I have 3 kids. 14, 11 and 10. And I am married to my high school sweetheart. Who has stuck with me thru thick (literally) and thin..lol...I was always 120-125 thru high school. When I got pregnant (17yo) I had toxemia and gained almost 100lbs in about 2 months. I struggled to lose the weight and finally did in 1995 with the help of the wonderful drug phentermine. I got back down to 150-160. Then I got pregnant. Doesnt that always happen? Shot up to 215 again. lost that pretty quickly and guess what....got pregnant again. This time I had toxemia again and went up to 235-240. Have never been under 210 since then. I gave myself a lapband for my 30th birthday. I thought I was about 270-280. Like so many of us, I would not get on a scale. I scheduled my surgery on my late mother's birthday. Kind of a tribute to her and my new life. She passed away when I was 19 from cancer. To my surprise I weighed in at a astounding 310. Life with the band:Good and bad.....I never lost that large chunk that most people lose in the begining. I Did not really lose much the first year. I could never get the proper restriction. I also needed to get my mind right. I finally got some restriction in Feb 2007. From then it has been a fill-unfill roller coaster. I have streched my pouch 3 times now. The first was from the fill in Feb.Since then it just has not really been able to correct itself. I go back get the fluro, it looks good, they give me a fill and then I strech again. Right now I am actually recovering from a strech again! So I thought of looking at my options. I have lost 98lbs. But over 2 years. I also cannot see the loss. I dont have many pictures. of before or during. I look at the ones I have and do not see a difference. I really just want to be in onderland by June 16 2008. Which is 12 -15 lbs away. Depeding on the day. I stayed away from the boards because of my slow loss. I felt like a failure. But I realized that I need the support to get to my goal. The times I lose I am a regular poster. When I am at a stand still it is when I stay away from OH. So I am back, discover, meeting and learning once again. Who knows I might keep the band on the other hand if I get the revision I need to learn about it as much as I can...Maybe even a bit more than I learned about the band.

About Me
goodyear, AZ
Location
35.0
BMI
Surgery
06/16/2006
Surgery Date
Jun 07, 2006
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