mochamonie
hello well first off i have been overweight my whole life. it was easier as a child because people just called me chubby or big boned. okay as i got older then the comments changed to if you just took off a couple pounds you would look so much more beautiful. i have tried all the diets and even those over the counter bad for you weight loss pills. i had some sucess with the xenodrine with the ephidrene. lost about 30 pounds in a month deal. was happy then lifestyle changes caused me to stop taking them and i guess you know what happened. was going to do it again and then they banned the stuff so i was back at square 1. cut to a couple years later weighing in at a heafty 283 and i start doing research for gastric bypass and i go to a seminar at nyu medical center. the place was packed with people and i walked away with alot of info and at that time wanted to get the lap band. i didnt pursue at that time because they really made it feel unpersonable like i was just a number and i dont think it was the right time for me. its now june of 2007 and my mom who is also overweight told me of a doctor that she was told of by her co-worker who had wls. i was interested and made an appoitment for a consult. the doctors name is dr. sapala and he works with luthern hosp. i went and had a very good experience. i left feeling like someone cares about me and is going to be there for me during this process. i also have to say that mary the nut is a godsend i dont know if i would be this far along without her. so since june i have had my blood work done, my cardio, my pulmonary, my sleep study, and lastly my pysh eval. my only problem is that my surgeon asked me to take off 20 pounds and the most i did was 6 and then put that back on after i lost it. hopefully i will be able to still have it done because i have been so stressed out over everything going back and forth with appointments and with my job. im in my 5 month of the supervised diet because i have aetna. my mom is going for the wls as well and she has finished all her stuff and will get approved any day now cause she has hip. i would like to have my wls at the end of november so hopefully everything goes to planned and i can join everyone else on the losers bench as they say. i will try and keep folks updated as i get information. thanks for reading my story and say a prayer for me. later
