Well yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life....okay that sounds a bit dramatic. Let me try that again...
Yesterday I met with a local surgeon to inquire about getting weight loss surgery. Here is the deal....I am 5' 8" tall and I currently weigh 325 pounds. That is what his scale said yesterday. That is the most I have ever weighed in my life.
When I got pregnant with my twins I weighed 280 pounds, so needless to say I have never really been skinny. Even when I got married in 2007 I was wearing a size 20 wedding dress. I suffer from PCOS which does not help the weight loss process any. COVID has also not helped. I was trying to do Weight Watchers and go to the gym but then everything got shut down and when I went grocery shopping I was lucky to find food at all in the beginning.
I had been doing a lot of research over the last couple years about doing some kind of weight loss surgery but to be honest I was scared to go that drastic of a route. But now I am realizing that this might be the best option for me.
I am 41 years old. I have three amazing children. A 4 year old and two seven year olds keep me very busy. I am an assistant teacher at a local preschool. I need to be active and I need to be able to keep up. In my current state that just isn't happening. So yesterday I started the process. It looks like I will be looking at a gastric sleeve procedure. This is where they laproscopically remove 80% of my stomach. Sounds scary, right? Well it is major surgery.....
I am now just waiting for them to call my insurance and get some information. I should hear from their office in a couple weeks and I will know exactly what I need to do to get a surgery date. I am going to go through with this and I am going to change my lifestyle and my relationship with food. I want to live a better and healthier life. I am lucky I don't have many health issues from being obese, but I want to fix that before they happen. They said doing this surgery can add 10 years to your life. Honestly, that sounds pretty damn good.
So for now I will end this first post by saying...I am scared and excited but I cannot wait to get this ball rolling. Wish me luck!!
