HAW's Blog

Feb 02, 2009

Hi, Friends,
     This is the first time I have ever blogged, so please, bear with me. 
     I started this weight loss journey as a pre-teen.  Since I am 57, it has been a long time.  After 9/11 I decided nothing in this world is certain and I needed to do something about my weight in order to stop other health problems that were creeping up on me.  So in  2002 I attended a seminar given by Dr. Hess in Bowling Green, OH. He had done and was perfecting BPS with DS.  By January 2003 I had decided I wanted the surgery because his success rate was over 90%.  I also had talked to other people who had had the procedure and they were doing great.
     The first three months were very difficult.  After the week in the hospital, I could go home because I only lived 20 min. away and had family to help me.  The worst part was the metallic taste everything, including water, had.  The 2nd month, when I could add solids to my diet, the first time I would try anything, it would come right back up. But a week later, if I tried that food again, it would stay down.  During the third month, I started feeling much better and foods were staying down.            Losing the weight was fabulous! The only down side was that my family doctor kept telling me that I had to eat more.  While Dr. Hess and Dr. Oakley were telling me that I was doing just fine.  Getting a double message was not a help.  I lost 150 lbs.

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