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I WAS ALWAYS FAT AS A CHILD. BUT MY COUSINS WERE NOT AND I WAS ALWAYS COMPARED UNFAVORABLY TO THEM. IT BOTHERED ME THEN AND IT TOOK A VERY LONG TIME FOR IT TO STOP BOTHERING ME. BUT BY THEN I WAS USING FOOD AS A CRUTCH TO TEMPER MY EMOTIONS WHETHER THEY WERE GOOD OR BAD. IN MY ADULT LIFE I ONCE LOST 125 POUNDS WITH WEIGHT WATCHERS AND GOT DOWN TO 170 POUNDS AND ACTUALLY WORE A SIZE 10 DRESS. I WANTED TO CUT THE TAG OUT AND SEW IT ON THE OUTSIDE. HOWEVER, DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DIVORICED.
I MET MY CURRENT HUSBAND AND MANAGED TO GAIN ALL OF IT BACK...AND MORE. NOW I WEIGH AROUND 360 POUNDS AND AM 5'4".
I JUST RETURNED FROM A WEEK LONG BUSINESS TRIP THAT HAD ME FLYING ON 6 DIFFERENT PLANES, 5 OF THEM WERE 2 SEATS ON EITHER SIDE AND ONE OF THEM WAS 3 AND 3. WALKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT AIRPORTS WITH MY LAPTOP BACK PACK I HAD TO STOP A ZILLION TIMES TO CATCH MY BREATH. I WANT MY WLS RIGHT NOW!!!
I STARTED OFF THINKING I WOULD JUST GET THE LAP BAND. BUT I TOOK MY DOCTORS ADVISE AND STARTED DOING RESEARCH. I AM CONVINCED DS IS THE WAY TO GO CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT I NEED TO LOSE. I AM NOT REALLY SCARED OF THE SURGERY THOUGH I AM SURE I WILL BE NERVOUS WHEN THE TIME COMES. I AM CERTAIN I WILL HAVE A VERY SHORT LIFE SPAN IF I DON'T DO IT. I AM 53 NOW. MORE I AM WORRIED IF I WILL HAVE TERRIBLE GAS AND THE RUNS AND IF IT WILL SMELL HORRIBLE. I AM AROUND PEOPLE ALL DAY AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE MY OWN OFFICE, PEOPLE ARE IN AND OUT ALL THE TIME. SO I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING PRODUCTS TO BE PREPARED.
AND I HAVE BEEN ASKING OTHER DS AND RNY WHO WERE AS LARGE AS I AM, WHY THEY CHOSE THE PROCEDURE THAT THEY CHOSE.
I HAVE MY CONSULT WITH MY SURGERON ON JULY 2, 2007.
I DON'T INVISION HAVING INSURANCE DIFFICULTIES. MY EMPLOYER IS SELF INSURED AND IT IS COVERED AND MY BOSS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE WITH MY DECISION TO HAVE WLS.
MY LIFE IS GOOD HOWEVER BEING SMO IS JUST KILLING ME WITH ALL THE THINGS IT EFFECTS LIKE CHAIRS TO SIT IN, SEAT BELTS, ETC. AND I KNOW IT EFFECTS MY HUSBAND WHO WORRIES ABOUT ME AT THIS SIZE ALL THE TIME.
I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO SUCH A SUPPORTIVE GROUP.
