sarah Shonfelt
I am a mother of two teenage daughters, a step-mother to a 9 year old daughter, and the biological mother of a 13 year old daugher I adopted out at her birth. I am an accountant and work for a sales tax company in Atlanta, GA. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and lived 10 years in Ventura/Oxnard, CA, and now live in Metro Atlanta, GA for the past 6 years. I have a wonderful husband John, who is also looking into bariatric surgery for next year.
I have been overweight since I was 14 years old. I started gaining weight after multiple accidents breaking my bones and I stopped most of my activities and started to gain weight. I used to model at Hinshaws Department Store in Arcadia, CA up until I broke my leg rollerscating. I guess I finally lost my drive to be athletic and model and Sarah just started to gain weight...and fast.
By the time I was 18 I was 165 lbs and at 21 I was 220 lbs. I maintained that weight until 25 then went up to 265 lbs and at 35 I hit 325 lbs. Finally at 38 I decided I needed to do something to lose the weight. My health started failing, I have HypoThyroidism, high choloesterol, diabetic controlled by diet, knee surgery, heel spurs and the list can go on.
I went to Dr Page a cardiologist and he recommended that I see Dr Dennis Smith about the Bariatric Surgery. I started the paperwork and then had to stop my process after having a partial hysterectomy in 2006 and knee surgery in 2007. I finally got back on track in the beginning of 2008 and am having surgery tomorrow October 15, 2008. I am having the DS surgery.
I am looking forward to my surgery tomorrow and waking up into a new person.
About Me
Before & After
rollover to see after photo
