diva1969
My story is no different from anyone else. I like to eat and after having 3 children and a few stressful life events...I've eaten my weigh to 290 pounds! I went to the Dr in February of this year for a yearly checkup to be told that I was pre-diabetic and boderline hypertensive. It scared me...but I've gotten to this weight and it's as if I have forgotten what it takes to slim down. I know eating less, correctly and exercise but I don't have the energy. Three boys, ages 8, 4 & 2 wear you out. I work full time ad try to take of my home, by the time I do homework, give baths, feed, get ready for the next day all I can do is fall in the bed. But the Dr woke me up. Diabetes runs heavily on both sides of my family...the thought of popping pills or worse needles is not appealing to me.
On our way back from a week long trip to Florida, I heard a radio program about Lap Band. Listening to the testimonal I was intrigued. A girlfriend had mentioned it to me 3 weeks earlier. I didn't take her seriously. But listening to the radio that day really spoke to me. I went home that night, after unpacking and gettng the boys off to bed decided to look into it. I was up until 3 am researching...I can do this I thought. I called the clinic in the radio program, went to an info session and was sure I could do it. My hubby had gottn the number of a coworker who's wife had bypass a year ago. I never called her. I decided to call her and talk to her the next day. April 7, 2007 I went to infosession....after some research in to the clinic and for some obvious reasons, location being one, I searched on. I found a hospital much closer seemed like a better program, differnet vibe...I liked the fact that the center was IN a hospital not 30-40 minutes away. I decdied on them. Went to see my PCP and she actually recommended another clinic.UGH! But this one is affiliated with the hospital I LOVE and the doctors are all affiliated as well. I'm now set.
