Stacemouse
My story....hummm.....well I have always been heavy or stocky but was always athletic. I played softball and did track in high school but then after I quit these activites that is when the weight just came on. A pound here and a pound there and before I knew it I weighed 362 pounds. I was miserable, not being able to walk up the stairs in my house without pain and being breathless, it was time to do something. I started the process to get a lap band. There was a 6 month waiting period with my insurance and during that time I had pre-op weight to lose and had to do a supervised exercise program. I actually didn't lose any weight during the exercise program and had to convince my surgeon to do my surgery. I had my first, yes first surgery May 2009. After struggling for a year and not losing much weight and not having much restriction in my band and finding a doctor to believe me that I wasn't just eating too much, they found that I had a leak in the system. So on November 22, 2010 I went in for my second surgery. My surgeon found the leak just about the port. The leak was caused from a previous MD poking the tubing with a needle while trying to access the port. She replaced my port and I am off to a brand new start and loving it. Amazing when things work the way they are supposed to! 
So here we go on the journey to the rest of my life!
