Tammy_C
Hi,
I am a 38 year old female. I have been over weight the majority of my adult life. I have tried diets,diet pills,acupuncture and hypnosis and I am still obese. Back in 2002 I went to Mexico to get the Lap Band I was intially successful losing 80 pounds still not enough to have a normal BMI but it was enough for me to start trying for a family. I struggled with infertility for almost five years and was successful through alternate methods we had our daughter in July 2006 and six months later got another miracle our son was born October 2007. When I was at my highest which was 289 I decided I wanted My LapBand out and I wanted the Gastric Bypass. I started going to the new patient support group and attending spectrahealth for insurance requirments. I found the support groups helpful and a great tool that I will be using in the future. I never had any kind of after care for the Lap Band. I think it is important to have these as tools not only for information but for accountability. I am ready for this. I want to climb on the slides with my kids and I want to teach them to play soccer and the list goes on and on.I want to teach them to be healthy and I am ready to be healthy.I got my surgery Date its May 14th, 2008. Hooray. My Birthday is May 9th. This is going to be the best Birthday present ever.Well This is the begining of my new life.
