Amy H.
I'm not sure what to put here... My story.... I have always been over weight. I cant ever remember being a normal weight. From the time I was able to understand that I wasn't like all the other kids my weight bothered me. My parents told me not to worry about it, I would grow out of it. At 8 i weighed 128 I think. At 12 I weighed 168, by the time I was 15 I weighed 220 lbs.. I was depressed my whole life and debated some points on just killing myself because i would be better off that way.. One of my mothers friends took me under her wing and encouraged me to start dieting, and gave me supplements to help curb hunger and burn calories. It was working, i walked everyday and night for about 30 min each time. In about a 2 years I lost 45lbs. I felt so much better about myself, and even got my first boyfriend and kiss. I then at 19 met my oldest sons dad and well got pregnant... enough said! I gained 50lbs and couldn't work it off.. In 2003 I married and then got pregnant six months later, lost weight through out the pregnancy and weighed less than before .. All that did was give me gallstones... Messed me up really bad and was sick for months after giving birth. In 2005 I lost more weight and was about 249 and starving from not being able to keep stuff down from the gallstone sickness. I had to have it taken out and when i started to recover the pounds came back I gained more. I had started my journey that year to have bypass surgery, but the doctors at Kaiser Permanente but they freaked me out with all the unknown answers I kept getting.... I got worse and thought well I give up! stayed at about 267 for a while and in 2008 i started working out and eating right, I got down to 248 with the three day diet and kick my butt 8 mile walks a day. I ended up fracturing my foot when i went for a jog instead of a walk. Doc told me to stay off my foot for a month and i got depressed again. I gave up again. I then topped out at 286 in Dec. 2009 and had high blood pressure and my knees were just falling apart, I had back pain all day and night, pre diabetes..
My Life was ENDING!!!!
I finally got up the courage to talk to my doctor about weight loss, and he thought I would be a good candidate for surgery. I started on the road to looking for doctors and types of procedures. I found ALSA medical group, and Doctor Higa. I picked the VSG or vertical sleeve Gastrectomy.... I am so happy and felling better every day!!! God is good and I feel like my life is finally on the right track!
