lwilli59
Well here goes my story. I am presently a 44 year old single, divorced mother of 2 wonderful children. Brea'nna 16 in the 11th grade and Brandon 12 in the 7th grade. I weighed 139lbs all through highschool. I slowly started with the weight gain when I got married. The years flew by and the weight went up. I would tell myself I'll never let myself get to 200 then i said 275 then I said 300. Well I got to 315 and said something had to be done. I got down to 290 and have been up and down for the past 3 years. (Never got back to 300) My PCP has been trying to get me to look into the RNY surgery for the last 5 years. I am currently o n3 diffrent blood presure pills. At one time i was on 5. It seems that the pills work for a while then my pressure goes back up. She says that she knows if I can get my weight down this will help with my pressure. When they came out with the lap band I thought this was what I wanted but my insurancecompany didn't pay for this. The following year they did but the surgeon I wante to do my surgery were'nt performing this surgery. This year I called them back and they were now doing the lapband. Went to a seminar in May 07 and had consult in June started with 6 month supervised diet with dietician in June. I'll be finished in November. Well after finding this wonderful forum and reading the journeys I went to a support meeting and found that the RNY surgery would be better for me. I went back on Sept 25 to speak with the surgeon and told him my reasons for wanting the RNY and he said ok. He says that he wants to Put a filter in before surgery. I hope that you will guide me, pray for me as I go through this journey.
