New on this site but not new to WLsurgey Hello!!

[bubblyangie]

Hello Everyone,

I hope to get to know people and chip in and chat and share my experience to maybe help others on their WLS Journey. It has amazed me to find a website in england, as I have been using a really friendly american one for the past 18months, but it will be nice to chat to other english people.

 

[Sambucca]

Hi Angie and welcome

Wow, what a fabulous weight loss you have achieved. Well done. Are you still losing or have you levelled out now? Any complications along the way or has your journey been a straight forward one?

Look forward to getting to know you x

 

[J-Mo]

Welcome & congratulations on your weight loss.

 

[bubblyangie]

Hiya Sam,

I am currently trying to maintain but my body has other idea's.... I have had many complications for a brief outline, ive had a stricture, which has been dilated x 10 times, I have been admitted x3 times the first after the 5th Dilatation, the scar tissue around my wound site was torn, and the only way to help me was dose me up on Morphine... then I was admitted for another 2 weeks for severe abdo pain, It was also discovered that my BP was too low and my Blood sugars were too low, after lots of tests etc and more strong pain relief things began to get better.... then the last admission was for the whole month of May I was taken in with Abdo pain again, this time the problem was found I had a loop of bowel stuck up ny my bypass site, it must have got caught up there during my original operation, so i had more surgery to have this removed... I am still not 100% I lookgreat so everyone tells me but I dont feel it, My BP is bad at the moment I am waiting till monday to go to get my blood results as I am not feeling good at all, but I DO NOT REGRET having this done I know in the end I will feel as good as I look, and i'm living and learning loads....
Sorry for going on!!! How you doing??

 

[cherry]

hellllllo and welcome and sweetpea!! x

 

[Sambucca]

Ouch, sorry to hear things havent been too straight forward for you, but hopefully you are over the worst now.

Where did you have your surgery?

 

[bubblyangie]

I had my Surgery @ Heartlands, But I cannot and will not knock their care for me, they have been great, even so that I now work for them!!!!

 

[Laura b]

wow wat a brilliant weight loss congratulations an welcome xx

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Welcome & Wow!!!

You've done amazingly... sorry to hear you've had some problems but good to hear you wouldn't change a thing. x

 

[Bev]

Hi Angie,

So sorry to hear you have been through such a lot recently... hoping you have reached a crossroads and a 'road to improvement'....

Glad you have found us... there is no escape now... I have tried and failed... but have made some wonderful friends on here and I get the feeling this is a lifetime commitment...

For sure, I'm learning more on here than from any book and I look forward to learning from you...

Love and hugs on their way to you and feel better very soon xxx

 

[dottychic]

Hi and :welcome2: Its so nice to hear you say that after all you have been through you would still have the bypass. Hope you soon start to feel as good as you look x

 

[yorkshirelass74]

WOW and welcome, congratulations on your amazing weight loss!!!! I am sorry that things havent gone as straight forward for you as you may have hoped, can i just ask, how far post surgery were you when your first lot of complications set in?
xxx

 

[bubblyangie]

Hi Mona,

My Stricture first appeared 2wks post op, and so my 18months have been a very up and down adventure....

How are you doing??

 

[notahappybunny]

Welcome and congrats on your marvelous weightloss, i'm sorry you have had such a bad time of it but it does us pre-opers good to hear that even after all the trouble etc you still are positive and feel was the best thing ever!!

jayne x

 

[bubblyangie]

Well Jayne, even through all I have been through (oh and is still going through not very well at present) I am still a healthier, happier, prettier, slimmer, livelier, part of me than if i would have stayed at my 25stone, so hey take the good with the bad and like my signature says, the Best is yet to come!!

All the best on your Journey

 

[poo bear]

Hi Angie and welcome it really is a fantastic site .Good luck with your wls journey.
Marie.:welcome2:

 

[phatmomma]

Hi Angie and welcome

Sorry you've not had a good time, it's always good to hear from people who haven't had the rosey path from surgery just so we can be prepared if things aren't perfect.....

Congratulations on your fabulous losses and here's to your problems being sorted out real soon so you can feel as good as you look xxx

 

[bubblyangie]

Thank you everyone for your welcome, I soon hope to get to know more folk and get connected.......

 

[Kerry Jo]

Wow well done on your weight loss. Sorry there have been a few probs and a big welcome to the forum and thank you for taking the time to answer any questions we have xxx

 

[bubblyangie]

Hi Jo,

I am not going to come on here to say Hey I know it all, I DONT but due to the complications ive had and the Support groups I head up, and the Bariatric Dieticians I work with, I am learning all the time, so I am here to find friends, connections and help as and when I can!! so bring on your questions....

Hugs