Leafchick17
And so it begins....
Jul 14, 2013
I am 36 years old, happily married and a mom to three amazing kids. I have never been skinny but was always very athletic and played competitive sports my whole pre-children life. I was 130lbs on the day of my wedding, I'm 5'4". I gained 10 lbs on my honeymoon and held onto it until I got pregnant. I gained 60lbs my first pregnancy, 40 the next and the third I was already well over 200lbs. As I sit here now I am 251lbs and I hate it.
I have tried weight watchers, Dr. Bernstein, Atkins, etc. more than once. I approached my doctor three years ago because I was so uncomfortable with my weight. I'm not in any family photos, I can't stand to go to certain places fearing I'll run into someone I knew when I was healthy.
My Dr. Suggested I try a few things the last of which was xenical, ugh! Hello leakage, no thanks. About 2 years ago he suggested the Hamilton Bariatric Clinic, I said no because at the time I was set against surgery. I felt that I had created this problem and I should fix it. A year later I was the same weight having lost and re-gained 25lbs. I went back to him and told him I was ready. His support was amazing!
He said he would send off the referral, so I waited. I waited. I waited. I finally was in to see him about 8 months after that and mentioned I hadn't heard anything, so he sent it off again. Two weeks later I received a letter saying my orientation was September 9th, 2013. That was still another 6 months away, but I waited and waited. I called the clinic and asked about cancelations or if there was a list I could be put on. I was told, not so nicely, that nobody cancels their appointment. So I waited. Again.
Last week I received a call telling me they had moved my appointment up to July 22, 2013.
And so it begins.
I've been on this forum all weekend trying to get some ideas of what to expect. I'm afraid after all this time I won't be accepted for some reason. I think there are some amazing tools on here, this blog for one and the posts people add on here are so valuable. I'm really excited and nervous to be on this journey but at least I've taken my first step.
Wish me luck!
