karlawmcdonald
I am a 39 year old wife & Mommy. I have battled weight all of my life, I was always on that "yo-yo". I was able to maintain my goal weight for several years in my early 20's and at 28 when I got pregnant with my youngest son I put on about 50 pounds which I was unable to lose. I went straight back to work when he was 5 weeks old, and have always been very active since then. One day while at work I bent over to pick something up and something went "snap!" in my spine.
Long story short I was diagnosed with Lumbar Disc Disease and had to have spine surgery to repair the ruptured disc and relieve some impingments. After 6 months of no improvement my job of 13 years released me, so set in depression on top of all of that.
I began to research weight loss options, and tried nearly all of them..Phen-Phen, Weight Watchers, Atkins, Carb Counters, I tried Meridia, and countless EXPENSIVE others to no avail. One thing kept coming back to mind, weight loss surgery!
I attended several seminars, scanned websites, etc. At the end of my wits I attended one last one at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, and Dr. Hugh Houston was the speaker. I KNEW by the time I walked out that not only did I find the hospital I wanted by the surgeon too! I was fortunate with my insurance company, I sat in on his seminar April 2010, I went to my family doctor and started my 6 month medically supervised diet, I had my RNY November 8, 2010. I feel very blessed.
I am now down 30 pounds and have not had any complications at all, if anyone wants to add me, feel free to. I ask a lot of questions, I do a lot of reading, maybe we can compare notes, recipes or stories 
