rdharrell1
I have been overweight my whole adult life.....I have dieted time after time and lost and gained large amounts of weight. Recently I lost almost a 100 lbs all on my own through working out and diet...then however I got pregnant with the joys of my life..my twin girls. Gained every bit of my weight back and injured my knee causing me not to be able to work out like before.
My turning point was when my ortho Dr told me that If I didnt lose weight I was looking at a knee replacement in the next ten years...IM ONLY 32 (soon to be 33). Thats way way to early to have that.
I started looking into weightloss surgery. I was very very scared of Bypass at first. I work in the healtcare industry and I tend to see the bad cases. Lap band was the thing for me....or so I thought.
On August 19th I went into surgery at Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham...they were unable to do the surgery due to scar tissue.
I sank into a horrible depression upon learning that all I had done was for nothing and I was in pain without anything to look forward to.
At my follow up my Dr told me that he thought he could go back in and finally do my surgery but through much prayer and deliberation I have made the decision to have Gastric bypass instead...I think that not being able to have the lap band was Gods way of stopping me from doing something that I would regret...upon talking to people at work an overwhelming percent have told me they wish they had undergone bypass instead as they had stopped losing weight far from their goals......I am approved and my surgery is scheduled for October 7th....maybe this time is the one!
