WEIGHT BE GONE! A "Sleeve Gastrectomy"?

Hi Everyone! This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday. If you would like to follow me in my journey you are welcome, and if you'd like to share your own journey feel free to sign my linky below, and I'll come visit you, and read your story too! If you have a great diet recipe you would like to share I'd appreciate it very much. The reason I've started my journey is I had a rude awakening to the reality of life's threats in that if I still wanted to lead a fun, and somewhat of a meaningful happy life I had to make  some serious changes.   Okay, weighed in this morning at 253 and finally starting to get rid of some of this water.  I've had a discussion with the doctor, and I've been thinking about this for a very long time, and he's checking with my insurance company to see if they will cooperate as long as I have a medical opinion that medically I need this operation.  Sooooooooooooooooo  I've done my research, and here's what I've come up with.  Number one, I've lost weight, but slowly and up & down.  I diet, but no exercise due to my Spinal Stenosis going out of whack!  Now, there's something called a "Sleeve Gastrectomy"! This lady I spoke with lost 160 lbs. by doing it, and not only is she pain free, but she's still losing and happier than a pig in...... well, you get my point! Gastric Sleeve Surgery Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy The sleeve Gastrectomy is an operation in which the left side of the stomach is surgically removed. This results in a new stomach which is roughly the size and shape of a banana. Since this operation does not involve any "rerouting" or reconnecting the intestines, it is a simpler operation than the gastric bypass or the duodenal switch. Unlike the Lap-Band® procedure, the sleeve Gastrectomy does not require the implantation of an artificial device inside the abdomen. Because the new stomach continues to function normally there are far fewer restrictions on the foods which patients can consume after surgery, however the quantity of food eaten will be considerably reduced. This is seen by many patients as being one of the great advantages of the sleeve Gastrectomy, as is the fact that the removal of the majority of the stomach also results in the virtual elimination of hormones produced within the stomach which stimulate hunger. For patients with a body mass index greater than 60, the sleeve gastrectomy may be the first part of a two-stage operation. Some patients have a body shape that can make a bariatric surgery more technically difficult – particularly those patients who carry their weight in their belly. If you fall into this category, you may benefit from a two-stage bariatric surgery. In the staged approach, a multi-step operation like the gastric bypass is broken down into two simpler and safer operations. In the first stage, a sleeve gastrectomy is performed. This allows a patient to lose 80 to 100 pounds or more, making the second part of the operation substantially safer. About The Gastric Sleeve (Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy) Low BMI individuals who should consider this procedure include: Those who are concerned about the potential long term side effects of an intestinal bypass such as intestinal obstruction, ulcers, anemia, osteoporosis, protein deficiency and vitamin deficiency. Those who are considering a Lap-Band® but are concerned about a foreign body inside the abdomen. Those who have medical problems that prevent them from having weight loss surgery such as anemia, crohn's disease, extensive prior surgery, and other complex medical conditions. People who need to take anti-inflammatory medications may also want to consider this. Usually, these medications need to be avoided after a gastric bypass because the risk of ulcer is higher. Now you ask what advantages does it have? It does not require disconnecting or reconnecting the intestines It is a technically simpler operation than the gastric bypass or the duodenal switch. There is no foreign body inside your body It does not need adjustments or fills It may be a safer operation for patients with a body mass index (BMI) more than 60. It may be used as the first stage of a 2-stage operation. Risks and Complications As with any surgery, there can be complications. This list can include: Deep vein thrombophlebitis 0.5% Non-fatal pulmonary embolus 0.5% Pneumonia 0.2% Acute respiratory distress syndrome 0.25% Splenectomy 0.5% Gastric leak and fistula 1.0% Postoperative bleeding 0.5% Small bowel obstruction 0.0% Death 0.25% My sister-in-law and other people I know has had a gastric by-pass, but a few years goes by, and they're all putting the weight back on.  Even my next door neighbor had a lap-band done, and she only lost a few pounds.  I've discussed this with my doctor, and he's looking into it with my insurance company.  So, my friends we shall see will I be cured once and for all with this like they said I will or are these so called doctors practicing physicians and not for real doctors?  IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE???  I'm tired of every one practicing on me.  So, I'm for this I really am and I promise you shall get the before and after and of course along the way info! 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WEIGHT BE GONE! ANYONE HAVE ANY EXTRA WILL POWER TO SHARE!

Hi Everyone! This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday. If you would like to follow me in my journey you are welcome, and if you'd like to share your own journey feel free to sign my linky below, and I'll come visit you, and read your story too! If you have a great diet recipe you would like to share I'd appreciate it very much. The reason I've started my journey is I had a rude awakening to the reality of life's threats in that if I still wanted to lead a fun, and somewhat of a meaningful happy life I had to make  some serious changes.   Still containing water due to the weather, and and still wearing knee highs that don't do a dam bit of good except make my leg feel like it has a rubberband around it "OUCH".  I've had a bad reaction to the shots, so I'm pretty much a home body the last few days, but we'll see.. So if you wanna leave a lite recipe to help me on my quest that would be great or any great ideas for me that's good too.  Also, if you're like me and want to tag along and tell us how you're doing sign my linky and we'll all hop around and see how y'all are doing and swap stories or good things to do to help each other out.  We have to stick together on this.  Thanks so much.  It would be nice to have a bud to talk with regarding weight struggles.  I've even been looking into something called a "sleeve"!  This girl lost 160 lbs in about 11 months.  When I know more I'll do a Post for you.

WEIGHT BE GONE! ANYONE HAVE ANY EXTRA WILL POWER TO SHARE!

Hi Everyone! This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday. If you would like to follow me in my journey you are welcome, and if you'd like to share your own journey feel free to sign my linky below, and I'll come visit you, and read your story too! If you have a great diet recipe you would like to share I'd appreciate it very much. The reason I've started my journey is I had a rude awakening to the reality of life's threats in that if I still wanted to lead a fun, and somewhat of a meaningful happy life I had to make  some serious changes.   Still containing water due to the weather, and I've even been wearing those knee highs that don't do a dam bit of good except make my leg feel like it has a rubberband around it "OUCH", and due to my shots being only "4" days away THE PAIN just keeps shouting at me and doesn't let me sleep much.   I weighed in this morning at... well it's 254 not much difference, but at least I didn't gain too much.  Maybe I need one of these weight watchers or nutri-system or those surgeries.  I don't know, but I think I'll talk to my doctor about it soon.  So if you wanna leave me a cool recipe to help me on my quest that would be great or any great ideas for me that's good too.  Also, if you're like me and want to tag along and tell us how you're doing sign my linky and we'll all hop around and see how y'all are doing and swap stories or good things to do to help each other out.  We have to stick together on this.  Thanks so much.  It would be nice to have a bud to talk with regarding weight struggles.   How Water Retention Causes Weight Gain Losing weight can be pretty confusing if you don't know about water weight retention. Every healthy adult in the world has to deal with water retention and the weight gain that comes with it. Water weight is the culprit in more than a few cases of sudden weight gain. To cut right to the quick of it: day to day fluctuations in weight are almost always caused by loss and gain in bodily fluids. Water retention weight gain is really the most common type of weight gain. So, it's possible to retain up to five pounds or so of water weight. The heavier you are the more water retention you're likely to experience, especially if you eat more processed foods, as these tend to contain a lot more water than raw ingredients. Even though day-to-day water gain typically only makes up a few pounds of weight, it's not uncommon to put on a whopping ten pounds of water weight around the holidays. Water weight has a few different causes, but the most common would have to be an increase in sodium. Don't even bother trying to get on a sodium-free diet, as pretty much all food products contain some degree of sodium. In other words: if you're eating, you're eating sodium. Weight gain is always a combination of increased fat and water retention.  (From http://www.weightlossforall.com/water-retention-weight-gain.htm). This was in 1992 and yep, it's me.  I want to look like that again!

Weight Be Gone!

Hi Everyone!  This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday for me.  If you'd like to follow me in my journey you are welcome.  If you'd like to share your own journey feel free to sign my linky below, and I'll come visit you or if you have a great diet recipe that would be appreciated very much. Thank you.  The reason I've started my journey is I had a rude awakening to the reality of life in that I'm not getting any younger, and if I still wanted to lead a fun, and  happy life I had to make  some serious changes. 

First of all, so sorry I'm so late. but here goes anyway!   I weighed in on my own scale & I weighed in at 248 - I broke the ice!  Two more lbs. & I finally got off of the 250 numbers.  Now let's see if I can keep going, and hold it in the forties until I break the ice for 30's.  Wish me luck.  So far I've been doing it on my own.  I also notice I'm drinking a lot more like coffee or sugar free pink lemonade or regular lemonade (sugar free).  I have to watch that sugar stuff being border line diabetic.  That's what happens to ya when ya get too big ladies!!!  Now when you get to big and have medical problems you can't exercise, but I found other ways to exercise while you're in a chair.  Like my arms and legs.  Up, down, up, down and for my arms I have 2lb. weights and 3 lb. weights.  cool huh? 

Still eating a lot of salads.  Here's one of my own recipes.  Anything I don't know what to call it I call it:

A DIET-MOODY SURPRISE!

Baby Organic Spinach leaves I find last the longest in the fridge by the way.  So I take a handful of those. A little handful of sliced fresh mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, chopped green onions, chopped avocado just a bit and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese, red wine vinegar and a splash of olive oil, garlic powder, substitute salt, pepper and oregano and MIX the hell out of that bugger and WAH-LAH  lunch, but if I'm eating it for dinner sometimes I'll add a sprinkle of Greek cheese and one hard boiled egg and a few pieces of chicken.,

So, there you go.  If you'd like to share your journey there's a linky below you can sign.  Again sorry I'm so late.  Just wasn't up to par this morning.  Have a great day everyone!

Weight Be GONE - One Woman's journey back to good health

Hi Everyone!  This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday for me.  If you'd like to follow me in my journey you are welcome.  If you'd like to share your own journey feel free to sign my linky below, and I'll come visit you.  The reason I've started my journey is I had a rude awakening to the reality of life in that I'm not getting any younger, and if I still wanted to lead a fun, and  happy life I had to make some serious changes.

Last week I believe I told you I weighed in at 250 lbs. As of today I weighed in at 253.  I have gained 3lbs.  If you seen yesterday's Post.  You would have saw that my leg is a bit wrapped up do to Cellulitis (maybe - read yesterday's Post), and as soon as my leg starts to feel better I'll be exercising again.  Also, my grandson turned four years old, and NaNee cheated with a bit of ice cream & last weekend my granddaughter stayed with me to help me out around the house and we had some quality time together.  This week do to medical problems I'm depressed because I cannot walk around the park, which was a feat in itself for me.  I'm still watching my portions and what I eat, but I guess that's not enough.  Some people have told me maybe it's muscle weight, but who knows.  I need to break the ice, which means to get into the 240's numbers, as you see in the picture below no exercise is possible??

Tomorrow is the doctor's and this might be coming off, but then my right leg will look like this for treatment,  OH JOY!  

So for now if you'd like to sign my linky and share out your diet or a low cal recipe, anything regarding losing weight that would be wonderful.  Thanks for dropping by, and anyone that would like to leave a comment in any of my reviews or if you'd like to check out my give-aways feel free my friends and have a great day!

Thanking you for stopping by, and listening. I do have a button to the left if you'd like it so you can come back next Thursday. If you'd like to join me in my journey - make a spreadsheet like me and sign my linky & we'll follow this yellow brick road to the wizard and ask him for a new body!

WEIGHT BEGONE! ONE WOMAN'S JOURNEY BACK TO GOOD HEALTH!

Hi Everyone!  This is my Weight Be Gone Thursday for me.  If you'd like to follow me in my journey you are welcome.  If you'd like to share your own journey feel free to sign my linky below, and I'll come visit you.  The reason I've started my journey is 2 weeks ago Friday I had a rude awakening to the reality of life in that I'm not getting any younger, and if I still wanted to lead a fun, and  happy life I had to make some serious changes.

As stated last week I've been diagnosed with Spinal Stenosis.  Since surgery in 2006 things just progressively got worse. Therapy after therapy didn't do much good.  I have to get shots in my back about every two to three months to be a normal person. I explained the gory stuff last week, so this week I want to tell you how I'm doing so far.

Last week I believe I told you I weighed in at 260 with blood pressure 171/72 .As of today I weighed in at 256 141/58.  Not bad I guess.  I've been doing little exercises here & there when I can other than walking, but mostly trying to watch what I eat.  I read on the internet that if you eat a ripe banana in the morning it will jump start your metabolism, so I've been doing that.  I also have been staying away from bread, eating fruit & veggies, chicken or fish.  Today I had meat.  I'm going to try to keep meat to maybe once or twice a week.  I made this veggie soup (also read on-line), and it's nothing, but veggies & I have a video for you.  So later I may have another video if it worked out.  Otherwise. if you'd like to sign my linky I'll come visit you & see how you're doing.

Thanking you for stopping by, and listening. I do have a button to the left if you'd like it so you can come back next Thursday. If you'd like to join me in my journey - make a spreadsheet like me and sign my linky & we'll follow this yellow brick road to the wizard and ask him for a new body!