Jeanie_Rae
It's not easy writing about me, but here it goes. I'm 58 years old. Have had to battle my weight since I was a teenager. Back then it was only 20 to 30 pounds. When I was 12 my Grandma took me to her Dr. and had him put me on diet pills. I lost the weight, don't even remember how much it was, but I remember my clothes being too big for me.
I can't say that I had a rougher life than anyone else, I just seemed always to be reckless and not to think of the consequences of my choices.
I've been married to my husband for 34+ years, we raised 4 children together, 1 daughter and 3 boys. We now have 10 grandchildren. I want to be around to watch them grow up, that's what brings me to OH.
I can lose weight, I've done it before, the problem is it keeps coming back plus extra. I thought about weight loss surgery two years ago, that's when I first came to the OH site. I was concerned that there wasn't a hospital or surgeon in the Springfield area that were Medicare certified, then my PCP at the time talked me out of it. So I sat on my pity pot and gained more weight and my co-mobities got worse. That's where I'm at now. I have a new PCP and she is in full support of me having RNY, so this time it's full speed ahead.
