ssegura72
Hello
I'm Sandie, I'm 42 wife and mother of 3. I have been on the weight loss journey for 21 years. I loose the weight and it comes back. I've lost hundreds of pounds. And gain it all back. I have wanted WLS for over 8 years and my doctor always said no! "Your young you can do it on you own by diet and exercise". My doctor gave me a RX for Phentermine for 2 years and I lost 100 lbs. Four years ago I wanted to stop smoking so I took Chantix and I couldn't take the Phentermine. The weight slowly started coming back. I knew when I stopped smoking I would gain some weight. But every month I was gaining. By that time my husband change our insurance to Kaiser. So when I went to see my new Doctor she ordered labs and told my to eat less and exercise. Like I don't know that. My lab results came back that I had Hypothyroidism, it took her 6 months to get my meds right. After that I started having gallbladder issues and had it removed in Nov. 2013. In May I was feeling run down and my weight was at the high test ever in my life. So I went to see my Doctor. I was so upset my BMI was 50.1. I told her I was so depressed about how I felt and my weight was so hight she gave my the referral for WLS. She also ordered labs. They came back saying my thyroid was over worked and I had a vitamin D deficiency, anemia, and iron deficiency. So far I have gone to a Bariatric Orientation, Office Visit with Bariatric Doctor and I start my 12 weeks of Options Classes this week. I have already working on losing 10% of my body weight. I don't know what will be next after that but I know I will find out this week. All I know is that I'm on this journey one day at a time. I'm in control of today.
Sandie
