Shamrock95
I have been overweight since about the 5th grade - which is a very long time ago! Thru high school my mother tried to make me diet, and always with no success. I can remember using Slim Fast in the 9th or 10th grade! My first year of college, I added on those dreded "freshman 20" pounds, and I didn't even live on campus! Just the busy life of school, work, homework, and time with friends, I was eating out a lot and gaining weight. In 1991 I lost about 20 pounds and weighed my lowest adult weight of 170 pounds. I met my husband during that time. After 4 years of dating, we got married in 1995, and I started adding on weight quickly. Within our first 4 years of marriage, I had put on about 90 pounds. Since 2000 I have had 3 kids, and my weight has ballooned. I have been diagnosed diabetic since 2001, high blood pressure since about 1997, and high cholesterol in 2005. Since the birth of my third child in September 2006, I am at my all time high of 295.
In October 2004 my aunt had the RNY, and had lost about 85 pounds. My mother has been begging me to have weight loss surgery since my Aunt's success. After a lot of soul searching and research, I started looking at RNY - until I went to my first weight loss surgery educational class. By the time I walked out of there, I had almost made up my mind that the Lap Band procedure was better for me. I attended a second weight loss educational seminar, with Dr. Eibes' office, and by the time I left his office that day, I decided that he was the best surgeon, and that the Lap Band was the best procedure for me.
I am definitely looking forward to losing weight, getting off of all the medications, and being able to have a life that is not hampered by being overweight or obese. I don't want my children's lives to be wrecked by my unhealthy weight. I am going to make this work, no matter how hard I have to work to make it successful. I have the support of my husband, many family members, and many friends.
My surgery is scheduled for Monday, October 8th, 2007 - the date of the beginning of my new life!
