Kat_Hamm4123
AUG 10 2008
My story.... wow where do i begin??? I was a "normal" size all though high school struggling slightly with my weight (i always thought i was over weight but looking back being 135-140 and 5'4" was never heavy) Right after high school i became pregnant with my first child and went from 135-140lbs to 290lbs in 9 months!!!! I found out 2 years later while pregnant with my second child that i have Hepatitis C and that my liver doesnt process fat the way a healthy persons liver processes fat.... hence part of the reason why i gained so much weight with my first child! I began looking into weight loss surgery aprox 9 yrs ago after have trying almost all possible diets out there! I had begun the pre-op in 04 but then went through a divorce so i lost my insurance.... once again begain pre-op testing in 06 only to find out that my liver emzymes were really bad.... SOOOO i had to put it on hold AGAIN to attempt treatment for my Hep. C..... after 38 weeks of treatment i had to stop because passing out became too dangerous but the drs thought 38 weeks was enough of the 42 weeks treatment plan they were hopeful it worked..... 6 months later i found out it hadnt!!
At this point in my life i was annoyed and discouraged i had just went through 38 weeks of hell ( a lot like chemo treatment only u have to inject yourself with the meds) I went to see a new specalist for my Hep C and low and behold his answer to the treatment not working was that maybe i should consider having gastric bypass surgery!!!! R U KIDDING ME??!!!! i was so annoyed the Drs made me wait, stop all pre-op testing so that i could go on treatment for my Hep. C and now they are telling me that maybe i shoud consider the surgery and then we can try treatment 1-2 years post-op.... less mass for the meds to work with should = better results!! My reaction was sign me up ill have it tomarrow!! lol Of course my insurance had other plans.... i have to go through 9 months of nutrition apointments before i can even submit my packit to the insurance..... and even then they could still deny it!!!!!!!
So as of today i am 8 months into my 9 months of nutrition appoinments..... sept 17th is when i see my surgen and then the packit can be submitted after that...... I am hoping and praying every day that this all goes through! I began the slim fast diet back in jan when i started the post-op testing AGAIN and also began riding my stationary bike again... so far i have lost 20lbs on my own... which is good of course but i am truely looking forward to this surgery and looking the way i used to... hell at this point id settle for 200lbs!
