Hello,
My name is Cheryl and welcome to my WLS journal!! I live in Southwestern Michigan and had Lap RNY on 12/13/06. I am 45 years old and live with my husband, Larry, and my 17 year old daughter Elizabeth. I have struggled with my weight my entire life, I started dieting in grade school. By high school I was up to 200+ pounds and was miserable. After high school I lost some weight but gained it back after I had my second child. When she was about a year old I went on Nutri System and managed to get down to my goal weight, losing 70 lbs. Of course, in the next 5 years I gained it all back, and just kept going up. In the fall of 2006 I hit my all time high of 304 pounds. I would get out of breath just walking from my car to my office each morning. I developed sleep apnea and had to use a cpap machine every night. I was depressed and tried diet after diet after diet. I had already researched bariatric surgery and my PCP agreed that it was the best option for me at this time.
