My Weight Loss Sugery - The Beginning of a new me!

Oct 04, 2012

Where do I start???I guess Ill start with a little history about myself. I have been fighting with Obesity since I was 10 years old. Root causes: 1. Tramautic Events in my life 2. Laziness. I have tried EVERY diet there is out there, probably since age 14.. Starting out with Weight watchers meeting with my Grandmother.... I can recall going in and getting weight qiute clearly ;-), I didnt really worry about my weight in highschool, but it did have a huge effect on me with other kids and there unkind words. I guess you could say it was after highschool, I took my weight seriously and started to try and diet. Of course, the inevitable would happen, I would lose 10/20 lbs and gain it all back.. This went on for years!!I met my husband in 1999, we were married in 2003. I didnt even worry about my weight then, cause I knew they were plus-sized wedding dresses out there and regardless of my weight. I would still LOOK AMAZING and if me and him were happy, well then thats all that mattered. It was a few years after being married, that I began to really consider WLS. The baby clock was ticking and after weeks, months, years went by and still no baby. I questioned my OB/Gyn about this and he was not very helpful. So i seeked a second opinion. which I got as soon as I walked in the doctors office. The dreaded words, "You have PCOS" (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) which is the one of the most common infertilty issues out there. Of course after hearing my recent diagnoses and reasearching online, it was me to a T. The excessive Belly Weight, the unbalanced hormones, the irregular horrible periods, even some unwanted hair! Yup, that was definetly it. From this point, I was referred to a Fertility Specialist, where I met a wonderful woman who was so involved with pcos'ers. She not only wanted to see the end result, geting me pregnant, but she also was very helpful in teaching me how to maintain and grasp sometype of control of this disease. It was then that I started actively exercising, makeing much better food choices etc and of course the weight came off. I finally thought great, now we will get pregnant since some of the weight is gone. NOPE, after numerous months and a few minor infertiliy treatments nothing happened. I was so let down and of course, the weight all came back. I had given up. My new goal, having a baby was never going to come true, so why should I care about my weight. Besides I had gotten used to it, after living with it for ole lets say 19/20 years....... I took a year off of fertiliy treatments and just lived my life. This brings us up to 2008. This is when I seriously contimplated WLS, for the first time. I recall checking out this website and everything and reviewing the photos of those who had previously had the WLS thinking, WOW, that could be me one day. The weight, the emotionial pain all gone!!!! Of course I mentioned to my PCP and he thought we should try the pills first etc.. Um, well we did for lets say 2 weeks. NOPE another failure. He mentioned medifast to me, but that was not in my budget! So of course my mind and heart ventured back to Pregnancy Mode. So in 2009, I headed back to the fertility specialist and we moved forward with a little bit more invasive procedure, since the prior ones had failed and you would never believe it, BUT MY DREAMS had come TRUE! We did it, we achieved pregnancy... In November 2010, I gave birth to a 8lb 21 1/2 Oz Amazing Miracle. My life changed forever on that day and every day since has been nothing but outstanding (minus the obvious new parent bumps in the road). It was a few months after that me and my husband sat and said, this is ridiculous, we just dont have the energy to play with our little boy, not to mention my husbands diabetes were getting worse. Were no spring chickens mind you, but our health was defineltly taking a toll It was then that he learned that a fix for the diabetes would be WLS. The doctor referred him to the surgeon and from there things started moving very fast. He was approved for his surgery and had it Dec 5th, 2011. Which bring me to my very first appointment with Dr. Michael Peters on Dec 7th 2011. I wasted no time in jumping on this chance to be finally be free of the weight, and everything that came with it. It took me some time to get through all the testings etc.. But I FINALLY GOT APPROVED.. My surgery date was scheduled 9/24/2012 - A day I will never forget!!!!!

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