Date of Birth

May 19, 1970 (53)

About CheriMay

Sleeved or not sleeved:

I have had a gastric sleeve.

Biography:

On February 11, 2011 at the age of 40 I gave birth to my son Tyler Scott, born premature at 27wks gestation. He weighed in at 2 lb 13 oz and 14" long. He spent 13wks in NICU before being discharged home on May 11, 2011 and came home on 24hr oxygen,having apnea and bradycardia episodes. Today he is still weaning off of oxygen but is off 18hrs and only on 6hrs. Tyler Scott is just about 17 pounds and is 2 ft, 1.5" tall. I share my son's journey for it is also my own and he has become my inspiration to change my life. Though only 7 months old, that baby has shown me determination, an inner strength, and the will to survive. All of my children and family are worth every moment I can give them in this life, but it wasn't until I looked death in the eye and saw the miracles that God's grace bestowed upon my son that I really took a look at where I was in my personal walk of this life and decided I wanted to live. I didn't want to continue to willow and die, I just want to be free to live. Free from this diabetes and the pills I have to take for it, free to breathe safely at night and not in the delay of sleep apnea, free from the pain that my hiatial hernia causes, free from the meds for GERD, the uncomfortabe way that my body processes the junk I put into it that keeps me in the bathroom 4-6x a day... Just free. My sister had bypass in 2010 and has had much success. I started thinking that it would be kinda neat if I could have that chance... Then I went to my doctor for my check up in August and he said to me, "do you want to see your son live to 7, maybe 10"? He told me that I had the perfect storm brewing... Between smoking, being 258 lbs, diabetes out of control, female and over 40 I was a heart attack or stroke waiting to happen". He felt I would be the perfect candidate for WLS. And I haven't looked back. I started all my appts for insurance coverage but, something happened along the way... The endoscopy came back positive for intestinal metaplasia and I have to have further testing. I am devastated cause the doctor informs me that I cannot have gastric bypass... BUT... I may be a good candidate for the sleeve... I really wanted bypass for the malabsorption part of it and don't have much faith in the sleeve process. Thats how I found this site. Looking for information about success with the sleeve. Please share your journey with me as I share mine with you!

Location:

Jackson, NJ

Interests:

I am interested in just about everything life has to offer.

Name:

Cheri May

Gastric Sleeve Surgeon:

Dr. Seun Sowemimo

Surgery date:

2011-12-05