maggie1980
My story...well, I'm a married 28 year old with two great kids. My son is 6 and my daughter is 4. I began my battle with obesity about after the birth of my son in 2002...
I had gained an unthinkable 70+ pounds during my pregnancy with him. My 120 pound body had morphed into a 190 pound woman over the course of 9 months. I kept telling myself it would all come off after I had him. Well...I didn't lose much, if any, weight after his birth. In fact I slowly kept gaining as the years went on. This was all new to me. I has always been able to pretty much eat what I wanted and never had to worry about it. My body was different now, I just kept gaining. My daughter was born in 2005 and during that pregnancy I gained about 15-20 pounds. By this point I weigh about 220 pounds. I have tried South Beach, Weight Watchers etc. all with the same result. I'd lose 20 pounds then gain it back plus some. It was a viscious cycle for me. I started to give up...
I met Dr. Vernon for the first time in June of 2008 at a Weight Loss Surgery Information Seminar at Brigham. My husband and I had made the hour long trek out to Boston, eager to learn about what weight loss surgery was all about. I left that seminar feeling hopeful...feeling like this was for me. I called the next day to set up a consult with Dr. Vernon then I began the 6 months of pre-op weigh ins for the insurance company. Originally I had thought Lap-Band was for me. After a denial from the insurance company months go on. I am not sure what to do now. All this time I was planning for Lap-Band, latching on to the security of knowing that if I hated it it could be removed. Now my insurance company is telling me they will approve a laproscopic gastric bypass. This throws me for a loop. After many long talks with my husband and God I decide that the RNY will help me just the same. I am scared of the risks involved with this surgery but aren't we all? I am most scared about being overweight for the rest of my life so I know this is the right decision...
Well, here we are in June of 2009 and I weigh my highest ever, 239 pounds. I feel like a healthy person trapped in this overweight body. When I see pictures of myself I want to cry, sometimes I do. I feel trapped by my weight, like it's holding me back from doing so much more with my life. I want to play with kids and not feel like I'm going to die because I can't breathe. I want my husband to look at me like he did when we first met. I want to like trying on clothes. I want to feel GOOD again. I want my life back...
My RNY is scheduled for Monday August 17, 2009! The only people in my life to know of this are my husband, my brother, my parents and a close friend of mine. Back a few months ago when I told some people that I was considering gastric bypass the response I got was negative. That is why I've chosen to only tell a select few, I don't feel I need to broadcast it to everyone. I need to lose 10-15 pounds before surgery so I'm trying to figure out a plan to do so, I need to start soon!
I joined this site in hopes of speaking with others who have underwent RNY surgery. I look forward to getting to know some of you and I look forward to sharing my journey with you all...
