Nina728
Where to begin...
Mar 02, 2013
Well my name is Nina I am 32 years old and have decided to get weight loss surgery. I have been over weight my whole life, as a child I was teased by the age of 16 I accepted my weight it was part of me. I did try to lose here and there but would always gain back more than I lost. When I first heard about weight loss surgery I was 20 maybe 21 and I was teaching computer basics, Microsoft word, and internet basics, and one of my students was talking about Lap Band surgery. To be honest I was totally against weight loss surgery, but as I got older I got bigger and this is the heaviest I have been. So about 2 years ago when I was living in NY I spoke to a doctor about it and was thinking about it. I moved to PR for 6 months and lost 30 pounds. When I moved back to the states the weight came back and then some. So January 29th I had a doctors appointment and I mentioned to her I was interested in finding out more, so she told me about the program in St Vincent's medical Center that I should go online and sign up for the seminar and that was step one. So February I went to the seminar a week and a half later I was sitting in the surgeons office (2/18/13) getting my pre op check list. So far I have gotten my ultrasound and half of my cardiac evaluation. I have to go back and have an MRI done cause they found something on my liver. This week I have 2 appointments 1 to see a new doctor and the rest of my cardiac evaluation. Next week I go for my MRI and my pulmonary clearance. In my Dr.'s appointment I am hopping he can send me to the nutritionist and therapist. I have been having trouble getting in touch with the ones listed on my pre ops list. I've been calling and leaving messages and nothing... I even went to St. V's to see the nutritionist and no one knew anything about her. All in all I have been doing my home work reading up on what to expect, watching peoples videos on YouTube and their journey its interesting to see how different ppl react to it. of course i know this journey is mine to take and i may or may not relate to some of these people but i think its preparing me more or less on what to expect and the different emotions I may or may not go thru. I am still debating if I want to make YouTube videos to document my journey. I am having mixed emotions about this I know i want to get it and i need to do this to be healthy, thats the only reason I am doing this cause I love being fluffy and I love my curves but i need to think about my health. I believe that my weight is preventing me from being able to have children, and if I do have a child I want to be a healthy parent so i can run around and keep up with my child/ren. I also have sleep apnea and have issues sleeping its almost 5:30 am and I am still up....lol Well I am off gonna try to get some rest. Thank you for taking your time to read my ramblings, if you do pls comment even if its just to say hi.
