Lucy1972
Hi Everyone!
I thought I would share a little about myself. I have been overweight since I was a child. I started trying to lose weight in college and about every year since I have tried and stopped. I figured I have attempted and regaind at least 10-12 times with Weight Watchers. I tried doing Xenacal and this had not so nice side effects. I could not try the appetite suppresent meds because My heart goes into palpatations and beats fast if too much caffiene. I was told by a dr to not do these. I tried the protien diet. Jenny Craig, nutrisystem and LA weight loss were waaaaayyyyyy to much money for me to attempt and to be honest, I haven't seen a lot of success from these in others I know.
So I am the heaviest right now with a BMI of 41. The thought of trying to loose weight again is burdonsome. I don't feel well right now. I am tired all the time and I am only working 48hrs a pay period and this feels like its too much. I am a nurse and on my feet walking most of the day and it wears me out. I am not sleeping well at night and I have bad GERD. I have had other health issues as well which is TMI here, LOL. So my conclusion is that if I am going to loose wieght, I want this to be the last time I have to do this, no regains. I know life throws you lemons sometimes and their is the plateau issue, but I am referring to regaining all the wieght. The only reason to gain any weight would be because of pregnancy. I just don't think my body could handle going through a weight loss and regain and not be physically affected. Its been through too much with this. So Surgery seems to be the option for me. I am looking at the RNY or lap RNY.
I know this is a procedure is a life altering surgery. I have looked at the pros and cons and feel that not doing something is worse than doing the surgery. I am at place in my life that if I was going to do this, the time is now. I am not married and have no children. I was going to move out east, but have decided to put this on hold until after I have the surgery and have adjusted and stabilized in my new life. My parents have so graciously allow me to stay with them until I move out east and will help me in my recoverey. When my mom said to me "I want you to live longer than us", it definitely puts this into a different perspective. Others are worried about my wieght, not just me.
So I go to an info meeting end of May and I will continue to do research until then. I may go to another info meeting as well so I can compare clinics. I am very excited about this! Finally, I thank Jesus for making this possible for me. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!".