DeannaE
Hi my name is Deanna. I am 42yo. I live in NW PA, about 40miles south of Erie. I have been researching RNY for over a year now. My uncle had WLS about 3 years ago. He had a complication, due to his not following his doctors orders, and had to go back into the hospital to fix the incision. He has good now and follows the docs orders to the "T". He has been off his diabetic meds since the surgery and recommends the procedure. His daughter, my cousin will be going for the surgery soon. I am not sure when. So I have had some family to talk to about this procedure.
I have been on and off diets since about the age of 18. I have been to Curves, Weigh****chers. I have tried Slim fast and all those fad diets over the years. I cant remember all the different ones i have done. I would always lose some and then gain it all back. At one time I was down to 195 and looked and felt great. Then as it happens with all of us, traumatic events make you binge. Between the death of my grandfather due to his diabetic issues, then getting a new job which made my travel time one way an hour, then the moving to a home closer to my work, the lose of my ex-husbands job, then finally the divorce. By the time i looked down at the scale last year it was reading 240lbs.
I recently started going to the gym every day, or at least trying to but my kids school activities prevent that most days. I had such good intentions on going to the gym but my 16 yr old doesnt drive and is in sports so i need to get him to the school for practices. I am constantly being SuperMom at home but getting little help from the BF or the kids. I just feel that I need to focus on me now and get myself feeling better so maybe I wont feel so worn out and run down all the time. As with some cases of kids from other relationships, the boys are my BF's and they are a handful. The oldest is 20 and still at home. Mainly because he is not mentally able to understand the full concept of responsibilities. His brain is still thinking he is 16 when his body is 20. All that stems from his upbringing with his mom, but that is another story...
The 16yr old is so desparate for attention that he will date any girl that likes him because he thinks all the girls in school hate him. UGH! Again another story....
So i just finished a seminar at the hospital with the doctor that will be doing the surgery. I am awaiting a phone call to come back in to meet with a nutritionist and get me started on the 6months of required dieting. In that time i will be meeting again with the doctor and my meetings once a month with the nutritionist. I must keep each appointment or start over again at square 1. I am hoping that I will be able to get the WLS in April of 2013.
