sagewitch
hey everyone,
My name is Amanda, Im 43 yrs old and I have,finally, after being told no one would ever do the surgery on me , have been waiting for a call any day now telling me when my duo switch is gonna be. hooray!! I currently weigh 378 pds down from 426 .I am about 5 ft 10 now used to be taller.
when I was 18 yrs old I underwent a gastric bypass, (25 yrs ago) which was greatly successful for over 15 yrs. losing about 200 pds and maintaining a weight loss of at least 160 pds then came the steroids......................
About ten years ago I found out I had lupus and I had been having alot of trouble with asthma and allergies, pain in my joints etc...
B,ut a bad case of strep throat put me in the hospital and ended up with me having congestive heart failure I was treated also for severe asthma and respiratory failure. Accidently I was over dosed on over 1000mg salumedrol a day for several days .....to make a long terrible story shorter It took a year and a half to decrease the steroids and finally get off them . In the mean time I gained 250 Pd
weighed 490 was completely cushinoid, very diabetic. the bones in my leg died ,I broke my back,was in a hospital bed for over a year,miserable
that was almost 7 yrs ago and the effects of it all have been evident every day of my life since. beside the fact that my body took on a whole different shape but I was dependant on people so much more, in pain all the time and ending up in the hospital at least 5 times a year, I take alot of insulin now every day, I am losing my eyesight, this surgery will stop the diabetes.
luckily I have continued to walk and get around, I can still go places , work on my car a bit ,help out my kids, take care of my little grand baby. but I am in constant pain and discomfort. short of breathe etc.. I have oxygen at home , I sleep in a recliner, with a cpap . I cant lay down and breathe at the same time, well not for very long.
I have tried to find a surgeon before , kind of half heartedly, but have been told I have too many issues. but I have quit smoking a couple years back and feel better just from that. I have lost a few pounds on my own and am anxious to start my new life
