krawdog
Wow! This is a 1st for me to write my thoughts on a message board for others to see. My story. Okay here goes. I have been having the fight with weight issues since high school. It continued throughout my time in the Army and in my professional field. Dont get me wrong, I feel that I "rocked" the BIG FELLA role quite well and had fun doing it. Maybe it was because I grew up when big guys, i.e. the rapper B.I.G, was popular. last year my fears came to a head when I began to have chest pains. I went to the emergency room and found that I had a 90% blocked artery. Blood pressure and everything was through the roof. I had to get a stent and go on approx 8 different meds. Fear is not a problem to me - I face that on a daily basis at work. But I realized that I didn't want to die from things that I did to myself. This was also during the time that I was trying to rehab myself through two seperate knee surgeries that were work and weight related. I started to look at myself and feel disgusted. My self asteem, relationships and overall view on life in general took the greatest hit.
My cardiac surgeon was the first to really talk about and/or suggest surgical weight loss. I admit that I always felt that it was better suited for others, I found out I was wrong. Its a humbling experience to have to sit on cardiac classes with older people and me being in my early 30's having the same problems.
I researched the different surgeries and decided on one. I am excited. My orginal date was 1/19/09 but had since been moved up to 12/22/08. I am sorry I just found out about this site, I doctor gave me the magazine yesterday. I spent the last couple of hours reading blogs and looking at pics. I am feeling alot better about the surgery and my spirits were lifted. I will add more later. Keep me in ur prayers and thank you for reading.
