Chilly
My name is Tiffany, I'm 42 yrs. old and I have a son 18, son 9, and a daughter 7. I'm married, but have been separated for over 3 yrs (long story). Like we all experience, I was losing my life due to being so overweight. I didn't to go out in public anymore because I was embarrassed with what I had allowed myself to become. At my largest weight of 296, I had NO quality of life left. Then major depression starting setting in. Two of my friends went thru with RNY, and were really getting slim, and I decided to check into it, not knowing whether or not my insurance would cover it. I started the process last year, and put things on hold until the beginning of this year due to "money" issues. In Feb. I started where I left off. I got the physc. eval, went to the required seminar, and had my appt. with the surgeon. Things moved very quickly after that. But the REAL concern was about the insurance. I went in to see Dr. Wagner, and by the time I left, they were getting things ready to send in. In a matter of 7 days I got a call from the office saying that I had been approved!!!!!! I was SOOOO excited. FINALLY I was going to get my life back!!!! My date was set for April 30th. I got all my pre-op testing done and was all set. The weekend before, I got SO NERVOUS!!!! I just about had myself talked out of it. I mean, here I am, 3 kids, no husband to help, what would they do if I didn't make it thru? I wrote letters to all of my kids just in case, which made me MORE nervous. But when Sun night came, I had made up my mind that I WOULD go thru this. And I did. I will say this, I have been so very fortunate thru all of this journey so far. I have had NO problems at all, and feel GREAT! I went home the following day, and never really experienced any pain with the surgery except the gas that settled in my back. I took the pain meds the first night just because my back was killing me and wanted to get some good rest. That was the only time I took it. I have been so fortunate. I haven't had ANY problems tolerating food. The only problem I had a few times was "self indulged" by not chewing my food good enough. I can't say that this "journey" is for everyone, but I CAN say it was right for me!!!! And the journey continues :-)
