Nan2008
What a year it has been!!
May 13, 2011
Wow....what a difference a year makes! I haven't updated in a while, but after all that has gone on this year I can't help but sit back and reflet what a wonderful year it has been!A year ago in May all three of my children were morbidly obese. My daughter Katie was scheduled for RNY surgery May 10, 2010. My son Chris was scheduled for jaw surgery June 2010 and hoping to be approved for RNY surgery and have it on his winter break from college in Dec 2010. My middle son Mike, hadn't even considered WLS yet!
Katie's surgery went well and she has been VERY successful in her weight loss journey. She has lost almost 125 lbs and is very close to her goal weight. Chris's jaw surgery ended up being a complete disappointment. He was put to sleep in the OR and they could not get the breathing tubes down his nose, so the surgery was cancelled.....one he had prepared months for!! He was devastated. He had a deviated septum surgery in July, but had to postpone the jaw surgery until May 2011 (just had it Tuesday!) because he was heading off to college.
In the meantime, Chris was approved for bariatric surgery, but needed to put it on 'hold' until his winter break because he was starting his freshman year in college. At the same time, Mike came to me and told me he wanted to go through the surgery also! So we started him on the process of getting approved and he was approved in time so that both of the boys could have their surgery the same day (Dec 13, 2010) on their college winter breaks.
The have been VERY successful in their weight losss and they are each down almost 130 lbs in 5 months!! I am so happy for my kids and them being able to enjoy life now with their healthier bodies!
Oh - and I got married in August :-) What a year it has been!!!!
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Midland, MI
Location
21.6
BMI
Surgery
03/09/2009
Surgery Date
Dec 08, 2008
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