Jodi H.
I have been fighting my weight for at least the past 30 yrs maybe longer. It didn't help that my sister was very thin so I was always compared to her as a child by our mother. I was always made fun of in school for being "chubby" which of course made school a total hell for me. I have been on almost every imaginable diet at some point in my life & all with the same result.....I lose - sometimes as much as 50 lbs - but then gain it all back and then some. One of my best friends had gastric bypass with Dr. Blackstone 3 yrs ago & just seeing how she's progressed was enough to help me make that final decision. My husband has put up somewhat of a fight all along because I tend to have a rough time recouperating from surgeries but he's finally come to his senses & understands that I'm doing this for health reasons & not just to be thin. If I don't do this now I face knee replacements, heart problems, diabetes, back problems & who knows what else. These are just the problems that run in my family! I'm already fighting the high blood pressure & I also have terrible sleep apnea. I started this process about 2 years ago & I got about half way through doing all of the preliminary stuff & my health insurance company pulled the rug out from under me. God bless my husband for being there because I went into a horrible depression. Now I have BCBS & they are more than willing to cover it & I'm so excited I just can't stand it! I can't wait to be rid of the health issues I already have, avoid the ones that I more than likely will have if I had not had this opportunity & not be able to dread going clothes shopping!
