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I am a 36 year old wife and mother of two beautiful boys ages 10 and 12. My journey started about three years ago when my youngest son came to me and said that some of the kids in his class called me fat when I came to visit him at school. Well I had been constantly gaining weight since his birth and I was at about 224lbs then. I started to research the pros and cons of the surgery because a friend of mine had just recently had it. I also spoke with some acquaintances who'd had the Laproscoptic RNY. Ironically, everyone that I spoke with had it done by the same doctor in a different city from where I was living, so for me that was the first sign to go forth.
I finally got up the nerves about a year later and went to the seminar. It was very informative but extremely terrifing for me with all of the cons associated so I tried to loose the weight on my own. Well about a year after that I stopped having a cycle, my cholesterol was borderline, my thyroid was not functioning and my weight jumped to 273lbs. Although I was still terrified, with much prodding from my mother, I again went through the seminar this time with the support of my husband. During this seminar there was much talk about how the insurance companies, mine in particular, were trying to make it almost impossible to get approval. Thank God for my surgeon and his staff because they made sure that they had everything covered when it came to what was needed before hand so that the approval process will be smoother. In my case I was approved on the first submission. Here I am now a little over a month later, after the Thanksgiving Turkey, the Christmas ham and the New Year's Chitterlings(It's a southern thang!!!), and I'm ready to also be A BIG LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
About Me
Before & After
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