My WLS is scheduled for 1-05-09

Jan 02, 2009

Hi. My name is Jan and I live in Northern California. I am a 51 year old woman, married with 5 children and 4 (soon to be 5) Grandchildren. My husband and I live on a small horse ranch, which is our passion.  We have 4 dogs, 5 cats, 2 pot bellied pigs, 5 goats, 3 sheep, a mini horse, a mini mule, 5 Quarter horses, 3 Tennessee Walking horses, 1 Paint horse and 2 Arabian horses. 

I have always been overweight.  I am a very active person, and have always been, but have been fighting weight my entire life, no matter how active I am.  I have sleep apnea and a BMI of 42.  I belong to Kaiser and because of the Sleep apnea and the high BMI, they decided last year they'd approve the WLS for me.  It has been a very long year of tests, classes, appointments and such, and the day is finally approaching.  I am nervous. I am scared, but I am also very excited to finally see an end to the constant Yo-Yo dieting.  My surgery is scheduled for 10 am on Monday 1-05-09 in South San Francisco. 

My current weight is 238, but I have been as high as 250.  I hope to get down to 150, though Kaiser said I should be about 120 in a year, I can't see losing that much weight, as I haven't been that low since grade school.  Wish me luck. I will update the blog as time goes on. :)

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