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Mar 16, 2011

a little bit about myself.  i am a 50 yo male who has always had issues with weight.  last may my wife and i attended a program done by Dr. Josh Roller in northwest AR.  we decided after going  that we needed to look into this.  so we started our journey together.  our insurance would only cover lap band or bypass surgery.  because i am 10 years older than my wife i had to jump through more hoops for the insurance company than she did.  we both decided on the RNY.  My wife had her surgery on 12-13-10.  my sugery kept getting delayed waiting on dr's consults.  i travel on the road a lot and can be gone for up to 3 weeks at a time.  i got my surgery scheduled but had to work the three weeks prior to surgery on 3-2-11.  when i came home it was like coming home to my wife 10 years ago.  the change in her way incrediable.  i just could not keep my eyes or hands off from her. it got me even more excited to have my RNY.  i went into the hospital to have my surgery and due to excessive scar tissue from previous surgery's my Dr. could not do my RNY. so he called our insurance company while i was on the table and got them to approve VSG.  well today is 2 weeks post op and it is incrediable how i feel. not only do i get to start my soft food diet tomorrow  but this morning  when i weighed i found that i was down 23 lbs since surgery and down 45 lbs from my highest weight.  prior to having our surgery we set a goal to loose enough weight so that we can go scuba diving soon. as we travel down this road i can start to smell the salt in the air and hope to be under the sea by this time next year.

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