Daveloss
I’m Dave and I currently have 322 pounds on my 5’10 1/2 inch frame!
I have lost and gained well over 1000 pounds during my 55 years. I have always had weight issues. From 1976-1989, I maintained my weight in the 215-pound range. My lowest weight registered 188 in 1982. My morbidities did not surface until the early 1990s. I have a series of issues wrapped around the primary diagnosis of cardiomyopathy.
I also have had two substantial injuries that have greatly limited the last several years of my life. In May 2002, I was in a head-on auto accident leaving me with disabling back issues. Dull to moderate pain is a part of my life. In 2003, I fell down our basement stairs, breaking my ankle. While it has healed after surgery, I have not been able to walk long distances or hills because of the pain.
It is time to step up and stop these worsening conditions. I want to maintain a vigorous seniorhood.
I met my wife, Margery, at the University of New Mexico freshman orientation dance. We’ve been blessed with a loving 35-year marriage. She’s such a beauty, inside and out. We have two wonderful children, a deceased daughter, Cathy, and a wonderful son, Justin. He is a university sophomore, currently pursuing prerequisites for entering a physical therapy program. Marge and I look forward to spending lots of quality time with Justin and hope that we will have opportunities to spoil grandchildren in the not too distant future.
In my earlier years, I enjoyed tennis, hiking, and adventuresome travel. I long for all three. We’ve made two trips to Brisbane, Australia where my older brother and his family reside. We are looking forward to making regular trips there after retirement. That requires a twenty-hour plane trip and losing weight is a requirement for making that trip safely and comfortably. I also want to experience the climes of Costa Rica, the majesty of Europe, and many areas here in our own country with little or no physical restriction.
I began my research on WLS last summer and chose Dr. Randall Bolar in Lexington, KY to perform my RnY. He’s performed over 3000 bariatric surgeries during his over twenty-year career span. I saw him in September 2004, and learned that I was a good candidate for laproscopic RnY and he projected that I might well lose 120 pounds with the RnY tool.
I found that although I had been on numerous Dr. suggested diets, my insurance company, Bluegrass Family Health (BFH), required a six-month physician supervised diet and so I started in October with my cardiologist monitoring. The six months ended in April and one of Dr. Bolar’s RNs, Nancy, submitted my package to BFH. It was approved within days! I now have a July 6 surgery date.
We have been busy lately focusing on our house and readying for a visit from several of our Aussie relatives! Painting, structural work and putting in a wireless fence for our two dogs, Queso Grande (Big Cheese) and Liza, have taken time, but the contractors are doing a great job! It will be comforting knowing that our house and yard are in good shape as I go under the knife and then return home.
