nikki0576
Hi,
My name is Nikki, I moved to Minnesota from Texas one year ago with my husband and 4 children. I have been married for 11 years and we have 4 wonderful children, my oldest is 13 years old her name is Madison, I have twin boys Nick & Noah who are 8 years old and then my youngest is Makenzie she is 23 months old,(she will be 2 in August). We moved here from Texas to be closer to family and all of my husbands family lives here, and so far it has been great living here. I have been overweight pretty much my whole life I have been severly obese since I was 18 years old after delivering my oldest I never lost any of the weight I gained with her. I have managed to lose weight here and there all of my adult life but have never lost and kept it off, in 2001 I lost about 100+ lbs doing slimfast and metabolife but as soon as they took metabolife off the market(ephedrine) I quickly gained all my weight back and of course I promised myself I wouldn't do...LOL!
I have looked into gastric bypass in the past and have always talked myself out of it, because I was too scared and figured I could do it on my own, but here I am a couple of years later and I still weigh the same. I have tried weight watchers, LA weightloss, ETC and nothing seems to work. So here I am! I started this whole process in December when I went to my first informational meeting at Unity Hospital and I decided during that meeting that this is what I want and I am going to do it. I scheduled my nurse appointment right away, and got the ball rolling.
I have a friend that watches my youngest daughter during the day, she has also had the RNY through Dr. Baker so it has been a blessing to have her in my life she has kept me optimistic and positive through this whole process. I am scheduled for my surgery on 08/01/2007 at 7:30am, I am a little nervous but not as much as I thought I might be, but I am sure that will come in the next couple of days. I am so excited to soon be on the losing side! I am looking forward to meeting new people and building a strong support system to get me through this and keep me moving.
Look forward to meeting and talking to any body who wishes to chat with me.
Take care,
Nikki
