carimiller9173
I grew up a normal weight. Graduated from HS weighing about 150. I started gaining weight after suffering a sexual assault at the age of 17. I gained and lost weight over the next 24 years. I had lap band surgery in January 2009.... I found out in May that I was losing my job, so I transferred to Buffalo, NY to keep a job. It was honestly the worse mistake I ever made. I ballooned up to 395lbs at that time. In February 2012 I had the gastric sleeve done. Again, that May, the company I work for was sold and I moved home for work. When I moved home I had lost about 55 lbs since the date of my surgery. I have tried my hardest to continue to lose weight, with no success. I weigh in today at 332.5 (just weighed in this morning). I have started the process for approval for revision from sleeve to gastric bypass. My insurance company requires 12 weeks (4 nutrition) appts. I have already seen the cardiologist, the psychologist, 1 nutritionist, exercise physiologists. The rest of my appts are made. I am hoping to have bypass in January/February 2015. Right now, I am a homebody, don't tend to go out..tend to stay to myself. I don't live a life, I exist. I want to start living.
**Update 01/19/15** My surgery was approved for 01/26/15. I'm halfway through my optifast diet stage. It's not easy. On 01/12/15 when I started optifast, I weighed in at 342.5. Dear God, I need this surgery to keep me from gaining more weight and point me in the direction of the loser's bench. I'm excited, nervous, packed already (I'm always early), walking about 20-25 minutes per day. just wish the day was here already.
