mbdoty
I've struggled with my weight most of my life. My weight really started to pick up in high school once I got my drivers license and no longer had to rely on a bicycle as my primary mode of transportation.
I lost all of my excess weight through diet alone before I got married and was at my goal weight for a minute. I slowly packed it back on over the next several years and then lost the weight again with diet and exercise.
When my wife got pregnant I think I gained as much weight as her during the pregnancy. Then I went to back to school and the number on the scale continued to increase.
I know personally about 20 people who have had various forms of gastric surgery, including my dad and my aunt. I've been "considering" this surgery since 2005, but I've always talked myself out of it because I have lost weight successfully before. However, in both cases my weight loss was temporary and I gained back more weight than I lost.
Early this spring I was looking at a photo album from a second cousin and saw pictures of my dad and my aunt from when they were my age. I saw how heavy they were then and began thinking how much they missed on over the 20-30 years between when the picture was taken and when they had their surgeries. I decided that I had missed enough and I was going to take action now to regain not only my life but also my sense of self.
It's my hope that this surgery provides me with the tool that I need to manage my weight for a lifetime. I hope most of all that this surgery improves my health and gives me many more days with my wife and son.
