Amy S.
Where do I begin? I was always a very tiny girl and a very slim teenager. I never battled with my weight until after I had my first child. Well, three kids later I'm losing the battle of the bulge! While pregnant, I always gained exactly what I was supposed to...only to gain from 10-20 pounds AFTER my babies were born. I've been on more diets than I care to remember and really I have only ever lost any fair amount of weight by starvation. As I have gotten older, the starvation diets don't seem to work so great anymore.
I started looking into WLS the beginning of 2007. I do not take the idea of WLS lightly. I know that it will be a life altering endeavor and I'm trying my hardest to get myself mentally prepared for this. I was originally looking to have the Lap Band surgery, but as I have been researching, I am now really leaning at having the VSG surgery. I think this surgery will work better for my life. I'm just really trying to make sure that I am making the right decision. I am a lower BMI patient and, at the moment, don't have any co-morbidities. I think some would look at me and wonder why I even want to have WLS. Well, I know my life and I know that I will only continue to get larger and unhealthier. I come from a long line of obese people and I am the smallest in my family, and this weighs heavily on my mind. I can get surgery soon and start to live a healthier life, or I can continue to gain 10+ pounds a year until I am dealing with health issues that I don't care to live with.
I'm ready to feel good about myself. I'm ready to have fun in life again!! :)