traleewar
Ok here is my story.......
I am Tracy a 35 year old SINGLE mother of a soon to be 14 Year old daughter. She is my life! 
my angel and the reason I live everyday! When I was born I weighed 4lbs 7 1/2 oz , but gee it didn't take me long to catch up. I like most others have struggled with my weight my entire life -I was active in sports while in school but still was overweight. I remember always being teased in school about being overweight and being called names because of my weight. Man what I wouldn't give just to look the way I looked back then! 
I am at my highest weight ever right now at 297lbs - that is even more than when I was 9 months pregnant 14 years ago - I am tired of being tired - tired of being embarrassed cause I don't fit in booths at restaurants, or the seats at sporting events - tired of being out of breathe from tying my shoes and carrying in groceries. Frankly I'm just TIRED 
That leads me to where I am today - I have been considering WLS since Oct of 2007, where I started seeing a Doctor that I thought was going to be my leaded to a new life - i started going to seminars, sleep studies, and basically jumping thru hoops for absolutely nothing - I got to a point where the Dr. Office just dropped me cold, stopped returning my calls and quit answering my emails. That is when I found my Doctor I have now - Dr. Sashidhar Ganta - He is AMAZING! I went to see him on my first visit, he talked with me for over an hour explained all that I needed to get done in order for my insurance to approve me for surgery and we immediately got started on that -
I have since completed my 3 month diet (ins required) and I was approved on the 1st attempt for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB) - 
- my surgery date is JAN 28, 2009 - and I absolutely cannot wait! My daughter is really excited for me too, she tells me everyday she is so proud of me and happy for me and cant wait for me to be happy again! After all, she is the reason I have survived all these years! I cant wait until I can be active with her and enjoy living with her instead of FOR her! I want to make myself happy and feel self confident again! Believe me, my day is coming! 
