As a small child I was always overweight.  I was on this diet and that diet as far back as I can remember.  I was not at all popular growing up and had a difficult time making friends.  By the time I graduated high school I weighed around 200.  I had very few dates.  At that time being large was not good for your social life. 

I used food for every emotion imaginable.  Food was my coping mechanism.  I had a lot of emotional issues to deal with and I used food for therapy.  Not a healthy therapist. 

So at 37 years of age I weighed 280 pounds.  This was the summer of 2003.  I decided it was time to do "SOMETHING"

That something was Gastric Bypass, I met with a surgeon and decided to jump through the "hoops" and proceed.  Finally in November 2003 I received the approval and Dec 17,2003 I had surgery!

One week before Christmas.  Wow was that an eye-opener!

So there were many struggles over the last 5 years.  Only one complication and the doctor that treated me told me it may not have been because of the surgery at all.  I had an intestinal ileus.  It resolved itself after a couple of days.  I now weigh between 150 and 160.  I am still determined to see 130 at some point in my life. 

It is so amazing how differantly people treat you when you lose a lot of weight.  There is weight discrimination out there.  It's very real, and very painful.

So that's the short of it!  Here I am 5 years post-op and making it as best I can.  Just being me.

 

About Me
Delano, TN
Location
28.2
BMI
RNY
Surgery
12/17/2003
Surgery Date
Nov 08, 2008
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