Username: internetnut
Location: elmira, NY, USA
Member Since: 7/15/2008
BMI: 41.0
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Surgery Type: RNY (07/25/08)
Surgeon: Taesun Moon

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Taesun Moon
I really love Dr. Moon. He has the best bed side manners and he is so pleasant. My impression has never changed about him from day one I was happy with him from the day I met him. He also has proformed my scope test which went so smooth better then when my gastro. doctor did it. Dr. Moon did my surgery plus many others I've talked with. Everyone that I've talked with has been so happy with him. I'm sad to know he is no longer with Arnot and I hope he stays in the area and I can see him as my acting doctor. I wish we had more doctors like him!

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Books & Literature - I collect cookbooks
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Cooking & Baking - I love to cook/bake
Camping - We love camping
WLS in your 30's - Much harder then in the 20's

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Hi! Welcome to my profile! I'm Christine I'm 33 years old and had my gastric bypass July 25th 2008. Please read my story below. I'm engage to my future hubby and we are raising my 5 yr old newphew. No kids of my own but maybe someday now that I've had this surgery. I'm a type 2 diabetic with a handful of problems. I have thyroid problems, fibro with chronic fatigue, acid relux, bowel problems, Diverticulitis, 2 hernias, slipped disk and herniated disk, fracture in my back and allergies. My weight loss tracker is below (don't know how to get it to work yet).

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11/21/08
15 hours ago

Well I had a doctors appt. today in the same building as my surgery doctors office so I scooted down to weigh myself and I'm 147. Still losing a few pounds a week. I'm happy to be losing a few pounds a week and not stop losing weight.

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11/17/08
4 days ago

On 11/12/08 I stopped by my doctors to pick up my Lyrica and Ambein. Well why I was there I thought I'd stop by my RNY doctors and weigh myself. Well there scales read 149. Still under 150. That same day I stopped by GNC to buy protein powder and the cashier and I were talking about protein powders and my RNY. Well she was mentioning weights and told me "Because Of Your Tiny Frame" what I thought, I must be not hearing that right a tiny frame. Wow! I was also told that same day how pretty I look. Now I've been told that before by therapist. They tell everyone that. But a complete stranger told me I was pretty. Wow! What a day. So today not as much excitement but I did notice my belly doesn't look so big in my pants. Though on that note my future hubby did say I'm giggle all over and he is right. My thighs giggle when shook. My belly wiggles when I shake it. We my bat wings they hang and giggle. I hope some of my skin tightens up at little better.

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11/10/08
on November 11, 2008 1:05 pm

I went to my diabetic doctor yesterday for my check up. I was weighed and the scales read 147 1/2. Of course there's the half. I was like wow under 150. I haven't seen that in years. A few things have come to mind right now. My pants I had fixed in August that fix snug are getting lose now. I wish my undies would get lose. LOL. I'm waiting to buy new undies & bras until I really lose weight. I'm also noticeing my hair is starting to fall out. I've had thining hair for awhile before my surgery but in the last couple weeks I've noticed my bangs are real thin. I talked with a lady last week who had lap band and she lost her hair and it never came back. She said it will be 1 year in december that she had her surgery This concerns me because I've heared my hair will come back in plus it might be thicker. What if it don't come back in.

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11/07/08
on November 7, 2008 4:27 am

Well another 1/2 pound. I was at my doctors and the scales showed 151 and a 1/2. Ok still not bad but these halfs are driving me crazy. I went to my Asthma & Allergy doctor Monday and she looked at my arm pit because I'm still having the same rash. She said it's yeast. So she put me on Diflucan and said if I seen no inprovements or it spreads then let her know. Well yesterday I went in for my allergy shots and I told her it's still red but the dry skin was gone but I had just showered also. I explained I had a OB/GYN appointment for my period that never wants to go away. She told me have him look at it. So he looked at it and said it is Psoriasis not yeast and I need to see a skin specialist. Yet another doctor and something else wrong with it. So he also put me on Estrogen to help stop the period. If that doesn't work he's taking the implant out and I'll probably have to go back on the patch.

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10/29/08
on October 29, 2008 9:11 am

I weighed myself yesterday the scales say 154 and 1/2. I was like your kidding 1/2. I put it on 154 and it went up then I put it on 155 and it went down. Yesterday was my last day at the gym. At least at the hospital gym. I was having sitter problems so I may start at my future hubby's gym. My only concern is scales. Our scales are off by 4 pounds last I checked so this will be a pain in the butt.

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My Story

This will be a work in progress as the first time I lost what I wrote so I'm saving as I go. My story where to begin. Should I begin where I fit into a size 1 at 12 yrs old and thought it was GREAT or where I seen my big butt in my future hubby's side mirror and thought OH CRAP my butt is way to big at 210 pounds my biggest. Where ever I began I've had a weight battle. I would lose weight 10 pounds a year but then gain it right back. My biggest issue I'm a type 2 diabetic. My sugars weren't bad but I didn't want to go through what my grandparents did due to diabetes. I watched my grandfather lose both legs and my grams sugars go so low she couldn't figure out what to do to get it back up. My journey on WLS went pretty fast. Jan. 2008 my friend and I was talking about her sister having the surgery and I thought I've played with having it for years maybe it was time for me to really think about it. I have a friend who had RNY surgery about 6 yrs ago. I decided I wanted lap band and made the appointment. When I met my doctor Dr. Moon. What a wonderful guy Feb. 2008 I wade 203 pounds not my biggest but enough. He told me I needed to lose at least 5 pounds before having my surgery and since having gastroparesis a side affect from diabetes and acid reflux I would need RNY. I was diappointed as I didn't want this forever but what choice did I have. I decided it was what was best for me. I started my paper work was approved right away, took my Diet/Nut class and by June I was thinking no this is not right for me I'm going to have give up sweets no not for me. Well after talking with family and friends I decided it was right for me and I was gonna be ok without the sweets. A few weeks later I recieved my letter that my surgery was set for July 25th 2008 I was set to see the Diet/Nut. and I was down to 198 I was so surprised it was so fast. By the first week of July 2008 I recieved 2 calls to have my surgery sooner and I turned this down as we already had vacation plans and I was not ready at that point. Well the few weeks past and it was 3 days before my surgery day and I had to met Dr. Moon again before surgery. I lost more weight and was down to 194. I couldn't believe it as I was eating what I wanted to eat. That evening my future hubby and I decided to go to a mexican restaurant oh how I love mexican. I questioned rather I was really going to go through this and have this surgery or not. Well my mind was made up at 1:00am when I had such pain from gastroparesis and heartburn. Surgery day came Friday July 25th 2008 and I was down to 193. I was scared and excited at the same time. I had laposcopic RNY. After my surgery when I woke my first thought was what did I do. My stomach didn't hurt awfully bad no worse then when I had my gallbladder out but the Grenade well that was another story. I was up walking the halls that same night not alot but as often as I could stay awake. Saturday July 26th 2008 the nurses said I needed to be weighed and the scale said 199 pound I flipped I told the nurse something's wrong with this thing I weigh 193 pounds. She says to me didn't anyone tell you that you could gain weight at first of course I said NO. When I left Monday July 28th I weighed 191 pounds that was much better. In just under 2 weeks I went for my Diet/Nut meeting and I weighed 182. About a week later I went to see my diabetes doctor and I weighed 177 pounds. For me my weight has gone slow compared to some peoples but it's what I like I don't need to run out and buy clothes yet. My sugars have stabled out and I think I'm probably in remission diabetes wise. Overall this surgery has leveled out my sugars and ended my non sugar craving which is what I wanted so much to have.