lcarswell
I am no different from many of the people on this site. I have been "overweignht" since birth. My mother stated that the doctor put me on a skim milk diet at 9 months of age. My highest recorded weight was 396. I finally decided to have the surgery because I am just no longer able to carry of of this weight. I realize that no matter which surgery you choose you still have to do the work, but I believe that with the lap band I would carry more personal responsiblity for my weight loss.
One doctor asked me a few days before if I were excited yet and I told her that I was still ambivalent. I never wanted to have surgery. I always belived that if I tried hard enough or if I prayed hard enough I could lose this weight on my own. I finally asked God to grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, courage to the change the things that I can and the wisdom to know the difference. I could not loose this weight on my own and I now accept that fact. It took courage to have the surgery and I did that on December 11, 2007. So now... my journey of weight loss begins.
