Rebecca W.
Well let's see...I'm 23 years old and I have been overweight / obese since I was about 7. All of my life I was the "fat" kid out of my group of friends. I started gaining more weight then normal in October of 2006. I had knee surgery and during surgery my blood pressure shoot through the roof to 200 / 102. I realized then that something have to be done. I went to my local doctor and he put me on Lisinopril / HCTZ ( I was having some edema to me feet and ankles). After that...a year went by and I started having more health problems and I was researching gastric bypass surgery. During this next year and half I gained almost 60 lbs. I finally made my mind up to have the lap band surgery instead of gastric because I am young and I have not had kids yet and I didn't want to risk my stomach and body before children...which one day I hope to have!! I had my surgery on March 26th, 2008! Today I am 8 weeks out and I have lost 12 lbs. I can already feel a difference only after 12 lbs. I'm actually having some complications right now with my port. It is twisted and my doctor can't get to the opening on my port to fill my band. He's tried 2 times and will try one more time and if that doesn't work he'll have to open me back up and secure down my port again. I'm getting frustrated right now but I'm still trying to do MY part of what I'm suppose to do! If I had to do the surgery over again knowing what I know now...I wouldn't blink an eye. For the most part it was easy and simple! I can't wait to start my new healthy smaller life as a young adult! I'm new to this website...I signed up back in 05 when I was researching weight loss surgery but I am just now really getting into it. Feel free to talk to me! Hope you all have a wonderful day!
