Justeace
The Beginning
My decision to choose WLS began two years ago. I've only been overweight since I was 11 or 12. Up until that point I had actually been quite skinny, and then boom, I started to gain weight. Two years ago my brother brought up the thought of me having weight loss surgery because one of our old friends had the surgery and in his words "she looked goooood". I was kind of upset and insulted that he thought I needed to take that drastic step. Truth was I didn't want to be that girl. You know the one who couldn't lose the weight on her own and had to have surgery to lose the weight. I was pissed about that and I let him know it. A little while later my mother brought it up and I just rolled my eyes and chose to ignore her. But I figured if two people in my life thought enough to say something maybe I should do a little research. I did and decided I was going to work on my weight myself and show them. Well as you can probably guess it didn't work. I started out with good intentions and even went to the gym and watched what I ate but it didn't work. Then in October 2005 my youngest brother who had just turned 19 died, due to complications of diabetes. He didn't know he was diabetic and his blood sugar was so high that it dried his body out of all fluids and stopped his heart. He had been 19 for 11 days. He was the kindest and most wonderful kid you could have ever met and sharp as a tack. He truly would have done something amazing with his life. My mother, not my youngest brother's mother, was really shaken by his death and demanded that I look into the surgery. She couldn't bare the thought of losing me like my father lost his son. I began truly investigating my options throughout 2006 and decided on lap gastric bypass. At first I thought lap-band would be better for me and the fact that it's reversible and less intrusive than gastric bypass really appealed to me. But going to the seminars and speaking to Dr.Nadzam convinced me that gastric bypass was better for me to quickly bring down my weight and permanently help put a cap on how much I ate. I found this site looking at other sites and found a book on Amazon about Soul food cooking for WLS patients and it mentioned this site so here I am. I'm on a computer all day throughout the week so I'll post often. I just wanted to let everyone know how I got to this point and how far I have left to go until I have my surgery. My official journey began on November 8, 2006. I went to the first seminar. The following week on November 15, 2006 I went to the second seminar both were held at Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, CT. I've met with Dr.Nadzam, I've meet with the nutritionist Diana Rosa and she gave me the ketosis (liquid/protein fast) diet. I met with the therapist Chris Lodi and he basically said I'm sane with no underlining emotional issues to suggest I wouldn't take this surgery and the lifestyle change seriously. I began my ketosis diet on Sunday, December 3, 2006 and man I never thought I could hate meat so much. Who the heck wants to eat meat 24/7. The first day I was hungry, not so much in my stomach but more like my head was craving fruit and pretzels even though I know I wasn't technically hungry. The second day I was at work and that helped but I have to admit I was angry I had to be on this stupid diet just to prove I could follow directions. I had a bad headache all day from sugar and carb withdrawal. The 3rd day was much better; I woke up at 4 a.m. because since I started the diet I have been having trouble sleeping. When I got out of the bed I actually didn't have to move slowly, my feet didn't hurt for once. My knee that had been hurting because of the weight now felt better and I could walk without limping. I felt pretty good all day Tuesday and happy when I got home. I've decided to eat fish for the rest of the week with chicken broth with chicken breast pieces in it for breakfast. The fish (Tilapia) didn't seem boring to me as the chicken, pork chops, or hamburgers. Once I take my ketosis test on Friday then Dr.Nadzam can review all the info and send for approval from my insurance company. Hopefully all of this will go smoothly and I'll have good news after the New Year.
Well that's a little bit about me so far. I hope I didn't bore anyone.
About Me
Meriden, CT
Location
48.8
BMI
Surgery
03/01/2007
Surgery Date
Dec 19, 2006
Member Since
