james D.
MY story? Is unique but the same as many others I have read on this site. At first I wasn't going to post anything here but since I have used others knoweldge I will share. I am 40 year old 380lb man. I grew up an athlete and was active in every sport there was. I was always pudgy but managed. I was asked to leave the military for weighing too much, They wanted me to weigh 205 and I wanted to weigh 240. In college i blew out my knee playing flag football. I should have known better than to try and "juke" with those quick little guys. This was the begining of the end, my weight went up and up after this. I was no longer able to participate in sports and did not have the money or insurance to fix my knee. Thje heavier I became the less attention a paid to my weight and ignoreed the problem. But at the ripe old age of 35 i met a wonderful woman and blew my back out. After recovering for 8 months and losing 100lbs I told myself I would never gain the weight back. Welllll here I am. I have had 6 months to be on a supervised diet and to research this issue. This appears to be my only hope. I(I gained 10 pounds during the 6 months) I picked my surgeon because he was close to my home and i could not find anything bad written about him. LOL
My fist date was for 1-9-07 but it was cancelled due to me having a cold. THis was disovered while i was waitning inthe gown at the hospital. But it seems to be a go for the 1-22-07.