Joanne K.
When I started my journey looking into WLS, I was 51 years old, married with two children; a son 23 and a daughter 22. I have struggled with my weight for 46 years. As a child I was told that I didn't have a weight problem until I had my tonsils removed. That was at age 5! To be honest, when I look back at my school and family pictures, I don't see a heavy child until I reached high school. But, in my mind, I was always heavy and always struggled with diets. It became a self fulfilling prophesy.
The first time a doctor mentioned this surgery to me I emphatically said NO, I could
do this on my own. That was 10 years ago and too many diets to mention later.
Now I realize that in order to have a healthier, long life and I do need the tool
that this surgery will provide.
