Katherine_c86
I was never given the knowledge of proper eating habits and fast food became a norm eating routine in my life. Food became something that i became consumed with and everything revolved around it, while making breakfast i was thinking of what to have for lunch. Around 20 I noticed my weight really had took a turn for the unhealthy. I was morbidly obese, And had several medical problems to follow. My knees would give out on me, my ankles hurt all the time, i wouldn't have a period, i had heartburn all times of the day, i snored so loud that my boyfriend slept in the other room, i had high blood pressure and trouble breathing along with horrible migraines that would occur every day. all this and more at the age of 20! Being tired of my life going down hill in no time flat I began educating myself on healthy eating and a active lifestyle and for years I tried many diets, with short term success, but the hunger pains and weight would always come back, along with a little more.
I wake up every day with the realization that this is it, that there's only one shot at this life and I can either enjoy the ride and live it to its fullest and to my highest potential or I can stay the way I am. Sick of letting my weight hold me back from life and keeping me in the house due to sheer embarrassment of what i had become i asked my Dr. what i could do. He suggested i visit Puget sound surgical center for a seminar along with handing me several pamphlet's and print outs of info on weight loss surgery. I went home and read over all the info just given to me, very impressed and just as excited i made an apt to go to an info seminar.
Going to the seminar was my first time meeting the staff of Puget sound surgical center. my first impression of the whole setting and staff was that i was welcome, they actually cared about ME as a person and like i was not just yet another patient coming through the doors. They were quick on the ball of helping me figure out all the insurance info i needed to gather and answered every question i threw there way. After submitting in all the paperwork my insurance needed to complete the acceptance process i called Puget sound surgical center EVERY day, They knew who was calling just by my voice.
When the call came in for my approval on the sleeve procedure time seemed to of froze and i began to cry. I knew that the surgery would be able to give me the life that i see everyone around me enjoying yet i couldn't because my weight was keeping me from doing any task that a normal 24 year old could do. The weeks leading up to surgery i would go back and fourth with my feelings on having the procedure done, as it was my first time ever having surgery and i was scared, but for some odd reason on the morning of surgery when you would think i would end up feeling the most scared i walked into the doors of Puget sound surgical center i had this feeling of calm and ready come over me. With having those feelings i knew that i was definitely ready and doing what was best for me.
I healed up quick and had no complications. my weigh in after only a short week i had lost an amazing 23lbs, and there was no slowing down or stopping there because just only 4 months out i have now lost an incredible 92 lbs. My life has changed in so many ways, I can go out with friends and meet up with people i went to high school with because i don't feel like everyone is looking at me as the "fat chick" anymore. I can now do daily exercises without having the knee and ankle pain to stop me. I can now buy clothes that fit me and my age range. I now have confidence in myself and know that i can and will accomplish anything it is that i set myself to. Every health issues i had before has now diminished! no more snoring, no more knees giving out or ankles hurting, the daily migraine's have gone away along with the high blood pressure. I firmly believe that being sleeved saved my life and helped me find out who it is that was hiding under all those layers.
