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I have been overweight since I was 6 years old. I have never known what it feels like to be at a healthy weight as an adult. I tried. Lord, knows I tried. I tried everything: Weight Watchers, pills, calorie counting, and every fad you can name. They all worked for a while and then failed miserably. I gained all the weight back and then some. When I reached 400+ pounds I knew I had to do something. My mother had a gastric bypass in 2000. Though it eventually proved successful, she had a lot of complications and almost died. Because of this I was hesitant to have surgery. But I realized that the life I was living was not any kind of life anyway. My weight has stopped me from doing all the things I really wanted to do with my life. I met with Dr. Bellanger in January for a consultation and decided on the vertical sleeve gastrectomy. I had my surgery 3 days ago on May 30th, 2007. So far, so good. I'm excited about what lies ahead.
