From birth to the age of 8 I was as thin as a rail. I wore the size of clothing that my age was. At 3 years old I wore a 3. At 4 years old I wore a 4. At 5 years old I wore a 5. When I turned 8 I started to gain weight rapidly. I can actually remember having conversations with my mom about Stretch marks at the age of 9. I had shown my mom what I thought was a rash on my thigh and my mom explained to me what a stretch mark was. As 9 years old, I could have cared less that I was gaining weight faster than my skin could handle. When I turned 11 I weighed 130Lbs. When I was 13 I weighed 175 Lbs. I am 25 years old right now and I weigh 227 Lbs. I am not a very tall person at 5 foot 2 inches tall. I carry most of my weight in my stomach. When I got pregnant with my daughter Ashleigh in 2002 I was at 215Lbs. By the time I had her, By Emergency C-Section, I was 236Lbs. Not bad for a full term pregnancy of a Gestational Diabetic mother.

After I had Ashleigh my stomach looked so gross. It was shaped very differently than it was before I got pregnant. All of my stomach hangs now. When I sit, it rests on my legs a little. I have a spare tire for lack of better words. Because of the C-Section, I have very bad nerve damage. I still have not feeling from my belly button down to my Pubic line. With that being said, it has been a very hard uphill struggle to lose any weight. Because I can't feel the lower half of my stomach I get bruises really easy. Most of the time I do not even know how I get them. I am tired of being over weight and un healthy. I want to have the RNY WLS to improve my health while my daughter is still young. My daughter will be 5 in August. It is so hard to play with her without getting short of breath and very tired after 10 minutes. I want to make sure that the last few years I have to spend mommy daughter time with her, I take full advantage of.

My current list of ailments are as follows:
Persistent Heart Burn more than 5 days a week
Asthma with shortness of breath while I am active
Plantar fasciaitis in both feet
Arthritis in my right Ankle - This is because I have had two surgery's on it. I pulled all of the tendons and ligaments off the bone, TWICE! I had to have both surgeries in order to walk. Currently, I am waiting to have the third surgery. My Podiatrist has refused to do the surgery until I lose a large amount of weight. This is so that I have less of a chance of re-injuring it. He also said that I can not exercise on my ankle until I have the surgery. If I do exercise, I run the risk of causing more damage to the part that has already been fixed. WHAT A LOVELY CATCH 22
Numbness in my hands and feet when I am in certain positions
Back, neck, hip, ankle & knee pain that does not stop
MIGRAINES - I am currently taking 3 Methadone a night as a preventative measure. (Yes I said Methadone.) I have tried everything under the sun to get my Migraines under control. After 2 years of telling my PCP that I did not want to do Methadone, she won the battle and wrote me a Rx. Needless to say, she knew what she was doing, like she always does. The side effects I have because of this medication are = Memory loss and lapse, Mood swings, Severe Tiredness, Borderline laziness and loss in sexual drive. But for the most part, my headaches are few and far between! Thank GOD~

My PCP, Orna Hananel, MD@ San Rafael Kaiser, sent my Weight Loss Surgery referral in May 2007. I had the first class on 7/20/07. During this class you learn the difference between Lap-Band and Gastric Bypass. You also complete a 7 page pamphlet and hand it in. I was told that I would have a response from Richmond Bariatrics within two months. The surgery I will choose to have is the RNY Gastric Bypass.

With all of that said - I am anxiously waiting for a response. I have stayed up late every night reading, researching, bloging and communicating with people who are, or have been, in my shoes. I can not get enough information about WLS. So, I am here on obesityhelp.com learning about WLS daily.

THANKS for viewing my page. I will update my status every time something changes. Until next time, I hope that everything is working out for you and that you are happy with the cards you are currently being dealt.

About Me
Novato, CA
Location
28.5
BMI
RNY
Surgery
05/05/2008
Surgery Date
Jul 22, 2007
Member Since

Friends 29

Latest Blog 25
I FEEL SO GOOD!
Surgery #2 down!
NO MORE PLEASE
~Home from surgery~
5/1/2008 - 4 days to go!
~!~Round 2 with Schnurr~!~
I GOT MY SURGERY DATE!!!
~PAPA~

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