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Dust Tracks on a Road - 19aug07
on June 2, 2008 9:16 am
I have just begun posting here - although I have already started the process.  So far I have been fortunate enough to meet a lovely person who has already done both the lap band and now has done the  bypass and she has been SO very helpful and loving.  She encouraged me to seek out information on this site.  I met her at Dr. Nusbaum's office and I am so blessed to call her friend.  Thanks Pat.

What i am finding is that people are generally ignorant about obesity and the impact that is has on those who are obese.  I told a friend of mine that i am going to be doing the surgery (she is also overweight) and she said "oh well, i'll be doing it the hard way"... as if major surgery for obesity is 'easy'.

I get pretty frustrated with the ignorance that exists.

When I informed my PCP that I wanted an lap band that ignorant lady laughed at me.  All the while she's looking at my labs and I have high triglycerides of over 400.   Is there something wrong with this picture? 

Once I had gotten her to agree to writing a letter - she takes her sweet time to write it - and only after I called and called and called.

What I realize is that doctors are people and I think non-doctors forget that and we grant the physician some kind of a special dispensation to saintly status.  NOT!  It helps me to understand and to advocate for my own best interest by choosing a physician whose character I respect. Sheesh!

Anyways, the PCP wrote the recommendation letter and I pick that up tomorrow.  I have a few more tests to do and then I am planning (energetically) for the bypass surgery early september. 

Please wish me prayers and blessings.




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I am new to the boards.  My journey with weight loss and gain began in high school the summer before my freshman year.  I was so scared that I stayed in the refrigerator b/c my sister kept telling me how scary high school was going to be.  

That summer I gained so much weight that none of my clothes fit.  By my senior year I had manged to loose weight but in college gained it back and have been battling it ever since.

I learned about WLS recently and have been fortunate enough to quickly be approved for the surgery - which is scheduled for 11/29/07.  I am nervous but I know that the quality of my life hangs in the balance health-wise as well as in my personal intimate life.  I request the prayers and good thoughts of those of you who have already traveled on this leg of the journey. 

I have a doctor that I really like a lot.  He's obsessive about details and is meticulous - which I appreciate.  Most of all I like it that he's so kind.  I have a history of heart disease, high cholesterol, and diabetes in my family.  Both my parents died fairly early deaths due to one or a combination of these chronic illnesses.  I have tried every diet that there is.  Lost some weight and then gained it all back plus more.  I know that everone here knows how frustrating that is.  But I have decided to leave this place of struggle and head for the hills of health.

It's been so long since I've felt vital and energetic and I am so looking forward to that. So I ask for your prayers and well wishes as I place my feet down on the road of 'change for the better' in just a few weeks.

While I suppose I'm classified as a 'light weight' having more weight than your body can comfortably acccomodate isn't a light weighted issue.  But no matter what people think, this journey is for me. 

Thanks for your ears and eyes.