july_04
Well, here goes. I am almost 62 years old. I have been fighting my weight all of my life. I have 4 children, gained weight with each child. Things just got worse and worse. The pain in my knees and my back were unbearable. I was taking 6 meds a day.
In Feb. of 04, I was given the okay by my husbands private health insurance to get this done. With all the tests and time for everything that I had to do it was not completed until July 04. I was off work for 6 weeks and in that time I lost 55 pounds.
My story is a good outcome. I love this life. I cannot understand the insurance companies that do not want to help us. BC BS would not cover me, but they would pay for all the office calls, All the medicene that I could take, but they would not help me with the one thing that would help us the most.
I feel so good. I am able to walk and swim and clean house for hours. Now why would I want to clean house for hours. But I did that very thing a couple of weeks ago.
I truly have fought my weight all of my life. My mother had me on diets for most of my life. I was married when I was 16 and I was able to eat what ever I wanted and I did. 
My mother never spoke to me again from the day she found out that I was married until the day she died. I am totally ambivalent about my feelings for my mother. I do not hate her, there is a very fine line between love and hate. I have learned not to waste my energy on her. She is not worth it.
I have a wonderful husband and we have been married for 45 years. 4 children and 11 grandchildren. Now I am healthy and I feel good and I can go and do things, I am more fun.
I hope that I will hear from a lot of you.
