My Story

Jul 21, 2009

 I am 45, married to my soulmate and a Mother of 2, non-LDS.

I guess I am pretty much like everyone else.  I started out fat and other than a few brief moments where I was thin....I got fatter.  I have struggled with my weight my whole life and I have had enough.  It's time to do something different.  They say the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."  You would think that after the 100th diet  (I have been on diets since the age of 9) I would learn that diets don't work.  But no.  I always believed the failure was mine.  I had in fact dieted my way up to 258 pounds.  Well, to be honest...around 240 pounds I gave up and decided to stay fat.  LOL

It wasn't until I attended a SWL class that I began to have hope again.  Even after the class I was hesitant to believe.  It wasn't until my health problems got out of control that I decided to take action.  I have anlylosing spodilitis  (My spine is fusing together), psoriatic arthritis (a type of arthritis that effects my skin and joints), PCOS, NASH, sleep apnea and most recently....Type II Diabetes.  Of all these co-morbid and weight aggrivated coinditions, the one that sent me back to Dr Cottam was the Diabetes diagnosis.  My Grandmother had her legs amputated shortly before she died and I don't want that to happen to me.

So far I have completed all my paperwork and I have my insurance approval.  Now I am just waiting for a surgery date.  I am going to have the lap RNY GB as Dr Cottam doesn't do the DS.   Hopefully soon I will be posting before and after pics!~  Wooohoo

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