MzDiane
Thanks for taking time to visit my page. This is me gang, I am 42 yrs old and morbidly obese. I have tried a multitude of diets including the Atkins Diet, LA Diet, Doctors Weight Loss and the list can go on and on. I have even tried not even putting food in my mouth and drinking only water. Sure, I have lost weight, but nothing substantial. All of these have left me worse off in my weight battle than when I started.
I have been overweight my entire life. I have always felt comfortable in the skin I'm in. I have bounced back and forth between diets and just plain out trying to starve myself in order to just get down to 200 pounds. It never worked and now that I am post menopausal, was told I was Diabetic, had high blood pressure and now am killing my liver due to high cholesterol it is no longer a choice but a necessity that I have a radical weight loss change.
I really didn't consider the problems associated with being overweight. Ignorance is bliss but come on, being "fat", diabetic and having trigliycerides (*S) and cholesterol so high that a blood test couldn't even read the good cholesterol levels is way more than plain ignorance, it's pathetic that I have worked so hard to get to the place I am at. I know that may sound harsh of me to say but I am speaking of myself because I am disgusted with myself.
I went into my family doctor last week just to get my scripts redone and 2 1/2 hours later walked out with a script for weight loss surgery. My body can no longer carry the weight and it is taking it's toll. She told me that if anything ever happened to my liver that I wouldn't even be a candidate on a transplant list because of my illnesses due to being morbidly obese.
So, here I am. I'm here to gain knowledge of all the surgeries dealing with Bariatrics or find some support in my attempt to loose weight. It is no longer a question of if surgery is right for me, instead I am here to share my story as I GET the surgery to help save my life.
