Sandra C.
I have been overweight since I was 3 years old. I remember starting kindergarten and being called names. In first grade I was 88 pounds. My first diet was at 11 years old. I have been on pills, low cal diets and fen/phen. I would lose weight but then Atkins came along and I could lose 20-50 pounds but then eat one carb and that would be it.
By the time I married my first husband I was 232 pounds. This was my all time high. I eventually dieted down to 168 but that was the lowest I'd ever been. It was through starving and constant exercise and I mean 5 hours a day 7 days a week.
I got so burned out that I just stopped. I eventually gained it back and today I stand at 227 and 5'3". I am a roly poly.
A few years ago I started researching WLS and I was set to do RNY. I was within a month of having surgery when I came across this site and DS was mentioned. After researching DS I decided this was for me. No self doubting, no second thoughts. I knew this is what I wanted.
I had to change Dr's but now I knew this was a surgery that I could live with. I am excited to say the least but I am also scared. It comes down to do I want to die of my diabetes and high blood pressure or do I want to take a chance and have the surgery? Either way I look at it my life as I live now or the surgery is a gamble.
Needless to say I am laying my life in God's hands and going with the surgery because if I don't I will never know what life can be like healthy and thin if I don't. This is something I need to do for me.
