Wow….

You know, I’ve noticed that a few of my friends, Jenn from Jenn.nu and Lady Rose from 2 Witches Blog to start with, have undergone the gastric bypass weight loss surgery. I think it’s great that they’ve taken these steps towards getting healthy. I only wish I could do so. However, I will be relegated to things such as Kettlebell workouts (which actually look kind of interesting to be honest), Pilates (as much as my morbidly obese butt can do them), and trying to start eating right.

Not being able to get the gastric bypass is not a matter of not having insurance or a job right now, although that does not help. The fact of the matter is, I would have to have my hiatal hernia fixed first, which is something that my doctor has stated he is firmly against due to a side effect of that surgery – with gastric bypass, if you overeat (TMI coming, I’m sorry), I’ve heard that you throw up. (At least my boss who had it did.) The fix for the hiatal hernia literally renders you incapable of throwing up. Ummmm, no thank you. I’d need to be able to do that! LOL

Also, frankly, the road to getting it done is a long and arduous one that frankly, if I were working full time, I doubt I’d be able to take the time off to have the surgery done in the first place. ( So that leaves me with the good old methods of trying to lose the weight. I had a blog where I talked about my weight loss, perhaps I’ll either resurrect it, or I’ll create a new one. We’ll see.

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  • Okay, you've got me a bit worried now. When I came out of surgery, I found out that I had a minor (so minor that I didn't even know I had it!) hiatal hernia around my diaphragm, where my stomach protruded a bit into it. My surgeon fixed it, but didn't say anything to me about it, or about any potential complications. I think I'm going to look into that. So far I have been very, VERY careful to not overeat or overdrink, but I'm sure the potential is there, and I'm sure it'll happen at some point!
    And yes, it is true that overeating after a bypass or lap-band can cause vomiting. Since the stomach can't hold an over-abundance of contents, the food has to come back up and out.

    Weight loss is hard. It's hard to get it off, and even harder to keep it off. That's why after five years of researching and deliberating, I decided to go ahead and have the surgery. Not being able to eat and potentially not being able to eat certain things ever again does suck, but losing weight, looking better and being healthy means so much more in the end. :)
  • divinemscharity
    Don't worry! Mine is a major one that causes me to have acid reflux and (sorry for the TMI) throw up at random and annoying times (anytime I get nervous for one ugh). This is because I was born with mine. Yay me. LOL Some people don't have that problem - I'm sure if your surgeon was worried that fixing yours would cause problems, he'd have either left it alone, or said something to you!
  • divinemscharity
    Oh yes, and did I mention that my doctor is a complete and utter idiot?? Knowing him, he's probably got the whole thing turned upside down and it wouldn't be a problem for me at all. *sigh*
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