Vivian Prouty

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 OMG....can't believe it has been SO long since I have updated my profile.    This summer has gone by so quickly and it has been SO Hot here in Texas this summer.     I will be so glad when it is all over and fall is here ( just hope fall is much cooler this year LOL ).    I actually weigh a couple of pounds less this year than I did at this time last year.    I am happy for that but I do need to get back on track with my exercising.    Life has been pretty hard on my family the past few years.    My middle son has a addiction to prescription pain meds and is currently in a Christian Recovery program ( 1 yr long ) for this addiction.   He told me about a month ago that I DID NOT understand addiction.   WHAT.....not understand.   LOL That is a big joke.   I told him that "I was a FOOD ADDICT"   you have to have food to exist but you don't have to have pain meds or drugs to live.    I am trying to make better choices in my life.    Our success with our WLS depends on OUR choices....both in food and in exercising.   We DO have to exercise even if it is just walking to lose the weight and maintain.   Mainly the maintenance.   There is NO way around that one....trust me.....if there was I would have already found it being almost 6 yrs post op RNY.    Still even though I have gained a little weight back....I am still not totally unhappy.    I would be happier if I were where I wanted to be....and I AM working on that....but my surgeon is happy with my weight and so why should I not be.    My advice to anyone reading this is use your "tool" that you have been given to the best of your ability.   Don't try to cheat on  your eating and exercising.   Do as you are told by your doc and you will be a huge success.   Don't get discouraged if you make a wrong choice....just get up...dust yourself off and keep moving toward your goal.   The reason you had WLS in the first place is to regain your health.   Not get to a certain number on the scale.    That number may never appear to you.   You are a success even if you don't reach goal so don't beat yourself up.   Hey....I am talking to me also!!!!   LOL   Now....go out and have a fabulous day !!!!

 Well....summer is almost here and it is hotter than a firecracker.   LOL   Seriously it is extremely hot here in Texas.    We will probably hit 100* next week if not this weekend.   I am SO VERY grateful for my WLS.    I have come such a long way in the last 5 1/2 yrs. since my RNY.    I am very proud of myself but then a little disappointed too with the fact that I put on a little bit of weight.    I am up 2 sizes and not at all happy about it.   I did decide to take the bull by the horns this week and I have lost about 4 lbs. so far.    Not a easy task when you are as far out from WLS as I am.    I am also about to start working out everyday again. 
If you are reading this and are pre-op....PLEASE try to stay away from stress after you have your WLS.   Stress WILL keep you from losing weight.   I gained weight due to 5 people dying in a very short time in one year.....my world felt like it was caving in on me.    I wasn't totally out of control....but lets just say that I was eating lots of things that I shouldn't have been and the sad thing is I was VERY aware of it and still did it.    But here I am and I am doing something about it now.   I AM going to get back into the size I was before the gain.   I again ma going to EAT TO LIVE....NOT.....LIVE TO EAT !!!   People....It just isn't worth the re-gain to let your guard down for a second.   Don't listen to that voice that tells you ' it is OK to eat this and that" when you know in your heart it isn't.    And don't slack on exercising either.    That is the KEY to keeping the weight off......Portion control......exercise......and making wise food choices.    That is it in a nut shell.    Easy huh????  NO WAY !!!!   Hardest thing to do !!!   BUT WE CAN DO HARD THINGS !!!  Have a blessed weekend and don't forget to drink lots and lots of fluids....cause it is HOT !!!

 I think that I am getting worse about updating my profile here on OH.    I come to the message boards everyday and post but I guess I seem to forget about updating my profile.   I am really not that interesting IMHO.   I really lead a kind of boring life.   I have 3 sons and my oldest is about to get married next friday ( 13th of May ).   I absolutely love my future daughter in law.   She is precious.    I have been busy doing little things for her that I am sure that her Mom may be forgetting about.   I always wanted a daughter and hopefully she will think of me as "her" mom in the future.    I am still working on getting my re-gain off.   If you are reading this and are past your "honeymoon" stage after your WLS.....PLEASE take my advice.   DO NOT turn back to food if you get stressed out.   Turn to exercise.    In one year I had 5 people that I was fairly close to drop dead.   Trust me....that takes a major toll on your life and just totally devastated me.    I wish I could turn back the clocks of time and have a re-do on my choices that I made at that dreaded time of my life.   Even though I haven't re-gained as much as alot of people I know who have had re-gains.   But trust me....it is SO HARD to get the weight off once it is back on.   Not sure if it is my age or what.   I know that I do need to get my butt in gear and get back to the gym.   I know that will help out alot.   Hopefully the next time I come here the re-gain will be well on it's way exiting my life.   Have a blessed day and weekend.   Love you guys !!!

 Lately I am really bad about updating my profile.   LOL  I guess I lead such a exciting life.   NOT.   Anyway here I am updating it anyway.    I am now almost 5 and a half year post op RNY Gastric bypass.   I originally lost 140 lbs.  but have gained some of it back.   I am really working hard though to get that gain back off.   I am also looking into (or thinking about it anyway ) going in and having a re-do on a TT than was never tight ( muscles or stomach ).   I had that done over 3 and a half years ago.    I was never pleased with the results of my stomach ( I had a LBL) but the PS knew it but refused to do anything about it.   He kept telling me that I looked so much better than before.  DUH...yeah my stomach didn't hang to my knees anymore but my stomach was NOT tight nor flat like he said it would be.   UGH......$13,000 not well spent IMHO.   No telling how much more getting it re done by another PS will cost.   I would like to forget it but can't.   I struggle daily to keep my pants on my body.  I have no hips and way too much around my midsection.   If you are reading this and considering PS....my advice to you is to PLEASE make sure that your PS is very familiar with WLS patients.   Talk to some of his patients ( if they will let you ) that are more than one year post op PS and ask if they are pleased with their results.    You don't see the final results of PS for a year.    You can tell what is on my mind today.   LOL   Sorry to vent but this original surgeon still thinks that I am pleased with my results.   He won't do anything about the results that I have because HE is pleased.   But I live almost every day of my life crying about the way I look and the struggles of all the excess skin around my midsection.    Hope I didn't get anyone down about this.   I am really a very upbeat person.   OH well....I AM better than I use to be.  Have a blessed day !!!

 Geez....I can't believe it has been over a month since I updated my profile.   I guess I shouldn't be too upset.   At least I do update it from time to time.  LOL    I was sure hoping that this year I could begin by hitting the gym hard.   Instead I began the new year at a orthopedic surgeon's office with my rotor cuff inflamed.   I got a huge shot of cortisone.   The pain stopped for a day then it seems like every day it is getting worse.   This thursday it has been 2 weeks since the shot.   I bet I end up back for a second one.   Then if it doesn't improve I will have to have a MRI.   The doc said it could be a torn rotor cuff.   I sure hope it isn't.   I have had too many surgeries lately with the gallbladder removal a year ago and then the intestinal hernia in July.   Oh well....life is what it is.    I am praying that it gets better very soon so I can hit hat gym and work my butt off.   Hope you are having a great year so far.

 Happy New Year everyone,

Let's all celebrate by getting back on Track and getting all those foods out of our house that we have no business eating.  I am talking to ME too.   LOL    This coming sunday is our monthly support group ( 1 week later than normal due to holiday last weekend ).    We meet at Carroll Watkin's Driving School    303 N.  Main St. Keller, Tx. 76248  from 3:30 - 4:30 PM.    If you live in the area or within driving distance and have never attended one of our meetings......we have a monthly clothing exchange ( so bring your unwanted clothes to share with others), a topic based meeting ( this month's topic is Happy New Year....back on Track ) and we have samples of bariatric products for you to try.    I try really hard to keep the meetings only a hour long because we all lead a very busy life.    If you are newly post op.....Support Groups are such a very important part of your WL journey.   It keeps you on track,    you  can get much needed advice from other patients on protein powders, bars, foods and other advice and plus it is a great way to make life long friends who really understand what you are going through while and even before you lose your weight.   SO please come and join in our fun meeting.    Please let me know if you plan on coming and come out and let's make 2011 a great year !!!!!


Hugs and blessings ~~~~ Vivian

 Hello Everyone,

I can't believe that this year is almost over.   WOW where has time gone.   I have been preparing for my Support Group on sunday and I am surprising them with homemade SF cookies.    I have made some really awesome cookies !!!!  I did post the recipes on most of the main message boards if you are interested in them.   I feel so lucky that I have been engulfed in support  since my WLS other than my immediate family supporting my decision to have my RNY 5 yrs ago.   I really think that they were scared that I would die and that is why they didn't support my decision to have the surgery.    I am a very blessed lady to have so many wonderful people in my life.   If I had not had my WLS trust me I would only have a couple of friends instead of many many really wonderful friends.   I thank God everyday for allowing me to have my WLS and for allowing me to encourage others as they begin and continue to travel on this journey to a healthier lifestyle.   Have a blessed day and wonderful holiday season.   If you need any good holiday WL friendly recipes feel free to PM me.  I don't mind sharing the recipes at all.   Have a blessed week.

 WOW I can't believe that yesterday was my 5 yr. Surgiversary from my RNY gastric bypass.   I guess I am one of the "lucky ones".   Other than having severe dumping syndrome at times I never had any problems.    Guess I am so lucky if luck has anything to do with it.   All in all even if I had problems I would still do this surgery.   It has totally changed my life.   For the better too.   I have more confidence in myself.   I can shop for clothes anywhere.   Can walk and walk and not get tired.   Can run and enjoy life.   I can sit in any booth anywhere.....no seat belt extenders for flying......can fit into the smallest restroom stalls among many other things that I can now do that I couldn't even imagine doing 5 yrs. ago.   If you are reading this and still in the "thinking" stage of do I do this or not.   I say  JUST DO IT !!!!  Trust me.....you won't be sorry.    As a MO person I had NO LIFE.   I sat on the couch all day long.    Huffed and puffed when I moved and my back hurt all the time.   Since my WLS I have no pain anywhere and the best thing is everyone thinks I look SO much younger now.    I even feel so much younger.   My RNY gave me my life back that obesity  had robbed me of !!!!   SO worth anything I would have had to go through for the life I have now.    Have a blessed day and maybe one day soon you will be saying it is your  5 yr. Surgiversary too !!!!

 Time just keeps passing me by quicker and quicker.   3 weeks ago tomorrow night ( well....sunday am that is not sat. PM LOL ) I went to the ER thinking that I was having a appendix attack only to find out that in actuality I had a huge intestinal hernia.    I went into the ER of a local hospital that my bariatric surgeon does not do surgery at anymore.   First thing that they screwed up on was placing a BLIND NG tube down my nose to my throat.   ANYONE WHO HAS HAD ANY WLS DOESN'T EVER GET A BLIND NG TUBE INSERTED !!!  EVER OR YOU TAKE A CHANGE OF HAVING YOUR POUCH BLOWN OUT !!!!   I was very verbal to them about this but they ignored me and the 2 ER doctors said that since I was almost 5 yrs. post op from my RNY my stomach pouch was all stretched out !!!  Hmmmmmm WRONG !!!!!  My pouch is still very very small.   I have a florascope every Nov. when my surgiversary rolls around.   Man that makes me SO angry that they put me though that.   Then they shot me up with Morphine and told me to drink this barrium so that they could do a CT scan to see what was going on with me.    That is the ONLY thing that they did right. IMHO !!!!   I had a huge hernia in my intestines that had a hole almost as big as it was with my intestines right in the center of the  hole.    The pain was coming from the hernia clamping down on the intestines.     Then they assigned a Oncologist !!!  Can you BELIEVE THAT....a CANCER DR !!!!   to top that off even more he had no knowlege of  RNY gastric bypass.   He actually told me he was going to open up my abdomin and see what was going on.   Like heck he was going to do that.    I called my bariatric surgeon and he told me he wanted me out of that hospital and over in Dallas at the surgery that he works at.    It took me a entire day but I left there and had surgery that same night at 10 PM and at 11 PM I left the hospital in no pain with 3 small 1" incisions.    I feel so very blessed to have such a wonderful bariatric surgeon that takes such wonderful care of all his patients.    I am healing well and feel fantastic !!!!   Have a blessed friday the 13th everyone !!!

 I can't believe it has been such a long time since I updated my profile.   I have had a rough week.    Last week this time I was at a BBQ a hour from my home in some of the worse pain of my life.   I thought it was severe gas pains.....then later decided it was my appendix only to find out the true reason for my extreme pain was I large hernia inside my intestines  ( that I didn't even know I had ).    I ended up going to the ER at 12:30 AM last sunday and sat there for  5 hours in severe pain and vomiting before i was taken back.   Then they tramatized me by putting a BLIND NG tube down my nose and into my stomach pouch with me telling them that they could NOT do that or they could damage my pouch.    They did it anyway.   Then they knocked me out with Morphine  and told me to drank barium so they could do a CT Scan.   Took me several hours to drink that barium because I kept falling asleep.   Finally I drank it all down and they took me for the scan.   I was shocked to find out about the hernia.   I had been having pain off and on there for a long time....had been checked for a hernia but it couldn't stick out due to being behind  a muscle in the intestines.    I am very lucky that my bariatric surgeon had me come to the hospital where he was at so I could be checked by him ( had to be released from the hospital I was in and drive 35 miles to Dallas where  he was at ).    I feel so blessed....it could have been really bad.   My hernia had a huge hole in it and sticking through that hole was my intestines.   I am lucky that the hernia didn't close on the intestines....if that had happened....he would have had to remove the intestines that had been squeezed.    I was on my way home 1 hour after being taken into surgery and have taken nothing for pain....not even a Tylenol.   I know that GOD was watching over me and answering prayers that I had asked everyone to say for me.