clovett
Well today is November 6, 2008. I'm going in for lap band surgery on November 7, 2008. I currently weigh 285lbs. I have been researching weight loss surgery for 5 years, and once my physician, and myself finally agreed, here i am. The past 5 years have been hell for me, in 2003 i was taking a fat burner and it truly work, at the same token it almost killed me. I lost almost 40lbs in a 5 month period. I was at the gym working out, had very bad pain in my calf went to the doctor he told me to go straight to the ER, that's were I found i had a blood clot. I was admitted and stayed in there for 2 weeks, went home in a matter of hours had shortness of breath and gain over thirty lbs of fluids. I was rush back to ER and ended up in ICU for 1 week and some days, had stints put in to blow the clot up that had travel. I was then put on the regular floor for 1 week. I was in that hospital for 1 month, missing my kids. To make this long story short i've been in and out the hospital fighting clot after clot. I think it's a total of 9 times. In 2004 i develop leg ulcers, because my veins were so damage from the blood clots. I've been dealing with that ever since. It is extremely painful to walk and stand long periods of time. My main purpose for this surgery is to become healthy. I would like to experience the simple things once again, like going to the mall and walking the board walk. Just quality time with my children. So I'm extremely excited about my journey, and glad i found a community here on obesity help.
