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I am a happily married 54 year old female. I have been everywhere and done everything... Ok, not "every" where or "every" thing but nearly. Lets just say I have been living a very full life. I was a skinny little kid. Not just skinny but always the skinniest! I mean I was the but of a lot of jokes in high school. God knows I wanted to gain weight soooo bad just enough to have some kind of a figure. But no matter what I ate, I just couldn't gain a pound. I was 5'11" and 117lbs. when I graduated High School. I hated it! I hated it almost as much as I hate being fat. But, the difference was I didn't feel bad physically, just emotionally. Now it's both! I ballooned following a series fo physical and emotional events. I fell in love, quit smoking, and broke my neck in a car accident. Subsequently I became very sedentary and used food as comfort. When I say I ballooned, I went from a comfortable 160lbs. to 210 in aobut 4 months time. I was very embarrassed once I realized it. Determined to lose the 50 lbs right away, I began dieting, and rebounding and dietitng , and rebounding, and dieting..... well you get it. after 17years of trying every diet drug, prescription and over the counter, and every deit plan know to mankind I successfully dieted myself up to 300 lbs. Along witht he weight came a hugh supply of other health problems, Heart disease, diabetes, high cholestorol, etc.... I am so glad my medical Doctor was willing to entertain the idea of weight loss surgery. I called and got the process started in August, 2007. I was approved by my insurance company on Janauary 2nd, 2008. My surgery is scheduled for February 4th. I'm so happy and excited I can't hardly stand it!
