MojoLuvsAndy
My name is Miranda and I am a 25 year old female from Kentucky. Growing up I was very active, playing softball and basketball. When I went to college, I weighed 120 lbs. After I turned 19, I kept gaining and gaining. The doctors always checked my thyroids and couldn't find a logical explanation of my weight gain. I had been on a 1200 calorie diet with exercising 7days a week, weight watchers, slim fast, and even went to a nutritionists. I kept gaining. I wanted to be skinny and have the perfect wedding. My wedding was perfect except I was 260 lbs. The heaviest I had ever been in my whole life. My husband and I decided to try for children in June 2006. The doctors diagnosed me with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I was on the fertility drug Clomid for 4 months without any luck. My family doctor had been talking to me about how dangerous it would be for me to get pregnant at the moment with my weight. I told him I didn't have any other options and he mentioned the lapband. In April of 2007 I went to my first seminar and was banded on December 27, 2007. My starting weight the day before surgery was 250 lbs. As of Jan. 15, 2008 I weigh 235 lbs. I will try to keep this updated as I lose weight.
I also have a myspace dedicated to my lapband journey. www.myspace.com/lapbandpatient Feel free to add me as a friend. I have a timeline of everything I went through to get approved and a surgery date. I also have a list of the expenses through my journey.
