thesherry
I'm Sherry and I have been overweight my entire life (I feel like I am at an AA meeting!). I have always been pretty healthy in spite of my weight and although it never made me happy to be the 'fat' girl, I always tried to overcompensate in other ways. In a nutshell, I am an extrovert. If you stand still long enough, I will talk to you. I also do a lot of presentations to large groups through my profession. My motto is "Give me a topic and an audience and I'm there!" But now I am getting older and am at an all time high on my weight which means that my body is starting to revolt. I began having health issues like high blood pressure, edema in my feet and legs, sleep apnea, etc about 2 years ago. I have considered WLS for a long time but honestly have always been scared to do it. I have children and worry that I will choose to have surgery and then die from a complication! Another roadblock is the cost. I have great insurance through the company I have worked for the last 15 years. There's only one problem - my BCBS policy has an exclusionary clause when it comes to WLS! So I get to be a cash pay patient. That was another roadblock. But it has come to the point that I have realized that if I DON'T do the WLS, I am going to die young and leave my children anyway. My doctor literally said to me on my last visit "If you don't lose weight, you will not live to see your grandchildren". As with many of you, I have tried every diet under the sun. I typically can lose up to 38 pounds and then I hit a wall. Next thing you know I have gained back all I lost plus some. And exercising when you are over 300 pounds is pure torture if not almost completely impossible. So I am all set to have my lap RNY on the 26th of November (right after Thanksgiving) and am scared and excited at the same time.
If you are reading this, you are either on this journey with me or thinking about it. Thanks for visiting my page and I appreciate your good thoughts and prayers.
