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I DON'T WANT TO BORE ANYONE WITH THE SAME OLD STORY BUT WE ALL HAVE ALOT IN COMMON.I BEGAN GETTING CHUNKY IN MY TEEN YEARS.I HAD MY 1ST CHILD AT 18[CHRIS,WHOSE 18 7-27YIKES!].THEN MY NEXT AT 21[BRITTANI IS 14].I'D LOSE WT BUT PUT IT & MORE BACK ON.AT 23 I WEIGHED 180LBS.I WAS FIT ,CURVY &LOOKED GREAT!
SINCE THEN,I'VE BEEN WORKING NIGHTS.MY WEIGHT WAS AT IT'S HIGHEST LAST YEAR AT 349ISH.OF COURSE,I HAD 2 MORE BEAUTIFUL BABIES TO SHOW FOR IT OR HAVE THAT EXCUSE FOR BEING FAT.[EMILY 3& ELLA 19MONTHS]I HAD CONTINPLATED WLS FOR A FEW YEARS.I'VE TRIED NUMEROUS DIETS.ALWAYS YO-YO.I KNOW THAT'S NOT HEALTHY.I MAY BE FAT BUT I'M NO DUMBY!
ON 9-11-02 I LOST MY DEAR MOTHER TO RENAL CANCER.#1 CAUSE OF THAT IS OBESITY.I'VE HAD HYPERTENSION SINCE MY EARLY 20'S.I'M UNCOMFORTABLE IN MY OWN SKIN.SO I BEGAN SEEING A DIETITIAN 3+YEARS AGO.TOOK A BREAK TO HAVE MY 3RD CHILD.THEN RESUMED THOSE DIETRY APPTS.HAD YET ANOTHER BABY & BREAK BUT RESUMED AGAIN.I'VE BEEN SEEING MY DIETITIAN[KATHY]FOR THE PAST 13 MONTHS[SHE'S MY THERAPIST/DIETITIAN]HOPE TO ALWAYS SEE HER!I LOVE HAVING TO CHECK IN WITH SOMEONE.ANY HOW, WITH HAVING & LOVING MY KIDS AS I DO ,IN HONOR OF MY MOM,AND MY OWN HEALTH ISSUES I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING TO LOSE THIS WT ONCE & FOR ALL! AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION I'VE DECIDED TO HAVE LAP-BAND.THAT WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION!AFTER MY 1ST CONSULT W/ MY SURGEON WE CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION BASED ON MY HEALTH.[HX.KIDNEY STONES&UTI'S]SO I'VE HAD OVER 12 MONTHS OF DIETITIAN VISITS,PSCH EVAL,7 MONTHS ON WW[2ND ATTEMPT
]COMORBITY OF HYPERTENSION,ETC ETC..ALL THAT HAD TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO EVEN RECEIVING A REFERRAL TO SEE MY SURGEON.SINCE ALL MY BCBS HMO IL REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETE I'M JUST WAITING TO HEAR IF I'M APPROVED.DR OFFICE SAID I SHOULD HEAR SOMETHING IN 2 WKS...CAN'T BELIEVE THAT...WAIT & SEE
