The4hoops
my whole life i've had a weight problem and so has my family. in 1986 i got married and weighed about 250; 1 yr later had my only child
{a boy} and became a stay at home mom. was able to get on disability for my mobility for getting my highest weight of 406lbs. i was devastated;depressed and had epilepsy on top of everything else. i wanted to and had to do something to change my life whether it was for the seizures or my weight. in 1999/2000 i had the open rny and orginally lost 200lbs within the first yr. i got set up to have my panni done;
and once that was taken care of i started the ticket to work program to get off of ssi and become a prductive citizen again. i felt like i had more confidence in myself, but yet after working 10+ yrs something broke and my depression came back; stress crept in; my body still felt not normal due to the skin weighing heavily on my lower half, and even tho the best 2 men in my life kept trying to tell me how beautiful i was, i still couldn't hear it. during my last yr of work i had more seizures than ever, which even scared me and put me on high alert/anxiety/stress didn't help them, so i had to see a therapist. i also tried to get back on ssi. i've gained 120 lbs back and am willing to do another revision or do the same thing all over again. when i first had the open rny; i was full aware of the dumping/the foul smell and i still don't mind due to it's what we have to consume in order to lose the weight. i told my hubby i could understand if they cosider the chest area as cosmetic but not the arms; or lower areas. it costs way more to replace knees, hips then to remove the excess skin on the obese patients that had weight loss surgery. i would be willing to do a 80/20% if they pay the 80%. my co-pay was only 100.00 for each hospital stay which was worth every penny. also for my well being i don't want to do the surgery: to look pretty in clothes, or even to love myself again{yet that is a little part of it}; i want it done to be as healthy again in mind and in body so hopefully when my son and daughter-n-law have their first child i can take part in being in part of his/her life.