I am a 40 year old widowed mother of 3 teenagers.  I've struggled with my weight for most of my life since I was about 12.  The only time I really was a "normal" size was when I was in college, and was  practicing anorexic and bulimic tendencies.  NOT HEALTHY, just thinner.  I first approached my family doctor about having WLS about 8 years ago, he told me that because I lived in such a small community, there wasn't enough resources for any followup, so he refused to even consider talking about it.  Last year a new doctor came to town, and he was all for WLS for anyone that qualified.  I was the 4th person in town set up for surgery.

After a year of miscommunication between the doctor who I was initially set up with (Dr. Lenz) and the hospital, I finally got my surgery date of February 1st, 2008.