Maghan M.
Alright..well where should I begin? I am 24 years old from South Dakota where I was born and raised and plan on staying the rest of my life. I am married to a wonderful man named Donald and have two step children Brianna and Brady.
My whole life I have been overweight. Even in kindergarden I knew that I was bigger than the others. I have always been active and watched what I ate, but never could lose the weight. In high school I was involved in sports and weighed about 170 which I was constantly made fun of. Looking at that now, I think that is a wonderful weight. Much better than where I am now.
After I graduated high school I moved to Sioux Falls and went to school for Sign Language Interpretation. After a year of that, I decided that it wasn't for me. I then looked into Surgical Technology. I decided to apply for it and graduated in 2003 as a Surgical Tech. I did clinicals out in Rapid City and ended up signing on with RCRH. I absolutely love my job..well most days.
Once I moved out to Rapid, I started putting on more and more weight. Did the usually diet and exercise programs and would lose 20 and put on 30...frustrating. Anyway, I started working more and more with Dr. Sufficool and doing almost all of his Gastric Bypasses with him, which made me look at my life and think about where I will be in a few years if i don't do something now.
In September of 2006 I finally got enough guts up to admit to people that I wanted to have Gastric Bypass. I talked to Dr. Sufficool and he thought that maybe the banding would be a better choice for me. So I went through all of the psych., dietary, and everything else to have the surgery just to be denied by insurance. I talked to the insurance company and they said that they would not allow me to go outside of Rapid City, even if no Dr.'s performed the surgery here. So I asked Suffy to perform Gastric Bypass. At first he was very against it, then after a few weeks he came to his senses and said that he would do it!
On December 5th I had my surgery. It is still very fresh in my mind and I remember waking up asking them why the hell I did this to myself. Now, I don't feel that way, but those first few days sure were awful! After 3 weeks I am down 26lbs and doing great.
As for now I guess this is all I have to put here!
