Hi,
You can call me Kay, I am 37 years old, I am married, I just finished up nursing school a year ago and work as an RN, I am married and have a 7 year old son who is in 1st grade. I have been overweight my entire life and have tried every diet under the sun!! I'm tired of being tired, I want to play with my kid, not come home from work and lay on the couch. My activity level is low because I get winded easily, this 5'9" frame carrying 310 lbs cannot keep up. This is the heaviest I've ever been. I'm hoping on this forum I meet people who can tell me their stories good and bad so I kind of have an idea of what people go through, side effects, etc. Here is my story so far:
I have been thinking about having weight loss surgery for over a year now. I began the journey back in February, March, April, but became sidetracked when my mother (who also watches my son while I work) had a positive stress test. I put my decision to have the surgery on hold until we knew for certain what was going on with her. Turns out all was okay, she did however need to have a bowel resection (I know, has nothing to do with the heart, but nonetheless she needed that surgery). She is now one week post op and doing wonderfully. So I called my doc back and told him I'm able to continue. At this time he wanted me to make my decision on the Roux-en-y, Lap Band or gastric sleeve. I decided on the gastric sleeve. I am very nervous about choosing this type of surgery. I am scared that if I vomit the force will tear the staples/incision and I will have a leak. Has anyone else had this fear.
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