Effi B.
July 4th, 2006
I had WLS (Lap-band) - June 9th, 2006.
The day of the surgery I weighed 246.6. Today a month later I am down 15 pounds.
I am losing slowly and waiting for the fills to really feel some restriction.
The fact that I got to a weight that I even considered an operation came as though by complete surprise. I was always fat/big/chubby...
But it was always on the line between fat to obese. I never considered myself obese and when a doctor said that to me 3 years ago I was enraged. I didn't even weight more than 200 pounds then. My weight has hovered around 185 - 190 for many years. I would lose some and gain some.
My daughter was born 6 years ago and at my highest during the pregnancy I weighed 250 pounds. Of course 20 pounds came off after the birth and I lost another 25 pounds at weight watchers (it took a year). I must have kept the weight off for about 2 years and then my father passed away and my daughter almost dies from MRSA (a super bug, a hospital acquired bug). My doctor prescribed some anti depressants to combat the way these tragedies affected my life. One of the pills -Zoloft causes weight gain, so I gained and gained.
I stopped taking the Zoloft on my own a half year ago becaue I felt it was such a devastating pill. But I was already at 250 pounds.
I felt the difference acutely. Things I could do the year before I couldn't do now. Physically I felt that the weight is affecting my health. There were other things that bothered me that never did before: I barley fit in an airplane seat and I had to struggle to buckle the seat belt. Booths and chairs were too small, my daughter and her friends would call me fat. The thing that humiliated me the most I think was the fact that I couldn't wipe myself properly any more...
So April of this year I told my primary care physician that if she doesn't have pills that work I want to find out about surgery. From that point on things moved quickly. The operation was on the 9th at Lenox Hill Hospital in NY by a great doctor (Dr. Marina Kurian) and was pretty uneventful and easy. The next day I was home and I've been feeling great since then.
I can't wait for it to be a year from now...I know this is only the beginning and I will keep you updated.
July 4th, 2006
I'm on my third fill. 2.2cc.
I FEEL it. I can't eat much - actually it's a matter of what and how I eat it (small bits, eat slowly).
I lost 33 pounds - andI can see it, so can others.
I am losing a steady 2 pounds a week.
I'm a happy camper.
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Before & After
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