inkerdoodles
Hi All.... My story is like most others.. I have been overweight my entire life. Oh wait.. No, I believe as my mother called it I was "Big Boned"... How many skeletons have you seen with these notorious big bones? None that I know of. It's what's covering these bones that make us unique.
I began my journey approximately 5 years ago when I met with a very well known WLS at a local hosptial. I started his plan and decided NOPE.. this is not for me. The mortality rate at the time was higher than I ever cared to imagine. I was doing this to live, not to risk dying.
So the years went by.... and each diet, 1 after the other. I was relatively sucessful on WW.. Only to hit a plateau around the 50 lb. mark to never be able to get my self off of it. So, the self distructive behaviors set it, I went off the plan, ate what I wanted when I wanted and those 50 lbs plus about 15 more came back very quickly.
Last summer I came across the Ellis Hospital Bariatric Surgery web site and began thinking. Around the same time a very good friend confided in me that 2 close friends of hers (who would happen to be at her son's graduation party) had WLS approximately 5 years ago at Ellis Hospital.. So the wheels began to turn.. Sandy and I had many conversations about the surgery and I took the plunge. I contacted my PCP to obtain the required letter of Medical Necessity and scheduled my 'seminar'. Ellis Hospital requires that you attend a 'free' seminar before beginning their program in which they talk about their program, the surgeries they offer, discuss nutrition before and after surgery etc. They give you all of the information you need to decide if this is right FOR YOU.... My seminar was scheduled for September 29th. My BFF and one of my biggest supporters offered to come with me. That was a godsend. Two people hearing the same information pick up on different things so allowed me to make a very informed decision. This WAS for me. I could not continue on the same path I was traveling. That path only lead to 1 very bad place. And I'm not ready to go there yet.
