (for when im in my bikini!!) lol anyway went on thurs for these removing and in the 2 and a half week inc my post op diet i had lost 16lbs (In Two and a Half week!!!) i was over the moon.... and all i can think is this is what's to follow... i know that im not going to loose this everytime but what a boost !!
I just wanted people to know that this is the best decision i have ever made and i would not turn back! i feel i have definately made the right choice with the band as my problems with eating were down to me and now at least i feel i am doing alot of the work and i am changing my life with the choices i make.
I would just like to say you really realise who your friends are at a time like this and you then realise how may comments you actually blocked out, people at work saying "oh have your not tried this diet" "alright big girl" etc you almost become ammune to these kind of comments and it becomes the norm!! well not any longer... i feel strong, more confident, happy and content in knowing i have made the biggest and best choice of a lifetime and i wish all the pre-bypassers and banders out there fighting on the NHS all the luck in the world!!
Anyway thanks for listening
Love
Originally my weight was never a problem when i was in my young teen's i was never fat it was only when i started my periods that the weight crept on and by the time i was 16 i was 16 stone, weight was never an issue to me through school as i could safely say i have been one of the lucky one's i was always popular and never got any bullying which i am so lucky for. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 17 which was an added factor to my weight as it is harder to loose it!! Anyway from being 17 i was sent to a dietician, me and my mum went for the appointment and no lie the dietician was around 27 stone i could not take her seriously for obvious reasons, i know this might seem a little unfair but i just sat there thinking "how can your advice me", so needless to say i left with no help.
I then went to the doctors again when i was around 20 and was given both kinds of slimming pills Xenical and another i cant remember the name, neither of these worked, but only because of one person...ME. The problem was it took my concious choice to take the tablet or not, so if i thought i fancied a curry etc that night i would not take the pill, i knew i needed somthing that was out of my hands....and something that would over-ride my choice...
I had tried various diet's , well nearly all of them.. nothing ever worked, i will not just sit here and say it was the diet as it was me also. I just needed that extra push. My husband is not big, infact he is quite a gym freak and i found that he was always so supportive with me, he never commented on my weight and suppoted me if i did diet. I think it is awful for partners as they cant say right for wrong!!
I am 24 nearly 25, with PCOS i knew that i would have a difficulty to conceive, so me and my husband decided to try for children, quite young really!! but nearly 5 years on and still no luck... i was in a catch 22 they would not do IVF on the nhs as i was too overweiught, but i couldn't loose my weight....
We got married on the 19th august 2007 and both of my best freinds who were bridesmaids fell pregnant, this really hurt me in a selfish way i know!! i knew i had to do something about my weight now to have children.But now i have 3 lovely god-children and a solution to my weight.The problem was i would be so upset and depressed i would want to stay in and eat and therefore put more weight on...
I went to my G.p, nothing about fertility or weight-loss and he asked me what i thought of weight loss surgery i said i had looked into it and would be interested, and with that he said he would refer me, Anyway from there everything went downhill and i knew it would be a long and emotional ride... i went to see the dietician and she was awful (my experience with dieticians has not been good) she sat there there whole time telling me what a good candidate for surgery i was, then wrote to my doctor saying i wasn't.. i knew it would be a long wait on the nhs and the doctor still agreed to get me a consultation with the surgeon (i'm glad i paid for the band privately as im still waiting for this appointment)Anyway to cut a long story short my parents told me they were willing to pay for me the op!! so i went ahead and booked with the wls group and had my op at the Thornbury Hospital Sheffield. This was a great hospital and the care and guidance i have received from coleen and wendy at the WLS group has been unbelievable. The op went well (didn't feel a thing!!) and i came around after really quick within an hour i was having a walk round, i do think it was my age. The pain after was quite bad and stomache very sore but now i am fine, a little discomfort where me port is but other than this im great. I still have a bit or restriction as my stomache will still be a little swollen, but i can honestly say i have never felt so determined and positive to do something in my life, i am not on the pureed stage yet still on liquids but finding it easy (for now) The one thing that hust and bruised me the most were the injections they sent me home with!! Besides all this i went for my staples removing (24 of them) quite shocked he did staples ,but apparently they make a cleaner scar (for when im in my bikini!!) lol anyway went on thurs for these removing and in the 2 and a half week inc my post op diet i had lost 16lbs (In Two and a Half week!!!) i was over the moon.... and all i can think is this is what's to follow... i know that im not going to loose this everytime but what a boost !!
I just wanted people to know that this is the best decision i have ever made and i would not turn back! i feel i have definately made the right choice with the band as my problems with eating were down to me and now at least i feel i am doing alot of the work and i am changing my life with the choices i make.
I would just like to say you really realise who your friends are at a time like this and you then realise how may comments you actually blocked out, people at work saying "oh have your not tried this diet" "alright big girl" etc you almost become ammune to these kind of comments and it becomes the norm!! well not any longer... i feel strong, more confident, happy and content in knowing i have made the biggest and best choice of a lifetime and i wish all the pre-bypassers and banders out there fighting on the NHS all the luck in the world!!
Anyway thanks for listening
Love
