nurseshasha
Gosh, where do I start??? I'm 31, I have struggled with obesity all my life, which I'm sure most everyone on here has. As a child I can remember my Grandmother offering my a dollar for every pound I would lose, I must have only been 8 or 9 years old at the time. And other children can be so cruel. So I grew up not liking myself very much, always very selfconcious. While my sister would buy slim jeans I would have to buy "heftys".....anyway, it has just been a struggle all my life...so after my son was born in 2000 I decided I didn't want him growing up with a fat Mommy, so I went on one of my many diet attempts, surprisingly that time I was actually successful, I lost a total of 110 pounds, unfortunately I gained all but 20 pounds back.....It's a never ending story, lose, gain, lose, gain, lose, gain........so the end of last year I decided I'd make an appointment to talk with someone about WLS. When I had lost weight before I knew several people who had the surgery, at that time in my life I was completely against the surgery...I'm ashamed to say, but I thought they were taking the easy way out......little did I know, that was not the case. I had my appointment with Dr. Freeman on December 21, 2006, I was approved by my insurance on January 16, and I had my surgery on February 5th.....everything happened so fast......even though things seemed to move very fast it seemed like forever, and during that time there was some question about whether or not insurance would cover the surgery....I cried for days, I truely felt like my only way out of this body that isn't mine was to have the surgery, I had definitely hit rock bottom. So....here I am today, I'm a little over 2 weeks post op, and doing pretty good, but I have so many questions, and so badly need someone to talk to, so that's why I'm here....hopefully I can find friends who have been through this and can offer that support that I need.
