RhondaRoo
Oh, like so many others here, I have struggled with weight throughout my life. I started gaininw weight at the age of 6, and it just went up from there. I have tried many methods to lose weight---Jenny Craig, NutraSystem, WeightWatchers, Dr. Supervised Liquid Diet, not to mention the gazillions of self-imposed diets. I had what some would consider a little success on a few of these, 3x reaching my 1/2 point--only to succomb to binge eating again. This year, the obvious necessetiy for me to lose weight was placed so vividly in front of me. You see, I am now 38, soon to be 39 years old. I am not less then 10 yeas away from the age my mother passed away from cancer. But that wasn't my only wake up call. Almost one year ago, I spoke with my dad on the phone, and then 2 hours later he was dead at the age of 61 from hardening of the arteries and heart attack; yet that wasn't the final shake up for me. A few months ago, my mother's brother passed suddenly at the age of 60. I suspect the cause to be the same as my father, but I have not heard anything concrete yet. That was my third strike--and if I do the math, and don't change, and allow an early death at my doorstep from obesity related issues---then my children--way to young to be without a mother. And so, armed with determination and desperation not to "fail again", I have sought out WLS for an additional tool to help me reach my goals. It seemd that anywhere I looked, there was something pertaining to LapBand Surgery. I asked my husband how he would feel if I attended, as up to this point, he was not for surgery for this problem. He was supportive, and I attended my first informational seminar with Dr. Dirk Rodriquez. He covered the RNY, VSG and LB procedures. I left there thinking "VSG makes sense to me". That's how I found this web site and further researched both VSG and LB by reading many posts on both forums. I came to the conclusion that VSG was the way to go for my situation. I had my second session on March 1st, and am not believing that my surgery will happen on April 10th. Wow--a Whirlwind for sure!!!
