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  • Username: rinda
  • Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
  • Member Since: 9/7/2010
  • Hoping to have surgery
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Good Support
on August 29, 2012 6:30 pm

I am on the road to acceptance...I went to a WLS support group last night and I am glad I did. I met some very nice people pre & post op. Alot of them have the concerns that I have but they moved past it and took matters in their own hands to be healthy. I know this is the right thing for me to do. I am going to be ok. I am going to make it thru the surgery and I am going to be SUCCESSFUL!!!!! Also I pray for a young lady who is going in to surgery the 27th of Sept. Girl you will do well and everyting will be A-Ok see ya at support group. I just had to jot this down....the panel said it is good to journal....so here we go......See ya another time L

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It is about time
on August 19, 2012 7:44 pm
I put off reading the materials for the WLS for week because I thought I could do this with out WLS. I had a dr's appt and found out my knees are gettign worse. I have arthritis in left knee bad and it is hurting more. The only way to get some releif is to get the weight off. I finally came to realization at the end of July that WLS is a step that I have to take. It is ok. I tried different things and I am not a failure.I had to tell myself  this over & over because I felt like WLS was the failure way out. I have had my initial appointment with the surgeon and I am on the track to gettting gastic by pass surgery. I have been reading the info in the notebook and Wow!! It is a lot but I can do this. I will keep you posted
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Still struggling
on June 24, 2012 3:57 pm
Hi rinda is back...I am still overweight and struggling to get the weight off. I did not want WLS so I decided to participate in the WL program. I was going great. I had lost about 15-17 pounds and then the health issues began to creep up and with a vengence.  I have had nothing but problems after problems. I have been in the bed and out of work more in the past year that ever before. I have except the fact that I need help and I can not do this alone. I have tried differnet avenues and now I have to get help from the big guns (dr in WLS). I finally went to a WL seminar and enjoyed it and got to see and hear the stories from others. There are many battling obesity. I have an appt with the surgeon July 12, 2012. I am a little excited and nervous at the same time but I just want to feel better and be healthy. I will keep you posted.

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Hi name is Rinda and I live in Charlotte, NC. I am 36 years old. I was born 8lbs and some; not bad because when I started walking I lost my chunkiness. I was mostly overweight my teenage years. I slimmed down a little around 21 years old. Then I started working third shift and it has been down hill since then. During my night shift job I picked up some very bad eating habits and they have been a part of my everyday life. I never had a problem being heavy, big, overweight, fat, thick, chunky, etc...because I am an African American female and being big is accepted in my culture. No matter if it is not healthy. I been told on many occassions a man wants meat on his bones or if you loose weight you will blow away. I have know for years that I needed to loose weight but never feltt like I needed too or had too. Every doctor's appt I went to not a health concern other than weight. The docotor would mention if I lost a pound or two I would feel better...Duh, I felt fine. Why mess up a good thing! Anyway all blood work was great. So why did I need to loose weight? Hell just buy bigger clothes was the way I felt. My culture is big on food, food, and more food. Every gathering no matter if it was for good or bad, happy or sad food is involved.  Hell I could not attend a Mary Kay party with out a lay out of food. I am talking about chicken, meat balls, array of fruits, veggies, and dips just to name a few. Around 30 years old, I did get just a little concern because I was getting close to 300lbs. I tried several of the weight loss programs & I joined a gym. I  was doing my thing dropping some inches and buffing up but that was short lived.  I hit a stand still at 25 pounds. I felt I was doing way to much for 25 pounds So I got back on the bad eating binge & no exercise. Then August 2009 came around and I had a back injury. I have no idea what happened or why my back gave out but it just did. The doctor's  really don't have a solid explaination on my back injury but they did say my weight played a roll in the injury. Damn....I was sad  & mad because I could have done something about the weight but I did not because of myself & cultural acceptance.  My back injury was the most excruciating (sp) pain I had ever felt. I can not explain the pain. After several visits, MRI's, other tests, and several shots, and rehab I am better but my back still hurts. I did not have to have surgery but I will if I don't get some of this weight off.  I finally accepted that I am not healthy no matter what my culture thinks and I need some help making some changes and here I am. I have taken the first step and attended a weight loss seminar at one of the hospitals. I am in the process of reading over the information I have received!