I WAS BORN WITH ROLLS OF FAT AND IT HAS NOT CHANGED IN 57 YEARS UNTIL NOW.  I HAVE MADE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECISION IN MY LIFE---TO HAVE WLS.  AS A LITTLE GIRL I CAN REMEMBER MY WHOLE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY MOTHER'S BROTHERS, MAKING FUN OF ME  AND SAYING THINGS LIKE, "FATTY, FATTY 2 BY 4 CAN'T GET THROUGH THE BATHROOM DOOR".  WHAT A THING TO REMEMBER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.  THOSE TYPE OF COMMENTS CONTINUED BY OTHERS ALL THROUGH MY TEEN YEARS AND I HAD COMMENTS ABOUT MY WEIGHT IN MY TWENTIES AND INTO MY THIRTIES.  THOSE COMMENTS AND MY INABILITY TO KEEP OFF MY WEIGHT INTO MY LATE THIRTIES AND EARLY FORTIES LEFT ME WITH A VERY LOW SELF-ESTEEM.  AND SO I GAVE UP ON TRYING TO LOOSE WEIGHT.  I TOOK THE ATTITUDE WHAT DOES IT MATTER?  I HAVE BEEN FAT MY WHOLE LIFE THAT MUST BE THE WAY GOD CREATED ME AND WANTS ME.  I MUST TELL YOU THAT THE MAJORITY OF MY WEIGHT IS NOT BECAUSE I AM AN OVEREATER OR A BINGER.  I JUST HAVE A SLOW METABOLISM.  CONSEQUENTLY, I HAVE GAINED 5 POUNDS A YEAR FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.  I WEIGHED A 145 WHEN I MARRIED IN 1982 AND I WEIGH 248 TODAY WITH A 50.1 BMI.  I TRIED OCCASIONALLY IN THESE PAST FEW YEARS TO GO ON A DIET, BUT, MY HEART HAS NOT BEEN IN IT.  I THREW MYSELF INTO RAISING MY NIECE AND NEPHEW AND SPOILING MY GRANDCHILDREN.  HENCE MY NAME AUNTMAMMAW.  I HAD 2 ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES.  ONE IN 1985 AND ANOTHER IN 1987.  I WAS VERY DEPRESSED ABOUT THAT BUT, NOW I CAN SEE THE LORD WAS GIVING ME WHAT HE WANTED ME TO HAVE AND NOT WHAT I HAD ASKED FOR.  HE GAVE ME IN THE END MORE THAN I ASKED FOR BECAUSE I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT LOVE ME UNCONDITIONALLY NOT BECAUSE I GAVE THEM BIRTH BUT, BECAUSE OF THE LOVE I HAVE SHOWN THEM.  THEY HAVE LOVED ME AT ALL TIMES AND MY WEIGHT HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THEM EXCEPT THAT THEY WANT ME TO BE HEALTHY.  THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT CONCERN WITH LOVE.AND SO NOW I COME TO THE PRESENT.  APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS AGO A FRIEND OF MINE HAD WLS AND WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.  SHE ENCOURAGED ME TO DO IT ALSO, BUT, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS FOR ME.  I HAD HEARD ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT AND JUST FELT LIKE I COULDN'T TAKE THAT STEP.  THEN LAST YEAR ANOTHER FRIEND, ONE THAT IS SHORTER THAN I, HAD WLS AND SHE DID SO WELL THAT I COULD NO LONGER NOT LOOK AT IT AS AN OPTION.  AFTER MUCH RESEARCH AND PRAYER I DECIDED TO TALK TO MY PHYSICIAN ABOUT IT.  I ENDED UP TALKING TO THE NURSE PRACTITIONER AND THEN THE DOCTOR AND THEY BOTH GAVE ME THE GO AHEAD.  THEY PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH ST. FRANCIS BARIATRIC CENTER AND I STARTED THE PROCESS IN JUNE OF 2006.  I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO DO.  WITHOUT THIS SURGERY IN ANOTHER FEW YEARS I WILL BE IN A SITUATION WHERE MY MOBILITY BECOMES AN ISSUE AND A POINT THAT I WILL PROBABLY START ACQUIRING SOME OF THE CO-MORBIDITY ISSUES THAT COME WITH OBESITY.  THE ONLY ISSUES I HAVE NOW ARE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, MILD SLEEP APNEA AND REFLUX DISEASE.  SO HERE I AM--A PLACE I NEVER ANTICIPATED BEING---ON THE ROAD TO A FUTURE THAT INCLUDES WEIGHT LOSS AND A TOOL TO MAINTAIN THAT LOSS.  A ROAD THAT TAKES ME AWAY FROM THE CO-MORBIDITY ISSUES.  A ROAD THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO RETIRE IN THE FUTURE AND TRAVEL THE REST OF MY LIFE UNHINDERED BY OBESITY. ADD VIDEO HERE

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MEMPHIS, TN
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Surgery
02/20/2007
Surgery Date
Oct 23, 2006
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