• Username: wishiwasthin
  • Location: NY, USA
  • Member Since: 8/12/2011
  • BMI: 40.8
  • Hoping to have surgery
  • Surgeon: Taewan Kim
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My Story

Well...my story goes like everyone elses, who has been over weight for years, and have tried and failed all diets, or weight loss methods. I have been over weight my whole life. I remember when I was young, like maybe 14, or so... was a member of weight watchers, I would go to a meeting every week, then after the meeting go to McDonalds to celebrate. It didnt work for me, All my teen age years i have been over weight, never was involved in any sports in school because of being over weight, I didnt even attend my Prom, I guess nobody wanted to take a fat girl.
Now Im much older, I have tried the weight watchers again as an adult, doesnt work for me, have tried the counting calories, doesnt work, I shouldnt say it doesnt work, it does work if you stick to it, but for some reason, I lose weight, then when I stop the program I just gain all of what I lost back and then alot more. Its hard to do. I have given up, trying to lose weight. 
Im a hairdresser, living in upstate NY. Living in upstate NY, the weather sometimes gets a little rough. We get alot of snow and cold weather, and when you have weather like that, you dont go outside too much, just to work and home. The weather keeps you in the house alot because of so much snow, and the temperatures being around 0, or below. So Im not one to go out in this weather, so over the years, I gain more weight during the winter months.
Over the past few years, I have heard alot about the weight loss surgeries. I have a friend who had it done, she lost alot of weight she looks totally different. People say you have to be 100 pounds over weight, I used to kid people and tell them Im only 60 pounds overweight, telling them I could gain 40 pounds before i could lose 60. Just so I could get the surgery. Now unfortunately, I have gained the 40 pounds, plus...alot more. Without even trying. Now with all this weight I have also gotten all kinds of health problems too. I have high blood pressure, diebetes, high cholestoral, acid reflux, blockage in my legs, adema, neuropathy, and many other health issues. Depression has set in because I cant do anything I used to do. I cant walk to far at all, I have a hard time even walking up the stairs, I sit and cry all the time,wishing I could enjoy my children and grand children.
My primary Dr wanted to put me on anti-depressant pills, I said no, I take too many pills now, I told him if I could lose weight I probably wouldnt be so depressed. So then he sends me to a registered dietician. I was going to her regularly, for like 3 months, was doing good , I lost a little bit of weight, I did this for over a year, almost 2. Up and down with my weight, but the Dr told me to keep going. I stopped going because I wasnt really seeing any difference, gain, then lose then gain, so i stopped going to her. A few months later my Dr says I need to go back to her, and stick to it this time. I weighed more when I went back, then when I started the first time.
Now my weight is at 282, can not even hardly stand up, my knees hurt, my back, my legs and everything else I own. I told my Dr I need to get that surgery that all the other fat people are getting. He referred me to the Bariatric Center is Syracuse NY.
My first time to go was for the seminar, just to hear about it and see what my options were. I was determined that I was going to have the Gastric Bypass done, just from hearing from others who have done it.  So on I go... Fill out my application and send it back into the Dr. My Dr, is Dr. Taewan Kim.