Stumbling along...

May 21, 2011

So, I've been researching bariatric surgery for over a year now and just became serious about 2 months ago when someone close to my heart made reference to my unhealthy weight.  What they said crushed me and I was determined to be angry at them.  But as I thought about it, they were right and only thinking about my health and what was best for me.  So, I began making phone calls.  I attended two informational sessions this past week at Albany Medical and learned a lot.  I have turned my focus from lap band to the gastric sleeve.  I started this journey with the decision to not tell anyone due to my embarrassment that I needed surgery to lose weight.  After stalking this site for the past two days I have become very comfortable with the idea of surgery and what it can do for me and my son.  I am so inspired by what I have seen and am eager to be the before and after photos that inspires someone else to make the life changing decision to seek help.  Because that's really all this is, is help.  It's not a quick fix nor is it guarenteed to make me skinny.  It's a tool on the road to becoming healthier.  It will still require dedication and hard work, but it's a tool that I feel will aid me well.  I look forward to the road ahead and to looking back in a year and saying that I made one of the best decisions of my life the day I decided to persue the gastric sleeve!

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