dialyzer
pre-op day coming
Sep 04, 2009
I am new to blogging, so bear with me as I stumble through this.after what seems like a lifetime of battling weight, with some successes and many failures, I have finally come to the realization that, without surgical intervention, I am doomed. Doomed to co-morbidities (which I am already developing), doomed to a life of increasing restrictions - in activity, in maintaining contacts with friends and family, in travel. Doomed to an early and probably unpleasant demise. Doomed to live in chronic pain until I get there.
The pain part is enough to drive me under the knife.
I am a 53 yo average american housewife, work full time as a nurse at a dialysis center. I have 2 kids, 1 husband, and 1 crazy pitbull mix klutz of a dog. As I have raised those children and surfed through this marriage, I have gained and gained.
Now topping the charts at 295 lb, all 5 foot 7 inches of me, I can no longer hide from the fact that I need help, and a lap-band is the way I am doing it.
It took me a long time to get there. My two major holdups were: 1) I love to cook and eat. and 2) working as a nurse I have had the rare occasion to take care of the morbid obesity post-operative patient who did badly. One in particular sticks in my mind, and while I will not go into detail regarding that case, I will say it affected me enough to hold me back from exploring surgery for 15 years.
Hold me back no longer.
I have completed my work-up, which I must say was not so bad. even the EGD, which I had sent many of my patients to and they all came back alive, but scared me to death, was really OK. And now my surgery date has been set and suddenly I find
this is all so REAL. A little scary, it is, but the closer I get the more excited I get. Finally, I truly believe something is coming that will really make a difference in losing the weight and keeping it off. That is really exciting.
I would love to hear stories from those of you out there who have been through the surgery. Tell me what your experiences have been. Give me your advice, your highs and lows, and I will, in turn, take you on my journey.