EmB403
I'm twenty years old, and more than just "pudgy"(350 + lbs pre-surgery) I started considering gastric bypass when I was 17 years old, but didn't start the journey officially until I was 19. Then after a tough first year of college, I felt as if my weight was holding me back. Then, after the first informational session, I chickened out again. The following semester of school, I moved to an apartment, and fell into a depression that even my boyfriend couldn't drag me out of. He convinced me to go to therapy and to truly persue the surgery. I did both of these things around November '09, then really kicked off the journey. I did all my appointments, I tried (and failed) to lose weight, but six months went by and they scheduled my surgery anyway. But then, as week before surgery at my pre-op visit--Marcy (the RN who often made me cry) decided to tell me i "might not get the surgery" because my liver is potentially "too fatty". Fortunately, this one time she said it nicely--but that could be because my mom and my dad (who's a doctor and "friendly" with my surgeon") were in the room.
I went on a liquid diet for a week only drinking Boost. It was flat out hell. But...it was sucessful. I lost about 8 lbs in a week.
I had the surgery on June 24, 2010.
It was the scariest event in my life.
It may have been the best decision of my life.
