olora
Hello,
As most everyone here is I am morbidly over weight. I was a thin bean pole from age 1 or about age 8, from pictures i see. Then at age 8 I started gaining and just kept going. By the age of 12 I weighed around 225#, had to have 3 pins placed in my hip(crutches x 6 monthes). From then the wieght just kept growing. starting at 16 i was a WW member for the first of many times in my life.
I married my high school sweetheart at age 18, and have been married for 12 years. I have 2 dughters age 3 and almost 9yrs.
I am an office nurse(LPN) in urgent care, mom, wife, and girl school leader. My biggest issue is getting bored and eating or skipping meals and splurging in evenings.
I have gone thru this surgery (open RYN) as my sisters care giver in 2002. Although she had a bad expirence and my family always told me," you better never try to do this."
Well her it is 2007 and guess what I am ready to go for it. (My family doesn't know this-I'm not telling them tell I have date). I do however, have the support of my husband and 3 good friends to talk to.
I attended my session in mid August, had my first visit w/ bariatric inter. med sept as well as all necc. lab work. I have gone to a local support session and had my pysc. eval 9/20/07(she said it would take 2-3 weeks for her to get it ready and sent to umc bariatric office) all I need is that psch eval and they can try to get it approved thru my insurance.
I loving reading the post on the MO bariatri web site.
olora
