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hi my name is gailwinship i am a wife mother of two boys and a grandmother of three beautiful grandchildren
i had my surgey may 19 2004 and i am happy that i did. before the surgery i weighed 324 pounds i wasn,t happy at all. i was taking 18 different type of meds a day and also was on insulin 10 units a day. and i couldn,t walk very far i had to stop and sit down to rest . I didn,t have no self esteem at all. So i went and asked my medical dr about having gastric bypass surgery done. he set me an appointment up to see dr carauna in williamsville. so i went to see him and he said i was a good canidate to have the surgery. i started going to the support group that olean had. and got information from others about the surgery .i had to attend and informational meeting and had the pysh evail and the nutrional messting and exercise class and then had to wait for a date to have the surgery. i finally got a call and they said that the surgery was schedule for may 19,2004. i was happy i went down in weight to 318 before surgey. i went to the hospital and had the surgery
on a wednesday and stayed til saturday it went great the only thing it was hot in the room and on friday i got a blue pop cycle to eat to check for leaks there were none so i was able to come home on saturday. i came home did everything i was told to do the first week by the second week i wanted a salad and the dr said if i could handle it that i could try if i couldn,t to leave alone.. i handle eating salads with no trouble as of now i am no longer on the 18 different type of meds i am down to 6 a day and no insulin and no longer a diabetic
and i am able to play with the grand children by running around i mainly did it for them and myself to be healthy . i am able to walk now better without stopping and have more self esteem and i am volunteering
now to help people at the hospitals making baby hats and sweaters and lap blankets. i am still doing everything i am supposed to do. and not regretting it all. i am at 7 years since i had my surgery done may 18th 2004 save my life for the better.