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Hello All,

I have been on this website for a few months now and I am finally finding the time to fill out my profile!

My short introduction is that I am American Indian/Italian with red hair and green eyes. These things have always been a plus for me...until it became less about my good features and more about my family's poor bloodline history. There is a history of diabetes and hypertension on both sides of my family and obesity is also prevelant on both sides. Three out of five of my grandparents kids are on dialysis because of diabetes related kidney problems, one of them is my mother. Four out of those five kids have diabetes.

I did not want that to be my life so at 27 I made the very hard decision of making the life altering change of having RNY gastric bypass surgery. I had surgery 9 months later... 
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My Story

I had my gastric bypass surgery on June 3rd, 2008. That was almost exactly five months ago. Over the past five months I have had so many stages of emotions surrounding the surgery. I have gone from excited-sad-scared- ecstatic-regretful- my emotions surrounding the surgery have finally evened out. The surgery and my new "pouch" have finally just become second nature and not something I have to think about every second of every day.

I had two strictures and very low vitamin counts so I had three additional hospital stays after my surgery. It was during those times that I was asking myself "Why did I do this to myself." I feel great about the surgery now and I am learning to love my body again. Even with the loosening skin! I had high blood pressure before surgery and it went away within two weeks of having the surgery. This tool is definitely amazing! Right now, I seem to be at a stalled point. I am only losing about a pound a week- if at all. I know the weight loss will pick back up and I am definitely still positive about it. I hope that other people have great success with their surgery and I have found so much comfort on this website. My surgeon and her whole staff is amazing and I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for a great surgeon in Arizona!

I look forward to meeting more people on this site who are utilizing various weight loss tools. Good luck to everyone! Don't hesitate to say hello!