WENDYK
I have been obese almost all of my adult life. I had a large weight gain around 19 and from then on just continued gaining. It has been just recently that I started thinking about WLS. I have had many people say that I am in denial about my weight and use my self confidence as a cover. I think that my TRUE problem is when I see myself I see ME not the weight and have done nothing to circumvent the gaining issue. I have been married 17 years to a wonderful and loving man. We have 2 awesome daughters. I have been on every diet out and was an active exerciser up until several years ago. As I have started to age my body is no longer allowing me to do the things I use to. I work in the healthcare field and know it is just a matter of time and the continued event of doing nothing about my weight until the disease process will catch me. I have several friends who have had WLS with great success. I am in the gathering stage and looking at options, risks and outcomes.